Appreciation of the Yuan drama "Wuhan Chen"

"Lao Sheng'er" full name "Scattering of Family Wealth Tianzhi Lao Sheng'er", mainly written about the rich man Liu Congshan, for the distribution of the family business and his old partner to fight, and finally scattered the wealth of the son, three of the story of the family business.

Liu Congshan has been sixty years old, because of childlessness and to his daughter, cited Zhang recruited Zhang Lang as a son-in-law; nephew, cited Sun, because of the father of each double death, but also in his family life. Old companion and son-in-law Zhang Lang together, forcing cited Sun to leave home; Liu from the good original intention of 100,000 Guan family property divided with nephews and daughters, now see Zhang Lang has a monopoly on the family's ambitions, will be born of a plan, the first order Zhang Lang burned all the money owed to the paperwork, in order to eliminate the sixty childless "wrongdoing"; and 100,000 Guan family property is divided into two halves, half of the hand over to the son-in-law Zhang Lang and his daughter cited Zhang, half to let the old companion to stay; the old companion and his daughter cited Zhang Lang for son-in-law. Half of the old partner to stay; he himself to leave home to go to the manor to live, waiting for close to serve him and pregnant Xiaomei child birth of the good news. Before leaving, she urged her partner to be generous to Xiaomei, to wait for her to give birth and then "sentenced". He is more than himself as the old tree grows bamboo shoots, hope that the old partner of Xiaomei only with "new water" sprinkled, do not put the "hot soup" pouring.

Liu Congshan left home to live in the village, summed up the experience of life, that everything can not be excessive. I was a young businessman, get up early and sleep late, suffering, concealment of self, make the heart with luck, today's retribution, lack of children and grandchildren. He reads the scriptures and seeks to eliminate his sins, and gives up his money to eliminate his calamities. When he heard that his wife Mei was pregnant, he couldn't wait to bow down to the earth and bricks. It is really a blessing for children and grandchildren. As long as people don't call him "the extinct Liu Renwai", he is willing to make jokes about him in any way. Even if he gave birth to a "wrathful son", it was still better than a filial daughter; even if he gave birth to a disabled child, it was also God's destiny. The first thing I'd like to do is to ask my father if he's going to be able to bury his father, and then I'd like his ghost to be happy.

Just when he was thinking about it, hoping that Xiao Mei would give birth to a son, his wife reported that Xiao Mei had run away with someone early in the morning. The first time I saw this, it was a thunderbolt, and it almost scared him to death. I was afraid that my partner was lying, and asked my daughter, who also said that Xiaomei had run away with someone. The old man did not believe it, guessing that his partner may be afraid of his own age, heard that Xiao Mei had a little boy, "happy to kill", deliberately lying by trickery. And asked his son-in-law, Zhang Lang, Zhang Lang also said Xiao Mei "empty harm Panic, followed the people away". Liu from the good only then believe that Xiaomei really gone, a moment of anger shivering, scolding the partner of the master of the "Xing Xiner jealous of the color", reprimanded Zhang do this daughter of the "indulge in the heart of the good", Zhang Lang this son-in-law of the "greed and love of money. "The old man was especially blamed for the fact that he only knew the little girl. Especially blame the old partner only said Xiaomei "crooked", do not think of their own old age; condemnation of the son-in-law is bad for his house guests. After scolding, Liu from the good and calm down, admit that they are wrong to blame people, this matter with the old partner, daughter and son-in-law have nothing to do, are only complaining about this reincarnation of the "floating wealth" to give up their own. Companion to another small wife to comfort Liu from the good, Liu from the good drink her "silence" (shut up), it is often said that forty childless people do not worship, they are already sixty years old, and now want to think of Xiaomei that do not know the male and female "fetus in the abdomen", that care about what! What do you care about the "natural look" of the baby? He ordered his son-in-law Zhang Lang to pick down one or two thousand ingots of good money, four door head out of the next posting, tomorrow morning absolutely in the morning in the Kaiyuan Temple to spread money to repent. All only for their own home "too much", no children and no offspring, stingy invites disaster, do not charity born of trouble. He wants to give the lack of food and clothing people shed "floating money", so that they "put the hunger and cold early put aside, free from worry as much as possible in the", as their own ancestors as the same view, after the death of the burial, pines and cypresses more than the cut, the base of a brick platform, engraved with the face of the monument, the people to and from the temple to see the open source scattered wealth of the outside of Liu, the pain and sadness. Painful sadness. Otherwise, the family business are with the "complementary generation", death is not willing. Now one is not greedy to release the solution, two do not cause lawsuits to hide the heart of the debt, on the one hand, eliminate this half a lifetime of disaster, on the other hand, there may be a good thing to run people.

