The legend of the West Chamber tells the story of a legend named Zhang Sheng who fell in love with Cui Yingying and later abandoned her. At the beginning, when Zhang Sheng lived in Puzhou Pufu Temple, there was a rebellion, and he helped to rescue the Zheng family, a distant aunt in the Tongyu Temple. At Zheng's thank-you banquet, Zhang Sheng fell in love with his cousin Yingying at first sight, and the maidservant girl passed the book, and after several repetitions, the two finally spent the full moon. Later, Zhang Sheng went to Beijing to take the exam and failed to pass the exam, stayed in Beijing, exchanged love letters with Yingying, and exchanged tokens to express his affection. But Zhang Sheng finally changed his mind, thinking that Yingying was the "stunner" in the world, and that he was "not virtuous enough to defeat demons", so he had to cut his love. More than a year later, Yingying married another, and Zhang Sheng also married another. Once Zhang Sheng passed by Yingying's house and asked to meet him as a "brother", but Yingying refused.

There is also a song of the warbler in the text:

"Shrike flies late, swallows fly fast, weeping poplars bloom golden flowers and laugh on the day.

The green window is a beautiful female warbler, and the goldfinch is seventeen years old.

Huang Gu's mother is in heaven, and she is lonely and frosty.

The door is closed in the Xiao Temple, and the grass flowers have never come out. ”

Within two or three days, it was sung by the people of Kyoto, and the thin Zhang Sheng in the story, the delicate matchmaker, and the demon stunner Cui Yingying were all written vividly, and Zhang Sheng became synonymous with the negative man for a while, and the matchmaker was also considered by many big sisters to be a model in the industry.

And Cui Yingying is a girl who grew up in the strict training of the family. She has a strong demand for love, but she hides it deep inside, and sometimes even makes the exact opposite gesture on the surface. Originally, through her maidservant matchmaker, Zhang Sheng and her had expressed their love with each other's poems. However, when Zhang Sheng came to meet according to the agreement in her poem, she was "obedient and strict", and counted Zhang Sheng's "indecent movements" in a stern manner. A few days later, when Zhang Sheng was already in despair, she suddenly took a bold rebellious action and took the initiative to go to Zhang Sheng's residence at night for a tryst. Cui Yingying's contradictions and repetitions truly reflect the tortuous process of overcoming her hesitation and vacillation and finally betraying the religion. However, she has never been able to completely get rid of the spiritual shackles imposed on her by society, origin, and upbringing. She still believes that private love unions are illegal, "start with chaos, end up abandoning them, stick to them, and don't dare to hate." Therefore, after she was abandoned, she could only feel sorry for herself and be at the mercy of fate. This again shows the weak side of her thinking and character. The portrayal of it in the legend is expressive, flesh and blood, and extremely distinct.

Of course, after the end of this serialization, Dugu Xinci's life was even more difficult, and many ladies in the city issued articles condemning it, thinking that it was too miserable to write Cui Yingying's fate.

"What do you mean by that? Do you want to abandon someone like Zhang Sheng's thin lover? Empress Nalan returned to the palace of Liaoyang County from Qingchuan early in the morning, and hated and questioned Dugu Xinci.

"You have too much sense of involvement, can you compare with the weak Cui Yingying? A certain pair of your affection can be learned, how can a certain learn from Zhang Sheng? Dugu Xinci secretly complained bitterly, and hurriedly hugged Nalan Feiya to defend herself.

"Hmph, it's good if you know, a certain is not a weak Cui Yingying, if you really have two hearts, you will kill you first to bury you?" Empress Nalan's eyes were red.

"How can so-and-so have two minds? If you fail you, you will be damned, you don't need to be buried, you have to live well, you know? However, a certain person will definitely be able to live and die together, and he must also be in the same hole," Dugu Xinci hurriedly wiped his tears for him.

"Thou shalt speak good words? Who is with you? Zhang Sheng also coaxed Cui Yingying like this" Nalan Feiya burst into tears and laughed, but she still complained.

"It's a matter of time, it's written for fun, how can it be taken seriously?"

The two of them were talking to me for a long time, Yan Ran was instigated by Bai Yujing to urge her to leave to give a dowry, and was kicked twice by Dugu Xinci.

