Chapter 741 The Peony Pavilion
The Peony Pavilion is a verb written by Tang Xianzu, a playwright in the Ming Dynasty, and was published in the 45th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, drama had made great progress, and the Peony Pavilion was one of the masters.
If "The Injustice of Dou E" is a tragedy, a drama that satirizes reality, with a happy and revenge in it. Then Peony Pavilion is a legendary love story. There is not so much irony or so deep meaning in this drama. It depicts love, lingering love, and life and death that cannot be stopped. Its ending is beautiful, and it is the originator of the "reunion" ending.
Although this drama is good, it is not the only choice. Li Mu took out this drama for a very direct purpose, and he just confessed. Wang Ou is called "Mrs. Peony". The drama is called Peony Pavilion, and the metaphor is very obvious. In order to make it more in line with Wang Ou's life experience, he made some changes to the original work of Peony Pavilion. However, in order to pay tribute to the original work, he did not change the protagonist's name.
Du Liniang was born into a famous family, born with a beautiful and talented woman, and she was very familiar with the young man who wanted to marry. She was in her prime and fell in love and had very beautiful fantasies about love, but because of the family, she could not make decisions on her feelings, so she was very distressed about this.
In order to change her daughter's idea, Du Gui, the father of the attendant, hired an old scholar Kong Zuiliang to teach her. This pedantic old man was over 70 years old and had served as a priest in the Imperial College. He was full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and was full of words. He devoted himself to the attendant's entrustment and taught Du Liniang to be a good wife and mother.
But when he was explaining the "Guanguan Jujiu" in the Book of Songs, he accidentally touched the love in Du Liniang's heart and made things worse. Not only did he not change Du Liniang's thoughts, but he made her stronger her heart.
A few days later, Du Liniang returned from spring in the back garden, fell asleep on the bed after sleeping. In her dream, she saw the person she was thinking of. She was handsome, handsome, talented, and knowledgeable. She wrote a poem for her, praising her for "famous flowers and flowers that are thrilling to the country". The two of them were in love, and they became friends with each other. With the help of their lover, they achieved the joy of clouds and rain in the Peony Pavilion. But when she woke up, her lover was not by her side, and she realized that it was Nan Ke's dream.
In order to see her lover again, Du Liniang began to sleep day and night, trying to find the Peony Pavilion in her dream and find her lover. One day, she dreamed of the Peony Pavilion again, but the lover still couldn't find her. A beautiful girl, getting thinner day by day, finally died of depression.
At this time, his father Du Gui angered the king and was demoted to Taiyuan as the governor. Before leaving, he buried his daughter in her favorite back garden, built the "Plum Blossom Temple" on the spot, and asked an old Taoist nun to guard it.
After Du Liniang died, Wanhun came to the underworld, and the judge asked her about her love until her death. Du Liniang explained the past, and the judge found out that she had married Liu Mengmei in the marriage book, so he allowed her to return to the world.
At this time, the scholar Liu Mengmei went to Beijing to take the exam. She felt cold on the way and was bedridden and was sick and moved into the Meihua Temple.
After recovering from his illness, he wandered around in the temple and met Du Liniang's wandering soul. The two met. Du Liniang recognized him as his lover in his dream. Liu Mengmei also fell in love with Du Liniang at first sight. The two decided to live their lives and became husband and wife with affection.
The two were discovered by Du Gui who was left by the old Taoist nun who guarded Meihua Temple. Liu Mengmei revealed her affair. When the old Taoist nun learned about the details, she told Liu Mengmei where Du Liniang was buried. Du Liniang was able to see the light of day again and resurrect as before. The two got married immediately. After the marriage, Liu Mengmei took her to Kyoto and participated in the imperial examination. After the exam, Liu Mengmei discussed with Du Liniang that they still had to tell their parents about their marriage, so he came to Taiyuan and found the governor's mansion to propose marriage. Du Gui was furious after hearing Liu Mengmei's words, thinking that the scholar was talking in his sleep. Because his daughter died three years ago, how could the dead be resurrected now? And he also heard that his daughter's tomb was dug up by the scholar, and he was sentenced to death.
