(a)

Finally, it's time to sit down and fiddle with the text.

I'm very busy for a while, and when I'm free, I just want to have a good rest. The so-called sorrows, hatreds, feelings, and resentments on weekdays...... The "Rausch" didn't know where to go.

It seems that those idleness are only found when there is nothing to do; It seems that those hatreds are only born of boring people.

I can't change my habits, although I didn't catch a pen, I always think about it in my heart.

The thoughts are very chaotic, and there is no new surge, so I can only sort out the disabled sentences that were once discarded.

I turned on the computer and listened to a passage of Qin dialect, so I thought about writing about Qin dialect.

Wang Baochuan, who was not finished when he was in Zhenjiang, was still "horizontally" there, and he made up this article again.

The play "Wang Baochuan" is a famous drama in the Qin dialect. When I was still ignorant of Qin Yan, I already knew the name "Wang Baochuan".

There is a song from childhood:

Wang Baochuan, it's really pitiful, pick up a cage and rip the vegetables...... (Note: The cage is the hometown dialect version of the basket.) ）

In the minds of the villagers, "Wang Baochuan" is synonymous with pity and poverty. As for the world, I didn't know at that time, I only knew that Wang Baochuan was poor and lived by digging wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger. Everything else about her was vague.

Later, I watched a lot of Qin's excerpts from the opera "Wudian Slope" (also known as "Wujia Slope", which is the case with Peking Opera), and only then did I have an initial impression of Wang Baochuan.

"Three High-Fives", "Exploring the Kiln", "Don't Kiln", etc., are all about Wang Baochuan's famous folds. The Qin people like the Qin dialect, which can probably be said to be known to everyone and everyone.

Gradually, I watched more plays, and Wang Baochuan's demeanor gradually became complete. Once, in my head, she was like this:

It was a woman who would not hate the poor and love the rich—willing to marry a beggar;

It was a woman who made a promise - once the color ball was hit, she swore to die;

It was a rebellious woman who did not hesitate to break with her father for the sake of her husband, clapped her hands angrily as an oath, broke off her righteousness, and moved out of the prime minister's mansion;

It was a woman she loved - she didn't admire Ronghua, she didn't think she was poor, and she was willing to live in a cold kiln with her sweetheart;

It was a woman who had been waiting for her husband for eighteen years, unswerving;

It was a woman who endured hardships - eighteen years, living in hardships and hardships, and in poverty, she could only rely on digging wild vegetables to satisfy her hunger;

It was a woman who was as guarded as jade - her sister-in-law Wei Hu had been forced to force each other several times, she was not bent by power, and she was not obsessed with money;

……

It's such a woman who makes a good story. To this day, many people still appreciate her legendary life and sigh at her deep meaning while savoring the opera.

I'm writing this as a man, for those of you who have a "feminist fetish." My text about Wang Baochuan above will probably attract some unnecessary bricks and spit. Laughing and scolding is up to people, and you don't have to worry so much.

Ladies and gentlemen, you have figured it out, the above "Wang Baochuan image" is just my impression, and the subsequent changes and development and listen to me slowly, don't rush to conclusions!

(b)

Regarding the story of Wang's Baochuan, I once heard critical voices, saying that it was the poison of the system of male superiority and inferiority to women, that it was a shackle for women, and that it was the dross that required women to start from the beginning.

These are a bit of a "certain class critic", and they have a deep imprint of the times, so let him leave it to him.

Let's take a look at the comments of the female writer Zhang Ailing, who looks at the play from a woman's point of view. As a woman herself, Zhang's insights may be more sophisticated. Zhang Ailing has an article "Foreigners Watch Peking Opera and Others", which has the following text:

"The Red-Maned Horse is a meticulous depiction of male selfishness. Xue Pinggui devoted himself to his career for eighteen years, calmly leaving his wife in the cold kiln like a fish in the refrigerator. One day, he suddenly felt uneasy, and rushed home in the starry night. The best years of her life had been overrun by poverty and the loneliness of a social traitor, but he thought that the joy of reunion was enough to compensate for all that had happened. He didn't put herself in her shoes - he made her queen and became a queen in the territory of the princess of Daizhan! Begging for a living in the hands of a young, powerful concubine! No wonder she died eighteen days after being crowned queen—she was not blessed with it. But although Xue Pinggui is not very considerate of women, he is still written as a good person. ……”

As a woman, Zhang Ailing's starting point naturally conforms to her gender. She first criticized men harshly, in addition to accusing "male selfishness" with a point and face, she even called Xue Pinggui a "social traitor". From the perspective of women's vision and thinking, men are useless and useless when they stay by their side; When a man is not around and cares about his career, he will say that "companionship is the most affectionate confession". Anyway, it's not right for a man to do anything.

