Li Kui, the hero of the Water Margin, was a model in the hearts of the children of the Song Dynasty. However, there is a moving episode in his legendary career, the tigress taking away his dear mother, and this tragic story inspires Kim Sung-sa to create.
When this literary giant learned the news of Li Kui's mother's funeral, he wrote 12 couplets in one breath, and laughed a lot during the creation process, laughing a total of 12 times. This unique plot has become a good story for future generations, and it has also left a strong mark in the history of literature.
Jin Shengsi, whose name is Zijian, is known as Jiangyan, born in the Ming Dynasty, and has made a name for himself in the literary world with his bold and free literary style and works with a great sense of humor. In the masterpiece "Water Margin", his depiction of Li Kui's mother's funeral is different.
Li Kui's mother was devoured by a vicious tiger, which was originally a tragedy, but Jin Shengxi looked at it with a playful attitude, and expressed his views on this tragedy with couplets, which made people feel a trace of humor in sadness.
Jin Shengxi used couplets to express his deep nostalgia for Li Kui's mother and his feelings about the vicissitudes of the world. His sorrow and remorse for his mother's love are speechless in "The mother's love and son's filial piety is sad, and the tiger roars in the valley and regrets is speechless." ”
It is fully expressed in these two sentences. Next, he began with "Thunder and weeping everywhere, laughter and wind and clouds are always worn." "It depicts a scene of changing wind and clouds, which makes people sigh.
In the couplet, Jin Shengsi's pen is humorous, and he uses "Kyushu scenery is sighing, and the red face is smiling." It expresses the sorrow for Li Kui's mother, and also reveals the fate of the red face and the trouble, which makes people feel emotional in a dramatic way.
In the end, in his contemplation of life and death, he said, "Life and death are so long, it is really lamentable, and I wake up alone and sleep alone and groan at night." It shows his feelings of loneliness and depression.
Continuing to go deeper, Jin Shengsi's creation is still full of humor: "The grass can't be controlled by wind and rain, and the bamboo leaves and clouds can't hide their hearts." In these two sentences, he uses extremely ingenious humor to reveal the powerlessness of fate and the openness of the spiritual world.
And "laugh in the wind, laugh all over the world; The love of children, but it is irresistible. With an open attitude, he faced the changes of the world and showed his insights in simple terms.
In the last two couplets, Jin Shengxian perfectly integrates his thoughts about Li Kui's mother with his understanding of life: "The way of loyalty and filial piety is like a thread in the family, which connects everyone; Women and children know that the traces of history are vivid and clearly visible. ”
These two sentences show the realization of family responsibilities and the inheritance of the tradition of loyalty and filial piety, which makes the end of the whole couplet more profound.
With his unique perspective, Jin Shengxian used 12 couplets to portray the deep longing for Li Kui's mother and his deep understanding of life with the title of "Li Kui's Mother's Funeral". His work blends tragedy and humor to paint a thought-provoking literary picture.
In the laughter and tears, we can glimpse his free and easy life and acceptance of fate. This thousand-word essay not only vividly depicts a tragic story, but also fully demonstrates Jin Shengsi's profound literary skills and his unique views on life.