"Southeast Flight of the Peacock" Two Han: Unknown
Original text:
In Jian'an at the end of the Han Dynasty, Jiao Zhongqing's wife Liu, a minor official of the Lujiang Prefecture, was sent by his mother to swear not to marry. His family forced it, was thrown into the water and died. Zhongqing heard, also hanged himself in the garden tree. The poem was written by a man who was hurt by the poem.
The peacock flew southeast, and wandered for five miles.
"Thirteen can weave, fourteen learn to cut clothes. Fifteen can play Konghou, sixteen can recite poems and books. She was the wife of the king, and her heart was always bitter and sad. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a woman like you before, but I'm sure you've never seen a woman like me before," he said. My concubine stayed in an empty room, and we saw each other only rarely. The cock crows and the knitting machine starts to weave, and I can't get any rest. I'm afraid I'm too late for the knitting. It is not because of the delay in weaving, but because it is difficult for a woman in your family to do so! I can't be driven, and I have nothing to do. I can return to you in time."
The government official heard of this and told his mother, "My son has already lost his fortune, but I am lucky to have this woman. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good deal on this, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to get a good deal on this. *** thing two or three years, began to be not long. The woman's behavior is not skewed, why do not you want to be generous."
A mother said the government officials: "Why is too district! This woman has no manners, and her actions are her own. I'm not sure how you can get away with it! The East has a virtuous woman, named Qin Luoshi. She has a poor body, which my mother seeks for thee. I'm sorry, but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get rid of her."
The government official knelt down and said, "I'm sorry, but I can't wait to hear from you. If I send this woman away now, I will never take her back!"
Mother got to hear it, hammering the bed will be furious: "The boy is fearless, how dare you help women say! I have lost my honor, and I will not follow you!"
The government officials were silent, and they went back to the house. The first time I saw this, I was so upset that I couldn't speak," he said, "I don't want to drive you away, but I'm forcing you to do it. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do, but I'm going to be able to do it," he said. Soon when the return, but also will meet to take. This is the next heart, do not disobey my words."
The new woman said the government official: "Do not repeat the confusion. In the past, at the beginning of the year, the Xie family came to your door. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it," she said. I've been working hard all day and night, and I've been suffering from a lot of pain and suffering. I said that I was not guilty, but I was very kind in providing for my children; but I was still being driven away, so I could not say that I would come back again! My concubine has an embroidered waist jacket, which is full of light; a red robe and a bucket tent, with scented pouches hanging from the four corners; sixty or seventy curtains, with green and blue silk strings, and all kinds of things are different, and all kinds of things are in them. People's cheap things are also despicable, not enough to welcome the descendants, left for the legacy of charity, in the present day there is no reason to meet. It is a comfort to me that I will never forget it."
The rooster crows, and the bride rises in her makeup. She is wearing an embroidered dress, and she knows everything about everything. Her feet are on silk shoes, and her head is covered with tortoiseshell. Her waist is like a flow of dandy, and her ears are like moon dannos. Her fingers are like sharpened green onions and her mouth is like vermilion. They have a delicate step, and their skill is unparalleled in the world.
When I went up to the hall to pay my respects to my mother, she was more than angry. I had no lessons to learn, and I was ashamed to be a member of a noble family. I was not able to get the money from my mother, but I couldn't stand to be driven by her. Today, I am going home, remembering my mother's hard work." But I said goodbye to my sister-in-law, with tears falling down my cheeks. "When the bride first came, my sister-in-law helped me to the bed; today, I am being driven away, and my sister-in-law is like a long time ago. I will work hard to raise my grandma, and I will help each other. The first seven days of the year and the next nine days of the year, don't forget to play." I'm not going to be able to get out of the car, but I'm going to be able to get out of the car.
