I haven't chased the drama for a long time, but I can't give up this sadistic "Crane And Hua Ting". As early as when I was in school, I read this book in Xuemanliangyuan, and there were many allusions and quotations that I couldn't understand at that time, until I saw the adapted TV series and found that this overhead novel was so profound.
"Crane And Hua Ting" was once the first annual rating of Jinjiang Literature Network, and has long been proud to be on the reading hot list of an ancient Chinese novel. The author Xueman Liangyuan graduated from the History Department of Peking University, and his works are well-written, and there are many imitations of chapters and books in historical works such as "Twenty-Four Histories" and "Tongjian", and the anagrams and poems used in ancient Chinese styles.
The author notes in the book "Crane And Hua Ting" that the costume art set in this story is from the Northern Song Dynasty, and the canon system is from the Ming Dynasty. The TV series is a good restoration of the description of the dynastic system, etiquette, and clothing in the book.
In the process of watching the play, the audience is not only moved by the protagonist's encounter, but also can appreciate the ultimate beauty of ideals, integrity, etiquette, and life taste in traditional Chinese culture.
Moreover, the place of this drama beyond other ancient dramas is that it is not limited to the development of the protagonist's emotional line, and puts the perspective on exalting the benevolence and morality of the Confucian literati, revealing the fierce collision between traditional Confucian ethics and monarchical principles, and is full of accusations and reflections on the feudal monarchical system.
The provenance of the "Crane Pavilion"
"Crane And Huating" comes from the allusion "Huating Crane", which comes from the "New Language of the World, You Regret": "The failure of the Lu Pingyuan River Bridge, by Lu Zhi, was cursed, and sighed: 'If you want to hear the Crane of Huating, you can get it back!'" ’”。
It is said that during the Battle of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, the famous soldier Lu Ji was heavily used by Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, and when he attacked Sima Qi, the king of Changsha, he appointed him as the commander and commanded more than 200,000 soldiers and horses. Lu Ji initially asked for resignation, but was rejected by the King of Chengdu.
Later, the other generals saw that the southern commander was angry, deliberately disobeyed the deployment, and the land plane lacked combat experience, resulting in losses and defeats.
Lu Zhisui, a confidant of the King of Chengdu, framed Lu Ji for having an affair with the King of Changsha, and the King of Chengdu listened to rumors and sent people to arrest Lu Ji. After Lu Ji learned the news, he took off his battle robe with a bitter smile and sighed: "I want to listen to the crane chirping in Huating, but I can't hear it anymore." He was then sentenced to capital punishment.
Corresponding to the "Huating Crane" is also the "Shangcai Goshawk".
Historia. Biography of Li Silie: "In July of the second year of the second year of the second century, Gu Si was sentenced to five sentences, and on the waist beheading of Xianyang City. Si was released from prison and was obsessed with his son, and Gu said to the middle son: "I want to go out with ruofu to lead the yellow dog out of Cai Dongmen to chase the cunning rabbit, how can I get it!" ’”
Li Si, the famous minister of the Qin Dynasty, was killed by Zhao Gao, and before he was executed, he thought of the scene where he and his son went out with his son to hunt the goshawk on the arm frame of Cai Dongmen to hunt for cunning rabbits.
The poet Li Bai wrote in "Three Songs of Difficulty in Walking" to describe the fate of these two people: "Is Lu Jixiong talented to protect himself? It's not too early for Lees to be taxed. Huating cranes can be heard? Shangcai Goshawk Ho Foot Road! ”
These two allusions are said to be "the regret of mistakenly entering the career", if they were not mistaken by Qingyun, even if they spent the rest of their lives in peace, it was better than losing their lives in vain.
Whether Lu Ji and Li Si entered the army, there was still freedom of choice at the beginning, and xiao Dingquan, the male prince of "Crane and Huating", was born in the royal family, and he was born with the heavy identity of the crown prince, and life did not allow the slightest mistake, otherwise it would be a disaster.
The author chose "Crane Andi Huating" as the title of the novel, and the ending was destined to be tragic. The heroine of the first episode, Lu Wenxi, said to her father: "The sound of the clear sound in Danqi, the dance is in the Golden Pavilion, and the crane is actually a bird of prey, which can fight eagles."
