A woman's tragedy - Appreciation of "The Book of Songs - Wei Feng - Meng"
"Wei Feng - Meng" is a representative work of poems about abandoned women in the "Book of Songs". A long poem of narrative nature. It narrates the unfortunate experience of a working woman in her marriage. She was kind and passionate, pursuing a happy marriage, but was deceived by a hypocritical man. In the end, she was abused and abandoned, and she suffered a lot of mental torture and pain. She was full of remorse and sternly accused the man of being ungrateful, showing her strong character and rebellious spirit. The whole poem reflects the social reality of inequality between men and women in a patriarchal society, and strongly protests against feudal ethics.
The sixth chapter of the poem uses the technique of recall and flashback.
The whole poem "Meng" is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is about the heroine agreeing to the gangster's proposal. At the beginning of the poem, it is explained that the man is a small businessman who "trades cloth and silk". He comes to the heroine to "trade silk" only as a reason, and the purpose is to "come to my side". In order to achieve his goal, he put on a loyal face of "Chi Chi" and proposed to the girl. Because the heroine could not see through the hooligan's hypocrisy, she agreed to the hooligan's offer. So, regardless of her parents' orders, the matchmaker's words, and the etiquette of getting married to a matchmaker, she bravely made a promise of "falling in love" and mistakenly invested her love in a liar. It is not difficult to see from here that the heroine in the poem is a simple, enthusiastic and naive girl. Where is the gangster? He is a "slippery" guy.
"Riding on the other side of the mountain in the hope of returning to Guan", this girl has been passionately in love with her man since she got engaged, and she is infatuated with him: "When I don't see him returning, I cry." She burst into tears; now that she has returned to the customs, she is smiling and talking." She had no doubt about the result of the divination, and hoped that the man would come quickly to collect the dowry to complete the marriage. The second chapter describes the heroine's eagerness to get married, which further portrays her simple and passionate character; on the other hand, it also lays the groundwork for future marriage tragedies and the development and changes of the heroine's character.
The third chapter is an emotional turning point in the whole poem, from the longing for love to the regret of falling in love. "The mulberry leaves have fallen, and their leaves are lush." ??The poet uses the freshness of the mulberry leaves to compare the young beauty of the woman. "To evoke the words chanted." If a woman is greedy for love, she will also suffer misfortune like the turtledove. The last three sentences: "There is no need to talk about a scholar's shame when he is a girl; when a scholar is too late, it can still be said; when a woman is too lazy, it cannot be said." This is the heroine's blood and tears summed up from her own experience of being abandoned. After learning a lesson, she made up her mind not to dwell on the past again, and warned thousands of sisters to avoid making the same mistakes as herself. Here, the poet shows us the woman's deep regret, and also writes about the extremely lovely and strong side of this woman's character.
Then, the fourth chapter of the poem expresses the heroine’s resentment towards the unfaithful man. The poet uses the same "comparison" technique and uses "the mulberry leaves have fallen, and the yellow ones have fallen" to illustrate that the woman's appearance has declined, revealing the direct reason why she was abandoned by the gangster. "Self-organized, poor at the age of three" shows that this woman has been living a poor life since she got married. It is this kind of life that makes her beautiful appearance quickly become haggard. After this gangster deceived love and dowry, he gradually exposed his cold nature of "two or three virtues". The woman became a bridge across the river and was ruthlessly abandoned, and the heroine's pursuit was like soap bubbles. Just as shattered. Here, the poem effectively exposes the villain's despicable face through the woman's accusation.
Yes, in order to obtain true love and a happy family life, this poor woman "works hard at home" and "has a long life". She is willing to endure no matter what hardships she has. She shouldered all the burdens, and even did not complain about her husband's violent abuse. However, even though she endured the humiliation and burden, she still could not get rid of the unfortunate fate of being abandoned. The cruel reality left her only a bitter tear. , is a miserable life tragedy. And what about the gangsters? It turned out that the "sworn" fake loyalty and the "chichi" fake kindness, after he "did what he said" and achieved his goal, he slowly started to violently abuse her, and finally kicked her away. It is not difficult to see from this that Meng is a small businessman who is full of deceptive knowledge and extremely selfish. He is a typical example of the oppression of patriarchal power in a slave society. What is even more pitiful is that after this woman was bullied and returned to her parents' home, what awaited her was not the comfort of her relatives, but the laughter between her brothers. Even in front of her own relatives, she could not find any sympathy. Such a heavy blow in life and such a weakening of the world's human feelings made her unable to express her pain, so she had no choice but to mourn by herself. The fifth chapter uses six interjections "矣" in total, which heavily expresses the heroine's self-mourning. Looking back on the past, recounting past events, feelings of sadness, regret and loneliness are intricately intertwined, like a fire that has been buried for a long time, bursting out in two places at once, powerfully expressing her condemnation of the heartless man.
Chapter 6 describes the heroine’s resentment and determination after being abandoned, and the relationship slowly turns to calm. "We grow old together, but old age makes me resentful." A feeling of resentment and anger arose spontaneously.
Looking back on the past and comparing it to today, my destiny is so bleak and uncertain. All the "dandans" and "oaths" I made at the time were overthrown by the gangsters. And I, the heroine, also saw through the face of the gangster who betrayed his oath and saw his despicable and evil soul, so she became determined. "On the contrary, if you don't think about it, that's enough." She has more regret than sadness, and is determined but not nostalgic. She has no desire for the gangster, no plea, and no illusions. All she has is resentment and condemnation of the gangster. So far, the poet has successfully created for us an artistic model from a simple and enthusiastic girl, to a humiliating wife, to a resolute abandoned wife. Chapter 6 describes her complicated feelings of grief and indignation, and expresses her complete break with the "gangster". The idea of ??growing old together only increased the heroine's resentment. Then she used "Qi has shore, Xi has Pan" to compare herself to endless and endless pain. Then, by recalling the joy of her childhood and the eternal vows she made, she thought of the "gangster"'s broken promise now. She no longer thought about these sad past events, and spoke from the bottom of her heart. She boldly shouted "It's over", and the resistance she had accumulated in Chapter 5 erupted like a volcano, which contributed to her complete break with the "gangster" and the promotion of her personality. This should be said to be an earth-shattering cry at the time, and also set a monument for future generations of women to pursue their own individuality.
Finally, let’s take a look at the characteristics of this poem’s structural art. This poem is a lyric poem with a large narrative component. In the first and second chapters of the poem, the woman traces the story of how she was deceived by the gangster and fell in love with him and got married. The third chapter uses a whole chapter to express her regret and deep feelings for wrong love and unfortunate marriage. This kind of The mood is naturally triggered by memories; in the fourth picture, she goes on to narrate the process of being abandoned. The resentment in the narration is involuntarily generated at the same time. She vents all her resentment on the ruthless and senseless gangster, reaching the emotional level. The climax; Chapter 5 describes how he was laughed at by his brothers after being abandoned, revealing his aggrieved mood and the pain of being abandoned; Chapter 6 looks back on all the falsehoods of the gangster in the past, showing It was his hatred for the heartless man that combined with his resolute feelings. The long poem basically narrates the process of the development of the event. The poet's emotional pulse beats with the development of the event, sometimes regret, sometimes self-injury, sometimes rebuke. These complex and rich emotions accompany the development of the event. It arises and develops from narrative, and is in harmony with narrative. Since the emotions expressed by the poet have a narrative basis, readers can better understand and arouse excitement.