The government officials were in front of the car, and the bride was in the back. The first is the one that is not in the center of the world, and the second is the one that is not in the center of the world. Dismounted into the car, bowed his head **** whispered: "Swear not to be separated from the Secretary, and temporarily return home to go. I am now and go to the House, soon when to return. Swear that the sky will not be disappointed!"
The new woman said the government official: "Feeling Jun District Huai! I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do, but I'm going to be able to do it," she said. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it. I have my own father and brother, and they are very good at what they do. I have a father and a brother who are as violent as thunder, and I am afraid that they will not fulfill my wishes, and that they will fry my bosom." I have a father and a brother, and I am afraid that they will not be able to fulfill my wishes.
The first thing I did was to go to the house, and I didn't have a face to show. The mother of the child did not want the child to return to the house: "Thirteen teach you to weave, fourteen can tailor, fifteen play konghou, sixteen know the etiquette, seventeen to send you to marry, so that there is no vow to violate. What is your offense now, not to welcome and return?" Lanzhi was ashamed of her mother: "I have no sin." The mother was greatly saddened and devastated.
Returning home for more than ten days, the county magistrate sent a matchmaker. The first time I saw him, he said, "I don't know what I'm talking about, but I'm not sure if I'm going to do it.
Mother said to her daughter: "You can go and answer it."
The woman replied with tears in her eyes, "When Lancel first returned, the government official saw Ding Ning and swore not to part. Today, against the love and justice, I am afraid that this matter is not strange. Since the letter can be cut off, Xu more said."
The mother said, "This is the first time I've seen this woman in my life, and I've never been able to return to my family. I'm not sure if I'm a good match for your husband," he said. I'm sure you'll be able to make inquiries, but I'm not sure I'll be able to make a match."
The matchmaker went away for a few days, and then sent the prime minister to return, saying that there was a woman from the Lan family, who was a eunuch by birth. The first is that the first time I saw a man in the world, I was in the middle of it, and he was in the middle of it. The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do what I need to do to make it work.
Mother thanked the matchmaker: "The woman has sworn an oath first, how dare the old woman say that!"
A brother heard of it, frustrated and annoyed. The first thing he said was, "I don't know what to do! The first thing I want to do is to get married to a government official, and then to the groom, who will be able to honor your body. If you don't marry a righteous man, what do you want to do?"
Lanzhi tilted her head and replied, "The truth is as my brother said. I'd like to thank my husband for his service, and I'd like to return to my brother's door in the middle of the road. The first thing I want to do is to make sure that I have a good understanding of what I'm doing and how I'm doing it! I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it," she said. I'm sure you'll be able to get married if you agree to it."
The matchmaker got out of bed. The government of the country is not a good place to be, but it is a good place to be," he said. The government has heard of this, the heart of the great joy. View the calendar to open the book, to facilitate this month, the hexagrams are corresponding. Good fortune 30 days, today is 27, the Secretary can go to the wedding. The language of communication is quick to dress up, and it is like a floating cloud. The green sparrow and the white swan boat, the four-cornered dragon's son streamer. The graceful winds turn, and the golden car is a wheel of jade. Tramping buckskin horses, tasseled gold saddles. A present of three million dollars, all threaded with green silk. There were 300 colorful horses and salmon treasures in the market. The four or five hundred men who accompanied him climbed up to the county gate.
Mother said to her daughter: "I got a letter from Mr. Fu, and I will come to meet you tomorrow. I'm not going to be able to get a good look at you," she said. I don't want to be a part of it."
The woman was silent, and her handkerchief covered her mouth as she cried, and her tears fell like water. The left hand holds a knife and ruler, and the right hand holds a damask. The dress is embroidered in the morning, and the shirt is made of a single piece of silk in the evening. The day is dark and all night long, and I cry out with sadness.
