Chinese civilization has been passed down for many years, and since ancient times, people have been held by the traditional Confucian school of view: there are three filial pieties, and no posterity is greater. Even Lu Xun's Ah Q believes that passing on the generations is an extremely important thing.
In ancient times, if a woman had no children under her knees, then the marriage would have become very bumpy. Such phenomena have emerged endlessly in history, and many people who have been famous in history cannot escape the influence of such ideas, and finally do things that fail others.
Mei Lanfang was a famous Peking Opera performance artist during the Republic of China period, and successfully created many successful stage images in his lifetime. In the early years, Mei Lanfang's stage bridge section of Bai Niangzi's push and pull of Xu Xian in "Broken Bridge" has interpreted the mistakes on the stage into a classic that can never be surpassed. Later generations have a very good reputation for Mei Lanfang's achievements and personal character.
However, such an artist with both virtue and art has a disconcerting past in his personal marriage.
Originally matched with Wang Minghua and Mei Lanfang in the early years
Mei Lanfang is the only son of the Mei family, because the family uncle Mei Yutian has no children under his knees. Therefore, for the two rooms of Mei Lanfang Mei's family, it is extremely important. Mei Lanfang, who has two rooms at the same time, was given great hope by her father, not only to inherit the reputation of the Mei family in the opera industry, but also to be responsible for opening up the branches and leaves of the Mei family.
In the early years, Mei Lanfang's road to learning art was very difficult, because she studied "Danjiao", and almost lost touch with peking opera art when Mei Lanfang was a teenager. At the age of 17, Mei Lanfang was in a period of voice change, and her performance on the stage was a bit difficult.
Several performances in a row almost stabbed the basket. The owner of the theater then repeatedly found Mei Lanfang and Mei Lanfang's father, and decided to suspend Mei Lanfang's performance, waiting until the end of Mei Lanfang's downsizing period (that is, the voice change period) to determine Mei Lanfang's future according to the situation.
At this time, Mei Lanfang knew in her heart. If after the end of the inverted period, if your voice becomes rough, then you will no longer have a fate with the stage in this life. It's just that if you lose the stage when you are practicing music since childhood, what will you do in the future?
Parting at night is unpredictable. Just when Mei Lanfang stopped acting at home because of the voice change period, she encountered the sudden death of her parents. Let the life of the teenager Mei Lanfang suddenly become extremely difficult.
Fortunately, with the help of her uncle, Mei Lanfang's life can continue. But still depressed. In order to let Mei Lanfang regain her confidence, she also wanted to "rush to joy" for the heavy bereavement of the family (consecutive deaths of relatives). Mei Lanfang's uncle arranged a family affair for Mei Lanfang.
The woman who wants to marry Mei Lanfang in this family affair is Wang Minghua, who has been silently dedicated in the future and made great contributions to Mei Lanfang's career, but in the end she has a tragic fate because she has no children under her knees.
Wang Minghua, who was also born in a Peking Opera family, is also a rare "Hua Dan" on the stage, but in order to achieve her husband's career, in order to follow the old society's three from four virtues for women. After marriage, Wang Minghua resolutely decided to leave the stage and devote himself to his husband's career and family.
After marriage, Wang Minghua gave birth to a son and a daughter, which is undoubtedly the biggest joy in life for Mei Lanfang, who also has two incense sticks. The two rooms of the Mei family have also become happy because of this matter.
In his career, Wang Minghua, who was born in a Peking Opera family, used his unique insight into Danjiao and the stage cultivation he had cultivated since childhood, coupled with the unique perspective of being a woman, to make considerable contributions to many of the roles played by Mei Lanfang.
When Mei Lanfang passed the voice change period and performed on the stage again using the art table acting method directed by Wang Minghua, it was a great success at once. It became the most famous young Danjiao in the Beijing-Tianjin generation at that time, and the name of Boss Mei suddenly became popular in the Beijing-Tianjin generation.
Wang Minghua, who helped her husband achieve extraordinary achievements in his career, cared for his husband's career while taking care of his children at home. The criteria for the ancients to be attributed to a woman's husband and son are well interpreted here by Wang Minghua, and it can be said that Wang Minghua was a virtuous wife no matter where he was and when he was in the era.
However, such a virtuous woman, such a Kennaisuke who supported her husband's career to success, ended her life in silence later.
Fate is too bad to be reconciled
Mulberry has not fallen, its leaf Wo Ruo. Yu Yu Dove, no food mulberry! Yu Yu Nu Xi, no delay with the soldiers! The delay of the soldiers can be said to be also. Women are shy, can't say also! ———— "Poetry Sutra, Wei Feng, Hu"
How many women in the world long for a good person to meet in one lifetime, and how many women in the world live their lives for only one person. If a woman gives her heart to one person, then how much she pays for the man she loves is without complaint or regret.
