Life and death bridge is the masterpiece of the famous writer Li Bihua. Her works have a distinct personal color: marriage, joys and sorrows. And she treats the characters in her works: love wants to live, and evil wants to die.
Personally, life and death bridge is slightly inferior to Rouge and Farewell My Concubine, but it is also quite touching to read.
The beginning of the story is full of ancient and Leng Yan fireworks. Dandan (peony) got to know Tang Huaiyu and Song under the guidance of a black cat in Yonghe Palace, and the three of them have been entangled ever since.
The black cat, like the fuse of fate, led the three men to the dark room of Wang Laofu, the old eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty, and they asked Wang Laofu to predict their fate for themselves.
? Cats disturb the signs of life, and the fates of three people are intertwined: one is worse than death, the other is worse than death, and the other is reborn after death.
? Fate is tangled and helpless.
02
Dandan is better off dead than alive. She destroyed herself with her own hands.
Dandan, also known as Peony, is the king of flowers. However, he is an orphan with no surname, no father, no mother, and he takes his surname with whoever he is. As a busker, I have no choice but to wander. I like Tang Huaiyu wholeheartedly and came to Shanghai for Huai Yu. However, Huai Yu hooked up with Shanghai pop star Zhao Pingting.
In order to get back at them, Dandan stayed in Shanghai and committed himself to Mr. Jin, the comprador in Shanghai. After eloping with him, he was stopped by Mr. Jin and only said that he was dead. In order to avenge him, he killed Mr. Jin himself and almost died himself.
After Kim's death, Dandan became addicted to opium and was imprisoned by Kim's subordinates. Shi just fell in love with her lazy coquetry in the smoke, and then got tired of it. In the end, Dandan quickly aged and degenerated, finally lost all hope and ended his life on a cold night.
? She could have left Shanghai, put aside the past and started over. She chose to get back at Huai Yu. When teacher Jin was ruined, she still kept a safe place for her to shelter her from the wind and rain. She killed Mr Kim to avenge Huai Yu.
Huai Yu is like a dead man. He is a high-spirited teenager, but he can't overcome his fate. He has fallen into poverty. Tianqiao street performer Huai Yu. Father wants him to study hard, but he has a crush on that actor.
If you want to be a famous actor, you will learn martial arts from Li Shengtian. After becoming famous in Beiping, he followed the troupe to Shanghai.
When I was very popular in Shanghai, I met Zhao Pingting, a popular actor in Shanghai. He also offended Mr. Jin, a comprador in Shanghai, and hid it in the snow. Huai Yu was so proud that he left Mr. Jin and starred in this movie with Zhao Pingting, but the movie ended in a dismal end.
Huai Yu wanted to elope with Dandan, but Zhao Pingting betrayed him. Mr. Jin sent someone to scare his eyes. Finally, he lived in seclusion with Zhao Yiting, became a martial arts student, and eventually became a factory worker who bought power to support his family.
Born after Chigo's death, Chigo wandered from childhood and had his own euphemistic attitude.
Hanging out at the bottom, moping and muddling along. My father didn't know where to go, and my mother "sold" for a living in Rouge Lane. From then on, I called my mother "sister" just to maintain his self-esteem. Kochi doesn't want to go back to his "home". He wanders around all year round, with no food to eat and no mood.
I like Dandan, but Dandan belongs to Huai Yu. He can only send Dandan away from Peiping with a smile. Later, he personally married his mother to a man who bought roasted seeds and nuts, and there was no dependence from then on.
Later, he learned to sing opera with Master, and gradually became famous. He married a simple and honest girl and gave birth to his own children. He sent away his good friend, his beloved girl and his mother, and since then he has nothing.
In the end, only he gained happiness and lived noisily with a simple and honest girl.
03
? The fate of three people is helpless.
They are little people living at the bottom of society. Peony is simple and lovely. Huai Yu is proud and ambitious, smooth and kind. There are too many beautiful things when three people meet. Three people gagged together, strolled in the street together, ate crabs together, went to Huai Yu's performance together, and stole dates together.
Mr. Lu Xun once said: "Tragedy destroys valuable things for people to see!" A happy beginning and a tragic ending.
? The helplessness of fate is the sorrow of the times.
The era they live in is a turbulent one. The Qing Dynasty collapsed, warlords scuffled, Japanese troops invaded, foreigners ran amok, and students marched.
The only rule in this era is the law of the jungle.
Dandan, beautiful and simple, finally returns to the dust, and his heart is empty, and nothing can be squeezed any more. He committed suicide on a cold night.
Huai Yu, a high-spirited teenager, lost his ambition and eventually became blind and retired.
Chigo, who lived on the street since childhood, betrayed his father. His mother lived in the world of mortals, but it was difficult to recognize him.
? Husband Wang, tortured by "clean body" when he was a child, walked on thin ice when he entered the palace to serve Lafayette. In his old age, he left the palace to live in a temple, associate with cats, and finally feed them with his meat.
? Jinbao, a popular Hua Dan, was repeatedly harassed by warlords and finally lost in Shili Foreign Exchange.
? Zhao Pingting, a very popular actor, had to devote herself to the influence of comprador Mr. Jin. Climb up step by step with your body. Exhausting advanced shampoo can't wash away the "dirty" of the body.
Mr Kim, the comprador who dominated Shanghai, overturned the building overnight because of the government's deliberate embezzlement.
Born in a sad era, no matter a big man or a small person, they can't escape the helplessness of fate.
04
The helplessness of fate, through time and space, has never changed, just different.
People in every era have their own sadness. It's just the difference between how much and form. In turbulent times, there may be more helplessness, about life and about stability.
In peacetime, there are more sorrows, less helplessness in survival and more helplessness in self-realization.
? In this era, information explodes, and everyone is in the helplessness of impetuousness and anxiety. At this point, I can get a positive answer from the successful learning, crash learning, wealth learning and decadence learning all over the network.
? Impetuousness and anxiety are the helplessness of this era.
Anxiety about the house, car, work, children and even friends circle. Anxiety brings impetuous atmosphere, and impetuous atmosphere intensifies anxiety.
Because the work is complicated and heavy, I am often anxious. I am angry that I can't breathe fresh air every day, but I can't change reality. This is the real helplessness.
? Therefore, after reading this book, I feel much less helpless. Compared with the helplessness of the characters in the book, our helplessness is much smaller. At least our times have given us more choices.