Luo Guanzhong's biography of Luo Guanzhong (1330-1400) is right in the middle. A famous novelist and dramatist at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, China was the originator of Zhang Hui's novels. He wrote many works in his life, the main works are: the script Zhao Taizu's Dragon and Tiger Club, the serial admonition of loyalty and filial piety, and Zhang Sanping's crying; Novels such as Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Romance of Tang and Five Dynasties, Biography of Three Sui Demons, Fenzhuanglou, The Water Margin with Shi Naian, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc.
Luo Guanzhong-Introduction
Luo Guanzhong was born in the feudal dynasty in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. As a drama critic associated with "advocating Excellence" and "prostitute art", he was regarded as an inferior person in Goulan Washe at that time, and it was impossible for the official history to write classics for him. The only thing I can see is a booklet "Ghost Book Continuation" compiled by an anonymous person in the Ming Dynasty, which reads: "Luo Guanzhong, a native of Taiyuan, is scattered in the lake and sea. Loneliness with others, Yuefu argot, extremely fresh. I forgot to be friends with Yu, and I suffered many losses, and I lived far apart. This is just the beginning of the resumed meeting. I haven't come for more than 60 years, but I don't know where it will end. "
However, from Luo Guanzhong's masterpiece Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong's profound talent has been reflected. He is proficient in military science, psychology, resourcefulness, public relations and talents ... Without superhuman wisdom, rich practice and persistent pursuit, how could he become such a generalist? He advocates national unity, loves the Chinese nation, carries forward the traditional virtues of the nation, and hates treachery and evil. In the historical romance of the Tang and Five Dynasties, we can see Luo Guanzhong's noble sentiments of attachment to his homeland, memory of heroes and concern for the country and people. He wrote emotionally:
Poplars rise from the west wind on both sides of the strait, and Qinzhou filial piety really hurts the body.
Flowers and plants in Jinzhong bury the secluded path, and Tangguoshan River surrounds the sunset.
The crow valley destroys its nest, and the dusty road in Bingzhou is always desolate.
Poetry has become an endless wound and has been heartbroken.
Luo Guanzhong-Experience
Robben Luo Guanzhong was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty.
In the mid-Yuan Dynasty, with the gradual fading of the trauma of the War to Destroy the Song Dynasty, the economic and cultural focus of society began to shift from the north to the south. Hangzhou, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, not only became a prosperous city with a large population and developed commerce, but also became an important center for the development of theatrical performances and "storytelling" art. Therefore, many northern intellectuals and scholars such as Guan Hanqing and Zheng Guangzu moved to Hangzhou. As a writer of novels and zaju, Luo Guanzhong is bound to be influenced by this social trend and become one of these writers who moved to the south. Luo Guanzhong's nickname is "the prodigal son of the Jianghu", which means wandering around the world. 1345 ~ 1355 years ago, he came to Hangzhou. Many rappers comment on books here, and some zaju writers are also active here. Luo Guanzhong makes friends with like-minded people. In addition, he loves folk literature very much and naturally doesn't want to leave here. At this time, Luo Guanzhong met Shi Naian, who lived in Hangzhou at that time, but was about twenty years older than him.
Luo Guanzhong's hometown is also called "Oriental Hometown" because he lived in "Oriental Hometown" (now Shandong Province) for a period of time after roaming out of Jin Dynasty. He was attracted by the stories of Liang Shanbo and Song Jiang, which were very popular in society at that time. He went there to investigate the local customs and collect materials about heroes of the Water Margin. This is an important reason why he later participated in the compilation and creation of Water Margin. Stories about "Thousand Saints" and "King Zhou Bei" were also widely circulated in the society at that time. So Luo Guanzhong collected and sorted out this story in this area, and even had the book "Three Rides to the Demon".
About 136 ο ~ 1363, Luo Guanzhong, who is "aspiring to seek the king", came to visit Zhang Shicheng, which is striving for hegemony. However, Zhang Shicheng did not attach importance to intellectuals and did not listen to their opinions. In September of the 23rd year of Zheng Zhi (A.D. 1363), Liu Liang, Lu Yuan and others left one after another. Soon, Luo Guanzhong also left Zhang Shicheng and went north again. In the 26th year of Zheng Zhi, Luo Guanzhong returned to Hangzhou. The writing of the popular romance of the Three Kingdoms should be after that year. At this time, he is over 50 years old, has a mature outlook on history and life, and is fully qualified to create the well-known Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the third year of Hongwu in Ming Taizu (A.D. 137O), Luo Guanzhong had written twelve volumes, four years later than Hongwu.
When Luo Maizhong wrote The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shi Naian moved from Suzhou to Xinghua and died in Hongwu for three years. After completing the well-known Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong decided to process and supplement the Water Margin in memory of his mentor. This book was written between four and ten years in Hongwu. While processing and supplementing Water Margin, Luo Guanzhong continued to create a series of historical romances.
Luo Guanzhong has finished creating these works, and he is already an old man in his sixties. In order to publish these works, Yu Hongwu came to Fujian from Hangzhou in about thirteen years, because Jianyang in Fujian was one of the centers of publishing industry at that time. However, Luo Guanzhong failed to achieve this goal.
From 1385 to 1388, Luo Guanzhong lived for seventy years and died in Luling, the hometown of Wen Tianxiang, a national hero in the Song Dynasty.
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