"Marry the chicken with the chicken, marry the dog with the dog", in the old society, girls seem to be born to marry, when they are young, they need to listen to the education of their parents and brothers, and when they grow up, they need to obey their husbands.
As if female characters have not had freedom and independent thoughts in the long river of history, they are just poor people who are dependent on their husbands for survival, even if the husband is looking for flowers and willows outside, the wife cannot show half jealousy, which is feminine virtue.
It was not until the Rise of the New Culture Movement during the Republic of China period that female characters slowly began to be noticed and began to receive due respect.
When I read Mr. Lu Xun's articles when I was a child, I always felt that the meaning could not be understood for a long time, and today, after I grew up, I studied that period more deeply, and then I slowly understood the true meaning of the stories written by Mr. Lu Xun.
I once learned one of Mr. Lu Xun's articles in the text, "Blessings", when I read this article, I only felt that the protagonist Xianglin sister-in-law was timid and cowardly, and everything she experienced was her own fault, but now when I read this article again and read Xianglin sister-in-law, I found that I had become a person in the book.
Perhaps in this day and age, not many people are as self-pitying as Xianglin's sister-in-law, but most of them have become the "bystanders" described in the book.
Most of the articles written by Mr. Lu Xun were ironic, and he was also one of the advocates of the new cultural movement that was extremely popular at that time, advocating new literature and opposing old literature, and he wanted to spread new ideas to the public through vernacular novels.
Since the publication of his first "Diary of a Madman", Lu Xun's reputation has spread throughout China, and the vivid and vivid images of his characters have all shown the unbearable life of the lowest society at that time.
The Xianglin sister-in-law and Lu Siye in his "Blessing" are the epitome of the traditional feudal people of that era.
In the long course of history, women's roles have always belonged to the vulnerable, they have no dignity, no hope, they are losers in life, and the feudal ideas they accept are the root causes of their lives.
The era in which Xiang Lin lived was a special era, new ideas had just sprouted, had just entered the eyes of the masses, and every poor people saw new ideas as if they saw hope, but those hateful landlord classes and bourgeoisie refused to accept this advanced idea.
They see old ideas as a weapon for their rule over the poor people, a guarantee of their lives, and they are unwilling to break this situation, to take that historical step.
At the beginning of the story, Xianglin sister-in-law is not from Luzhen, the death of her husband means that Xianglin sister-in-law has become a widow, and she has guessed the fate of becoming a widow, she must have been sold elsewhere by her husband's family, and in desperation, she chose to flee.
Xiang Lin's sister-in-law, who escaped, came to town and became a female worker in Lu Siye's home, and Lu Siye was very proud to see Xiang Lin's sister-in-law working neatly, but when he thought of Xiang Lin's sister-in-law as an ominous widow, he frowned.
The reputation of the widow has brought countless drops to Xianglin's sister-in-law, but she does not care, all she wants at this time is a simple life, and she does not think that she can get married again.
But the heavens are always joking, and the Xianglin sister-in-law who lives in a down-to-earth way was found by the original husband's family, so he proposed to Fourth Master Lu the idea of taking away Xianglin Sister-in-law, and although Fourth Master Lu admired Xianglin's work, he did not want to cause trouble, so he did not intervene in this matter.
After the former husband's family took Xianglin sister-in-law away, she sold her to a family in the mountains as a wife, and at this time, Xianglin's sister-in-law's heart was like ashes, and she could only accept the fate of being sold.
Xianglin sister-in-law, who was married again, soon gave birth to a son for her husband, and the family was also happy and harmonious, but the good times were not long, her husband died of illness, and the only son was taken away by the wolf, and Xianglin sister-in-law was also driven out of the door by her husband's family.
Sister-in-law Xianglin, who had nowhere to go, could only come back to The Fourth Master Lu's house as a female worker, and when she told the fourth aunt about what she had experienced, the fourth aunt's eyes were full of pain, so she acquiesced to her staying.
But in that era when old and new ideas were intertwined, as a widow, she was undoubtedly sent to the gallows when she married again, and no one was talking behind her back.
They think that Xianglin Sister-in-law is already an ominous woman, doing things that are unconscionable, and when Xianglin Sister-in-law hears the slander of others, there are no longer any ups and downs in her heart, and now she only hopes to live peacefully, and her face no longer has the smile she once had.
The busiest annual ritual began, but Sister-in-law Xianglin became the most laid-back person in the town, and no one wanted her to help, for fear that her obscurity would contaminate her.
There were even ill-intentioned mothers-in-law who deliberately frightened Xiang Lin's sister-in-law, saying that she would go to hell in the future, there were two husbands waiting for her, who should she follow, and Yan Wangye had to saw her in half and divide them among them.
This sentence frightened Xiang Lin's sister-in-law, and in the future, she was groggy, thinking in her heart that she must not saw herself in half, and finally listened to what Mother Liu said, and donated all the savings she had saved to the temple, asking heaven to forgive her sins in this life.
It can be seen that Xianglin Sister-in-law, who was deeply poisoned by feudal thought, believed in this absurd and nonsensical joke, immersed herself in her own world all day long, and no longer had the vitality she once had, just in response to the sentence: "Some people are alive, he is dead."
As early as the second time Xianglin sister-in-law came to town, Fourth Master Lu was very dissatisfied with this second-married Xianglin sister-in-law, believing that Xianglin's behavior was unconventional and unworthy of working in his own factory.
Lu Xun's image of Lu Siye represents the old feudal thinking, he believes that the existence of women is to serve men, even if the husband dies of illness, the wife can not remarry again, even if Xianglin sister-in-law is forced, in the eyes of Lu Fourth Master, after all, it is Xianglin's sister-in-law's fault.