This allusion comes from the "Dancing Crane Fu" by the poet Bao Zhao during the Liu Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty. This essay tells the tragic story of the crane landing in the mortal world, and finally being kept in captivity, and not being free for life.
The author quotes this allusion at the beginning, using the crane as a metaphor to allude to the end of the life of prince Xiao Dingquan.
Xiao Dingquan has a noble character like a crane, and also has the ability and courage to fight an eagle like a crane. But born in the ruthless imperial family, he was doomed to be unable to keep the love of fate, and the deeper the entanglement in his heart, the more rare it was to be free.
The balance of the emperor
This drama is first and foremost a power plot drama, and romance is only secondary. What drives the development of the plot is not the emotional interaction of the male and female protagonists, but the emperor's trade-offs.
The story begins on a snowy night, with no narration or subtitles, and the dialogue between the people in the play is also very short.
However, it can be seen from the reversal and advancement of the event that this is a contest between three interest groups.
The crown prince and the officials centered on Lu Shiyu were on the side, with his uncle Gu Silin, who held military power, the king of Qi and his mother Zhao Guifei and Princess Qi's father Zhongshu Ling Li Baizhou on one side, and the emperor and his confidant ministers as the third party.
The prince and the king of Qi are in a relationship of mutual competition, and the emperor is the balancer of all forces. The King of Qi wanted to overthrow the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince wanted the King of Qi to leave as soon as possible. The Emperor sought to maintain a relative balance of power in order to ensure the stability of the situation and his own power.
Therefore, after several rounds of competition, it can be found that even if the prince has the advantage, the emperor has no intention of picking up the king.
The emperor wanted to maintain this balance so that neither side could lock in the victory, which was a way of balancing power.
From the matter of crowning the prince, it can be clearly seen that the emperor's mind is not unwilling to let the prince crown, but uses this matter as a chip for the prince's uncle Gu Silin to go out of the mountains to calm the war.
In its place, seek its own government. The superior has the consideration of his identity position and has nothing to do with family affection. The emperor is first and foremost the ruler of the country, followed by the prince and the father of the princes.
Father's thoughts
The TV series has been broadcast to 51 episodes, and in the face of his father, the prince is still trembling and walking on thin ice, and only slightly happier when he is with his cousin and Lu Wenxi.
From the beginning of the TV series to the end of the present, many people in the comment area have left messages that the emperor is cold to the prince and does not see the slightest affection, including many viewers who abandon the drama for this reason.
I have to say that the emperor is indeed "routine" the prince.
In the "Guanli Case", the emperor asked his confidant Li Chongkui to tell the prince that as long as he admitted his mistake, he would not be prosecuted, but the next day when the prince stopped the crime, the emperor had to punish him severely, and the prince's shocked expression was full of pain. When it was finally found out that it was the fault of the King of Qi, the emperor did not want to punish him severely.
Including the later prince's request to take Lu Wenxi and intercede for his teacher Lu Shiyu, the emperor's request to treat the prince was basically rejected, and even many difficulties.
But the emperor can also see from some details that the emperor's love for the prince.
On a night when no one was there, the emperor took out the portrait of the former empress and said that the prince liked his uncle when he was a child, and when he saw his father, he hid, saying: "At that time, my father was no longer as good as my uncle!" ”
When the crown prince asked to marry Lu Wenxi, the emperor did not agree, but when the prince cried behind the door, he said, "Father, do you want to curse the heart of the subject?" The emperor asked the attendants around him to check Lu Wenxi's birthday, intending to fulfill the prince's wishes.
Including the emperor's seemingly eccentric "harsh treatment" again and again, it was an unexpected grinding of the prince, cultivating him and testing him.
For the cultivation of the two sons, he has different positions, and the way of parenting and requirements are completely different.
He said to his confidant Li Chongkui, "Da Lang is first and foremost the son of Yuan, and the prince is first and foremost a courtier of Yuan. From this sentence, we can see the emperor's attitude: no matter how much the King of Qi tosses, he will be just a king of the clan in the future, and he and the prince will be a monarch and a subject. The crown prince will be the crown prince who will take on the inheritance of his ancestors, so he must put state affairs first.
