In fact, as far as Wang Defu himself is concerned, "The West Chamber" obviously has serious shortcomings in the plot, because its plot is too cliché and the ending seems to be unrestrained. For a guy like Wang Defu who likes to abuse readers, he thinks that "depressing people's hearts" is the best.

Wang Defu's overall evaluation of "The West Chamber" is that the ultimate style of Huayan, the great success of temperament and words, and the world's top scores. Every word and sentence can express emotions and imitate colors. The rhythm is full of paper, and the eyes of the board resound along the edge of the book. When you are proud, sing the wind and the moon, search for joy day and night, pound the pillow and the bed when you are frustrated, and the sorrow is broken. The dramatic conflict is ordinary and uncommon, and the words are the ones that win.

In addition, the male and female protagonists Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying are not very likable and look particularly stereotyped.

The two of them are not so much love, but rather looking at the dog and woman they meet. Zhang Sheng always gives people a very frivolous pervert feeling, while Cui Yingying is naturally a hypocritical lady...

But one thing about "The West Chamber" is indeed very outstanding, that is, its writing style is gorgeous enough. It can be said that using such a clichéd story is a bit wasteful.

However, Wang Defu thinks that writing about the role of matchmaker is particularly interesting. She represents a healthy life, full of vitality, and is full of confidence because of this.

So this little slave always has a condescending position. No matter Zhang Sheng's sourness, Yingying's pretentiousness, or the old lady's stubbornness, they cannot escape her sarcasm, sarcasm, or even refute her harshness.

She is not bound by any dogma, and any principles in the world can become principles that are beneficial to her. Therefore, she uses the most Taoist vocabulary, sometimes talking about "ritual" and sometimes talking about "faith". Zhou Gong, Confucius and Mencius were very good at Taoism, but they were all used for their own use.

Although this character has some idealistic elements, it has a certain reality. It reflects the attitude towards life in the city society. The city characters are less bound by traditional dogmas, and their choices for various "reasons" are more considered from the perspective of actual interests.

Although in Wang Defu's eyes, "The West Chamber" has various shortcomings, in the eyes of readers in this world, just by the "original poems" in it, it can cover up all flaws!

Some newspapers and magazines that are already very literary directly excerpts from the classical poems in the West Chamber and present them to all readers. This is simply telling readers how awesome Wang Defu’s ancient poetry literacy is!

Anyway, those genius writers who were still questioning whether Wang Defu, a very powerful new culture, were old-style literati who had no talent in traditional Chinese studies. At this time, they were confused by a work like "The West Chamber" and didn't know how to describe the shock in their hearts!

As for those critics who like to interpret Wang Defu's works, of course, they also took action. Among them, there was a writer who was interested in classical interests. He was the friend of Mei Shengwei, the father of Mei Xiaoyu. He commented on "The West Chamber" in this way-

"Wang Defu positively put forward the proposition of 'I wish all lovers in the world will eventually get married', with a more distinctive theme of anti-feudal ethics and feudal marriage system. He promotes the new culture with classical dramas. This is Wang Defu's extraordinary features!"

While directly defining "The West Chamber" as an anti-feudal progressive work, this writer also interpreted it in detail, which is basically a typical style of "I understand articles more than the author".

He said that first of all, "The West Chamber" praises love-based union and denies the traditional marriage method of feudal society.

As the Prime Minister, Yingying and the scholar who had been in love with the sword of the book are largely a violation of the criteria for choosing a spouse based on family background, property and power.

Yingying and Zhang Sheng always pursue sincere feelings.

They initially fell in love with each other's talent and appearance. After a series of events such as couplets, temple police, listening to the piano, quitting marriage, and forced tests, their emotional content became richer, and what dominated here was a sincere and spiritually compatible relationship.

Secondly, Yingying and Zhang Sheng actually put love above fame and fortune. Zhang Sheng was "stayed in Pudong" for Yingying and did not go to the exam; for love, he almost lost his life several times, until he was forced to go to Beijing to take the exam. After he passed the exam, he still "dream souls never leave Pudong Road."

When Yingying said goodbye to Changting, she told Zhang Sheng that "if you get an official position, you won't get an official position, you will come back if you get a quick job." She did not value fame and fortune, and believed that "if you get a single lotus, you will be as strong as the top scholar." Even if the news of Zhang Sheng's high school came, she did not think that she was happy and instead caused symptoms.

Although "The West Chamber" also ends with the reunion of success and fame, the whole play is filled with the idea of ​​valuing love and neglecting fame, showing the progressive nature of Wang Defu's thoughts.

I have to admit that Mei Shengwei's friend was really trying his best to praise Wang Defu and "The West Chamber". On the one hand, it was because he did have a good relationship with Mei Shengwei, and on the other hand, of course he felt that this classical drama was indeed good. In addition, "The West Chamber" is still a hot topic at the moment and is sought after by various media, he also wanted to take the opportunity to gain fame.

His interpretation is also a relatively wide interpretation, and has received many critics' approval, and some critics have made various supplements based on this.

Some people say that "The West Chamber" is usually rated as a "anti-feudal ethics" work, which is of course good. But at the same time, it also has a distinctive feature, that is, Wang Defu rarely writes about the conflict of ideas, but directly enters life itself to describe the young men and women's desire for free love, the unstoppable and justified love and desire, and the conflict between young people's desire for life and the will of parents for snobbish considerations.

There are many places in "The West Chamber" that express very bluntly and even unrestrainedly how men express their natural desire and admiration for beautiful women, as well as their natural response to this desire.

There is no need for many profound thoughts here, but rather boldly expressing the love between young men and women at first sight based on the characters' natural nature, which resonates with readers or audiences.

After some hardships and twists, Wang Defu gave the people who were still living in depression a psychological satisfaction with his victory on the stage. Although this victory had to be completed with the compromise between the two parties in the conflict in the play and the dissolution of the contradictions, and with the old reunion model of the hero becoming a Jinshi and then getting married, it was after all, it promoted the power of suppressed love and desire, and expressed the beautiful wish of "I hope that lovers in the world will eventually get married"; thus causing a strong impact on some aspects of feudal moral dogma.
Chapter completed!