According to legend, a scholar named Zhu Yaozong lost his father at the age of eight and his mother Chen Xiuying became a widow. At a young age, she had to live alone and light candles at night. This is Chen Xiuying's choice. After losing her husband, she did not remarry, but devoted herself to her son. The two mothers and children live together.
Fortunately, Zhu Yaozong is smart, diligent and studious, and he is a good prospect for reading. This kindled hope in Chen Xiuying's heart, and he was determined to train his son to be a successful man and get ahead.
Therefore, she did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire Zhang Wenju, a famous local scholar, as her son's tutor. This is our one-on-one teaching now! It is really "the beloved son of parents", so it has far-reaching influence. "
Zhu Yaozong failed his mother's good intentions. Under the guidance of his teacher Zhang Wenju, he not only learned a lot, but also became a top student in high school.
Fortunately, in the court exam, the emperor fell in love with this talented and beautiful Zhu Yaozong at first sight and generously betrothed the princess to Zhu Dashuai.
Zhu Yaozong changed from a commoner to a "husband" and became the son-in-law of the emperor, reaching the peak of his life in one step. He became the pride of his mother.
He won the first place in the country in the exam, so he became a doctor of law. In ancient times, there was a custom of returning home dressed in gold. Of course, Zhu Yaozong would not miss such a glorious moment. Before he left, he also asked his father-in-law to give his mother Chen Xiuying something. He thought that her mother had been alone for so many years, and she tried to support herself and become a man. She was widowed for him and sacrificed her youth.
Originally, a chastity memorial arch was to be built for his mother, but the emperor immediately hit it. At the same time, Zhu Yaozong gave him high marks for his filial piety.
Zhu Yaozong returned home dressed in rags, and when he saw his mother, Chen Xiuying wept with joy. So many years of hard work finally paid off. But when my son mentioned building a chastity memorial arch for her.
The air condenses in an instant, because she already has a sweetheart, and this person is Zhang Wenju, Zhu Yaozong's teacher. They have been in touch for a long time because of their son.
The relationship has undergone subtle changes for a long time. She has never been married, just waiting for her son to get ahead. This time, the time is ripe for Zhu Yaozong to return to his hometown.
But before she could speak, what her son brought back had blocked her hope. What is the chastity archway? The so-called memorial archway is actually a kind of memorial archway built by the ancient feudal emperor in recognition of the achievements of his courtiers.
Chastity archway refers to the archway established in recognition of feudal women's loyalty to their husbands and their chastity throughout their lives. If Chen Xiuying agrees with his son.
It is necessary to sacrifice love to complete the establishment of "chastity archway" But this time, Chen Xiuying didn't want to wronged himself any more. Instead, he chose to have a showdown with his son and personally told Zhu Yaozong that he had a sweetheart, Zhang Wenju, and decided to remarry.
Zhu Yaozong listened to his mother's words like a bolt from the blue. He sat down in front of his mother in horror and begged her not to find him a stepfather, otherwise he would lose face.
But also may lead to fatal disasters. How to recover the imperial edict issued by the emperor? This is a crime of deceiving the monarch, and Zhu Mu is faced with a difficult choice.
Lovers and sons are sharp-minded people. When they are in a dilemma, she will choose to give it to God and take off a skirt.
Zhu Yaozong was asked to wash himself. He and his son made rules about whether to get married or not. This skirt will not remarry after being dried for a day and a night, and it will quit after being dried.
This is providence, don't stop the old mother. Hearing this, Zhu Yaozong looked at the weather. Wan Li is clear and there is no sign of rain. He readily agreed to his mother's proposal.
But it was cloudy and windy at night, and it rained heavily at dawn, and the skirt was wet by the rain. Zhu Yaozong can only choose to accept his fate.
Chen Xiuying got her wish and married the right man. She said to her son earnestly, "son, it's going to rain, and mom is going to get married." Heaven forbid! "
There is no way, Zhu Yaozong can only return to Beijing with uneasy feelings and tell the emperor truthfully about his mother and Zhang Wenju. I didn't expect the emperor not to punish him.
Also praised that this is a match made in heaven, let her go! Zhu Yaozong didn't lose his official position or his life, and his mother got married as she wished, which was a happy ending.
This is one of the allusions of "It's going to rain and mom is going to get married". Chen Xiuying illustrates this with a skirt. It turns out that the allusion of this proverb comes from a skirt!
Related information:
Wang Youguang of A Qing wrote in Volume II of Wu Lian, "It's going to rain, and mother wants to marry": "Heaven, pure yang has no yin, and if it rains, yang seeks yin; Mother, lonely in yin and without yang, wants to get married, and seeks yang in yin. If the arrow goes away, it will rot like marrow, its reason is like this, and its environment is like this. " This passage explains the "truth" of "it's going to rain and mother wants to get married" from the perspective of yin and yang, although Wang doesn't know what "mother" means (maybe he thinks its meaning is self-evident and doesn't need to be explained at all).
However, from the explanation of "the mother is lonely and has no yang", it is obvious that he regards "the mother" as an unmarried woman. If you are a married "mother", you can't say "lonely yin without yang"
As the saying goes, "when a man is older, a woman is older." "Women stay, stay and stay, and become enemies." It is natural and humane for girls to get married, which is the inevitable law of human society; And "it will rain" is an inevitable law of nature. It is based on this logical similarity that people combine the two and complement each other, thus becoming an expressive folk saying.