Zhang Ailing's attitude towards Wang Baochuan is to sympathize with Wang's shelving and neglect, first, it is a pity that Wang's lost best time in his life, first, pity Wang's poverty in the cold kiln, and first, feel Wang's loneliness in the past 18 years, and finally, Zhang Ailing pointed out particularly sharply that Wang Baochuan must "beg for a living in the hands of a young, powerful concubine".

Zhang Ailing has her own reasons! Just from the point of view of defending women and understanding women as women, Zhang is undoubtedly very convincing and very powerful.

As for whether Xue Pinggui is a good person or not, whether he is written as a good person, it seems that he is not so sure. At least, in me, not sure.

Regarding Zhang Ailing's comment, let's draw a full end first.

What needs to be explained here is that Qin Yan also called "Wang Baochuan" "The Red-Maned Horse". The red-maned fierce horse is the demon horse in Qujiang Pond, and was surrendered by Xue Pinggui. This incident became the reason for him to go to the Xiliang Kingdom, and the red-maned fiery horse also became his mount.

Regarding the comments on "Wang Baochuan", it is a cliché, and I have to mention what Mr. Lu Xun said when he commented on "Dream of Red Mansions" in "Outside the Collection: A Small Introduction to the Flower Lord of Jiangdong":

"Destiny alone has all kinds according to the reader's vision: the scholar sees the Yi, the Taoist sees the lewdness, the genius sees the lingering, the revolutionary sees the row, and the gossip sees the palace secrets......"

According to Mr. Lu Xun, there are different opinions on Wang Baochuan's various comments, and each has its own opinions.

Speaking of the so-called "feudal mentality" in this play, it is perfectly fine. But as far as I am concerned, it seems that it is not unreasonable to say that this play is anti-feudal and anti-traditional.

Do not deliberately dislike the poor and love the rich, and do not pay attention to the right people...... Isn't that what Wang Baochuan is fighting against? Isn't it Wang Baochuan's most powerful rebellion against the so-called "feudalism" in the past and the "non-feudal" customs that are still in vogue thousands of years later?

Who would dare to say otherwise?

(c)

Over the years, why have people loved "Wang Baochuan"? In my opinion, there may not be no credit for the Taoist obscenity of the dramatist and the dramatist.

For thousands of years, the daughter of the high-ranking family, who can see the beauty of the village husband? Not to mention that the pot sells pulp and the peddler pawn can't be seen, according to the legend of the so-called "feudal etiquette" later, it is probably difficult to see the true beauty of the brothers among their relatives and friends.

I don't know, is this the same in Wang Baochuan's era?

Today, the daughter of Prime Minister Wang Cheng, a member of the first rank of the dynasty, suddenly gathered to recruit relatives, among many old men, young men, poor men, rich men, beautiful men, ugly men, tall men, short men...... In front of you, throw the hydrangea. The prime minister's daughter does not play cards according to the routine of talented and beautiful women. She didn't hit the swingers of the powerful family, and she didn't hit the rich and handsome people of the merchants' families, but she just hit the beggars who begged for food on the street and were regarded as unpopular by ordinary people. The most terrible thing is that this delicate girl with golden branches and jade leaves not only does not dislike this beggar, but also has to marry him, and even does not hesitate to turn against her father, cut off the relationship between father and daughter, and run away from home angrily.

All this undoubtedly gives many surprises to those who like to daydream, to those who have no hope in life, and to those who have no bright future. Of course, this also gives infinite comfort to those who dream of enlightenment.

This is Mr. Daoxue's consistent pandering to the customs.

