Wu Yueniang's face is like a silver basin, his eyes are like apricots, and his manners are steady. He is reserved. She is the only serious woman in Jin Ping Mei who abides by the feudal society's moral norms of "three obedience and four virtues" for women.
signature analysis
Wu Yueniang is Ximen Qing's wife, a housewife and an important figure throughout.
However, she is the most divergent image in Jin Ping Mei. Chongzhen criticized her as a "saint's heart" and a "respectable" wife (sixty-first time); In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhupo was uncharacteristic. Jin Shengtan attacked Song Jiang's old tricks and accused her of being treacherous, greedy, stupid, conniving at her husband to do bad things, and so on. She was regarded as the worst woman in the book. Today, many people still regard her as "a sinister figure, just wearing a prude."
Character experience
A girl from a rich and influential family.
Wu Yueniang, the first menstruation in Ximen Qing, is an out-and-out protagonist in Jin Ping Mei.
Wu Yueniang is a housekeeper, knowledgeable, slim, full moon and white face, very lovely feeling. Thin eyebrows, cherry mouth, in line with the aesthetic standards at that time. In addition, her birthday is also scheduled for August 15th of the lunar calendar, and the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th is a day of family reunion. But according to Su Dongpo's words, people have joys and sorrows, and the moon has ups and downs, which is difficult to be complete. This sentence tells the tragedy of Wu Yueniang's life from the opposite side. She must be a family, a person, a relationship, and she will be the last one to end. This is a wonderful arrangement for her birthday in August 15.
Have a good education and good judgment.
For the first time in the novel, the book describes Yueniang as kind and virtuous, and her husband is obedient. Is that really the case? The author ingeniously used Ximen Qing's desire to become sworn friends with a group of hooligans to convince Yueniang: "What's the use of ignoring this person? I advise you to eat less wine and take care of your family? " A few lukewarm ironies vividly shaped the inner image of this "virtuous woman" who is obedient to her husband.
Although Ximen Qing doesn't like Wu Yueniang's speech, she always gives the first lady some face. The apparent harmony of this family still needs to be maintained. Of course, Wu Yueniang himself deeply understands this truth. She says very little, and on the surface, she feels gentle and sincere. In fact, she has been thinking. Perhaps, she hasn't realized the result of thinking, but the real life atmosphere in the book makes Yueniang get the answer of life while thinking constantly.
Wives and concubines fight with each other.
Pan Jinlian married to Ximenfu for the first time, and Wu Yueniang received her politely. When Na Yue Niang witnessed Wu Dalang's wife for the first time, she was shocked by Jinlian's beauty, * * and meanness, which made her wary of Jinlian. Although they are very affectionate on the surface, they even call Jinlian her own nickname "Six Sisters". But in her heart, think about it carefully, and think that Jinlian is her own enemy, and she will compete with her for the status of aunt (at least for the right of Ximen Qing's exclusive pet), so Yueniang, the "virtuous aunt", opposes Jinlian in everything. On one occasion, Ximen Qing was embarrassed to marry Li Pinger and went home to scold Jinlian. Jinlian refused to accept it, crying and making trouble. Yueniang severely scolded Jinlian, but Jinlian dared not refute it, but wanted to please Yueniang. Afterwards, Jinlian took revenge on Yueniang with a grudge, which led to the cold war between Ximen Qing and Yueniang. This, in turn, prompted Wu Yueniang to seriously consider the current situation. Of course, she wants Ximen Qing to make up with herself, but it's hard to do so. In desperation, for the next month, Mother went to the yard to burn incense and pray in the middle of the night every day, so that Ximen Qing could see it, so that she could change her mind and pamper herself.
Take courage and unify the "harem"
Moon's scheming is very deep. She sits firmly in the position of aunt Ximenfu, and I will take the boat if you are in trouble. This meticulous thinking about life is not something that ordinary people can do, but Wu Yueniang did.
Wu Yueniang's scheming and thinking are also reflected in her mastery of financial power. Under the lobbying of Ximen Qing, the property of Li Pinger, a rich woman in Qinghe County, was transferred to Simon's house, and Yueniang just stood up and decided to put all her property in her back room. No one expected this kind of scheming. The moon is kind here. When your money comes to me, you have to listen to me, or don't blame me for turning against you. Sure enough, when Li Pinger later married to Ximenfu as six niang, Yueniang still didn't return Li Pinger's private property. Until Li Pinger died, Ximen Qing's family was ruined, and Yueniang took advantage of everyone's inattention to get the key. This huge wealth finally fell into Wu Yueniang's own hands.