While interrogating and torture, the court sent someone to find Du Gui's mansion to report that Liu Mengmei had won the top scorer and was the top scorer in the regular subject. Due to the court's rules, Du Gui had to release Liu Mengmei. Liu Mengmei was able to escape, but Du Gui still did not believe that his daughter would be resurrected, and suspected that the top scorer was also a fairy, so he wrote a memorial to ask the emperor to make a decision, wanting the emperor to execute Liu Mengmei. The emperor told Du Liniang to come to the Golden Palace and asked the national teacher to take out the magic weapon "Shooting the Demon Mirror" to verify his true body. Under the Demon Mirror, he saw Du Liniang's true body, a human or not a ghost. So he issued an order to marry and return to his marriage. A love story of life and death, life and death finally ended.
The story is generally still the aphor of the Peony Pavilion. But some of the details, such as Du Liniang's family, the name of a talented woman, the Peony Pavilion, the Qingping Ding, etc., can remind people of Wang Ou. Also, her father Du Gui, who was the attendant of the court, and after being demoted, he was the governor of Taiyuan. It is natural to remind people of Wang Gui who just retired. The teacher Kong Zuiliang, who invited him, was of the temper or nature, and his experience as a priest in the Imperial College, was the same as Kong Yingda.
As for the male protagonist Liu Mengmei, there is no need to mention the similarities with Li Mu. Li Mu wrote three Qingping in the world, and everyone knows it. The top scorer in the two lists is even more known to everyone in the world. There is no such coincidence in what is reflected by whom, so there is no need to say more.
The drama "Peony Pavilion" has a total of 50% off. Li Mu first wrote a summary, then wrote a dictation, and wrote a 30% off. Youdao is an expert who can tell if it is done. Just starting out, it makes people unable to stop.
Li Mu did not clear the scene, and many people heard it when he was dictating it. The next day, the Marquis's new play "Peony Pavilion" began to be circulated in Chang'an City. Because everyone was far away, the content they heard was different, and the version was not uniform. Some were more, some were less, and some were less, and the scholar himself compiled it. However, no one could get the oral transcript of Li Mu. I don't know how many female relatives from wealthy families complained. Even the queen sent someone to urge Li Mu to find someone to copy one and send it to the palace, and told Li Mu to finish the play quickly and not to make people anxious.
There were too many people asking for it, and Li Mu was forced to have no choice but to directly ask the Tang Daily to add the page, and the daily series was serialized with one-fold play. As it turned out, he underestimated the power of the Tang people to watch dramas. The Peony Pavilion was on the page, and the Tang Daily was out of stock. This was the case for several days, and doubled the prints were still in short supply. A few days later, it turned out that it was the female relatives of other major cities and nobles. In order to know the content behind the Peony Pavilion earlier, they sent people to send newspapers to go back. In the past few days, they didn't know how many horses were exhausted.
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Chang'an is not far from Luoyang, and it can be reached in one day and one night. When the news of the Tang Dynasty Daily's serialized "Peony Pavilion" reached Luoyang, the female relatives of the wealthy and noble families in Luoyang began to take action, and Sister Lu took the lead. She didn't know what method she got, but what she got was the version oral of Li Mu in Lichunyuan. She got the outline and the first three-fold play. If you compare it with the original version, it would be a word.
"Dreams are short and long, all dreams are dreams, and what year has it gone by?"
"I was shocked to find that my lovesickness was not revealed, but it turned out that it was just because it was already in my bones."
"The things in the world cannot be accomplished in the world..."
Sister Lu put down the manuscript of "Peony Pavilion" in her hand and murmured the sentence she just saw, with a trace of tears on the corner of her eyes.
Mama Rong was behind her and heard her lady crying again. She couldn't help but want to speak, but when she was at her mouth, she didn't know what to say. After so many years, she said everything she should persuade her. The lady didn't listen to a single word. What's the use of saying anything?
"Madam,"
After a while of sadness, Sister Lu finally recovered a little, turned around and looked at Mama Rong, and said, "Mama, can this person really be resurrected after he dies?"
Mama Rong shook her head and said, "Miss, how is this possible? Don't think about it. This is just a nonsense of the perverted people. Look at what these are all words. I foresee my lover in my dreams. It's okay to have that kind of thing happen to the clouds and rains. Whose woman will do this?"
"I think this Miss Du is brave and straightforward."
"This..." Mama Rong felt abrupt when she remembered her lady's experience and hurriedly said, "Miss, this is not what the old servant meant."