Think about it, the daughter in this prime minister's mansion originally spent her days in Zhong Mingding's food. Now, what the audience sees is a woman in a cold kiln, suffering from poverty and hardship. Her life is no different from ordinary people, even less than the people around her. To live in a cold kiln is to be committed to the lowest level of society. The young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion is from the high, brocade clothes and food, mysterious and unpredictable, and it is difficult to see the true face...... to the people, firewood and rice are difficult to support, show up, and work by themselves...... Is all this a kind of psychological compensation for the general public who were born in the people, grew up in the people, and have always been poor?

Guess, the public may have seen what they wanted to see, and the public even saw what was once impossible to see.

In this way, are they satisfied? No, not at all.

The so-called intellectuals often like to look down on ordinary people with their self-proclaimed intelligence and elegance, so as to raise their own value and show off their differences. Actually, this is ignorant and ridiculous.

Because the public's evaluation of Wang Baochuan did not stop at the superficial surface, it did not stop at the satisfaction of Taoism.

The people have their own wisdom. They may not have the so-called elegance of appreciating the wind and the moon, and they may not have the so-called framework theory, structural logic and other big hats. However, the people have their own logic and standards for judging right and wrong—these "logic" and "standards" are hidden at the bottom of life, and they do not need to be displayed, and they are naturally used with a single gesture or a move.

Why did the daughter of the prime minister marry a beggar?

The Taoists have a saying, and the people have their own saying.

(iv)

In addition to the above, what else would Daoists say?

The color ball is in the middle and must be set for life. hit, whether it is a high-ranking official or a flat-headed commoner; Whether it is a personable young man or a gray-haired old man; whether they are able-bodied or crippled; Whether they are deaf or blind...... You have to get married!

What is it? It's fate.

What are the benefits of doing so? It is called righteousness and faith.

Throwing hydrangea, in the eyes of my generation, this is a happy thing, and when you get married, it is the top priority for the people. But I often cry out for it, why?

I only hate not being born in that era of throwing hydrangeas, and if I am fortunate enough to bow to the table and float the colors, then, think about it, at that time and place, even if I am a ruffian, I also have the possibility of becoming a wealthy son-in-law. This business without capital, only a profitable business, is more cost-effective than buying lottery tickets in this world.

I often rejoice in it: first, as a man, I don't think of a woman; The second is that it did not grow up in that era.

If I had been the pearl of the deep-walled courtyard of that era, I would have lived in terror all the time. If one day, the palace has an order, or my parents have an order, let me throw the hydrangea at will, won't my life become a play in the stands? What is thrown out is not only a hydrangea, but also a long life? The human heart is unpredictable, and throwing it at any one can be a trap. In the midst of the excitement, it is my jade years that are buried, and what is my priceless youth that is buried. The object of the hit is not satisfied, and it is the pain of my life; If you don't obey, I will be drowned in spittle.

In the play, Wang Baochuan married Xue Pinggui, and the Taoist was naturally happy. Emphasizing righteousness over the body, this is what many people want to see.

Aside from the Taoists, what about the people? What do they think?

That's what interests me in writing this.

(5)

Wang Baochuan married Xue Pinggui, to be honest, when I tried to understand the world in front of me, I really couldn't figure out this incident.

I used to think that this "can't figure it out" was just my own business, but later I found out that some countrymen who lived with me couldn't figure it out too.

It is understandable that an infatuated or fierce woman can give up her life for the sake of love. This is true in the past and in the present day, and it will not change much in the future.

For love, men, I can't say.

Wang Baochuanzhi insisted on marrying Xue Pinggui, and there was no love at all. That's absolutely for sure. Therefore, the matter between Wang Baochuan and Xue Pinggui cannot be explained by love.

I once heard the words of the villagers, but at that time it was only a strange anecdote, and when I heard it, I laughed it off. Later, the more I thought about it, the more it made sense, so I have to study it in detail today.

When I was young, in those days of living in the countryside, I liked to listen to the villagers' gossip, and I often felt that it was fun. One day, listening to the villagers talk about Wang Baochuan, the scene he talked about is as follows:

A person:

"Tell me, the eldest lady of the dignified mansion, if she doesn't marry the prince and grandson, she prefers to suffer with a poor person who wants to eat, which makes no sense in terms of reason, isn't it?"