Na Zheng, the fourth of the "Six Rites". Also known as "Nacheng". That is, the man's family Najib sends a dowry gift to the woman's family. "The Book of Rites: The Rites of the Evening" Kong Yingda Shu: "Those who recruit will also be hired for money." Levy, success. Marry first, and then get married. "By this ceremonial marriage contract is fully established. "Jin Shu Zhi 11": "In the eighth year of Taikang, there was a division: the wedding recruitment, the big wedding with Xuanqi bundle silk, Jiaqi, and Ma Ersi. The prince and the prince tied the silk, added the bi, and rode the horse. The doctor used Xuan Xuan to bind the silk and add sheep. ”

Wei Kang also reminded Wei Zhi and Wei Bin brothers not to be extravagant, but Dugu Xinci instigated that although it is rich, the more Xue Wangfu marries, the more it will definitely not be a loss.

Xun Guogong Wei Zhi was born extravagant, his second brother will not be stingy when he marries himself, the eight characters are a match, it is a match made in heaven, and he began to carefully prepare the dowry, Dugu Xinci also has the heart to make things bigger, and the staff sponsors a lot, and today is destined to be another unforgettable day for Chang'an people.

The Xunguo Mansion was originally in Anxing Fang, and the Shengye Fang where Xue Wang's Mansion was located was face to face, if this was taken shortcut, it would be across the street, Dugu Xinci still ordered to take a detour, and Jinyi must not be able to walk at night.

The Xunguo Mansion sent two hundred people, Dugu Xinci and brought a team of boys from the juvenile hall to do the honor guard, as well as a group of martial arts of the Changying Society, and his own chief also transferred two hundred people from the Suwei Black Flag Army, nearly six hundred people, Wei Erlang in front of the head was dressed in red and hung with colors, and sixty-four pairs of blowing classes beat gongs and drums to follow, one hundred and eight carriages pulled the dowry from Anxingfang, went north to the Danfeng Gate in front of the Daming Palace, and then went west to the south of the imperial city, turned west to Chongrenfang, until the Jinguang Gate, and then turned back to the front of Xingqing Palace, and then returned to Shengyefang.

This journey lasted for two hours, and the mighty two-to-three-mile procession was very spectacular.

In ancient times, the levy was mostly based on birds and beasts, and in ancient times, the dowry had to use the whole deer, and the later generations used deer skin. Cui Yan's "Wedding Text" recorded: "The bird is a goose, accompanied by a deerskin. "The Book of Songs. Summoning the South. "There are dead elks in the wild" said: "There are dead elks in the wild, and white grass covers them." There is a woman with a spring, and Jishi tempts her. "It's about proposing to a girl with a wild deer. Because in ancient times, it was a gift to hire more geese, so the dowry gift was also called "commission bird". Of course, the ancient conquest was not all about birds and beasts, as it was said in "Weifeng Gangster", "The hooligan's worm, hugging the cloth trade silk." Bandits come to trade silk, come and I seek", is an example of using cloth as a dowry. Later, the etiquette of the levy became more and more complicated, and it became one of the most cumbersome processes of etiquette among the six rites.

The first mention of Weifu is the appointment ceremony, and the golden words on the red silk are particularly dazzling.

In addition to the six rites, Yan Tang married and had three books:

Letter of Appointment: A document of engagement. When Najib was in Najib, the man gave the woman a letter.

Book of Rites: That is, the documents used in the celebration of large gifts, listing the items and quantities of excessive gifts.

Wedding book: that is, the document of marrying the bride. It is a document given by the man to the woman when the bride is welcomed.

The gifts are all even-numbered to take its meaning of "good things come in pairs".

Bride price: This shows that the man acknowledges and appreciates the woman's parents for their nurturing grace. Wei Fu dedicated a car to pull the golden ingots.

Engagement cake: a car

Seafood: Eight styles, each divided into two packs. Among them, fat cabbage is necessary to take its meaning of wealth, and other seafood include abalone, oysters, scallops, mushrooms, dried shrimps, squid, sea cucumbers, shark fins and fish maw.

