In his masterpiece Doctor Lu Beats His Wife after Autumn, the parents' images of Luo Meiying and Luo Meiying have changed greatly in ten years. From shyness to fierceness, Luo Meiying was forced by life. From filial piety to idleness, Hu Qiu resigned himself to attending classes; From kindness to philistinism, Luo Fu and Luo Mu had no choice but to go bankrupt. It was the dark and decadent society in Yuan Dynasty, the hardships of life and the inherent distinction between beauty and ugliness in human nature that made their images undergo extremely contradictory changes. Comparing these changes with Mei Ying's insistence on the good character of human nature, the beauty and ugliness of human nature are more obvious.
Keywords: "Autumn tiger beats his wife", the reason for the contradiction of characters' images
Autumn Night of Doctor Lu, a Yuan drama, is the representative work of writers in the early Yuan Dynasty. This story can be traced back to Liu Xiang's Biography of Lienv Lu Qiu in the Western Han Dynasty. Junbao Shi adapted it into a zaju, adding characters such as Zhang, matchmaker and Luo Meiying's parents, which strengthened the drama conflict and made the story more vivid. The narrative time between the first and third folds of the script is ten years apart. During this decade, the images of Luo Meiying, Qiu Hu and Mei Ying's parents have changed so much that there seems to be a contradiction between before and after. Discuss society, life and human nature, and you can also answer this question. Comparing this change with Mei Ying's consistent personality, the beauty and ugliness of human nature are more obvious.
First, Luo Meiying: From a shy bride to a fiery village woman
When she got married, Mei Ying used the Book of Songs and the cultivation of her parents to show her harmony. She is always "shy" and is a shy and docile bride. However, in the past ten years, Mei Ying's character and words and deeds have become very provocative and bold. When Li was forced to get married, she snapped at him: "Give this guy a slap in the face." The vivid action description in her speech is a threat to Zhang, which vividly depicts her strength, bravery and fearlessness in the face of evil forces. Qiu Hu's rude words and cursing tone, which want to attack her, show the rudeness of the village woman: "You look at me and my forehead hurts;" Pull me and cut off your hands and feet; You make soup for me, cuff my waist for osteotomy; Pinch me and I'll show you the flow three thousand miles away; Give me a hug and I'll cross your head on the donkey. Alas, those who eat too much are punished. I didn't lift your grave or kill your family! "Its intense tone and popular words are full of local flavor, vulgar and savage, and very happy, which is in sharp contrast with the elegant words and gentle tone of the first compromise, such as" Nocturne on the piano, Phoenix with bridal chamber "and" Lying on the ground and growing scales "
The great contrast between elegance and vulgarity, rigidity and softness reflects the deep suffering of Mei Ying in the process of changing from shy to fierce, from elegant girl to rude village woman. In the past ten years, Mei Ying has been living alone with her elderly and frail mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law is unable to help her. She can only support her family by sewing, washing clothes, raising silkworms and selecting cocoons with others, and treat her mother-in-law herself. Over the years, she has lived a life of hunger and cold with "trembling back" and "desolate belly". In order to make a living, she must put aside her reserve, shyness and elegance and work hard all day. In Dou Eyuan, Dr. Lulu and Zhang Lver dare to bully Cai Pohe without restraint. Mei Ying and her mother-in-law who have no male care at home are vulnerable to bullying, not to mention that Mei Ying is young and beautiful, and it is not uncommon for a prodigal son to flirt with a big family like Zhang. In this case, Mei Ying, unwilling to be bullied, can only be strong and arm herself with provocative and rude words and deeds, so as to force back the malicious people and seek peace of life. The difficult family situation and the unfriendly society to women in Yuan Dynasty made Mei Ying change from a weak girl to a fiery peasant woman.
Hu Qiu: From a dutiful son to a dissolute bureaucrat.
Hu Qiu's mother's question in the play "Who is the official?" In the absurd form that mothers don't know their children, it intuitively shows the great changes in Hu Qiu. Before joining the army, Hu Qiu told his wife to "take good care of her mother at home" and promised her to "write back often", showing filial piety. Ironically, Qiu Hu left it behind after joining the army, and he hasn't heard from him for ten years, which made his mother and wife very nervous. When he first arrived at the military camp, he was appreciated and made outstanding achievements under the command of the marshal. Hu Qiu was not unable to convey the message of peace, but indulged in fame and power and forgot his mother at home. 10 years later, he finally asked for leave to go home on the grounds that "there was an old mother in the class and no one took care of her for a long time" and got the golden cake from Lu as his mother's food. But when he met a beautiful woman, he thought that his mother didn't know, and she used gold cakes to seek beauty, regardless of her old mother and wife, which was neither loyal nor filial. Hu Qiu used to be a poor literati with no money and no name, but he was willing to accompany Meiying to suffer from poverty. "I hope he will be a courtier in Yutang Golden Horse", and Qiu Hu will have something outstanding. However, after ten years in the army, great changes have taken place in Hu Qiu, who lives in a military camp. He is greedy for beauty and rude, and lures his unrecognized "wife" Mei Ying to commit herself to him by five means: verbal teasing, flirting, money inducement, forced marriage and killing people to vent their anger. From the third compromise, he lured money, forced marriage, and killed people to vent their anger, which shows that he is greedy for money, lawless and vicious. In the fourth compromise, when Mei Ying recognized that he was a rogue who molested him, he lied and argued. When he was asked to cancel the contract, he concealed the flirting and only accused Mei Ying of disowning her husband. It's shameless to use mother to contain Meiying.
Hu Qiu has changed from a humble scholar who is filial and courteous, poor and down-and-out, to a dissolute bureaucrat who is powerful but unfilial and unjust. In the Yuan Dynasty, "Confucianism was inferior to human beings" and its social status was extremely low. There is even a saying that "eight prostitutes, nine scholars and ten beggars", which is the early life of Hu Qiu. However, ten years after joining the army, Hu Qiu entered the bureaucratic class and made a leap from the oppressed class to the exploiting class. Poetry was originally for Wenda, but now it is used to play with beauty; This is a poor family, and now it is a "rich man"; Originally a polite scholar, today he has become the devil wears Prada. The contrast shows the ugliness of the bureaucratic class in Yuan Dynasty and its strong corrosiveness to people. Hu Qiu's change took place during the ten years since he joined the army and was promoted. The main objects he imitated were colleagues in the military camp and the imperial court. His bad behavior more or less reflected the ugly faces of military camps and court officials at that time. Hu Qiu, a dutiful son, must have struggled at first, but in order not to be different, he still went with the flow, showing the corrupt atmosphere of the bureaucratic class and the ugliness of his own humanity. Qiu Hu made a name for himself, but he became the most annoying person when he was still a lower-class scholar. Sad and ridiculous. This satire is a vivid portrayal and reflection of the smugness of the lower-class literati after they gained power, and it also implies disgust and criticism of the political misconduct of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty who despised the literati.
Romu: From loving parents to philistine parents.
Mei Ying's parents have always been regarded as shameless people who betrayed their daughters for glory, but they were once loving parents. As can be seen from the first discount, they let their daughters learn poetry and truth from childhood, rejoiced in their daughter's marriage, worried about their son-in-law joining the army and their daughter's "widow", and outlined the image of a pair of parents who really love their daughters. However, ten years later, Luo Fu said to Zhang Dajia, "I will sue you in the government, and I will kill you."