A certain B:

"Who's to say it isn't! How do you know that there is a reason why Wang Baochuan married Xue Pinggui. This person has said it a long time ago. ”

A certain C:

"Why? I haven't heard of it. ”

A certain ding:

"If there is no reason, who would marry a beggar? Food and clothing have become a problem! ”

A certain E:

"Who's going to tell me what's going on?"

Someone:

It is said that once, Wang Baochuan went out, opened the sedan curtain and looked out, and saw a person lying on the ground from a distance, ragged, and sleeping. These are not unusual, but they are strange......"

A certain Geng:

"What's strange? Where's the oddity? ”

A certain Xin continued:

"Strangely, a little snake entered the man's nostrils and came out of the man's mouth!"

A certain person:

"Haha, needless to say, that person must be Xue Pinggui! However, this is a bit mysterious. ”

A certain decay:

"Don't interrupt!"

A certain has been added:

"Whoever has a snake that enters and exits through the seven orifices of man, and man is unscathed, this omen of the emperor who is rich and noble!"

The congregation echoed to:

"It's weird!"

……

(f)

The narration of the villagers sounds like a strange story, and it sounds like a joke.

After listening to it that day, I never thought about it. It wasn't until one day, when I wanted to write a little about Wang Baochuan, that I replayed the scene in my mind.

After the playback, I started to write about Wang Baochuan, but it was only a little bit long, and because of all kinds of disturbances, there was no follow-up.

A while ago, I remembered some things again, and felt that Wang Baochuan's marriage to Xue Pinggui was not so simple, at least, in the eyes of the villagers. So, I savored the words of the villagers in my chest again. When I went to the theater again, the more I felt that there was an article in it.

The statement that is right at home has been criticized by many people. If we go to criticize again, it seems to be very meaningful.

On the contrary, if we raise our hands and feet in favor of the door-to-door people, we will inevitably be suspected of pretending to be mavericks.

I've often thought that it's not unreasonable to be the right person. After all, people with the same background and living environment have too many things in common, and there are many conjectures in common, so the contradictions and conflicts may be reduced.

Moreover, the so-called door-to-door pairs, in most cases, are only for the wealthy and wealthy. Throughout the ages, if you look in this world, how many wealthy families do not look at the door and do not ask the household when choosing a family for their children?

To put it mildly, marriage and love throughout the ages have gone all the way up, high doors to find higher doors, and rich people to find richer households, which is an undeniable reality.

The reason why Wang Baochuan is sung is not because they don't take the usual path, but also because there are very few cases of them, so they will have a strong onlooker effect.

Wang Baochuan's story is not because of love, but because of the so-called "trustworthiness". In any case, this simple "trustworthy theory" is a bit too thin. Therefore, Wang Baochuan's marriage can be said to be contrary to common sense. The strangeness in this inevitably makes people make all kinds of conjectures.

The folks' "snake into the seven orifices" is of course a bit mysterious, but this is not a pavilion generated in the air, it rises out of thin air, and there are other things to corroborate:

Let's take a look at the popular "Hongmen Banquet" in "Historical Records • Xiang Yu Benji":

"Fan Zeng said that Xiang Yu said: 'When Pei Gong lived in Shandong, he was greedy for money and goods, and he was so beautiful. Now entering the customs, there is nothing to take from the property, and the women have nothing to do, and their ambition is not small. I make people look at their anger, all of them are dragons and tigers, and they are colorful, and this genius is also angry. Don't miss it! ’”

Liu Bang's "Colorful Dragon and Tiger Qi" and Xue Pinggui's "Snake into the Seven Orifices" are so similar!

