Page 1 About the Author
The Tale of Genji By Zi Shibu, alias Fujiwara Kako, Fujiwara Noriko, (c. 973 – c. 1019–1025), was a female official who served the empress. A famous female writer of the Heian period in Japan, one of the thirty-six song immortals of the Middle Ages came from an aristocratic literati family, and her father and brother were good at Han poetry and Japanese songs. It is generally considered that its name is untestable, and some people believe that its original name is Fujiwara Kako or Fujiwara Noriko.
When he was young, he studied sinology from his father and was well versed in musical rhythms and Buddhist texts. In April 1004, Zi Shibu was widowed and widowed, and in the autumn of the same year, he began to write the Tale of Genji. In the winter of the year he was 36 years old, Shishibu was summoned to the palace to serve Akiko Nakamiya Fujiwara, the emperor. "Purple" is taken from the main character in Monogatari, Zi, and the "Shibu" comes from his father's brother's official position , "Shibu Cheng "Shibu Cheng".
Written between 1001 and 1008 AD, "Monogatari" is a Japanese literary genre, it is the world's earliest novel, and the other book "Purple Shibu Diary" is the immortal national literature of 30 million Japanese families.
Page 2 Celebrity Reviews
The Tale of Genji is the pinnacle of Japanese fiction. ------ Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata
The Tale of Genji is the crystallization of Sino-Japanese cultural and literary exchanges based on Japanese traditions, and is a model of the integration of Chinese and Japanese cultures and literature. ------ Ye Weiqu, a member of the Chinese Writers Association
Page 3 Background of writing
Set in the heyday of Japan's Heian Dynasty, Tales of Genji depicts the corrupt politics and fornication of society at that time through the protagonist Genji's life experience and love story. The mutual inversion and power struggle between the upper nobility is a main thread throughout the book.
Genji's love marriage, on the other hand, reveals the tragic fate of women under polygamy. In aristocratic societies, the marriage of men and women was often a means of political struggle, and women became tools of political transactions and playthings in the hands of aristocratic men.
The book is fifty-four times and nearly a million words. The story describes four generations of emperors, spanning more than 70 years, involving more than 400 people, of whom 20 or 30 people have distinct impressions. The characters are mainly upper-level nobles, but there are also middle- and lower-class nobles, palace women, maids and commoners.
The book is centered on the Genji family, and the first two parts describe the various or miserable or beautiful love lives of the Light Source clan and the women;
The third part, with Kaoru, the son of the Hikari clan, as the protagonist, lays out a complex and complicated love entanglement between men and women.
"Genji" is the surname of the male protagonist in the first half of the novel, and "Monogatari" means "narration", which is a genre in Japanese classical literature, similar to the "legend" of China's Tang Dynasty.
The more famous ones are "Taketori Monogatari", "The Tale of The Rocks", "The Tale of The Heike", "The Tale of Ise", etc. The story of Hui Ye Hime in "The Tale of Taketori" is well known to women and children in Japan.
Page 4 Main content
The story begins during the reign of Emperor Tonghu. The humble Tongju changers clothes and wins the favor of the Tongju Emperor. After that, Changyi gave birth to a prince, and other concubines, especially the empress dowager of the Honghui Palace, became more and more jealous. Dressed in insults and torture, less than 3 years after giving birth to a child, he died of depression. The little prince did not have a strong foreign relative as a patron, and it was difficult for him to gain a foothold in the palace. Emperor Tonghu had no choice but to demote him to a vassal and give him the surname Genji.
Genji is not only stunningly beautiful, but also talented. After performing the crown ceremony at the age of 12, he married AoiHime, the daughter of the ruling left minister, but Aoihime did not comply with Genji's wishes. Genji also pursued the second marriage of Emperor Kirito, who is said to resemble Genji's birth mother. Soon, the two had an incestuous relationship and gave birth to a son, who later became known as the Lengquan Emperor.