Three livestock: two pairs of chickens, two males and two females, pork from three to five catties from double flying (happy only flying), that is, one piece is connected to open two, in order to express fruitful and sincere respect.

Fish: large fish or dace; It means fishy (angry); It also means that there is a head and an end, and there is more than every year.

Coconut: two pairs, that is, there is a master (coconut) has the meaning of a child.

Wine: Four sticks, indicating strong love.

Sijing fruit: that is, dried longan, dried lychee, dried walnut and shelled peanuts, in order to bless the prosperity of the descendants, but also contain the meaning of perfection and blessings, and the meaning of endless life.

Shengguo: That is, the meaning of being vigorous and vigorous

Four-color sugar: that is, rock sugar, orange cake, winter melon sugar and golden cocoon, which means like sweet and dense, white-headed to old.

Tea and sesame: Because seeds must be used to plant tea, tea is used as a gift, which is a metaphor for a woman who must be trustworthy and have no regrets once she signs a marriage contract, that is, "oil hemp tea ceremony".

Gift box (gift box): There are lotus seeds, lilies, green wisps, cypress, betel coconut two pairs, sesame, red beans, mung beans, red dates, dried walnuts, dried longan, as well as red bean rope, lai, dowry, gold, dragon and phoenix candles and a couplet

Incense cannon bracelet gold: incense (boneless through foot green), cannon (large firecrackers and large artillery), bracelet (dragon and phoenix pairs of happy bracelets).

Dou two rice: Prepare twelve catties of glutinous rice, three catties and two taels of sugar, which is to make glutinous rice balls for the female family, in order to take its fulfillment, sweet and satisfying meaning.

There are also a number of cars of silk and satin cloth, a car of jade coral, and nine essential items:

Comb: The so-called "comb to the end, two combs of white hair to the eyebrows, three combs of children and grandchildren", comb has the meaning of "knotted hair", especially white Prime Minister Zhuang, refers to the husband and wife love each other for a lifetime, and grow old together.

Ruler: Measuring tool, extended to the standard of happiness in married life, refers to hundreds of children and thousands of grandchildren, happiness has a long history, and it is also a blessing for the newlyweds to rise step by step in their future life and career.

Money box: The ninth of the nine treasures is the money box, which is used by women to collect their beloved treasures after marriage.

Ruyi scale: It is based on the ruyi scale used by the groom to lift the bride's red hijab in the traditional wedding ceremony, implying that the future life is satisfactory and the husband and wife are happy and happy.

Mirror: represents perfection, completeness, and means the bride's beauty, and is a sweet and happy wish for the bride's married life; Even if time passes, it will still maintain the beautiful sustenance of youth, flowers and moons.

Dudou: It was originally a tool for measuring grain, and it was used in wedding ceremonies to show that the man's wealth was abundant and his family was wealthy, and his daughter could live a rich life with plenty of food and clothing, ease and worry-free after marriage.

Scissors: It is one of the "six certificates" in the traditional wedding, mainly used for clothing tailoring in life, and the wedding ceremony implies the bride's wedding life after marriage.

Abacus: A calculation tool used to calculate income and expenses in life, a thousand-foot gold abacus in wedding etiquette, implying that the newlyweds have an ideal and plan for a peaceful and prosperous life in the future, and can reasonably invest and manage their finances to win Guangmao financial resources.

The dowry arrived, and the Xue Wangfu burned incense and fired cannons, presented to the gods and ancestors, and feasted the male gift-giver. Deliver the matchmaker with the Kun book (the woman's marriage book). When Wei Fu sent gifts, he received a part according to his breed, such as fortune pills, steers, and female ducks, all of which were blessings for men and should be returned. Only the meat of the pig's feet is taken, and the bones of the pig's feet should be returned. And the groom's dress, clothes, hats, shoes and socks, bell embroidery and the like are returned gifts. "Dowry": The wedding gifts are recorded in the red paper ceremony, and its title should be double taboo one, and more auspicious words such as happiness, success, and double. Dowry post style: Marriage book into a pass, a letter into a seal, a double seal of the bride money, a box into a seal, a training ceremony into a seal, Jin Lin into a Ying, Shou Pa Shuangfu, a fairy into the end, a golden pig into the head, a pleasant goat into a one, sugar screen eight picks, Fu Pill full of hundreds, dream sugar into a box, dragon candle Shuanghui.