Among the five mothers, Wu Yueniang dealt with disputes wholeheartedly, perfectly and just right. There are more than four or five girls who have been used outside six niang in Ximenfu (girls who have had sexual relations can be regarded as half masters). It's hard to get along with them, three women's lives, not to mention a dozen women? It's not four or five plays. However, the general director Wu Yueniang can skillfully resolve this contradiction. Even a blow and a pull played a finishing touch on the disintegration of the gang. So when the women in Ximenfu lived in Ximen Qing on the surface (except for a fierce fight with Pan Jinlian), there was basically no big conflict and they could maintain the atmosphere of a big family.
Think carefully about the mother's dependence on her children.
In feudal times, it was very expensive to have a boy and a mother in a big family. This is what many people dream of. As a woman with a big house, Wu Yueniang has never fallen out of favor, and it is no exception.
Wu Yueniang was pregnant twice. The first abortion was a boy. Of course, I feel very sad. But she didn't want to publicize it, so she warned Meng Yulou Sanniang, the only person who knew about it, not to tell her anything. Meng Yulou puzzled and agreed, but in fact, where did she know her aunt's deliberation? First, abortion will be laughed at by concubines, and their own pain will become a joke to others. Smart Moon Mother wouldn't do that. Second, Ximen Qing will hate himself when he learns (because the children belong to Simon's family, especially the boys). Of course, we can't know the hidden pain in Yueniang's heart, but at this time Yueniang seems to have unconsciously fallen into careful thinking about life.
Yueniang's second pregnancy was carefully arranged by Yueniang herself. Since the abortion, Yueniang has never been pregnant for several years, and just then, Li Pinger, six niang successfully gave birth to Ximen Qing's first son, Simon Guange. Of course, Ximen Qing has deep feelings for Li Pinger, and the rain and dew are still frequent. The center of gravity of this family is all concentrated in Li Pinger's room. This caused the panic of Yueniang again. She was very afraid that Li Pinger would become her first wife, and she would lose her aunt's airs and catch up with Li Pinger's flattery, although it was in the name of taking care of the children.
This move of Yueniang really touched many women, including Ximen Qing, and everyone was impressed by Yueniang's "virtue". However, Yueniang's thoughtful thought was caught by another clever man. She is Ximen Qing's five mothers-Pan Jinlian.
Li Pinger's children are unusually concerned by him, menstruation and Wu Yueniang, and Li Pinger is grateful for this. However, all this can't hide from Jinlian's eyes: "I don't rub sand in my eyes", which is what Jinlian often talks about. Indeed, Jinlian coldly understood Wu Yueniang's dark psychology of being afraid that Li Pinger would rob the class and seize power, and knew more about the complex feelings of the pair of Simon Guan brothers in Wu Yueniang. So when the glib lotus saw Yueniang looking after the children in Li Pinger's room, she couldn't help expressing her resentment to Sanniang Meng Yulou: "You said that this big sister couldn't have children by herself, so she stuck someone else's children to death. Who doesn't know what her heart is? " I can say who my children care about, and my children are all towards my mother. It's no use crying with a cold face and crustily skin of head. "I don't want these words to be heard by Yueniang who just came out of the bottle room. Moon flew into a rage and wanted to scold Jinlian, but on second thought, it was just Pan Jinlian's face, and she got nothing but being angry with herself. Thought of here, Moon submitted to humiliation and went back to her room, saying in her heart, I am insulted because I have no children, so I must give birth to an X face that is ashamed of these * * *. That evening, Master Xue, an old nun, said to Yueniang, "You should take one at a time, regardless of sex. It is your own. No matter how good six niang's son is, he is still a concubine. You have an authentic, red-rooted prospect, and others can't compare with him. Ten stars can't be a moon. "
On hearing this, Yueniang immediately asked Master Xue to send the medicine for giving birth to the fetus, picked it up and ate it all day. It didn't take long for it to get dark.
However, this child was born at a bad time. When Ximen Qing died and breathed his last. Wu Yueniang also has abdominal pain, and the baby is born. Poor Ximen Qing didn't see the birth of the baby. This is a posthumous child. Wu Yueniang tearfully named the child Brother Simon.
The death of Simon and the decline of his family
When Ximen Qing died, the pillar of this family collapsed. Ximenfu is in an unprecedented crisis. When Ximen Qing was alive before, the potential crisis broke out at this moment. This prompted Yueniang to seriously think about her life. Before she could make up her mind, the situation had changed greatly.
