Do you know who the real Chen Shimei is in history?

I remember that the first opera I watched when I was a child was the guilty case. Qin Xianglian’s experience made me cry, so for so many years, Chen Shimei has become a heinous heart in my heart. Han. But one day, someone told me that, in fact, Chen Shimei is a pretty good official. I was a little surprised. I quickly checked it out, and it was true!

Chen Shimei was originally named Chenniangu, born in 1625 and died in 1690, with the word Fengzhi, named Shumei, a native of Junzhou, Hubei. Due to dialect problems, Shumei became Shimei. Chen Nian Gu Qin studied hard, and was admitted to Jinshi during the Shunzhi period. Later, he went to Guizhou to serve as a prosecutor. He was not a person who abandoned his wife and children as sung in opera.

Then, how did this person become a guilty man under the sword of Bao Gong in the Song Dynasty? This has to start with the two fellow talents of Chen Niangu, Hu Mengdie and Qiu Menglin.

After Chen Niangu became the prosecutor, the two fellow villagers went to Chen Niangu, hoping that Chen Niangu would recommend them as officials, but because they were just talents, they were recommended under the system at the time. Officials must be able to recruit talents, but the two of them did not have enough academic qualifications, so they were not qualified and could not be recommended, so Chen Niangu each gave them silver taels and sent them back to their hometowns.

But these two people thought that Chen Niangu would not do anything, so they held a grudge. After returning to Junzhou, they changed the drama "Pipa Xing" and changed the male characters of "Pipa Ji". The protagonist Cai Boqi was changed to Chen Shimei, and the heroine Zhao Wuniang was changed to Qin Xianglian, using the play to insult Chen Niangu and ruin his reputation. Later, it was further modified and eventually became "The Case of the Beauty". With the spread of this drama, over time, Chen Shimei has become a veritable spokesperson for the Han Dynasty.

Someone researched: Chen Shimei did have a person in history. The inscription on Chen Shimei found in Danjiangkou in 1992 recorded that Chen Shimei was a clean and honest official, and those so-called suspicions imposed on him The love of the poor, the killing of wives and children, are done by the jealous and capable. Therefore, in Junxian County, there is a saying: "Beimen Street does not sing Chen Shimei and Qinjialou does not sing Qin Xianglian".

From this point of view, Chen Shimei is indeed wronged, but it is a pity that Gong Bao is no longer there. I am afraid that Chen Niangu will carry it forever.