"Dou E's Injustice" is a miscellaneous drama created by Guan Hanqing in the Yuan Dynasty, published in the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1582 AD), the whole play is folded and wedged, writing a weak widow Dou E, framed by scoundrels and beaten by stupid officials, beaten into a trick, became a murderer**, and was sentenced to behead to show the public.
This play shows the tragic situation of the ancient lower-class people who were slaughtered by others and had nowhere to complain, indicted the dark reality of ** grass and human life, and vividly portrayed the female image of Dou E. The play also reflects Guan Hanqing's language style, with words and songs full of human feelings, and every word should be the true color.
Dou E was sold as a child daughter-in-law since she was a child, experienced many hardships, and then her husband died due to frailty, Dou E and her mother-in-law Cai depended on each other, at the same time there was a bully named Zhang Donkey nearby, he saw that Dou E was young and beautiful, so he forcibly occupied Dou E as a concubine, but Dou E refused, in order to make Dou E submit, Zhang Donkey bought poison to poison Cai Po, but was accidentally eaten by his father and died.
Zhang Donkey deliberately "** sent Dou E to the government, in the court, Dou E was beaten to a blur of flesh and blood, fainted many times, but she was loyal and unyielding, and she insisted that it was Zhang Donkey's doing, but Zhang Donkey didn't know how many silver taels he sent to the government, Dou E was finally sentenced to beheading, before the execution, Dou E made three vows: the original text is written: "I Dou E made three vows to the sky, one: If I Dou E is wronged, the head of the person where the knife has passed falls to the ground, and a blood is splashed with white practice;Two: It's dog days now, and after my Dou E died, three feet of snow fell from the sky, covering my body;Three: I, Dou E, died unjustly, and from now on, there will be a drought in Chuzhou for three years. Perhaps it was Dou E's grievances that moved the heavens, and these three vows were fulfilled one by one.
After Dou E's death, his father Dou Tianzhang redressed Dou E's unjust case, Dou E was able to vindicate the snow, Dou E's story reflects the plight and unfair treatment of women in ancient society, as well as their fighting spirit for justice and dignity, justice and fairness are the basic values of human society, no matter rich or poor, everyone should enjoy equal rights and opportunities.
From a modern point of view, this story reflects the lack of rule of law in the society at that time, the political darkness, and the people did not get fair treatment.
This story also tells us that justice may be late, but it will not be absent, and Dou E was finally rehabilitated and the unjust case was revealed, which is also the most gratifying part of the story.
In short, Dou E's injustice is a part of ancient Chinese culture, which reflects the darkness of the society at that time, and also enlightens later people to uphold justice and uphold justice.