Zaoluo Robe·It turned out to be full of colorful purples and reds
Ming Dynasty: Tang Xianzu
It turned out to be full of colorful purples and reds, but it turned out to be ruined wells and ruined buildings, and the beautiful scenery was nothing. God, whose home is it for pleasure? Flying in the morning and rolling in the evening, clouds and green pavilions, rain and wind, smoke and waves painting boats, the people of Jinping find this time very cheap.
Translation and annotations
Translation
No one appreciates the charming spring scenery with blooming flowers, and it is all given to the dilapidated wells and ruins. How to spend this precious time in such a beautiful spring? Who has the things that make people happy? The carved beams and painted buildings, flying pavilions and green tiled pavilions are as brilliant as clouds. The warm spring breeze carries the drizzle, and the painting boats float in the vast spring water. People in the boudoir regard this beautiful spring scenery as too despicable.
Notes
Colorful: Describes the bright and beautiful flowers.
Broken well and ruins: a broken well railing and a short wall that fell down. This describes the dilapidated and neglected courtyard.
Naihetian: meaning helpless.
Whose family: Which family.
Chaofeimujuan: describes the majestic pavilions and broad scenery.
Cuixuan: Gorgeous pavilions.
Jinping people: people who are isolated in boudoir.
Te: Too.
Shaoguang: great spring.
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616) was a Chinese dramatist and writer in the Ming Dynasty. The meaning of the word is still, and the names are Hairuo, Ruoshi and Qingyuan Taoist. Han nationality, native of Linchuan, Jiangxi. In 1583 AD (the eleventh year of Wanli), he became a Jinshi and served as doctor of Taichang Temple and director of the Ministry of Rites. Due to the impeachment of Shen Shixing, he was demoted to Xu Wendianshi. He was later transferred to the magistrate of Suichang County, Zhejiang Province. He was dismissed from office because he was not attached to the powerful and did not serve again. He studied under Luo Rufang and was influenced by Li Zhi's thoughts. In terms of opera creation, we are opposed to imitation of ancient times and rigidity in rhythm. His works include the legendary "The Peony Pavilion", "The Handan Chronicle", "The Nanke Chronicle" and "The Purple Hairpin Chronicle", collectively known as "Four Dreams in Yumingtang", of which "The Peony Pavilion" is the most famous. In the history of opera, he is as famous as Guan Hanqing and Wang Shifu, and plays an important role in the history of Chinese and even world literature.
Appreciation
This libretto has always been talked about by people. It is elegant and beautiful without losing its meaning. It is sincere and swaying with the scenery. It fully demonstrates Du Liniang’s mood when visiting the garden. The flow of emotions reflects the characteristics of the integration of emotion, scene, drama and thought. It is designed to closely match the current state and development direction of the protagonist's emotions. "The flowers are in full bloom", the gorgeous and dazzling spring garden provides a strong visual impact and opens the girl's heart. However, the protagonist does not just linger in it, only "entering" but not "exiting". The glimpse of spring is an imaginary scene in the girl's heart. She foresees the future direction of the rich and gorgeous spring scenery - "all given to broken wells and ruins." The dilapidated scene gives the girl a strong shock from the other extreme. "Spring is like this" opens up the protagonist's vision, making it full of surprises and surprises. The subsequent association of spring's return shocks the girl's heart with a bang, making it full of fear and helplessness.
The scene where the heroine's heart is first filled with excitement and then her brows are raised again contains the helpless emotion - "It's a good time and beautiful scenery, but who can enjoy it?" Here she realizes that life If we look at these lamentations from another angle, there is not only pure pessimism remaining in them. After the protagonist's mood hits a low point, he still can't forget "good times and beautiful scenery", "pleasant things", "clouds and green pavilions" and "smoky waves painting boats". , beautiful things are always deeply embedded in the girl's mind. It is not difficult for readers to get a glimpse of the protagonist's inner expectations and find psychological basis for the next story of an unexpected encounter with Liu Mengmei and death for love.
In this libretto, the emotional changes from joy to pain closely follow the transition from the rich real scene to the ruined virtual scene. It is difficult for readers to distinguish between the external scene and the inner scene. The strict limits of emotion are only because here, the scenery appears and the emotion arises, and the emotion enters but the scenery remains.
This song expresses Du Liniang’s regrets about staying late in the garden and being lonely in her youth, and then indicts the ruthless destruction of young girls’ youth by feudal ethics and feudal concepts. As a newly awakened girl, Du Liniang lamented the fleeting spring, lamented the loneliness of spring, longed for a free and happy life, and strongly demanded physical and mental liberation. This reflected the spirit of the times after the mid-Ming Dynasty that demanded individual liberation, and had a profound impact on later generations. In "A Dream of Red Mansions", Lin Daiyu reads this song and thinks of her own situation, which is infinitely sentimental.