The opposite of the old ideas that Fourth Master Lu believed in was the vigorous rise of new ideas, and the purpose of the existence of new ideas was to eliminate all prejudices and advocate equality for all.
Let everyone have the right to be the master of the house, so that the lowly female characters are no longer bullied, and let women like Xianglin sister-in-law have their own lives.
However, in that era when old and new ideas collided, Xiang Lin was doomed to be unlucky, after all, the old feudal ideas were the root of the disease that had been passed down for thousands of years and were difficult to cure.
"Human nature" is a very heavy topic, and for thousands of years, there has never been a concrete conclusion on this issue.
"Hell is empty, demons are on earth", what a creepy sentence, but it also shows the evil side of human nature very vividly.
When something happens, it is difficult for us as bystanders to feel the pain of the parties, especially in today's Internet age, some Internet trolls on the Internet stand on the moral high ground and blame others, not knowing how much harm these remarks have brought to others.
The protagonist of the story, Xiang Lin, was originally a kind and optimistic woman, but the era she lived in "ate" her alive.
But the people who are bystanders do not feel the hysteria of Xiang lin sister-in-law at all, but instead point out to Xiang Lin sister-in-law next to her, which becomes the last straw that crushes her.
The fourth master of Lu in the text is a powerful bystander, he admires xianglin sister-in-law's work, but he is deeply poisoned by old ideas, he is difficult to accept the act of remarriage, when Xianglin sister-in-law is sad, not only does not sympathize with her suffering, but also dislikes her bad manners and customs, and drives her out.
And Liu Ma, who is also a poor class, although she is warm-hearted and kind, but what she has done is chilling, first laughing at why Xianglin sister-in-law did not resist to the end, and then deliberately tricking Xianglin sister-in-law into donating money, which pushed Xianglin sister-in-law into the abyss step by step.
Where is Mama Liu's goodness? Even if she doesn't kill and eat vegetarian food, it is precisely because of her words that Xiang Lin sister-in-law has driven Xiang Lin crazy, and in her old thoughts, even if she loses her life, it is better than living secretly and secretly.
The residents of the town are also bystanders, these people have nothing to do with Xianglin's sister-in-law, but they regard her as a laughingstock after dinner.
After Xiang lin sister-in-law returned for the second time, although the people in the town still called her Xiang Lin sister-in-law, they always felt a little more contempt between the words, and compared with the first time, the smile became cold, and the words were full of sarcasm.
At first, Xianglin sister-in-law wanted to tell others about her grievances, but who knew that it had become a funny thing in the eyes of others, and every time Xianglin sister-in-law walked on the road, someone always teased her, and these jokes were undoubtedly pouring salt on her wounds, but those people did not think so.
Over time, Sister-in-law Xianglin became silent and no longer responded to the jokes of those in the town.
After the miserable Xiang Lin sister-in-law was expelled from the Lu family, she became a beggar shouted and beaten by everyone on the street, there was no longer any life in her eyes, the whole person was crazy, and she forgot everything that had happened.
Finally, on a cold winter day, the people in the town found the body of Xiang Lin's sister-in-law, as if she had been dead for a long time, and no one knew exactly when she died.
At this time, there was no pity in the eyes of the people, and some were just a pity for losing the after-dinner talk.
I used to be a bystander, thinking that Xiang Lin's life was self-inflicted and I couldn't blame others, but now I find that I have already become a person in the book.
At first, Xiang Lin was not a rebellious woman, she tried to resist, in the face of her husband's betrayal, she fled, but her resistance was not complete.
Her rebellion was based on feudal etiquette, and she wanted to get out of this predicament in her bones, but the path she took was not a road to light, but a bridge to "hell".
In addition to the blow brought to her by the ruthlessness of this society, she had already pronounced herself a death sentence.
The reason why Xiang Lin sister-in-law ended up like this is that she can't get rid of the servility in her bones, she doesn't have the idea of independent thinking, and she is willing to believe in everyone.
She believed what Mama Liu said, so she donated all her savings, and she believed the words of the men, women and children in the town, so she became silent and no longer told her grievances.
It was this trust that led her to the abyss.
Thinking about it carefully, Lu Xun's Xianglin sister-in-law is the true epitome of most of us, in life, we have no opinion, we are accustomed to obeying the orders of others, even if we resist in our hearts, we are not willing to take a step forward, and we are not willing to break this "harmonious" situation.
Unconsciously, we live as Xiang lin sister-in-law, either waiting for others to be "eaten" or waiting for others to be "eaten".
The existence of Xianglin Sister-in-law was a social tragedy at that time, and it was also a microcosm of the lives of most people.
At first, I didn't know what the song liked, but then I listened to the song, and the characters lu Xun created in "Blessings", whether it was Xiang Lin Sister-in-law, or Lu Siye, Liu Ma, were just one of the thousands in this world, their ignorance, ignorance, indifference and class had nothing to do with it, what they expressed was human nature, it was not related to the level of education.
Whether it was in the old era at that time or in the 21st century today, we can't give specific answers to the question of human nature, but when we grow up, we can already read part of the meaning of human nature.
Nowadays, like Xiang Lin's sister-in-law, we are at the bottom of society, and people like Fourth Master Lu still exist, they firmly control our destiny, even if they are dissatisfied with life, they can only adapt to society by changing themselves.
What life has imposed on us, we can't get rid of it, we can only conform to the pace of the times, and make a grain of sand that dissipates with the wind.