林散之与邵子退十二岁时订交,相与六十余年,引为知己。邵子退又名子蜕,号瓜田、老炊,自谓种瓜老人,幼小即从其父邵鲤庭诵习诗文,并酷爱书画,与林散之、许朴庵结为金兰之交,时人称誉“乌江松竹梅三友”。邵子退日以剪桃种瓜为事,夜则挑灯读书为乐,创作了不少诗文,多有唱酬于林散之诸友诗作,其《种瓜轩诗稿》一半以上是写给林散之,而林散之《江上诗存》赠邵子退诗亦有一百三十余首。当林散之听到从江北传来邵子退病逝的消息后老泪纵横,拿出小笺,写 Lin Sanzhi and Shao Zi retreated at the age of twelve, phase with more than 60 years, cited as confidante. Shao Zi retreat, also known as the slightest, No. melon Tian, ​​Lao Zhizhu, self-described kinds of melon elderly, young that is, from his father Shaolei Ting chanting poetry, and love painting, and Lin Sanzhi, Xu Park Um turn into the Jinlan, when people reputation “Wujiang Song Zhu Mei three friends ”. Shao Zi back to cut the peach kind of melon as the thing, the night then pick light study for fun, created a lot of poetry, singing and dancing in many of the Friends of the poem, and its “variety of melon Xuan poems,” is written for more than half Lin Sanzhi, and Lin San’s “poetry on the river” donated Shaozi also have more than one hundred poems. When Lin San heard the news from Jiangbei came Shaosi retirement died after tears, come up with small 笺, write