The case of "Ruzhou's wife Li suing Zhang Ruzhou" was falsely reported as "Ruzhou's wife Li Qingzhao suing Zhang Ruzhou" and recorded in writing. This was by no means a misunderstanding, but was the result of extremely vicious substitution by despicable literati such as Wang Zhuo and Hu Zi who praised Su Shi and suppressed Li Qingzhao.
“Her remarriage has absolutely no impact on the artistic evaluation of her works,” “It will not change Li Qingzhao’s personal charm,” and “Denying her remarriage is unnecessary and meaningless.” These statements completely disregard historical objectivity and logic.
Picking water chestnuts and picking green jade, even if it is a good name, who can bear it? Picking water chestnuts and picking green jade, it is called the envoy's guest. Thousands of gold are spent on picking water chestnuts and picking green jade, and a silk skirt is added, with a handful of pearl knots. Picking water chestnuts and picking green jade, just when the hair is just beginning to be tied.
Truly, picking water chestnuts and picking green jade, but with deep pity and gentle caressing, a pair of hands, picking water chestnuts and picking green jade, beneath the embroidered quilt, holding both are fragrant and smooth. Picking water chestnuts and picking green jade, waiting to search in the capital.
Tu Zhipi shamelessly said: Su Shi's teacher Ouyang Xiu and his student Qin Guan both wrote erotic poems about undressing and taking off pants, but Su Shi did not write any erotic poems about undressing and taking off pants.
Supplement: Li Xinchuan, who chronicled the case of Zhang Ruzhou's wife, Li, suing him, also wrote in another book that "two and a half years after the case concluded, in March of the fifth year of the Shaoxing reign, Li Qingzhao was referred to as a relative of the former chancellor, Zhao Tingzhi." Li Xinchuan's claim that Zhang Ruzhou's wife, two and a half years ago, was now "the family of the former chancellor, Zhao Tingzhi" is clearly absurd. Zhang Ruzhou's wife, two and a half years ago, and now Zhang Ruzhou's divorced wife, could not possibly be the "family of the former chancellor, Zhao Tingzhi (family member, Li Qingzhao)" as Li Xinchuan wrote.
If "The House of Former Prime Minister Zhao Ting" was copied from official records, it further proves that Li Qingzhao was not Zhang Ruzhou's wife. In the case of "Zhang Ruzhou's wife Li suing Zhang Ruzhou," the Song Dynasty court directly sentenced Zhang Ruzhou to exile in Liuzhou. The Song Dynasty court had archival records of both parties involved in the case. The Song Dynasty court was fully aware of the identities of Li Qingzhao and Zhang Ruzhou's wife Li. The Song Dynasty court had no doubts about Li Qingzhao's innocence. It was impossible that Zhang Ruzhou's wife was Li Qingzhao and the Song Dynasty court was unaware of this. The supplementary statement in "Annals of the Years Since Jianyan" regarding the case of "Zhang Ruzhou's wife Li suing Zhang Ruzhou" reads: "Li, a woman of non-Ge Fei, was able to compose lyrics and was known by the pen name Yi'an Jushi." This was likely an insertion by a later author, not a recitation by Li Xinchuan.
To summarize, these 7+1 records of Li Qingzhao's remarriage in the "Song Dynasty (later editions may not have the Song Dynasty edition to rely on)" are:
1. The first edition of "Pingzhou Ke Tan" written by Zhu Yu himself did not include any mention of Li Qingzhao's remarriage. Ming Dynasty manuscripts and photocopied copies of "Pingzhou Ke Tan" examined by scholars such as Chu Binjie do not contain any mention of Li Qingzhao's remarriage. Among later manuscripts, only Wang Zhongwen claimed to have seen a Ming Dynasty manuscript of "Pingzhou Ke Tan" that contained any mention of Li Qingzhao's remarriage.
