In the past, people often attributed Ah Q's personality characteristics to one point, that is, the method of spiritual victory. Therefore, the "spiritual victory method" has almost become synonymous with Ah Q's character. But from the point of view of system theory, A Q's personality is a complex system, which is an organic whole composed of various personality factors in a certain structural way. The so-called personality factor is the character content shown by all the ways of thinking and behavior of Ah Q, and it is the personality quality that constitutes the character's personality characteristics. So, what are the basic elements of Ah Q's personality? We think there are mainly the following kinds.

Simple and stupid but slick hooligan

Ah Q makes a living by selling his own labor, and leads a muddled life almost by instinct. On the other hand, Ah Q shows a smooth rogue: "If you are slow to respond, you will scold, and if you are weak, you will fight." He stole a nun's radish and was found by her. She refused to admit it and said, "Can you make him promise you?" Quite flexible.

Honest, willful and orthodox morality

Ah Q was forced to let go of the robbery with an open hand. After returning to Wei Zhuang, he made no secret of it and made a lovely face white. He has the physiological instinct of asking for food and courtship, and is not bound by traditional moral norms. However, his thoughts are all in line with the biography of the saints in the Bible, and he is very defensive of men and women.

Arrogant and inferior.

Ah Q doesn't care about the residents of all the unfinished villages. His famous saying is: "We used to have much more money than you! What are you! " To the point of conceit On the other hand, Ah Q has a low self-esteem. When he is defeated, he will easily admit that he is an insect and beg for mercy. The money won by gambling is taken away, even self-mockery, and the pain of failure is eliminated by means of inferiority.

Struggle for strength but swallow it.

Ah Q loves face very much and wants to get ahead of others everywhere. This competitive mentality has even developed to the absurd point of comparing ugliness with others. On the other hand, Ah Q is always humiliated and obedient. He was oppressed and humiliated, but he endured it silently. Grandpa Zhao forbade him to be surnamed Zhao and hit him in the mouth. He didn't confess. Dibao reprimanded him, and he thanked Dibao for two hundred pence for the drinks. He courted Wu Ma, and Grandpa Zhao took the opportunity to blackmail him and deprive him of his right to work and life. He didn't resist.

Narrow and conservative but blind fashion

Ah Q thinks he is knowledgeable, but he is actually narrow-minded. He thinks that everything that doesn't conform to the conventions of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi is wrong. Ah Q's logic is that existence is reasonable and cannot be changed, but the ancestral method is still good. But ah q is good at following the fashion. Once in the city, he laughed at the country people and boasted that children in the city could "fork sesame sauce". When the revolutionary party entered the city, he saw that people who were not Zhuang gradually put braids on their heads, and he also learned.

Reject heresy and yearn for revolution

Q's rejection of heresy is very just. The young nun is anti-Confucian, which is the object of his rejection; It is also heresy for fake foreign devils to enter foreign schools and cut off their long braids. He also hates rebellion. But then the revolution came. Although he knew it was the crime of decapitation and the biggest heresy, he saw that the revolution was beneficial to him, wanted to make a revolution, and even took refuge in the fake foreign devil he hated most.

Evil power and snobbery.

Ah Q was bullied and resentful, resenting the oppressor Zhao Taiye and others. As long as there is an opportunity to resist revenge, he will retaliate severely. So he was very pleased to see Grandpa Zhao's flustered expression when the revolutionary wave came. However, when Zhao Gonggong was very powerful, Ah Q wanted to attach himself to him. I've always wanted to rely on Grandpa Zhao's strength to improve my position.

Bossy, cowardly, cowardly.

Ah Q bullies the weak and fears the hard, and is completely overbearing in front of people who are weaker than him. Defeated by Wang Hu, mourned by a fake foreign devil, angered the little nun for no reason; He was persecuted by Grandfather Zhao and lost his livelihood, so he vented his dissatisfaction on Little D. When the revolution came, he did not allow Little D to make a revolution. In front of these weak people, Ah Q is as imposing as Grandpa Zhao. But in front of the strong, he is very weak and weak. Being caught in the county court, his knees naturally loosened and he knelt down.

Sensitive, taboo, numb, forgetful

Ah Q was nervous about his weakness, and the scar on his head became his forbidden area, so he made a taboo, but he was numb and forgetful in the face of actual humiliation. I was just ripped off by Zhao Xiucai, but I soon forgot about it and went to watch the fun. Finally, he was put in prison and sentenced to death. He doesn't know that his death has come, but he regrets that the circle is not round. I also try to win applause from the audience in public. It's amazing numbness.

Dissatisfied with the status quo but content with it.

Whenever Ah Q is bullied and upset, he always feels: "The world is ridiculous now, my son beats Lao Zi ..." And he also wants to change his present situation. The fantasy of revolution is Ah Q's strong desire to change the status quo. But in fact, he is content with the status quo and can enjoy it regardless of Mrs. Zhao's calculation and persecution. When he was at the end of his tether, he comforted himself with his own fate, thinking about life between heaven and earth, sometimes rushing in and rushing out, marching in the street, and sometimes beheading. Therefore, my heart will be freed until I overcome the horror of death.

Looking at the basic elements of Ah Q's personality as a whole, we can find an interesting phenomenon: Ah Q's personality is full of contradictions, and various personality elements form a set of unity of opposites, thus forming a complex personality series. The prominent feature of this personality series is duality, that is, dual personality. The actual performance of Ah Q's dual personality is often: on the one hand, he retreats to his heart and indulges in fantasy to safeguard himself, on the other hand, he destroys his will and adapts to the environment to safeguard his personal survival.