Literature is the mirror of the times, reflecting the glory of that era. As long as there is literature, there is love story.
Cui Yingying, Du Liniang and Lin Daiyu are three typical images of rebellious women in different stages of feudal society, which are in three different times: Yuan, Ming and Qing respectively. Therefore, from them, women's life in three different historical stages of China feudal society has been accurately reflected. Because of the different marriage systems and social conditions in different historical stages, the starting point, depth and breadth of their struggle, the way and result of their struggle are different, which reflects the development of history and the progress of the times and has certain cognitive significance.
Cui Yingying is the earliest typical aristocratic girl who pursues love and happiness and resists the feudal marriage system in China's classical drama literature. After her husband's death, Cui Yingying's mother insisted on marrying her daughter to Zheng Shangshu's son in order to save the bad luck of Xiangfu and safeguard the family interests, and consolidated and strengthened Cui Fu's power through marriage. However, contrary to his mother's orders, Cui Yingying fell in love with Zhang Sheng at first sight, combined with an affair, rebelled against feudal ethics and crossed the strict boundary between hall aristocrats and ordinary dress aristocrats.
From the early Yuan Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty when The Romance of the West Chamber came into being, three hundred years have passed, and the feudal ethical code has more severely restrained and oppressed women. The situation in Du Liniang is more embarrassing than that in Cui Yingying. I have lived in Taishoufu for three years and haven't even been to the back garden. Therefore, Du Liniang's struggle for individuality and freedom is even more arduous. Death for love, resurrection for love. For Du Liniang, her death is not the end of life, but the beginning of a new struggle. Love in her can not only break through the shackles of feudal ethics, but even transcend the boundaries between life and death. Through the romantic stories of Du Liniang's "dreaming to die" and "dying to live" in pursuit of love and happiness, the characteristics of that era are tortuous, the sharp contradiction between human nature and neo-Confucianism, ideal and reality is highlighted, and the hardships of women in that era for freedom and happiness are summarized.
Cui Yingying and Du Liniang, after a tortuous struggle, finally got married with the right person in Qin Jin. As the saying goes, "All's well that ends well." In the feudal society where feudal ethics firmly ruled people's thoughts, the victory of love itself has far-reaching social significance. However, Lin Daiyu, who was at the end of the feudal society that was about to collapse, ended in a love tragedy. This tragedy is by no means a personal tragedy of Lin Daiyu, but essentially reflects the sharp contradiction between the original democratic thought at that time and the traditional feudal thought and feudal life path. Lin Daiyu is a summary of women's sufferings in feudal society and the bud of new women. Lin Daiyu, who was born in a "noble family" and lived in Jiafu, opposed the fame of imperial examinations, the ethical rules of ethics, and the life path given to them by the feudal ruling class, demanding freedom of marriage, equality between men and women and respect for individuality. Her love with Baoyu is different from Cui Yingying's "love at first sight" and Du Liniang's "dream come true". But "like-minded" based on * * *'s consistent anti-feudal rebellious character, which is essentially different from the love of "beauty and talent" described in previous works. It doesn't have a happy ending, such as wedding, being the number one scholar, ordering marriage, and expensive husband and wife. Baodai's love is more rebellious. Therefore, the more this kind of love develops, the sharper the contradiction with feudal forces becomes. However, Lin Daiyu, who is weak and helpless, has not broken the existing shackles. How can she sprout bright flowers in dirty and dirty land? Lin Daiyu, who was always unwilling to compromise with feudal forces, finally ended her life by weeping blood and burning books, expressing her final resistance to the dark feudal society.
Cui Yingying, Du Liniang and Lin Daiyu not only came down in one continuous line because of the rebels in feudal society, but also had a natural internal connection at the beginning of youth germination and ideal awakening, and the latter was inspired and influenced by the former. The peony pavilion was moved by Cui Zhang's "secret agreement before stealing, then gold" in the West Chamber, and then he dreamed of it. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu is even more "the quip of the West Chamber conveys feelings, and the peony pavilion sings songs to alert the heart". She spoke highly of the word "Qi Xiang Man Ci" in The West Chamber. When she heard Peony Pavilion leaving the garden, she went from "stopping to listen" to "nodding and sighing" and then to "shaking her head" and "liking".
From Cui Yingying to Du Liniang, and then to Lin Daiyu, it vividly shows the life and destiny of women in the feudal society of China from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as the development law of pursuing liberation and boldly resisting rebellious women, and has become a dazzling artistic pearl in the literary treasure house.
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