2. "A Letter to the Imperial Household Official Qi Gong Wanli" does not mention the words "remarry," "remarry," or "reconjugation," or anything equivalent to "remarriage." However, the letter deliberately misleads readers into thinking that Li Qingzhao remarried. Zhao Yanwei, who compiled the full text of the letter, only explicitly states that the deceased Li Qingzhao was "the wife of the virtuous husband Zhao Mingcheng," without a single word confirming that Li Qingzhao remarried. Some Li Qingzhao experts claim that the "A Letter to the Imperial Household Official Qi Gong Wanli" explicitly records the details of Li Qingzhao's remarriage, but this is pure deception.
The first item above does not record that Li Qingzhao remarried; the second item does not explicitly record that Li Qingzhao remarried, but induces readers to vaguely feel that Li Qingzhao remarried.
3. The Song Dynasty edition of Lishi was lost in the Ming Dynasty. Later generations re-edited and printed the Lishi based on the surviving Ming Dynasty manuscript. The current Lishi has the line "Zhao Jun has no heir, and Li has remarried." It may not be the original version of the Song Dynasty edition, but may be added by later generations.
4. "Essential Records of the Years Since Jianyan" records that Li sued her husband, Zhang Ruzhou, leading to Zhang Ruzhou's official dismissal (handed over to the relevant authorities) in early September of the second year of the Shaoxing reign. Zhang Ruzhou was subsequently sentenced to exile in Liuzhou by the court. A note states that Li is Li Qingzhao. Li Xinchuan, the author of "Essential Records," records in his "Miscellaneous Records of the Court and the Country Since Jianyan" that two and a half years after Zhang Ruzhou's exile, in March of the fifth year of the Shaoxing reign, the Song court referred to Li Qingzhao as a relative of the former prime minister Zhao Tingzhi ("the family of the former prime minister Zhao Ting"). "Essential Records" was edited and reprinted numerous times during the Qing Dynasty, and several notes were added. The note following Li's accusation against her husband, Zhang Ruzhou, may have been inserted during the Qing dynasty.
Based on the above 3 and 4 points, it is difficult to confirm that the first edition of the Song Dynasty recorded Li Qingzhao's remarriage.
7. The printing of Chao Gongwu's "Zhaode Xiansheng's County Study Reading Records" is quite complex. During Chao Gongwu's lifetime, portions of the text were printed gradually. The so-called "first edition" in Sichuan, revised and edited by Chao Gongwu himself, was printed between 1180 and 1184. After Chao Gongwu's death, around 1187, a 20-volume "supplemented edition" in Sichuan, edited and revised by his disciple Yao Yingji, was printed. The first two Sichuan editions of "Reading Records" have been lost. In 1249, You Gou reprinted Yao Yingji's 20-volume "supplemented edition" in Sichuan in Quzhou, becoming the Qu edition. That same year, Li Anchao reprinted Chao Gongwu's own revised and edited four-volume "first edition" in Sichuan in Yuanzhou, becoming the Yuan edition. Both the Yuan and Qu editions record Li Qingzhao's remarriage, leading to the belief that Chao Gongwu's own writing of "Reading Records" documented Li Qingzhao's remarriage, not a later addition.
The Yuan edition—a reprint of the four-volume Sichuan edition revised and edited by Chao Gongwu himself—records Li Qingzhao under the entry for Volume 12 of the Collected Works of Li Yi'an:
"Li, the daughter of Ge Fei, was known for her talent and elegance. She first married Zhao Chengzhi, whose uncle was the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Huizong. Li once presented a poem to him saying, 'The hands can be hot, but the heart can be cold.' However, she had no moral integrity and ended up wandering the streets in her later years, where she died."
The Quben edition—a reprint of the 20-volume Shuben edition compiled by Yao Yingji—includes the following text about Li Qingzhao under the entry for Li Yi'an Collection in volume 12:
"The daughter of Li Gefei of the Right Dynasty, she was known for her talent and elegance since childhood. She first married Zhao Chengzhi, whose uncle was the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Huizong. Li once presented a poem to him saying: 'The hands can be hot, but the heart can be cold.' However, she had no self-discipline. Later, she married Zhang Ruzhou, but did not stay loyal to him. She wandered among the rivers and lakes and died. (Or it can be interpreted as: Later, she married Zhang Ruzhou, but did not stay loyal to him. She wandered among the rivers and lakes and died.)"
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