The government officials heard of this change, so they asked for leave to return temporarily. The first thing I did was to get to the top of the stairs, and I was able to get to the top of the stairs and get to the bottom of the stairs. The new woman recognized the sound of the horses and walked to meet them. The new woman recognized the sound of the horse, and walked to meet the new woman. She lifted her hand and patted the saddle of her horse, and sighed with sorrow: "Since you left me, I have not been able to measure up to the people. It is not as good as I had hoped, and it is not as detailed as you had hoped. I have my own parents, persecution and brothers. I have my own parents, and I am forced to be a brother, but I have to answer to others.
The government official said to the new wife: "I congratulate you on your promotion! I'm going to the Yellow Springs alone."
The bride said to the official: "Why do you say that? The same is true for the concubine. I'll see you in the Yellow Springs, so don't go against today's words!" I'm not going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm going to be able to do it. How can we say goodbye to the living and the dead? I will never be able to say goodbye to the world again!
The government official returned home and went up to the hall to pay homage to his mother: "Today's wind is very cold, the cold wind destroys the trees, and the frost knots the garden orchids. The child today in the dark, your mother in the back single. Therefore, I made a bad plan, do not blame the ghosts and gods! My life is like a stone in the southern mountains, my body is healthy and straight!"
Mother heard this, and tears fell in response: "You are the son of a great family, serving in the palace. I'm not going to die for a woman, I'm not going to die for a woman, I'm not going to die for a woman!
There is a good girl in the East family who is very pretty and beautiful, and my mother is looking for her, and she will be back soon."
The government official bowed again and sighed in the empty room. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
The day of the oxen and horses, the new wife into the green hut. The first thing I want to say is that I'm not going to be able to do this, but I'm going to be able to do it," he said. "I'm not going to be able to get out of this one, but I'm going to be able to get out of this one." I'm not going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it.
The government officials heard about this, and knew that they would be leaving for a long time. I'm not going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it.
The two families asked to be buried together, and they were buried together near Mount Hua. The two of them will be buried together in the mountains of China. The two of them are in the middle of the mountain, and the two of them are in the middle of the mountain. The two birds are named Mandarin Ducks. They tilted their heads up and chirped to each other, night after night until five o'clock. Pedestrians stop to listen to them, and widows begin to wander. Thank you, future generations, and be careful not to forget.
Translation:
During the Jian'an period in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu, the wife of Jiao Zhongqing, a minor official of the Lujiang Prefecture, was driven back to her mother's house by Zhongqing's mother, who swore not to remarry. But her mother's family kept forcing her to remarry, and she had to throw herself into the water. When Jiao Zhongqing heard the news of his wife's death, he also hanged himself from a tree in the courtyard of his house. People at the time mourned them and wrote this poem.
The peacock flew toward the southeast, and every five miles it flew in a bout of wandering.
"At thirteen I was able to weave white silk, and at fourteen I learned to tailor clothes. At fifteen I learned to play konghou, and at sixteen I could recite poetry. I became your wife at seventeen, but I often felt pain and sorrow in my heart. Now that you have become a government official, of course you will stick to your duties. I was left alone in an empty room, and the days when we saw each other became more and more sparse. Every day when the rooster crows I enter the engine room to spin and weave, and every night I cannot rest.
In three days I was able to cut off five pieces of cloth on the machine, but my mother-in-law still deliberately thought I was slow and slack. It is not that I am slow to weave and loose in action, but that your daughter-in-law is difficult to be an in-law and difficult to serve. I can't stand this kind of drive from your family anymore, and it's useless to stay in vain to be able to drive the machine any further. You will report this to your in-laws and repatriate me in time to send me back to my mother's house."
Hearing these words, the government official went to the hall and reported to his mother, "My son no longer has the good fortune to be a high-ranking official and enjoy a good fortune, but I am fortunate to have married such a good daughter-in-law. When we first came of age, we became a loving couple who shared the same bed and wished to live and die together until the Yellow Springs. We have lived together only two or three years, and these sweet days are only the beginning and not yet long. There is no impropriety in her behavior, how could she have known that she would incur your displeasure in not being loving and affectionate."
