The obvious opposition in The Romance of the West Chamber is that of Cui Yingying, Zhang Sheng and the former Prime Minister's wife, that is, they oppose the feudal idea of arranged marriage, but there is also an internal opposition, that is, Cui Yingying's character is already branded with the feudal system. Before they formally got together, after Zhang Sheng successfully engaged in scientific research, Cui Yingying's series of words and deeds showed that as a woman in feudal times, she still reflected the feudal thought that men were superior to women.
When Cui Yingying took the matchmaker to worship incense, he said, "The infinite sadness in my heart lies in my deep worship." It can be seen that Cui Yingying wanted to have a sweetheart, and then Zhang Shengbian sang a poem, "Moonlight melts the night and flowers are silent in spring. How to be brave, not to see the man on the moon "spoke of his thoughts about Cui Yingying. Cui Yingying immediately said to Yun after listening to the poem: "Gui Lan has been lonely for a long time, and it has nothing to do with Fang Chun. Those who are expected to sing deserve sympathy. " Therefore, from the beginning of rhyming, Cui Yingying has unconsciously fallen in love with Zhang Sheng. Moreover, since seeing Zhang Sheng, she has been "fascinated and unhappy", but she has no way to express her feelings for fear that her wife will know. But Sun wanted to be a wife and led troops to besiege Pujiu Temple, so he seized this accidental opportunity and saved everyone on the condition of marrying. There is a detail in this. Because the situation is critical, Zhang Sheng said, "That's right, don't scare me! Please go to the bedroom. I have my own evacuation plan. " Zhang Sheng called Cui Yingying "Hunjia", referring to his wife, but Cui Yingying didn't refute him and was glad of his kindness. Zhang Sheng succeeded in getting Sun Feihu to withdraw his troops and waited for Cui Yingying to marry him with great joy, but Mrs. Guo Xiang broke her word and made them brother and sister. Cui Yingying's "deliberately appealing to her heart to fight for her mother's side" shows that Cui Yingying still didn't have the courage, because she was ruled by Mrs. Guo Xiang's feudal ethics for many years and could not change her behavior to achieve the unity with her own thoughts.
This is very obvious in Jian Jian, Naojian and Lai Jian. Cui Yingying missed Zhang Sheng very much, so he invited the matchmaker to see Zhang Sheng who was ill. Zhang Sheng wrote a letter to tell her how she felt. However, when Cui Yingying saw it, she scolded the matchmaker and treated her as a Miss Guo Xiang. But when the matchmaker wanted to tell his wife, she immediately caught the matchmaker. When it comes to love, Cui Yingying is not as frank and direct as Zhang Sheng. In Reduction, Cui Yingying wrote, "When the moon is in the west wing, the windward door is half open. The partition wall is moving, and it is suspected to be a jade person. " This is obviously about Zhang Ying's tryst, but he told the matchmaker not to let Zhang Ying send such bold letters again. Zhang Sheng risked his life to climb over the wall for an appointment, but Cui Yingying scolded him and denied his intention to send a tryst message. Later, I made an appointment with Zhang Sheng by sending a prescription, but she said at the last minute, "Matchmaker, clean up the bedroom, I'm going to bed." After being persuaded by the matchmaker, she went, just as the matchmaker said, "My sister has a strong language, but her footsteps are early."
Objectively speaking, why Cui Yingying's words and deeds differ so many times is because of the control of feudal parents and old ladies, but in fact, Cui Yingying herself has been eroded by feudal thoughts, and her behavior and language are unconsciously subject to feudal system norms. She is afraid that her young girl's love for spring will be known by her wife and the matchmaker, because in such a big environment under the feudal social system, such bold and outrageous behavior will be resisted and suppressed by the vast majority of people. She's not sure which one.
In addition, there is an extremely important reason. As a woman in feudal society, Cui Yingying's idea that men are superior to women is deeply imprinted in her mind. Once Zhang Ying's tryst is discovered and made public, Zhang Ying may be scolded at most and can do whatever he wants, but Cui Yingying's innocence will be ruined. If he is appointed as Zhang Ying, it will be a lifetime affair, and there will be no accidents. Therefore, in feudal times, there was no guarantee for women to marry men. Besides, Cui Yingying didn't marry Zhang Sheng. He had to be the top scholar to become an official. Therefore, I was worried that Zhang would change his mind when he went to Beijing to take the exam. After hearing Zhang's move, I gave him "a shirt collar, a wrapped belly, a pair of socks, a heptachlor, a Hosta and a tube." This is to guard against and remind Zhang not to change his mind and not to forget her. This is why Zheng Huan later said that Zhang Sheng got the No.1 son-in-law by adoption, but Cui Yingying believed it and wanted to marry Zheng Huan, because in the feudal society where men are superior to women, although she had the courage to take a step forward and fell in love boldly, she was still not sure whether she would treat herself wholeheartedly.
Therefore, to sum up, in the love between Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng, and in the confrontation with feudal parents, the feudal thoughts still contained in Cui Yingying's own personality and thoughts made this love more ups and downs. Their love is frustrated in all aspects, the most essential reason is not only the prevention of the Prime Minister's wife, but also the erosion of Cui Yingying's social thought that men are superior to women.