Liu Congshan originally put the inheritance of the family business, the hope of succession in Xiaomei son. Xiaomei fled, hope is lost, complaining of "money" led to their "half life busy, ten years of noise, no light and no night hustle and bustle labor", "father south of the son north, leaving home unemployed", "tiger whistle winds CuiLuLu". "The tiger whistling wind CuiLuLu's high mountain straight up three thousand times, that dragon spray wave rolling the Yangtze River also passed by two hundred times", just for the few pennies, and now recalling it makes the spirit of the soul to be dispersed. He dispersed his family's wealth, destroyed and burned the deed, regretted that he was good at bribery and greed for money, and took the rich man's past from poverty, and prayed to the gods to "redeem a child" and "raise a young one to guard against old age". No children short of breath, he has been nervous to the point of panic, heard the poor people for the money to scold each other, "the poor people of the family, how dare to make things difficult", then "flesh and body shaking", heart like oil pouring. The poor people smiled at him, but he suspected that "this man's smile hides a knife". His nephew, cited Sun, he gave a hundred taels of money spent, to the temple to ask for money, on the pretext of borrowing money to do business, the old man refused to lend. From the good first thirteen keys of the housekeeper's private property to the Zhang Lang couple in charge, a key to the east toilet door to the Sun. He advised his nephew not to do business, or study is good, "ambition", "change the white clothes into purple robes"; business "small measure", "small money turned into a big money". and "turn a small amount of money into a big amount of money". In the end, "the official than the businessman to pretend the youngest". Reading to become famous people envy, do business to return to the sweat has not disappeared. Comparing the two, it is better to study and be an official. Before returning home, he alone to his nephew tears, relief cited the grandchildren two ingots of money, especially urged cited the grandchildren: a day to the ancestral tomb, more than a year, so that my nephew to do a big money, otherwise, with my nephew, light rice, yellow finely chopped all the time osmium to the old man.