The emperor in his position knew the challenges faced by the ascendant and the mentality that must be possessed, and he said: "This position cannot tolerate cowardly people, let alone incompetent people, and the prince should be a suckling tiger." ”
Xiao Dingquan's appeal
Crown Prince Xiao Dingquan lost his mother at an early age, his brothers were not close, and he feared his father and lost too much, so he was full of attachment to the only warmth, and he longed for affection more than ordinary people.
In his heart, the teacher Lu Shiyu and his wife, his uncle Gu Silin, and his cousin Gu Feng'en, these people are like the embodiment of his parents and brothers to him, and he pours all his demands on the affection of his parents and brothers into these people, and arbitrarily asks for the feeling of spoiling and spoiling from them.
The people he loves, he does his best to protect.
For the teacher Lu Shiyu to serve the emperor softly and weep, for Gu Feng'en to use all means to go against the original intention of the people to fight with people, for his uncle to find yushi Zhongcheng to threaten him to impeach the emperor, he can put himself in danger, regardless of the dignity of identity, just to ensure the people who love and protect in his heart.
However, these acts of the crown prince were, in the eyes of the emperor, "the benevolence of women." It will only make him credulously trust others and suffer from them. Therefore, the emperor also used all means to support the king of Qi and "persecute" the people who the prince cherished, and taught him to let go of the love in his heart, because this was taboo for the emperor.
In fact, not only the royal family, even ordinary people's families, but also the first boy is more demanding.
Because he bears the responsibility of revitalizing the family business and protecting his younger siblings, he must be strict. And because there are not so many expectations for the young son, he will be more spoiled.
But parents often overlook this: the eldest is still a child, he also has a demand for affection, and he also wants to be loved.
In the play, the prince does not understand the emperor's thoughts, blindly feels that his father does not love him, he wants to deliberately not give him; the emperor does not understand the needs of the prince, thinking that he has a weak personality and is too little grinding.
The Crown Prince's thoughts
A few days ago, the writer and editor of the play, Xue Manliangyuan, forwarded Luo Jin's studio on Weibo, using an English passage from Shakespeare's "Henry IV" in English: "Uneasyliestheheadthatwearscrown" (high, restless). Mycrownprince. (My Royal Highness the Crown Prince)". He expressed the grinding that Xiao Dingquan had to go through in the play and the struggle in his heart, and praised Luo Jin's performance in the play.
When the TV series first started, many viewers who came to Luo Jin's acting skills were disappointed, and they commented that the crown prince played by him would only cry and was useless. However, when you see the situation in which you find the prince in the back, you will know that Luo Jin's performance is just right. He vividly performed Xiao Dingquan's heart.
The prince did not only cry, he did not understand the plot, but disdained to use the scheming. In the end, he had evidence and witnesses, and he had the confidence to expose the conspiracy of King Qi in public, but he did not do so at first, but wanted to test his father's mind and give King Qi a chance.
Including at the beginning, the courtiers were willing to crown the prince, and his teachers and cousins advised him to stay out of the matter, but he did not, on the one hand, he was kind, on the other hand, he had his own considerations: so many courtiers bowed down for their own interests, and if they did not come out, the courtiers felt that he could not be relied on.
The plan to bring down Li Baizhou was also planned at the beginning, step by step, only waiting for the wishers to take the bait. The emperor once said that he did not measure up to his own strength, and That Li Baizhou had been in politics longer than his age, so how could he be an opponent.
But he did it, and he won very nicely.
The plot progresses to 51 episodes, near the end, and it can be clearly seen that it is not the emperor, not Zhao Guifei and the King of Qi who make the prince embarrassed everywhere, nor other obstructionists, but also the prince himself.
Deeply influenced by Confucianism, he paid attention to benevolence, and because of his early childhood experience, he attached great importance to family affection. Therefore, in Yu Chaotang, he is not willing to kill his brothers, and in family affairs, he longs for family affection, and he also wants to save the people he loves. Was he wrong?