Human nature has desires, just like a spring breeze blowing through a branch, which young girl does not have a longing and expectation for love in her heart? For those nuns who are dressed in robes and in nunnery, it is undoubtedly a great challenge for them to ignore the prosperity of the world and endure the long and lonely retreat.
In ancient times, men often had two major hobbies, one was to pull the women of the good family into the water, and the other was to persuade the women of the wind and dust to be good. Behind this, in fact, they all hide their psychology of hunting beauty. Driven by this psychology, the affairs of the nuns in the nunnery have naturally become the object of conversation among literati and writers throughout the ages.
"The Legend of the Jade Hairpin", one of the top ten comedies in ancient China, interprets for us a romantic story about a female nun. The heroine in the story, named Chen Miaochang, was born in a family of eunuchs, and was sent by her parents to the privet nunnery in Qingshi Town, Linjiang to cut her hair because she was weak and sick since she was a child. Growing up in the nunnery, she is not only beautiful and beautiful, but also tireless in learning, able to write good poems, and work in rhythm, which makes many romantic and talented people fall for her.
There was a famous lyricist Zhang Xiaoxiang, who lived in the privet nunnery, and fell in love after seeing Chen Miaochang's demeanor, so he wrote down the word to express his heart. However, Chen Miaochang sternly rejected him. Zhang Xiaoxiang mistakenly thought that Chen Miaochang was pure and untainted with the world, and it was his own abruptness that made her dislike. But in fact, Chen Miaochang's heart is not without the throbbing of spring, but Zhang Xiaoxiang failed to touch her heartstrings.
Later, Zhang Xiaoxiang's friend Pan Bizheng heard about this, and he also lived in the privet nunnery under the pretext of teasing, wanting to see Chen Miaochang's demeanor. The two have more intersections in the nunnery, but they both maintain each other's reserve and rules. In Pan Bizheng's eyes, Chen Miaochang is also a woman who is devoted to learning and has broken her heart. However, when he inadvertently saw Chen Miao's beautiful poem "Xijiang Yue" sandwiched in the scriptures, he realized that the heart of the original nun would also be "horny" and "prosperous". This poem became a secret passage for Chen Miaochang's emotional world, and also gave Pan Bizheng a deeper understanding of her.
Xijiang month
Chen Miaochang
The lights of the pine house are shining, the bells and drums of the cloud hall are heavy, and the solitude is displayed alone at dusk, and the first sorrow is unstable before sleeping.
A thought is still thinking and moving, and the desire is unbearable all over the body, and the heart of the person who swallows the liquid will be swallowed, how can the heart of the fan be changed.
In the night, the nunnery and people reflect each other, like a nuanced picture, depicting a woman's inner struggle and contradictions. She is in the environment of "the green lights of the pine courtyard are shining, and the bells and drums of the cloud windows are heavy", and she is accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green lanterns day and night, but she seems to have a connection in her heart, and it is difficult to fully immerse herself in this silent practice.
Her life status is like a bird in bondage, although she is in the nunnery, her heart is flying outside the red dust. Whenever dusk falls, she faces the "loneliness" alone, and the loneliness and self-pity arise spontaneously. The night was long, empty and lonely, and her thoughts were churning like waves, and it was difficult to calm down.
It's not just a boredom of life, it's a desire for freedom. Although she is in the nunnery, her heart is full of attachment and reluctance to Hongchen. This contradiction and struggle made it even more difficult for her to sleep in the quiet night. She endured the pain and helplessness in her heart alone, looking forward to the day when she could break free from the shackles and pursue her true self.
This young woman's mind is like a crumbling ship, and her life is full of sorrow and anxiety, so she tosses and turns in bed, and it is difficult to sleep. There is a sentence in the poem "Guan Ju": "If you can't ask for it, you can't think about it." Leisurely, tossing and turning. This verse depicts the gentleman's affectionate pursuit of a lady, but he fails to do so, so his heart is filled with sorrow and anxiety, and he cannot sleep. This situation is just like the troubles of this little nun.
The following verses, like her inner monologue, reveal the source of her sorrow: "A thought is still and moving, and the whole body is full of desire. As a Buddhist, she should have been like a stagnant water, but at this moment her heart is burning like a fire and it is difficult to contain. She tried to suppress this mortal mind with the practice of Buddhism, but found that this desire was like a weed, the more she suppressed, the more lush it became.
Her honesty and struggle are like a vivid picture unfolding in front of us. She is thinking of spring, her heart is rippling, and she is burning with desire. This kind of emotional entanglement and struggle made Pan Bizheng see the truth in her heart. He understood Chen Miaochang's intentions, so he launched a love offensive against her again, and finally succeeded in capturing her heart. The two lived happily and sweetly in a nunnery.
Later, with the help of Zhang Xiaoxiang, the little nun married Pan Bicheng and achieved a beautiful marriage. The story of Chen Miao's cheating affair was later widely praised by people, and became a household name for "The Legend of the Jade Hairpin" in Kunqu Opera and Peace Opera and "Sifan" in Peking Opera. This story has become a symbol of love and desire, and it has also become a topic of conversation after dinner.