A mother said to the government official, "Why are you so narrow-minded and stubborn! This daughter-in-law does not know how to be polite, and her actions are so self-exclusive and free. My heart has been filled with anger for a long time, so how can you take it upon yourself to be accommodating to her? There is a virtuous woman in the east neighborhood, whose original name was Qin Luoshi. There is no one who can match her lovely figure, and I shall plead for your marriage. You should then drive Lanzhi away quickly, drive her away never let her linger!"
The government official straightened himself and knelt long in reply, and he respectfully pleaded with his mother again, "If this daughter-in-law is driven away now, my son will never marry another woman in his old age!"
Hearing these words, the mother knocked on the bed and lost her temper: "You are too bold and fearless, how dare you help your daughter-in-law to speak nonsense. I have severed my love for her, and will never comply with your request for permission!"
The government official was silent, and after another obeisance took leave of his mother and returned to his room. He opened his mouth and spoke to his daughter-in-law, already choking with grief and anger: "I did not want to drive you away, but my mother forced me to do so. But you have only returned to your mother's house for the time being, and now I am also returning to the county official's house for the time being. Soon I shall come home from the House, and when I return I shall certainly go to meet you. You will condescend for this, and never go against these words of mine."
Lanzhi confessed to the government official, "Do not take such trouble to repeat your advice! I remember when I left my mother's house and walked into your house at the beginning of the year. Serving the in-laws are obedient to their hearts, every move where dare to take the initiative not to abide by their duties? Day and night diligently operate, alone surrounded by bitterness. I thought I could say that I had not committed any sin, and that I would be able to serve my parents for the rest of my life to repay them for their great kindness. But still still to be driven away, where to talk about turning back to your door again.
I have a short coat embroidered with a glorious and beautiful pattern. I had a small double-decker tent made of red silk, with scented sachets hanging from all four corners. There were sixty or seventy boxes of various sizes, all tightly bound with turquoise silk thread. The things inside are all different, all kinds of things are collected in them. Since people are lowly things are naturally mean, it is not worthwhile to use them to welcome later newcomers. You save them for the opportunity to give them to others later. It is impossible to meet and marry again in the future after you have come this far. I hope that you will comfort yourself at times, and long remember me not to forget my bitter life."
When the rooster whimpered that the sky was about to dawn outside the window, Lanzhi got up and carefully dressed and groomed herself. She put on the embroidered skirt of old, and did everything four or five times before she was properly dressed. On her feet she wore silk shoes, and on her head a tortoiseshell hairpin glittered. A flowing white silk belt was tied around her waist, and ear dangles decorated with bright moon beads hung from her ears. Her ten fingers were as thin and white as sharp onion roots, and her lips were painted red as if they contained vermilion. She walked softly with small steps, and her splendor and beauty were truly unparalleled in the world.
She went up to the hall to bid farewell to her mother, who let her go without stopping her. "When I was a daughter, I grew up in the countryside. I had not been taught and disciplined, and I was even more ashamed to marry into your family and be ashamed of your son. I received a lot of money and gifts from my mother, but I was not able to fulfill my mother's command. Today I am going back to my mother's house, remembering that my mother is alone in the house." She retired from the hall to bid farewell to her young aunt again, her tears rolling down like a series of beads.
"When I, the new daughter-in-law, was first married, my sister-in-law was just learning to walk before she could hold the bed. Today I have been driven back to my mother's home, and my sister-in-law is now my size. I hope that you will serve my in-laws with all your heart, and support them well and feed them carefully. Whenever you play on the night of the eve of the seventh month and on the nineteenth day of the month, do not forget me." She walked out of the house and got into her car to leave, a hundred lines of tears falling.
