The Peach Blossom Fan by Kong, a famous dramatist in Qing Dynasty, and the Palace of Eternal Life by Hong Sheng have always been regarded as the "Shuang Bao" in the early Qing Dynasty. Kong, whose real name is Ji Chong, whose real name is Dong Tang, whose real name is Songtang, is a famous mountain. A native of Qufu, Shandong Province, the sixty-fourth grandson of Confucius. Kong's most famous work Peach Blossom Fan is a historical drama about the rise and fall of the Southern Dynasties based on the love story with Li. In Preface to Peach Blossom Fan, the author said: "Peach Blossom Fan Opera is a new thing in the Southern Dynasties, so people still exist. Singing and dancing on the field, outside guidance, knowing 300 years of inheritance, to whom? Defeated by what? What year? Where to rest? It not only makes the viewer sad, but also punishes and creates people's hearts and saves one of the last days. " This is a deliberately created political historical drama, which also pays more attention to the truth of history. But Peach Blossom Fan is not a history book, but reflects social life through the conflict between characters and drama. Kong Renshang has a complete set of designs for the characters in the play. The patriotic spirit of Peach Blossom Fan is mainly expressed by the many typical characters it portrays. His works have created a series of decent figures with a sense of justice, such as Shi Kefa, Li and so on. At the same time, they condemned eunuchs such as Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng who led to the subjugation of Nanming. Here, I will make a simple analysis of the protagonist Hou Fangyu.

Generally speaking, the playwright basically outlined an image of a late Ming feudal intellectual with a sense of justice, loyalty to love, integrity, weakness and incompetence.

Compared with the heroine Li, the hero in Peach Blossom Fan is not vivid enough. He is slightly inferior politically and morally. But he has his affirmation. First of all, he has a sense of justice, is an upright intellectual, and has certain political ideals and talents.

Although Hou Fangyu is an honest, free and easy young man with little talent, he can't be said to be naive and have no opinion. When he really does things, he still has a certain opinion. For example, in the drama "Prevention of Rape", Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, the magistrates of Fengyang, advocated supporting the Axe King, while Hou Fangyu opposed this opinion and put forward the theory that the Axe King's "three major sins, five can't be established". For example, writing Hou Sheng's views on the current situation in the drama "Fighting for Position" is more prescient than Shi Kefa, as described in this article:

(See Sheng Jie) Shixiong knows that today, four towns got together and a * * * business event happened. In a few days, the whole division vowed to travel far away, and your father's revenge will be avenged. (Health) Wonderful! There is only one thing. Guard Yang and Tong, and the soldiers are arrogant. Huang and Liu in the three towns hate each other every time, but they meet today and spend a lot of money to mediate. If brothers are at odds, isn't it for the benefit of the enemy?

At this time, Shi Kefa may not think so, but the fact is as Hou Sheng expected. The four towns are at odds with each other and compete for seats. Shi Kefa had to say, "It depends on your plan for my brother." It can be seen that Hou Sheng still has certain opinions and political talents, and insisted on a just position in the struggle against power rape.

Secondly, the advantages that Hou Fangyu has shown in some places, that is, being able to turn over a new leaf and accept good advice, should also be affirmed. For example, Hou Sheng accepted "help" at first, but after Li refused, Hou Sheng said, "Good! All right! All right! I'm not as knowledgeable as this. Hou is afraid that friends are real. (In the end) Don't blame me, I am afraid of being laughed at by women. " Hou Sheng was really confused when he accepted "help", but before Li's loyalty, he realized his mistake and accepted Li's persuasion. He said, "These boxes belong to Ruan's family, and Xiang Jun doesn't need them. It's no use keeping them. Let's catch them. "

However, we should also see that Hou Fangyu, as a representative of feudal intellectuals in the late Ming Dynasty, always showed weakness and vacillation while persisting in the struggle against the eunuch party. Hou Fangyu is not the kind of person who has a strong fighting spirit. Compared with Chen, Wu Ciwei and others, he is much worse. He can't stand the storm. In the struggle between Fu She literati and Ruan Shicheng, he often took a conciliatory attitude and always assumed an adulterer like Ruan Dacheng with some goodwill. For example, in the play "Make-up", when Yang Youlong explicitly told him that Ruan Dacheng was a dowry, he actually said this sentence: "So, I looked at the round sea, and when I was in a hurry, I couldn't bear it, so it was really the Wei Party. If I regret coming back, I can't stop it This situation is excusable. I have been a good friend all my life, and meeting you tomorrow is decomposition. " If it weren't for Li's persuasion and decisive "makeup" action, it might have caused a political mistake. Another example is that Chen and Wu Ciwei want to take decisive action against Ruan Dacheng in the drama Naoting. Chen said, "I am so bold! Maybe he came to visit before this hospital? " Wu Shuo: "Wait for me to pull out his beard." Hou Fangyu discouraged him: "Forget it, since he has avoided it, we don't have to do anything for ourselves." Hou Fangyu's attitude on this occasion is quite different from others. That is to stop them. Of course, it is not necessarily correct for a scholar to be impulsive, but his hatred for traitors is strong and should be there, and Hou Sheng is not aggressive, but a "bad guy". Moreover, in doing so, he did not let Ruan Dacheng be tolerant of him, but it was counterproductive. When Ruan Dacheng came back, he first put the framed words on his head and tried to kill him. In the 12th poem of Ci Yuan, Ruan Beard framed people out of thin air: