The wandering soul waiting on the bridge in the south, don't be mistaken for your lover. Mr. Daolang's "Guazhou Crossing" perfectly interprets Du Shi Niang's grievances, resentment, hatred for the negative person Li Jia, and crying and remorse after turning into a wronged soul.
In more than 2,000 years of feudalism, a martyr like Du Shi Niang, who died in love, is just a microcosm of thousands of women.
They are at the bottom of society, with a humble status, and the control of fate and emotions is in the hands of others, and they can only become the playthings of powerful men.
However, the world is impermanent, and the story we are going to tell today is a legend about a woman, her status is even lower than that of the dusty woman Du Shi Niang, as a maidservant, she has no freedom, no property, and can even be said to be the private property of the master.
This servant girl is much luckier than Du Shi Niang who is "angry and sinking in a hundred treasure chests", both of them have been sold to dignitaries, but unlike Du Shi Niang who was betrayed by her lover, this servant girl was rescued by her lover.
I wish to win the heart of one person, and the white head will not be separated, this is the maid's lover Cui Jiao, who is a poor talent in the Yuanhe period of the Tang Dynasty.
When Cui Jiao stayed at his aunt's house in Xiangzhou, he met the maidservant and fell in love deeply.
Cui Jiao's love with his beloved maid faces great challenges due to the decline of his aunt's family.
Due to the increasingly difficult life, the aunt had to sell her property to support the whole family, including the maid who had a deep affection for Cui Jiao.
Unlike Du Shi Niang, in the face of the mercy of fate, the maid did not have the mood to resist, perhaps because she was penniless and did not have enough economic conditions to resist, or because of the long-term ideological imprisonment, which made her lack the spirit of resistance.
Compared with Du Shi Niang, she is much inferior. In any case, the maid chose to bear it silently, and she did not have any control over her fate, so she could only watch as "the crows carried the sunset on their backs, flew down the hill, and took away their spring and winter trips".
Cui Jiao watched his beloved leave, his heart was very painful, he was no longer the criminal who hurt love for money, but became the lover who wanted to save fragile love.
His sweetheart is now the maid of Xiangzhou Thorn History and Shannan Dongdao Jiedu Observation Envoy Yu Di, this period is the late Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion, ** The control of the place has almost disappeared, and the festival degree in various places has actually become a local "soil emperor" with real power, which is enough to see the power of the Emperor.
A palace maid is loved by Yu Di because of her natural beauty and good at singing and dancing. However, Cui Jiao is just a scholar with a low status and cannot be compared with Yu Di.
He thinks about it day and night, longing for the chance to meet his sweetheart alone again. Idioms"Exquisite dice An red beans, into the bone lovesickness does not know"Describe how much he misses her.
The Tang Dynasty system stipulated that whenever there were festivals such as Qingming, Shangsi, and Hanshi, women could go out to play.
The infatuated Cui Jiao decided to wait on the path often walked by the maidservant on this special day. Finally, on a sunny morning, he waited for his beloved.
Under the bright sunshine and beside the fresh stream, they made an eternal vow that no matter how many difficulties and challenges there are in the future, they will persevere and accompany them until they grow old.
So, in the middle of the night, the moonlight was hazy, Cui Jiao's eyes were full of tears, and he sadly created the "Gift to the Maid" that has been passed down through the ages: "The princes and grandsons left one after another, and the green beads and tears dripped on the Luo scarf. Once you enter Houmen, which is as deep as the sea, Xiao Lang has become a stranger in the past. ”
The "green bead" in this poem is also a maidservant, and she comes from the widely circulated allusion of "green beads falling from the building".
Cui Jiao cleverly quoted it in the poem"Green beads fall from the building"in praise of his beloved maid, who possessed a loyal heart that was consistent in her affections.
Although he does not have the wealth of Shi Chong, his emotional single-mindedness and perseverance have transcended time and space and are timeless.
When Yu Di heard about Cui Jiao's "Gift to the Maid", he was deeply moved by his deep affection and meaning, and immediately sent someone to invite him to meet. When they met for the first time, Yu Di asked Cui Jiao: "Is "Gift to the Maid" from your pen? ”
After receiving an affirmative answer, he generously said: "How can a ransom of 400,000 yuan be compared to your soulful masterpiece!" ”
Yu Di decided to return the maid to Cui Jiao free of charge, without asking for anything in return. His generosity may have been motivated by his political agenda.
According to historical records, Yu Di was a festival envoy, who in order to obtain the highest power in troubled times, unscrupulous means, openly amassed wealth, killed people arbitrarily, and was arbitrary.
However, he also had some political achievements and abilities, such as dredging waterways, abolishing obscene shrines, and tidying up streets. Moreover, he also knows how to win a good reputation with scholars.
Overall, Yu's actions are complex and contradictory, with both selfishness and dedication to public service.
Therefore, he gave a maid worth only 400,000 yuan to the talented son Cui Jiao, so as to win the support of the world's scholars. The deal is actually not a loss!
In the context of this special era, Cui Jiao and the maidservant, the ill-fated lovers, finally came together and perfectly composed a beautiful conversation in the world!
Love, as one of the most important and sacred emotions of human beings, has attracted many young people to be crazy about it, and some people have even struggled for it all their lives and experienced life and death.
Whether in the face of the betrayal of love, Du Shi Niang resolutely sank the treasure chest and turned into a lonely soul, or Luzhu in order to repay the grace of the encounter, at the expense of his life to maintain his chastity, their heroic deeds have made future generations full of compassion and admiration, and their chastity spirit has been praised by the Chinese traditional world with deep belief and has been passed on for a long time.
Although Cui Jiao and the maidservant's love went through many difficulties and finally ended happily, this story is little known. Both of them were people of humble status and low status in that era, and being able to come together can only be said to be a special favor of fate.
However, their innocence and firmness in dealing with feelings, and their unswerving spirit to the death, are worthy of our modern admiration and praise. February** Dynamic Incentive Program