Liu Congshan let his nephew sacrifice ancestral tomb is some intention. Xiaomei childless, he had to hope that the nephew surnamed Liu. And to educate the old partner to believe in the son-in-law to believe in the nephew, only through the cemetery this most convincing. Qingming Festival order, the family on the grave of the ancestors, Zhang Lang forced his wife to lead Zhang with him first on the Zhang family's grave, and then come back to the Liu family's grave; Liu Yin Sun this day also came to the grave of the ancestors, to the ancestral tomb to add the soil, to a steamed bread split into two halves, half of the in-laws, half of the father's and mother's, and then propitiate the wine, spirits of the paper money, broken disk, and then go to the hot wine to eat. At this time Liu from the good and his partner also came to the grave, the two mouths of the ancestors one by one after worship, and then worshiped the deceased brother and sister-in-law. From the good first asked his old partner, "We two hundred years later, where to be buried? "The old companion picked a tree grows like an umbrella cover as high as the Gangzi for the graveyard, from the good but picked a piece of low-lying flooded Jedi for the graveyard, the reason is that his two mouth "a pair of old dry tsubaki", no children and grandchildren do not gas long. His partner said he had a daughter and son-in-law. From the good asked the old companion his own last name? The old companion replied that the surname Liu is Liu Wenwai. From the good asked his partner what his last name, his partner answered Li. From the good asked the old partner, your last name Li to my Liu family to do? The wife replied that the Liu family to take as a daughter-in-law. From the good asked: people call you Liu granny this is Li granny? The old companion replied: people call you Granny Liu. From the good and asked: my daughter's last name? The old companion replied that her surname is Liu and her name is Zhang. From the good asked: son-in-law last name? The old companion replied that his son-in-law's surname is Zhang Lang. From the good asked the daughter after a hundred years to the Zhang family grave or Liu family grave. The old lady replied that she would be buried in the Zhang family's grave. Speaking of this, the old woman herself could not help but be saddened by it, said: "Really I a childless good not gas long also!" "How to get a Liu family door relatives to, but also good mile". Words just fell, nephew Liu Yin Sun came, from the good old lady immediately warm and nephew greetings, asked him why these days do not eat at their own home, Yin Sun afraid of her beat, she said "I do not beat you", and told from the good: "small Liu Da is also here". Congsun didn't understand why she called her nephew by this name, and she said: "The children are each a few years old." Congsun deliberately asked Yin Sun what she was doing here. Who made the paper? Who added the soil? The nephew answered one by one. Nephew answered a sentence, from the good to the old partner to repeat the reminder again, as if lest the old partner did not hear, the implication is that: you can hear, also saw, add soil, strong paper are surnamed Liu's nephew, not surnamed Zhang son-in-law to do. From the good asked, did not praise the nephew but to beat the nephew, the reason is that the nephew's grave did not "build a big shed, leak down the powder, kill the sheep, steam down the steamed buns, scalded down the wine, red dry bacon, Chunsheng tandem". On the one hand, the old companion did not let him beat his nephew, and on the other hand, said from the good "funny", "children and no money, he ate and wore nothing, teach him where to ask for this many! "From the good and asked the grandson: why not go to the "crows can not fly on the farmhouse", "there is a 'stone sheep stone tiger' graves to go"? The old companion said from the good "poor also", that grave although there is a style, who knows his surname Zhang Li, the child "is my Liu family's children and grandchildren, why he did not come to my Liu family grave? "From the good intentionally asked his partner: "Who is my Liu family's children and grandchildren? "The old woman replied: "The cited grandson is the descendant of my Liu family". Congshen said: "I don't know that the Citation Sun is the descendant of my Liu family, but I know that my sister's brother-in-law is the descendant of my Liu family." Under his guidance, the old woman admitted that she was "obsessed" and said to her nephew, Jinsun, "Today is the beginning of your stay in my home, and I will take care of you in everything you eat and wear, so don't remember my poison! "The first Sun repeated her words to his uncle, and when he heard them, he asked who had said them. When she heard this, she asked who had said it, and she replied that it was Auntie who had said it. From the good said: "It is your aunt said to come, heaven also, this is sleep or dream?" He was glad that "good things come from the good. He was glad that "good things came down from heaven, and the dull man looked back", and he told his nephew not to worship himself, but to go and worship his wife. Buniang nephews and nephews of the two sad, crying and howling. From the good and asked his partner: Whose grave is this? The old companion replied that it was the grave of my Liu family. From the good said: "then I this grave belongs to the Liu, how can I be willing to take the family name Zhang? ! "The plot to this point, from the good old companion completely changed the attitude of the nephew.

At this time, Zhang Lang, lead Zhang with the president of the Zhang family tomb, came to the Liu family tomb, the president of the mouth also said "happy", "is Liu Zhang foreign family tomb." From the good originally this heart dissatisfaction, but does not move, said to his partner our son-in-law came, "I and you break the disk to come". The old lady heard that the son-in-law came to fight, "you two *** are there, this morning and evening to come? "From the good to discourage her from hitting the son-in-law, and son-in-law has nothing to do with, told her to ask her daughter to cite Zhang. The old lady pretended to blame her daughter for not wearing good clothes to the grave, and asked people to fetch clothes to go. Son-in-law did not know is a plan, agreed to cited Zhang to the previous from the good to his thirteen keys to the mother-in-law. From the good old companion keys in hand, said to the Zhang Lang cited Zhang: "you two ***, never come to my door! " and to be from the good from the thirteen keys to reign. From the good refused and said: "Granny, you say you are old, I am not small. Granny, you take charge of the house." The two men pushed back and forth, neither of them wanting to be in charge. The old lady reminded Congshan to let his nephew guide his grandson to be the head of the family. Congshan said, "Isn't it too early to do that? The old lady said: "We closed our eyes, but a little late." Congsan agreed, and his wife gave the thirteen keys to Guisun immediately. From good advice to nephew: "then this home furniture inside and outside you in charge, filial piety parents, Feng steam, but also Bo Zhoufang"; son-in-law daughter said: "you line short, I see long, surnamed Liu's home furniture in the surnamed Liu when. Daughters also do not want to complain about parents"; to the old partner said; "Since ancient times, the daughter outwardly oriented. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it in the future.