Genji steals incense and jade everywhere, unsuccessfully woos Isusuke's step-wife, Kuma, and seeks pleasure from his aunt Rokujō, who is 7 years older than him, and at the same time wanders among the women such as Hanazato and The Last Flower Picking. When he abducts an unidentified weak woman, Yu Yan (who is actually the lover of Lieutenant General AoiHime's brother), to a deserted house, the woman unfortunately dies violently, and Genji is seriously ill for this, and when he is getting sick, he encounters a girl, who resembles a barnacles that he thinks about day and night and cannot see each other, and learns that she is the niece of barnacle lady, the illegitimate daughter of Prince Hyobe, ZiHime (Wakami), and the two often see each other.
Later, his grandmother Kitayama nun died, and Zi Ji was left unattended, and Genji took advantage of the fact that Prince Bingbu Qing was not ready to take Zi Ji and adopted her as an adopted daughter, accompanying her day and night, in order to pin down her longing for barnacles. A few years later, Zi Ji came out of the world, noble and elegant, with superior talent, very lovely. Genji took her for himself. When AoiHime gave birth to the little prince of Yuki, Rokujō Mitsuru was out of her mind out of jealousy and resentment, and killed AoiHime. Rokujō Mitsuno, knowing that he could no longer see Genji, broke up with him and died of illness in his later years as a nun.
After the abdication of Emperor Tonghu, the grandson of the Right Minister, the son of the Empress Dowager of the Honghui Temple, ascended to the throne (Emperor Suzaku), and Genji and his father-in-law, the Left Chancellor faction, lost power. It just so happened that genji and the right minister's daughter, Tsukizuki's affair, was revealed, and Genji's bad luck was imminent, and he was forced to leave the capital under the control of the right minister and the lady of the Honghui Hall, and went to live in seclusion in the desolate and few-man Suma and Akashi.
There is a local Akashi Michiren who lives in seclusion in the countryside and is a distant relative of the Prince of Genji. Her female name is MingShihime, who has been carefully cultivated since childhood, has an extraordinary appearance, and her pipa skills are unique in the world, and her handwriting is beautiful and smooth. In order to dispel loneliness, The prince of Genji married Akashihime, the daughter of Akashi Michihito, and later gave birth to a daughter, who was elected to the palace as empress.
Due to the strange omens of heaven, the Suzaku Emperor was seriously ill again, and the government was unstable. Genji was summoned back to Kyo to assist the imperial court. Soon, the Suzaku Emperor gave way to the Lengquan Emperor. Genji was promoted to Minister of the Interior, and Genji and the Left Minister Ichimon reverted to their former prosperity. Genji transformed the old mansion of Rokujō Concubine into a spectacular Rokujo-in residence that combines the scenery of the four seasons, and brought all his former lovers to live in the courtyard.
When Genji was nearly 40 years old, Suzaku-in became a monk, and Genji was ordered to marry the third princess, the daughter of the Suzaku Emperor. Zi Ji was finally exhausted and fell ill in bed. Kashiwagi, the son of the Minister of the Interior (the original head lieutenant general), who had long coveted the beauty of the three princesses, took advantage of Genji's visit to the sick and met with the three princesses and was discovered by Genji.
Cypress was afraid of remorse, fell ill, and died young. After the third princess gave birth to her illegitimate son Kaoru, whose appearance was no different from that of Cypress, she became a nun due to psychological torture. Genji felt the retribution for his incest with barnacles and his heart was like ashes. It just so happened that Zi Ji died soon after, and Genji lost his spiritual pillar, broke off the dust edge, and went out of the house. Died a few years later.
Genji's son, Yumi, is a man of integrity and rigor, and is not as ruthless as his father. Genji deliberately did not let Yumitsu's career go too smoothly, intending to cultivate. XiWu and his cousin Yunju Yan Qingmei Bamboo Horse were happy with each other since childhood, but the brother of Kui Ji, the father of Yunju Yan, hated that Xiwu's official position was not high, and he was bent on sending his daughter to the palace, so he did not agree to Xiwu's marriage proposal.