"I know the nanny's thoughts. You treat me very well, so there is no need to apologize." Sister Lu smiled, picked up the manuscript of Peony Pavilion, rubbed the text on it, and said to Mama Rong: "Mama, in order to please the sister of Wang, Li Mu can write such a play, and when he sees the words and verses in the play, he shows the words and verses in the play. This boy's talent is really first-class, and he has also put his heart to the sister of Wang. Originally, I thought that the two of them were so different, and this love is a bit true and a bit unsense. Now it seems that the sister of Wang has met a good man."
Mama Rong echoed: "What the lady said is, just,"
"Just what?"
"The old servant still feels that Li Mu's mind is different from ordinary people and his work is also different from ordinary people. Miss Wang and him are so much older. Maybe the word "good match" is inappropriate."
Sister Lu smiled and said, "Have you ever met a sweetheart in this life?"
Mama Rong shook her head and said, "The old servant grew up in the Lu family for the rest of her life. She first served the old lady and then served the young lady. She never had any sweethearts."
"That's it," Sister Lu sighed and said, "Madam, the word love is the most indescribable. Just as it is said in this play, love is unknown, and when it goes deeper, the true love is enough in a moment, and in a moment, it will be a waste of life-"
Seeing that the lady started to chant things she couldn't understand again, Mama Rong pretended to be deaf and dumb. After a while, Sister Lu finished feeling and put away the manuscript, saying, "Don't forget that Sister Wang saw this drama."
Mama Rong said in confusion: "Miss is just talking about it, or is it a good match?"
"It's a good match, not suitable." Sister Lu smiled and said, "These wine bags in Luoyang are no longer able to withstand it. In a few days, when Li Mu comes back, they will go over and surrender. Luoyang is my place in the heir hall. If Li Mu wants to intervene, he should not sit idly by. Since he is destined to be an opponent, he will not be able to become a whole way. The Wang family's sister comes from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and Li Mu is destined to be unable to become a whole way. Instead of being inseparable from life and death in the future, I might as well make a decision for her."
"Okay, my servant understand." Mama Rong responded, paused for a moment, and said again: "Miss, the old servant still heard that the emperor asked Li Mu to inherit the queen of Li Jiancheng..."
"What do you have to do with me!" Sister Lu's voice became cold, and she said, "What do you have to do with me, Li Jiancheng?"
Mama Rong stopped talking and thought to herself, I don’t know which one it was. After so many years, she still wiped her tears all day long. What do you have to do with you? Come and ask me?
As if he guessed what Mama Rong was thinking, Sister Lu explained: "I cried just to cry for my child, my poor child, as for that person, when he left me, I had forgotten."
Afraid that Mama Rong would not believe it, Sister Lu said again: "Do you think I am for him what I have done now? I am waiting for my son. When I find the bearded guest and find my son, I will give him all this. If he wants the throne, I will help him get it back. If he doesn't want it, it will be enough for him to be a carefree and rich man. Everything is for my child, my poor child!"
Seeing that the lady was about to get excited again, Rong Mama hurriedly said, "Miss, I understand your intentions, it's all for the young master."
"Yeah—" It seemed like a response, or a conversation with myself, Sister Lu picked up the manuscript again and looked at it from the beginning.
Mama Rong carefully lit a calm incense and quietly retreated. Since she saw the child away, the lady became a little nervous. Recently, the condition has become more and more serious. Jisitang searched all over the world and found Sun Simiao to treat her. But after Sun Simiao was sincere, she said that she was not sick, but had a knot. If she was sick, the doctor could cure her. If she was not sick, the miracle doctor could do nothing.
Which doctor in the world has a way to treat a disease that even a miracle doctor can’t cure? Later, he stopped looking for a doctor to see it. Every time this time, he would ignite a calming incense to let her gradually calm down, sleep well, and wake up.
But recently, Anshenxiang doesn't seem to work very much.
When Mama Rong came to Wang Ou's courtyard, she found that Wang Ou was packing her luggage. When Mama Rong saw Mama Rong, she rushed over happily. Although Mama Rong looked scary, she was very good to Mama and often gave it delicious food. Mama Pangda's standard for judging a person's good food is from the point of view of this food. If Mama Rong gave it delicious food, it was regarded as a good person.
Although Pangda is a panda, it is a bear. Its pounce is no less than a cow, but in Mama Rong's hand, it seems to hit cotton. It has not moved at all, showing a good skill.
After dealing with Pang Da, Mama Rong came over and saluted. Wang Ou nodded to her. Mama Rong asked, "Where are you going, Miss?"
Chapter completed!