顧太清(1799-1876),名春,字梅仙。原姓西林覺羅氏,滿洲鑲藍(lán)旗人。嫁為貝勒奕繪的側(cè)福晉。她為現(xiàn)代文學(xué)界公認(rèn)為“清代第一女詞人”。晚年以道號(hào)“云槎外史”之名著作小說(shuō)《紅樓夢(mèng)影》,成為中國(guó)小說(shuō)史上第一位女性小說(shuō)家。其文采見識(shí),非同凡響,因而八旗論詞,有“男中成容若(納蘭性德),女中太清春(顧太清)”之語(yǔ) 。顧太清不僅才華絕世,而且生得清秀,身量適中,溫婉賢淑。令奕繪鐘情十分。雖為側(cè)福晉一生卻誕育了四子三女,其中幾位兒子都有很大作為。
顧太清·《悟》
一番磨煉一重關(guān),悟到無(wú)生心自閑。
探得真源何所論,繁枝亂葉盡須刪。
Sitting in Meditation: A Random Thought
Ku T'ai-Ch'ing
One more round of trials, another ordeal endured—
Aware that there's only Nonbeing, my mind is composed.
Talk of finding the true source of wisdom?
Tangled branches, o'er-reaching leaves must all be cut down.