"At the end of the Han Dynasty, Jian'an, the wife of Jiao Zhongqing, a minor official in Lujiang Province, was sent by Zhongqing's mother and swore not to marry. When his family forced him to die, he threw himself into the water and died. When Zhongqing heard this, he also hanged himself from the Ting tree. When people are hurt, it is Shi Yun'er. "
"Peacock Flying Southeast" is the longest narrative poem of the Han people in ancient China, and it is also a classic of Han Le Fu poetry, its narrative is picturesque, the narrative is like a lawsuit, and the plot is ups and downs, which is fascinating. But one thing that needs to be noted is that in the process of reading, we often unconsciously read with the emotional color of the author, and what the author often wants us to see is often read.
However, when we get rid of the childishness of childhood and relive this story with the eyes of adults, we find that the truth is often hidden in that forgotten corner, as long as we gently open it, we will find that there is nothing wrong with Jiao Mu, what is wrong is her small "giant baby" son Jiao Zhongqing.
"Thirteen can weave, fourteen learn tailoring, fifteen bullets, sixteen poetry books." Seventeen is a royal woman, and her heart is always bitter. "
This comparison is Liu Lanzhi's crying line to Jiao Zhongqing, and there is a long paragraph behind it, the purpose of which is nothing more than to tell Jiao Zhongqing a meaning: I am so excellent, but your mother does not know how to cherish. In order to make the taste of gunpowder more intense, Liu Lanzhi summed it up in one sentence: "It is difficult for a jun's wife to do it", and it is difficult for your daughter-in-law to do it! He also said, "You can send me home in time," which means: Tell your mother now, and send me home as soon as possible.
Liu Lanzhi proposed the matter of "repatriation", and it seems that she has indeed had enough, so her words are a bit cruel. But then again, I was angry, and it was no big deal to complain to my husband for a few words, nothing more than asking for comfort. But Jiao Zhongqing was serious, and immediately went to find his mother's theory, and also put down the cruel words that could not be returned: "If you send this woman today, you will never get it back!" "
If you take a leave of absence, you will never marry a wife in this life! Jiao Mu was very angry after listening to it and wanted to send her daughter-in-law back. At this time, Jiao Zhongqing also softened, although his mouth was as hard as a piece of iron, but when he returned to the house, he said to Liu Lanzhi: "Qing But temporarily return home, I will report to the government now." "Go home first, I'll go to the house to do something, and when I come back, I'll pick you up."
I have to say that Jiao Zhongqing's reason for finding is very bad, and generally cheating his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law have not said so: they are all at this juncture, and their wives have been driven away, but he said that he wanted to work? It seems that the best employee of Lujiang Province that year was none other than him. The reason why he said that he wanted to "report to the government" was to find a step for himself, which precisely reflected his weak side, wanting to keep his wife but afraid of his mother, hesitating when things happened, not knowing what to do, he had to think of such a bad idea. Sure enough, after a long time, Liu Lanzhi, who returned to her mother's house, did not wait to come and pick her up Jiao Zhongqing.
Liu Lanzhi was suspended, but the people who came to the door to propose relatives were endless, the three sons of the county Ling family were beautiful and elegant, and the five sons of the Taishou family were delicate and handsome. But Xiao Xie believes that these plots of kissing are definitely the imagination of the author of "Peacock Southeast Flying", why? Do you think that the Han Dynasty, which respected Confucianism alone, paid more attention to women's chastity, and you wanted to be robbed by county orders and too guards as a "second-hand rose" that had been dismissed? Is there no woman in Lujiang Province? You think you're a fairy?
The reason why the author fictionalized these is to promote the development of the plot, that is, to promote Jiao Zhongqing to find Liu Lanzhi. Hearing that Liu Lanzhi had been promised to someone else, Jiao Zhongqing went to the door and came up and made a flag: "Qing qing won the day, I went to Huangquan alone!" "Bless you on the road to riches, and I will die alone!"
See, it was Jiao Zhongqing who first put forward the idea of "martyrdom".
Jiao Zhongqing, as a big man, originally made a promise between his mother and his wife, and did not dare to make a decision, but now to the point where things had to be solved, he not only did not want to solve it, but instead forced Liu Lanzhi with death, and used death to escape responsibility, which was the solution he could think of. Isn't this a "giant baby" what it is?
However, what was the use of him threatening Liu Lanzhi with death? Liu Lanzhi is also a person who has been forced to be cornered, and whether she marries or not is not something she can decide. Therefore, in the face of Jiao Zhongqing's unreasonable teasing, she can only choose to "take off her skirt and take off her shoes and lift herself to Qingchi". To some extent, Liu Lanzhi was forced to die by Jiao Zhongqing. Jiao Zhongqing felt that it was filial piety to go against his mother's wishes, and he did not know that he died of martyrdom and left his old mother unserved, was it not even more filial piety than against his will?
If Jiao Zhongqing could have more assertiveness and more responsibility, then the tragedy of "hanging on the southeast branch" might not have happened.