The government official rode ahead, Lanzhi sat in the car and walked behind. The sound of the car was sometimes small and faint and sometimes loud, but both the car and the horse arrived at the entrance of the main road together. The government official dismounted and entered the carriage, and lowered his head to whisper by Lanzhi's side: "I swear I will not break with you, so go back to your mother's house for the time being, and I will go to the government office for the time being today. Soon I will surely return, and I swear to heaven that I will never fail you."
Lanzhi said to the government official, "Thank you for your sincerity and care for me. Since I am obliged to you for remembering me in this way, I shall be eagerly looking forward to your coming before long. You should be like a big stone, and I will surely be like a cattail. A reed is as soft as silk, but firm and strong, and a boulder does not shift. But I have a brother who is not of a good temperament and is often violent. I'm afraid I can't be left to my own devices, and he will surely go against my wishes to make me suffer inwardly." The two raised their hands in more than sorrowful farewell, both sides clinging to each other with affection.
Lanzhi returned to her mother's home into the door on the hall, in and out of the difficult to feel the face has been lost. Mother was very surprised to clap her hands and said: "I can't believe I didn't go to pick you up and you came home by yourself. At the age of thirteen, I taught you to spin and weave; at fourteen, you knew how to tailor; at fifteen, you knew how to play konghou; at sixteen, you knew the etiquette; and at seventeen, you were married off, thinking that you would not be guilty of any wrongdoing in your husband's house. You are not guilty of anything now, so why didn't you go to fetch you you yourself back home?" "I am very ashamed to face my own mother, my daughter really has no fault." The dear mother was very sad to hear this.
Only ten days after she returned home, the county magistrate sent a matchmaker to propose marriage. He said that the county magistrate had a third son, who had a beautiful figure and was unrivaled in the world. He is only eighteen or nineteen years old, and his eloquence is better than others.
Then his own mother said to her daughter, "You may go out and agree to this marriage."
Lanzhi replied with tears in her eyes, "When Lanzhi first returned home, the government official told me repeatedly to swear never to part. If I violate his sentiments today, the marriage will be greatly inauspicious. You can then go and rebuff the matchmaker and take your time to negotiate later."
The mother-in-law went out and told the matchmaker, "We have raised this daughter in a poor family, and she was driven back to her home soon after she was married off; she is not worthy of being the wife of a petty official, so where is she fit to marry your male son as his wife again? I hope you will inquire around more, I can't just say yes."
A few days after the matchmaker had gone, the county minister who had been sent to the county to consult the governor happened to return. He said, "In the county he had told the Taishou about a woman named Lanzhi, born in an official family." He also said, "The governor has a fifth son who is beautiful and talented and has not yet taken a wife. The Taishou asked me to be the matchmaker, and these words were conveyed by the chief minister." The county minister came to the Liu family and said directly, "In the Taishou's family, there is such a wonderful groom, and since he wants to marry your family, that is why I was sent to your house to be a matchmaker."
Lanzhi's mother rebuffed the matchmaker: "My daughter has earlier vowed not to remarry, so how can I, as a mother, dare to say more?"
Lanzhi's brother heard this and was so upset and annoyed that he spoke to his sister, Lanzhi, saying, "Why don't you think about your decision? The first marriage was to a minor government official, but the second marriage was to a noble son of the governor. The difference between good and bad destiny is like the difference between heaven and earth. After remarrying, there is enough for you to enjoy glory and wealth. What are you going to do in the future if you don't marry such a good gentleman?"
Lanzhi raised her head and replied, "It is true that the truth is as my brother said, after leaving home to marry and serve my husband, and then coming back to my brother's house in the middle of the journey, I have to follow my brother's wishes in how to arrange things, so how can I make my own decisions? Although I have made a vow with the government official, I will never have the opportunity to meet with him. Promise it at once, and it will be a marriage."