After marriage, Wang Minghua was able to take care of the family, children and her husband's career with peace of mind. In order not to be surprised to interrupt the existing happiness, he chose sterilization after consulting with her husband Mei Lanfang. This decision was originally a decision to be able to share the burden of the family for her husband without sparing any effort, but it laid the groundwork for his future misery.
Heaven uses its playful methods to play with the fate of the world, and Heaven's teasing may be testing the true feelings of men and women in the world, or completing the providence in the underworld. The originally happy and happy life was completely changed by a sudden change.
A hives took the lives of Mei Lanfang and Wang Minghua's two children. This otherwise happy family lost all night. Because Wang Minghua had been sterilized, Mei Lanfang, who was also the heir apparent of the two houses, was forced by her uncle Mei Yutian at this time, and Mei Lanfang was faced with the choice of taking concubines again as the successor of the Mei family.
For the death of the child, Wang Minghua took all the faults on himself. In order to fulfill Mei Lanfang's filial piety, Wang Minghua did not oppose Mei Lanfang's concubine, or even supported it.
This is unthinkable for many women, but Wang Minghua has done it. She used her generosity to interpret the virtues of a woman in feudal society, and also used her generosity to dig the grave of her marriage.
In order to be able to complete the family's heavy responsibilities, Mei Lanfang married Fu Zhifang, who was only 17 years old, after obtaining Wang Minghua's opinion, saying that she was soliciting opinions, but in fact, it was just a notice to Wang Minghua. Mei Lanfang, who was originally a concubine, in order to win Fu Zhifang's favor, actually agreed to the request that Fu Zhifang and Wang Minghua sit on an equal footing.
At this time, Wang Minghua found that his husband had changed. Compared with the young and beautiful Fu Zhifang, what capital does the old and decaying self have to demand from her husband? Wang Minghua, who was devoted to the family, promised his husband that he would be in the same room as the young Fu Zhifang, regardless of size. The newly married Mei Lanfang completely left Wang Minghua and her children who had died early behind, and even Wang Minghua was seriously ill and did not look at it more.
Wang Minghua, who was seriously ill, quietly concealed his illness, in order not to disturb the newly married Mei Lanfang, in order not to make it difficult for the newly entered wife, he silently chose to live alone. In fact, where did Wang Minghua know that at this time, his own had actually become redundant, and how could he embarrass Mei Lanfang's new wife? Maybe it's just yourself who's embarrassed!
Soon Mei Lanfang and Fu Zhifang had a child, and the family was once again immersed in their happiness and harmony. Fu Zhifang, who had an heir, also did not put Wang Minghua in his eyes more and more, and for Fu Zhifang, Wang Minghua at this time seemed so redundant, and the Mei family also forgot that this big lady who had made great contributions to the Mei family.
Wang Minghua's condition became more and more serious, but Fu Zhifang's status in the family also became more and more respectful, and when he learned that Wang Minghua's disease was tuberculosis, he actually asked Wang Minghua to temporarily live in a remote room to recuperate, and all this was also approved by Mei Lanfang. At this time, Wang Minghua realized that he had really become a superfluous person, and he had no status in the Mei family.
Wang Minghua, who is seriously ill, lives alone in the side room, and every day when he sees people talking about Mei Lanfang's love for Fu Zhifang, his heart is unspeakably uncomfortable, but no one around can understand her pain. Mei Lanfang, on the other hand, had not seen herself for a long time.
At this time, Wang Minghua was very much like Margaret in Dumas's novel "La Traviata", and finally the deeper the thoughts, the more seriously ill Wang Minghua called out to Mei Lanfang's nickname "Qihua" in a whisper.
When Mei Lanfang, who learned of Wang Minghua's death, suddenly realized that her wife would never come back, the woman who had watched her play DanJiao call her "sister" left her forever.
But regret is too late, and those who have been lost can never come back. The greatest cruelty in heaven is to let Mei Lanfang understand Wang Minghua's importance to herself at this time, and cruelly nail Mei Lanfang to regret forever. In fact, even Fu Zhifang secretly shed tears on Wang Minghua.
Years later, Mei Lanfang could not let go of this regret until her death, and Fu Zhifang gradually understood the greatness of being a woman. In the end, according to Mei Lanfang's request, he was buried with Wang Minghua in Xiangshan, and Fu Zhifang also left a vacant land for himself next to Mei Lanfang's tomb in Xiangshan. Hopefully, heaven will make up for it all. Is there really a kingdom of heaven?
Oh, yes! If mei Lanfang at the beginning could understand that the most important thing in life is the person in front of him, and the so-called succession and so on are just a passing cloud in life, then Wang Minghua will not die because of this worldly concept. Wang Minghua may continue to bloom in happiness, but how can there be a special path for the dead in the back?