Xiwu Simu Yunju Yan could not be, just when the Weiguang Family sent to the palace as the daughter of Maihime Fujin, Xiao Yunjuyan, so he had an affair with her, and later became the side room of Xiwu. Later, Xi Wu finally married Yun juyan under the mediation of her grandmother Taijun and gave birth to many children. After Kashiwagi's death, when Yumi, who had befriended him, went to comfort his wife, he fell in love with Kashiwagi's widow, Princess Fallen Leaf.
Princess Fallen Leaves feels that her fate is bleak, and has been unwilling to accept Yuwu's courtship. Later, the princess's mother died, the princess was lonely, and XiWu was able to fulfill her wish with the help of the maids. After Genji's death, Yugo served as the minister of taizen and held a high position of authority.
Genji's son Kaoru was rigorous in nature. At the age of 20, he came to Uji Mountain Villa and fell in love with the eldest daughter of the eighth prince of the lord, but was unexpectedly rejected. After the death of the eldest princess, he retrieved the bastard daughter of the eighth prince who looked like the grand princess of the cool xiao and filled the gap in his heart. However, the prince broke into the floating boat bedroom late at night, pretended to be Kaoru's voice, and took possession of the floating boat. When the floating boat realized that he was the second master, he resolutely jumped into the water and committed suicide, and was rescued by others and cut off from home. Although Kaoru had a deep affection for him and repeatedly sent letters in order to see him, he never fulfilled this wish.
Page 5 Quotes
1. Since the ancient palace, there are many concubines, and the female emperor changes clothes and is half silent at night. Spare no effort but compete for favors, and weep in time and space
2, not like a bright light, and not a dark curtain. Hazy spring moonlit nights, the beauty is unparalleled in the world.
3, everything depends on how you treat yourself. Those who have a large open mind and a large amount of energy will also have great blessings; those who have a narrow heart, even if they can ascend to a high position, always feel that they lack a sense of spiritual abundance; those who are anxious will find it difficult to settle for their position for a long time. Therefore, only people who are generous and stable can live a long life.
4, the moon wheel has disappeared into the mountain, Genji looked at the dark and moving sky, sometimes complaining about each other, sometimes blaming himself.
5. The King of Genji is chagrin in his heart, and when the raindrops fall, the mountain wind blows fiercely, and the sound of the waterfall is louder than usual. The slightly sleepy chanting came intermittently from the Buddhist hall above, doubling the sadness.
6, what is the benefit of thinking of love to death, and the joy of life will be better than gold.
7, only for the easy to fall, the cherry blossoms can be cherished. Look at the floating world, what is eternal life?
Looking back on the spring days of the past, I once peeked at two cherry trees. Autumn is in full swing, and loneliness is overwhelming.
Spring solstice flocks of flowers bloom, autumn leaves soar. The mountain cherry blossoms and fall, telling me that the world is impermanent.
My fate is impermanent, and my shortness is unknowable. I hope that when I am alive, I will not be troubled.
Ask the king what in the floating world, what is eternal life?
8. Looking for where Qing Qing is going, I hope that junyou's soul will return to his dream
9. Since the age of seven, he has followed the emperor day and night, and his words are incomparable, so that he has been sheltered by him and has engraved his muscles and bones. Even among the high-ranking secretaries of state, there are many such people, and even those who are equal to the next, there are countless miles. However, although everyone has a deep impression of him, now due to the evolution of the times, there are so many scruples that no one dares to approach him. The whole world was compassionate, and everyone hated the court magnates in their hearts; but what use was it to visit him or comfort him even if he tried to go to great lengths? The world was hot and cold, and now it has been deeply experienced, which makes the Light Source Clan feel more deeply bored.
To be continued)
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