The matchmaker went down from the sitting bed and said yes! Good! That's it! That's it! He returned to the Tai Shou's residence and reported to the Tai Shou, "My humble servant is on a mission from Your Excellency to discuss this marriage talk very opportunistically." When the governor heard this, he was very happy in his heart. He opened his almanac and checked it over and over again, and the auspicious day was within this month, and the earthly branches of the month's foundation and the day's hour were all in harmony with each other. "The auspicious day for the marriage will be set on the 30th day, and today is already the 27th day, so you may go immediately to handle the matter of welcoming the bride." They passed the word to each other to go quickly to make preparations, and there was a continuous stream of people coming and going like floating clouds in the sky.
The boat that welcomed the bride was painted with a green finch and a white swan, and flags embroidered with dragons hung from the corners of the boat. The flags fluttered gently in the wind, and the gold-colored car was matched with a jade-decorated wheel. The horse with the green and white mixed color of the fur was slowly moving forward, and the tassels knotted with gold threads on both sides of the saddle. The bride-price of three million dollars was sent, all strung up with green silk. All kinds of flowers and colors of silk three hundred, but also sent to Jiaoshu Guangzhou to buy sea food and mountain treasures. Attendants *** have four or five hundred, hot and lively gathered in front of the governor's residence ready to go to meet the bride.
The mother-in-law said to Lanzhi, "I just got a letter from the governor, and I will come to marry you tomorrow. Why don't you get your clothes ready? Don't let things not work out!"
Lanzhi was silent, covering her mouth with a handkerchief and crying sadly, her tears falling like running water pouring down. Moving her glazed sitting couch, she moved it out and put it under the front window. In her left hand she took scissors and a ruler, and in her right hand she took damask and silk. In the morning she made an embroidered skirt, and in the evening she made a single robe. When it was dark, it was already late, and she was full of sorrow, thinking that she would have to get married tomorrow, and then she wept sadly.
Hearing of this unexpected turn of events, the government official asked for leave to go home for a while. Before they reached Liu's house about two or three miles away, the people were very sad and the horse squealed sadly. Lanzhi is familiar with the sound of the horse, stepping on the shoes hurriedly out of the house to meet. The heart of the melancholy far away from the past, know is the former husband has come. She raised her hand and patted the saddle, and sighed continually to make each other sadder. "It is impossible to predict or measure the changes that have taken place since you left me. I'm sure we can't fulfill our old wishes, and it's not like you can understand the details. I have my own parents, and my own brother who forced me. What hope can you have if you betroth me to another!"
The government official said to Lanzhi, "Congratulations on your promotion! A boulder is square and thick, and can remain unchanged for a thousand years. The cattail, though momentarily tough, can only last a short time. You will live more and more comfortably day by day in a distinguished position, and I alone will go down to the Yellow Springs."
Lanzhi said to the government official, "I can't imagine you would say such a thing! Both of us are equally persecuted, and you are so and I am so tormented. Let's meet again in the Yellow Springs, and don't break today's oath!" They shook hands and said goodbye and parted ways, each returning to his own home. Those who are alive have to make a parting in death, where can they finish talking about the hatred they hold in their hearts. They all wanted to leave the world very quickly, and no matter what, they did not want to live to save their lives.
The government official returned to his house, went up to the hall to pay respect to his mother and said, "Today the wind is strong and the sky is cold, the cold wind has broken the trees, and the thick frost has frozen the orchids in the courtyard. Today I am already at sunset and my life will end, leaving my mother alone in the world for the rest of her days. It is my intention to make such bad plans, so please do not blame the gods and spirits for the punishment! May your life be as long as the stone of Nanshan, and your body strong and well."
Mother heard these words, and tears fell with the words, "You are the son of a great family, and have always been an official in the government dais. Don't seek death for a woman, how can you abandon her for the sake of a woman who is different in rank and how can you count her as weak in love? There is a good woman in the east neighborhood, slim and beautiful, the first in the city. As a mother, I will ask for your hand in marriage, and the answer will come sooner or later."
The government official bowed again and then turned and walked back, sighing in his empty room. With his mind thus made up, he turned his head toward the house, his heart burning with sorrow for a while.