This matter was handled by Wei Kang and Sister Da Yan and the stewards of the Wei Mansion, Dugu Xinci led the Tong Zi pro-army and the martial arts to chew according to the case, Xue Wang's brother, He Ning Wang Yanxian, Shen Wang Yan Chengyi, Qi Wang Yanfan, and several princesses, Princess Yuzhen and others were also present.

The saint did not come in person, but Queen Wang, Concubine Wu Hui, and Concubine Li, the prince's mother, did not appear, and Jiang Caiping, a Fujian woman from Xinna, was also not present.

Shen Wangfu and Liaoyang County Wangfu opposite the door, Ning Wang Qi Wang is also kind and friendly to Dugu Xin, frequently raise a glass to invite drink, Qi Wang Fan once asked Tan Hualang's poetry masterpiece will enter the wine, the poem has a cloud "Qi Wang used to feast peacefully, fighting wine ten thousand and abusing the abuse"

Qi Wang Yanfan pulled Dugu Xinci to let him have a poem today, Dugu Xinci regretted not pulling Wang Wei Wang Sanlang, Zu Yongliulang came, Dalang Wen Yu was busy not mentioning, Shilang Yang Qiu was still practicing knives behind closed doors, waiting for the letter of appointment, Erlang Wei Bin is a coquette, naturally he can't come to chant poems against him, he has to meet the head of the male bridesmaid, and he has to meet the head of the male bridesmaid.

Sansheng stone is injected with good fate, and the love is drawn by the color line.

The sea vows and the mountains are all restricted, and they only envy the mandarin ducks and not the immortals.

Dugu Xinci casually recited a poem to make do with the situation.

"Then the legend of the West Chamber was written by you, right? Rim River idler? Who else is there besides Ru Yuandonghou? King Shen Chengyi asked.

"King Shen also looks at legends? Do you still want to find a delicate Cui Yingying? Dugu Xinci told jokes.

"You write this well, the women of Yantang are all because of Cui Yingying as a ring, ladies should be virtuous, how can they commit themselves to others at will?" King Ning also praised.

"Hey, the eldest brother's words are wrong, the common feelings of men and women, I like Cui Yingying's bold move" King Qi has a different opinion.

"So-and-so just wrote fun, you look at it for fun, so-and-so has a task today, and another day to have a good drink?" Dugu Xinci didn't want to talk to a few princes, and was ready to leave the table.

After the levy, it is to exchange Gengpu, Wei Mansion and Xue Wangfu exchange Gengpu, and the text must be regarded as a proof of marriage.

Wei's letter of appointment was wrapped in red silk and scrolled on rice paper, which read:

Respect the wedding

His Excellency Yan Ye Weng:

Giving up the little brother was fortunate to marry in heaven, Xinpan respected Weng Lingai, married Qin and Jin, and became a golden and jade relationship. Respectfully

The auspicious date is scheduled to be on September 6, the second year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, to marry on the auspicious day of the auspicious day, and the special Dagui Mansion.

Heaven and earth are full of salty Hengqing meeting

The house is full of gold and jade, and the life is long and rich

The in-law brother Wei Zhi led his brother Wei Bin to smoke Mu Dun and bowed

After the exchange of Geng spectrum, there are also intermarriage books, and the intermarriage books are two real papers, and they are exchanged in envelopes.

On September 2, the second year of Kaiyuan, Wei Zhidun was the first to be the first. The narrative has been long and profound. Meng Chun is still cold, how is his body? May the building be closed. The name is less reasonable, and the words are not present, but the increase is great. I am willing to respect virtue and kindness, and I am willing to send a blank book; Wei Zhidun paused.

Wei Shi Bin, Hedong Wei Dafang Erlang, Ling Shu, willing to trust Gao Yuan, because of Wei Xun Guogong, dare to be polite. Wei Zhi.

Sansheng stone is injected with good fate, loving husband and wife are drawn by colorful threads, spring boundless flowers are rich and rich, and Lang and concubines are lingering

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