After Ximen Qing's death, Wu Yueniang burned all the relics of Li Pinger's portrait to get rid of his past resentment. Li, the second daughter, listened to Cassia and others: You, people in our hospital, abandon the old and welcome the new, and become stronger with the tide. Don't miss the time, just fight and leave. Pan Jinlian's confidants, Xiaoyu, Xiuchun, spearmint and Yingchun were also sent away by Yueniang. Those guys in Ximen Qing took advantage of the fish in troubled waters. Those who bullied Yueniang as a woman and used to be brothers with Ximen Qing also treated her coldly and ignored her. In desperation, Yueniang also blew them away. Pan Jinlian, a five-year-old woman who has long been regarded as a thorn in her side, was also raped by her son-in-law Chen Jingji. Xiaoyu quietly sent two gold hair pins and drove away. Four-year-old Sun Xuee and three-year-old Meng Yulou remarried and left.
Ximen Qing's family soon declined.
Former master-servant role exchange
When she cooks in person (Sun Xuee used to cook in the year of Si, but she didn't care in the year of Yue), when she works as a female worker alone, when she helps the servants do some chores within her power, when she sits alone in a cold room. However, the thinking at this time only stays in the different thinking of things. Chun Mei has changed from a girl who was swept out of the house to a favored concubine: Moon and Lou Yu are watching outside the curtain of the monk's room, what kind of little lady she is. When you look closely, it's Chun Mei. However, compared with the past, when he grew up, he was full moon, dressed in pink and jade, wearing a crown, jewels, half-unloaded phoenix feathers, wearing a red makeup coat, a turquoise blue skirt and a jingle board, which was very different from the past. Fate is so fond of playing tricks on people.
Du Zi has no pain.
Only a few years later, Xu Jinguo's army was killed near Qinghe County. At this time, Yueniang has already felt the fear of national destruction. When she led her only son, Brother Simon, to flee to yongfu temple outside the city, and the elder Putin in the temple wanted to turn over his only son, Brother Simon, to become a monk, Wu Yueniang really felt as if the end of the world had arrived.
After the advice of the elders, Brother Ximen Xiaoxiao was willing to become a monk, which also shocked Yueniang. When Brother Xiao went out with his brother, Yueniang went home. Good at home has not been destroyed, and Yueniang has started a new life. Of course, this life is not peaceful.
Self-transformation after many difficulties and dangers.
Anxiety comes from thinking about life. Wu Yueniang was speechless when he sat in the building that used to be full of laughter. When Niang walked into the garden where birds were singing and flowers were fragrant, the deserted path was overgrown with weeds. Her thinking realized the value of life from personal gains and losses, joys and sorrows, life and death. From clinging to family wealth to helping the countryside later, from mourning for the children who became monks to insisting that Ximen Qing's older brothers and sisters should inherit Simon's family wealth, her thinking on life has been sublimated. She understands that only happy ordinary people can truly realize their life value and complete their thinking about life by bravely facing reality and living a happy life.
Whole area
The writing style of Jin Ping Mei is basically a kind of "pure objective narrative", and there are few mixed feelings in the descriptions of many characters, but Wu Yueniang is an exception. He is a publicly affirmed and even praised figure in the book. According to the author of this book, when Ximen Qing was alive, he didn't take part in the "fighting" of "fighting in the same room", but often played a role of balance and lubrication in the "hot war" of little wives, the premise of which was to take care of Ximen Qing's health and safeguard the overall interests of Simon's extended family. Therefore, although the little wife and domestic servants are mostly difficult things, they can still be awed by her, and Ximen Qing once had a tense relationship with her. Finally, I still think that a housewife like her is indispensable in this big family. Under normal circumstances, she tried to be indifferent to Ximen Qing's wanton nonsense, but at the critical moment, she dared to speak out and criticize Ximen Qing. After Ximen Qing's sudden death, she tried to maintain and support her extended family. Although she finally declined, she abandoned what should be abandoned and kept what should be kept. In such plots as "The Big Fight in Bishop Garden", the author shows that she is indomitable and fearless in the face of danger, and has maintained the integrity of Ximen Qing and the remaining extended family until the last moment of her life. This is a female image who abides by the "three obedience and four virtues" in feudal society. Such a woman was real in that era and social environment, not the product of the author's idealization. Her character is basically reserved, but sometimes she shows jealousy, sometimes her words are sharp and sometimes her words are puns. Especially when it comes to her dignity, status and interests, she is even more decisive and does not give up an inch of land. These descriptions make people feel that she is a tangible image of flesh and blood.