On the day of the wedding, the oxen and horses were neighing, and Lanzhi, the new bride, was welcomed into the green tent. It was already after dusk, and there was no sound in the quiet surroundings. "The end of my life is today, only the body remains long my soul will be gone." She pulled up her skirt and took off her silk shoes, jumped and threw herself into the clear pool.
The government official heard of this, and knowing in his heart that this was farewell forever, he came and wandered for a while under the great tree in the courtyard, and hanged himself on the south-east branch of the tree.
The two families requested that the husband and wife be buried together, and they were buried together next to Mount Hua. The east and west sides of the grave were planted with pines and cypresses, and the left and right sides were planted with sycamores. All kinds of tree branches cover each other, and all kinds of tree leaves are connected. In the center there was a pair of double flying birds, the name of the bird was originally called mandarin ducks, they raised their heads and chirped to each other, and every night they chirped until the fifth night. Passers-by stopped to listen carefully, and the widow was even more disturbed and uncertain. I want to solemnly tell those who come after me to take this as a warning not to forget it.
Expanded information:
The distinctive character portrayal through individualized character dialogues is the greatest artistic achievement of Southeast Flight of the Peacock. The whole poem "***1,785 words, the first long poem in the ancient and modern times. Drenching, back and forth, miscellany of dozens of people in the mouth, and each of their voices and faces, is not the pen of the chemical industry" ("Ancient Poetry Source" Volume IV, Shen Deqian press).
In the dialogues throughout the piece, it can be seen that Liu Lanzhi spoke to Zhongqing, to Jiao's mother, to her sister-in-law, to her own brother and her mother with different attitudes and tones, and it is precisely in this difference that she can be felt to be hard-working, kind-hearted, and oppressed, but rich in the spirit of defiance of the outer softness and inner toughness of her personality. Similarly, in Jiao Zhongqing's words on different occasions, we can also feel his honest and weak character, which is loyal to love and knows right from wrong, but is forced by his mother's coercion, but also has a developmental character.
Liu Lanzhi is a beautiful image carefully molded by the author. She is not only a lady and a virtuous wife, but also a woman with a distinctive personality: brave, strong and rebellious. Lanzhi used the words "the lord is late" to break through her mother-in-law's willful picky and difficult, and used the action of "please return" to show her resistance. In her farewell conversation with Zhongqing, she expresses her deep love for her husband, but realizes that "coming back" is a fantasy. The "severe make-up" is an exaggerated narrative, showing that her attitude is calm and "subtle and unparalleled".
When she bids farewell to her mother-in-law, she is unassuming and her words are a protest against her arrogant attitude. In the "oath", she used her heartfelt oath to show her fidelity to love. The "refusal of matchmaking" is a rebellion against feudalism. In the face of her elder brother's forced marriage, she shows her sober estimation of the future and her contempt for her brother's tyranny by agreeing to the marriage. The vow "to meet each other in the Yellow Springs" is full of her deep love for her husband and her courage to resist the feudal patriarchal system to the death. "Lifting herself to the clear pool" is the sublimation of Lanzhi's spirit of resistance. In the sharp conflict between love and feudal patriarchy, the artistic image of Liu Lanzhi shines brightly.
Jiao Zhongqing is another important figure in the poem, and the author shows his gradual transformation from weakness to strength. He began to have fantasies about his mother, and when his fantasies were destroyed by the cruel reality, he resolutely expressed his determination to die for his love to his mother, and used the phrase "hanging himself from the southeast branch" to express his thoughts of chastity in love and his resistance to the feudal patriarchal system. His change of heart deepens the accusation against the feudal society.
In addition, the tyranny and violence of Jiao's mother, and the cold and selfish character of Liu's brother, who is greedy for money and power, are all vividly written. In short, the main feature of this narrative poem is to portray characters in sharp conflicts.
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