答案:ItisbelievedbysomepeopleinmodernerathatChenShimeiintraditionaloperascomesfromHubeiorHunanprovince.AccordingtotheJunzhouRecord–ChapterofWinnersoftheImperialExamination,in1655,theListofDachengShiof1655Division,ChenNianguservedasIntendantofSishiCircuitofGuizhou,officialofSurveillanceCommission,andAssociateMinisterofMinistryofRevenue.Moreover,accordingtoDictionaryofHistoricalFeaturesinHubeiProvince(publishedbyHubeiPeople’sPublishingin1984),ChenShimeiwasanofficialofQingDynasty.HisoldnamewasNiangu,andalternativenamewasShumei.HewasborninafamilywithofficialsinJunzhou(JuncountyinHubeiprovince,nownamedDanjiangkoucity).IntheearlyQingDynasty,hestudiedinBeijingandwontheImperialExaminationin1651.InthebeginninghebecameacountymagistrateofaplaceinHebeiprovince.LaterduetotherecognitionoftheEmperorKangxi,hewaspromotedtoIntendantofSishiCircuitofGuizhou,officialofSurveillanceCommission,andAssociateMinisterofMinistryofRevenue.WhenhewasinofficeinGuizhou,hisfellowvillagersandclassmatesturnedtohimtoseekforofficialvacancies.HereceivedseveraltimesandpersuadedthemtostudyhardtowintheImperialExamination.Laterbecausesomanyfellowsturningtohimmadeitdifficultforhimtoreceive,heaskedhisgeneralhousekeepertorefuseallofthem.HisclassmateHuMengdiewholivedatQinjiaHillsideatthecountrysideofJunzhouusedtofinanciallysupportChenbeforetheytooktheImperialExamination.HedecidedtogetbackonChenwhenhewasrefusedseveraltimesbyChen’sgeneralhousekeeper.HeslanderedChenandmadeupastorythatChenwasungratefultoleavehiswifeandkillhischildrenforpromotionandmoney.Hethenwrotethestoryintoanoperaandnamedit“QinXianglian”.TheoperawasperformedinShanxi,Henan,etc.ItwassaidthatattheendofQingDynasty,whenanoperatroupefromHenancametoJunzhoutoperformthisshow,oneoftheposterityofChenwatcheditandgotsoangrythathespittedbloodonthespot.ChenShimei’sgrandsonoftheeighthgenerationorganizedthewholefamilytosmashthesuitcasesofthetroupeonthespotandbeatseveralactorstodeathandinjury,forcingtheperformancetostop.Mostpeopledonotbelievethisstoryistrue,butinDanjiangkoucity(formernamewasJunzhou),residentswiththesurnameofChenalwaystakethisstoryseriously.Theybelievetheoperaiswrongaboutthegoodmanandtherefore,areindignant,notallowingtheoperaofChenShimeitobeperformedinJuncounty.Since1980,theFolkloreWorkshopofHubeiProvincehasbeenconductingwidelytheworkofcollectingandorganizingfolkliteratures.LocalpeoplecriedfortheredressofwrongforChenShimeiandgraduallypublishedtheirthoughtsbyarticles.Hence,ChenShimei’sgrievancehasbeenwidelyspreadinthecountryandoverseasanddrawnmoreandmorestudiesandattentionsoffolklorescholarsandrelevantdepartments.TheoldmanDelunTongfromDanjiangkoucityspentdecadestosolvethemythofChenShimei.HebelievesthatChenShimeiactuallyexistedinthehistory.AccordingtothelocalfolklegendandtheepigraphaboutChenShimeithatwasfoundinDanjiangkoucityin1992,ChenShimeiwasanhonestanduprightofficial,whowasuncorruptedandalwaysawareofthepubliccondition.Thepersonalityofdespisingthepoorandcurryfavouringwiththerichandthebehaviorofkillingwifeandchildrenwereintrudedonhimbythosewhowerejealousofhime.Thenfore,inJuncounty,thereisacommonsaying,“ChenShimeiwon’tbeperformedatBeimenstreet,andQinXianglianwon’tbeperformedatQinjiaMansion”.However,“IllustratedEditionofBaoZheng’sTrialsofAHundredLegalCases”(“BaoZheng’sCases”inshort)publishedin1595hadalreadyhadthestoryofChenShimeiwhosechildren’snameswereasthesameastheyareinthetraditionalopera.