Liu Lanzhi, a folk story in Peacock Flying Southeast, was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. She has been very clever since she was a child. The poem "Peacock Flying Southeast" says that she can "weave 13 times, tailor 14 times, play the piano 15 times and recite poems 16 times", which shows that she is versatile. At the age of seventeen, she married Jiao Zhongqing. Jiao Zhongqing's occupation is a small local official, which is probably equivalent to the current civil servants. The family is simple, with only one old mother and sister, and the economic situation is well-off. Smart and virtuous Liu Lanzhi married to such a family, according to the truth, life should be fairly smooth. But it happened that Liu Lanzhi's mother-in-law, Jiao Mu, was strict and harsh, which changed the young couple from a happy couple to a replica of Liang Zhu.
Liu Lanzhi was trained by her mother's female teacher at an early age, so after she married her in-laws, she did all the housework in an orderly way, such as weaving, cooking, sweeping the floor, and so on, and couldn't do anything well. And Jiao Zhongqing also felt that he married a good wife and loved Liu Lanzhi more. Maybe it's because my feelings are too good that my mother-in-law is jealous, and her mother-in-law just doesn't like her. Besides increasing Liu Lanzhi's workload, she also tried to find fault with Liu Lanzhi, saying that her daughter-in-law was rude and did things in her own way, forcing her son to take Liu Lanzhi away.
In traditional society, sons dare not disobey their mothers easily. Although Jiao Zhongqing knew that his wife had done nothing wrong, he had to send Liu Lanzhi back to her mother's home first to calm her anger. When they left, Jiao Zhongqing promised to take Liu Lanzhi back again and hoped that Liu Lanzhi would be strong enough to wait for him. Jiao Zhongqing said, "I swear I won't break up with you. You should go back to your parents' house for a while. I must go to work in Lujiang Taishoufu now and come back early. I swear I will never be sorry for you. "
Liu Lanzhi was very moved and said to Jiao Zhongqing, "You are a rock, my concubine is a reed, and the reed is as silky as silk, and the rock does not move." It means: you are as firm as a rock and unshakable, and I am as soft as a reed. Let's keep our promise to each other.
I didn't expect that it didn't take long for the matchmaker to come to you, saying that the son of the county magistrate had a crush on her and wanted to marry her. Liu Lanzhi is determined not to get married again. However, Liu Lanzhi's brother has a bad temper and likes the rich family background of the county magistrate, and his mother is too old to decide, so his brother forced Liu Lanzhi to agree to this marriage.
On the day before Liu Lanzhi's wedding, Jiao Zhongqing heard the news and made a special trip. He was very unfriendly and thought that Liu Lanzhi had not kept his promise. Jiao Zhongqing said to Liu Lanzhi, "Congratulations on finding a good home! My stone is strong and can last for thousands of years, but where are your reeds? Only temporary tenacity, but not long. Your life will be richer every day, and I, ah, will report to hell alone. "
Liu Lanzhi cried and said to Jiao Zhongqing, "I didn't expect you to be so cruel to say such a thing. You and I are persecuted. All right, I'll see you in hell! I hope not to forget each other's vows. "
The day of Liu Lanzhi's remarriage finally came, and when she remembered that everything in the past was irreparable, she felt sad. She came to the pool alone and jumped, thus ending her short and involuntary life. Jiao Zhongqing heard the news that Liu Lanzhi drowned, and then hanged himself in his yard, facing the southeast branch.
Jiao and Liu died and were buried next to Huashan Mountain. There is a dense forest next to the cemetery. There are a pair of birds in the forest called "Yuanyang". These two birds often hold their heads high and talk to each other …
The tragic ending of Peacock Flying Southeast 2 folk stories has its historical roots. Only by analyzing and understanding from the viewpoint of historical materialism can we draw a correct conclusion. Some people think that the suicide of both the hero and heroine is negative and undesirable, so the theme of this poem lacks positive significance, which is due to the lack of understanding of the powerful evil forces in feudal society at that time, and even regards the old society as a new society; Some people think that love is supreme, and if it can't be solved satisfactorily, you should commit suicide, confess and fight. It seems that there is no other way but death. This kind of suicide behavior that is not based on social reality is undoubtedly wrong and violates historical materialism.