There is a reason for Xue Pinggui's "snake entering the seven orifices" mentioned here: turning the invisible qi into tangible things, that is, from Liu Bang's "colorful dragon and tiger qi" to Xue Pinggui's "snake entering the seven orifices", is for concretization. "Hope" requires a certain amount of Taoism, and ordinary people can't see who has "qi" and who doesn't. Only the masters and warlocks have the ability to "look at the qi". In addition to being noble, Wang Baochuan doesn't seem to have any special functions, and he does strange things. Therefore, if Xue Pinggui's vision at that time was the same as Liu Bang's, it was also a "colorful dragon and tiger spirit", then Wang Baochuan must not be able to see it and cannot see it. Assuming that Wang Baochuan can see the so-called "colorful dragon and tiger spirit", then she is either a warlock or a monster. Wang Baochuan is just an ordinary woman, here, you can only let you see the "snake into the seven orifices". This is the reasonableness of reality, and it is also the truth of the plot.

Everything, probably clear. Wang Baochuan's marriage to Xue Pinggui is concerned about the future.

Because Wang Baochuan accidentally saw Xue Pinggui's strangeness, she thought of the long-term inevitability.

(g)

Wang Baochuan is a smart woman, and Wang Baochuan is a shrewd woman. She has her own opinions about life. On the day of Piaocai, there was a sea of people downstairs, and she hit Xue Pinggui because she had already had an idea in her heart. She's taking a long-term view, she's making a long-term investment. Don't say that the wine bags and rice bags downstairs don't know the deep meaning of her throwing hydrangeas to the beggars, even the royal father, who is the prime minister of Yipin, can only see a palm-sized piece of land in front of his toes.

Xue Pinggui will have a future and will become a great event. Wang Baochuan hid this idea and opinion in her heart, and it was impossible for her to say it to others, including her biological parents. According to the usual perception, women in the old era put etiquette first, and she probably couldn't say some words. Besides, some words are not necessarily recognized; Some words are ridiculed, ridiculed, and humiliated.

Wang Baochuan's insight lies in the fact that she has her own opinions.

These words of mine are not made up or imagined. There is drama as evidence, and look at a song by Wang Baochuan to his father:

Jiang Ziya fishes on the Wei River;

Confucius's son Chen Cai was never able to pass the grain;

Han Xin begged for food and worshiped the prime minister;

Baili Xi has let go of sheep;

Put these celebrities, famous ministers, famous ministers, famous generals,

One, one person praises,

Which one, he has been beaten by the champion?

……

Daddy, don't take the poor too little,

How many poor people are pillars.

Wang Baochuan's words couldn't be clearer, don't think that Xue Pinggui is a begging for food today, you just underestimate him, maybe one day he may become a rich country, a product with power in the government and the opposition, or even the lord of a land and the king of a state.

Not only the above isolated certificates. Later, Wang Baochuan sang a lyric to his mother:

On the second day of February, the dragon appeared

Wang Baochuan, in front of the dressing color building

There are tens of millions of princes and grandsons

Hydrangea, singles beggar boys

……

When the "dragon" appeared, Wang Baochuan did not choose thousands of princes and grandsons, but threw the ball to the beggars on time, is there a deep meaning in this?

Wang Baochuan has expectations for Xue Pinggui, and raising this expectation to an illusory reality is the dream that Wang had on the eve of Wudian Slope.

Let's look at the lyrics before the slope of the five classics:

It was rare to dream last night;

……

Wang Baochuan sat in Chaoyang Courtyard;

……

Amplified crying and running to the fifth watch;

……

In the dreams of her husband, she sat upright in the Chaoyang Courtyard of the Dragon Palace and Fengque. Eighteen years, this expectation has been haunting my mind.

Facts have proved that Wang Baochuan's vision is unique, and the husband she chose subdued the red-maned fierce horse, conquered the Xiliang Kingdom, and became the lord of the Xiliang Kingdom.

These prove that the marriage is not unreasonable.

As for the eighteen years of hard work, it seems to me. Wang's Baochuan is not only guarding the love of husband and wife, but also guarding a breath and a hope.

She used hard work to prove her choice in this life. According to Zhang Ailing, Wang Baochuan's hard work seems to have only been awarded for eighteen days, and I don't know if there is any evidence. Perhaps, in most people, including me, eighteen days is enough! Isn't it?

In life, how interesting is it for the walking dead to eat and eat? Wang Baochuan's life is hard, but she has no regrets, she has hope in her heart, and she has waited for her lover back, this is enough, what more do you ask for?

In this world, how many "traitors to society" like Zhang Ailing said are happy and never return?