From the good at his own birthday, to celebrate the feast, "by the way, the small foreigner as a family". Zhang Lang led Zhang Tong to pay tribute to the birthday, from the good to let the "small outside" cited Sun asked him "to use the money, on the grave of the family?" Citation Sun advised his uncle and aunt "not to talk to him in general". Congsan scolded: "That guy is not faithful to his words, and he makes people angry for everything, and he is afraid that it is not related to his relatives, how can he make me not look at him and ask questions? He ordered Sun Hugh to let the two step on his door, or "to cuff your mother that thirty sticks!" The old companion said son-in-law daughter also filial piety, forgive them! From the good anger said: who "to his letter couple's love, forget the grace of my upbringing? "This is not my old man is not heartless, is completely self-inflicted, have a family difficult to run! From the good, I told the cited Sun, "If there is a relative like you, then come here. The introduction of the Sun to his words out, Xiaomei led a three-year-old child to see, and explained that it is the child from the good. Liu from the good first and do not believe, and then happy to the anger just swept away: "Today a who is right and who is wrong are not to be discussed, the mother-in-law also, early on there is a linen dragging people." From the good to let the child called a "father", as if by the soul of the general, this is really happy from heaven! Immediately from the good order "please sister brother-in-law to", asked: "Xiaomei these three years in where to come?"

It turned out that the cited Zhang in Xiaomei six months pregnant, afraid of jealousy Zhang Lang "counted" Xiaomei, so that the elderly father heir, they sent Xiaomei in the East Village aunt's home. For more than three years, she took care of Xiao Mei's mother and son's food and clothing. From the good to hear, moved to say: "So this pro is pro". And said to his partner, no longer in the Jedi on the grave, because of filial piety in the Hall of children and grandchildren; is the daughter of his heart disease, he can not know not to repay the kindness; nephew to the thirteen keys to hand over, from the good, said: daughter, nephews and children, the three mouths of the children are close to the "splash of the family's private to do a three-pointed share".

The play is written by Liu Congshan, a wealthy businessman, childless in his old age, extremely sentimental and desperate emotions, write his education partner from the son-in-law surnamed Zhang not allowed to nephew surnamed Liu, to the son-in-law surnamed Zhang's son-in-law, favoring the nephew surnamed Liu dislike, write his destruction of the deed to give up the wealth, change greed from the good, and finally, God's gift of the heir to the good fortune of the vividly detailed. In particular, he adopted the strategy of "want to take, first with" for his son-in-law, the method of "want to take, first with" for his nephew, and used the most immediate facts for his old companion - no children will be The most important thing is to use the most relevant facts in front of the old partner - no son will die without a burial place - to persuade the heart of the plan, written in a very delicate way.

This play is extremely strong feudal thinking, the author's efforts to portray the main characters throughout the play Liu Congshan every cell is saturated with feudal thinking, but also manifested in various aspects: because of the lack of heir to the grief generated by the sentimental, the view of money, on the daughter and son-in-law, daughters and children, nieces and nephews and children of the strict distinction between the affinity of the pro and proximity of the Xiao Mei as a tool for the succession of the family (cuneus Xiao Mei compared to urn winemaking, the cuneus Xiao Mei), the cuneus Xiao Mei, the cuneus Xiao Mei and the cuneus Xiao Mei, the cuneus Xiao Mei. (the wedge in the small plum as a urn of wine, although the old partner of the small plum to reduce the heart of jealousy, but also showed his views), to the aftermath of the careful thinking, and so on, are from the feudal thought is mainly patriarchal thought. Liu Congshan is the embodiment of feudal thinking.

In the play, Liu Congshan went out to do business when he was young and became a rich man thirty years later. This is the product of a specific historical condition that the commodity economy in the Song and Yuan dynasties had a new development different from that of the previous generation. Liu from the good in the business period, "the gods and Buddhas to slander, the monks and Taoist rob white", not subject to feudal thinking and traditional prejudice, to get rich, which could not be seen as something bad. But in this piece of China's ancient feudalism y rooted in the land, like his youth that state of mind is not able to live, especially when he settled down in his later years, when he went out to do business, in order to make money regardless of the strength of the surroundings to be even more intolerable. This is the root cause of Liu Congshan's character, as well as the root cause of China's commercial economy not being able to develop as much as it should have. This is the playwright for us to show his own unexpected objective meaning.