According to the investigation, Peacock Flying Southeast was written roughly in Jian 'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was written by people at that time according to the fact of a marriage tragedy in Lujiang County and has been circulated among the people. Why was a beautiful, gentle, polite and good at labor like Lan Zhi scolded by Zhong Qing's mother and finally sent back to her family? This is due to the worship of the concept of family status in feudal society. Lan Zhi was born in a civilian family, but Zhong Qing was the black sheep of everyone. However, his mother never forgets that she is an official in Taige. She looked down on Lan Zhi, a woman from a civilian family, and discriminated against her, thinking that she was rude, self-directed and self-directed. She wanted to be attached to the boss for her son and forced Zhong Qing to send Lan Zhi back to her family. Then, since Zhong Qing and Lan Zhi are very loving and have expressed their love and intercession to their mothers many times, why did they finally dare to fight harder and send them back to Lan Zhi against their will? Sister-in-law also sympathizes with Lan Zhi. Why can't she form a united front at home against the overbearing and unreasonable charming mother? This is because the concept of social class and feudal paternalism occupy a dominant position, and sympathy and resistance have no effect. Lan Zhi returned to her family. Although her mother loves her and sympathizes with her, her brother is a man with strong feudal consciousness and family status. His brotherhood with Lan Zhi was completely submerged by feudal consciousness. In that patriarchal society, her mother's position in the family was inferior to her brother's, so Lan Zhi was still very wronged when she returned home. This famous long poem fully exposed the evil of feudal patriarchal system and the concept of family status in destroying the happiness of young people's marriage and lashed this unreasonable social system. On the other hand, he praised the loyal love between Lan Zhi and Zhong Qing. Although she was discriminated and tortured by Jiao's mother, she still endured the torture, being gentle and considerate, hardworking and kind, and caring about etiquette, hoping to compromise with Zhong Qing and maintain her life. Although Zhong Qing has serious ethics and filial piety, she has protested to her mother many times. Because of his weak character, he still had to be separated from Lan Zhi. When the husband and wife broke up, they burst into tears and made vows to each other. Zhong Qing doesn't marry and Lan Zhi doesn't marry, which shows that although she is persecuted, her love is faithful. However, due to her brother's snobbery, Lan Zhi forced her to marry the son of the satrap. Knowing that she could not resist, she had the idea of double suicide with death. In the poem, the satrap's family tried to organize a wedding to set off Lan Zhi's loyalty. Finally, on their wedding night, Lan Zhi drowned himself and Zhong Qing hanged himself. After all kinds of efforts, they finally used their lives to fight against the cannibal feudal society, showing their strong desire for marriage, love and happiness and their spirit of struggle until death do us part. Their tragic experience and ideal pursuit reflect the general aspirations and rebellious demands of young men and women under feudal rule, which has extremely extensive and profound social significance. Therefore, this poem has always been a household name and widely circulated among the people. We must not regard it as a simple double suicide with death. This poem is artistic and ideological, especially the double suicide of Lan Zhi and Zhong Qing, which is a heavy blow to feudal consciousness in feudal society. Based on this understanding, when I was teaching, I asked my classmates to imagine the ending of the protagonist in the poem. My classmates put forward more than ten kinds of endings, such as husband and wife eloping, publicly exposing Jiao Mu's unreasonable persecution to the society, making Lan Zhi marry the son of the satrap to make women proud, making Zhong Qing a monk, etc. Later, I asked my classmates to follow two principles: ① Do not violate historical truth; (2) can't distort the protagonist's character, textual research, the result is to maintain the ending of the original poem. After discussion, we all realize that literary works only reflect social contradictions and conflicts from one side, thus giving people inspiration and education. To analyze and understand it, we can't ignore the historical background, deviate from the principles of literary creation, or even simply imitate it, thus eliminating the possible negative effects.