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Chunheung Biography is an extremely precious classical work in the Korean literary heritage, and is listed together with the Biography of Shen Qing and the Biography of Xingfu as the three major classical novels of Korea, also known as "Lee Dynasty Literature".
"Chunxiang Biography" was originally just a kind of oral rap circulated by the folk, but after Shen changed it in Xiao zeng, it became a novel of "rap script body" and has been circulated to this day.
So why is this novel about the "marriage affairs of a prostitute's daughter" listed as a classic of Korean literature?
This article will explain it for you from the following three aspects:
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, the difference between the daughter of a prostitute and the son of an official eunuch. </h1>
Chun Xiang is a retired prostitute daughter in Namwon Province, with a beautiful appearance and talent, in the popular words of the moment, a woman who "combines beauty and talent".
During the Dragon Boat Festival of a certain year, Chunxiang took her maid to the outskirts of Qingqing and fell in love with Li Menglong, the son of Li Hanlin, the "envoy of Nanyuan Province".
Li Menglong went to Chunxiang's house that night to propose, and after Chunxiang's mother agreed, the two got married, and after the marriage, the two chanted poems against each other, which was very interesting.
Not long after, Li Menglong's father, Li Hanlin, was transferred to the capital as an official, and Li Menglong's mother was afraid that Chunxiang's status as a "daughter of a retired prostitute" would affect Li Menglong's career, so she strongly opposed taking Chunxiang with her to Beijing.
After exchanging heartfelt complaints, Li Menglong still gave up Chunxiang and went to Beijing with his family, and Chunxiang made a promise when he said goodbye, vowing to keep his virginity for Li Menglong, so that when he arrived in Beijing, he would write a letter back to comfort his thoughts.
After arriving in the capital, Li Menglong worked hard to study, and finally passed the examination, officially sealed the Imperial History of Jeolla, and went to all parts of the country to tour. When he returned to the territory of Nanyuan, he found out about Chunxiang's recent situation.
It turned out that soon after he left, Chunxiang was forcibly arrested as a concubine by the newly appointed envoy, Bian Xuedao, and Chunxiang was unyielding to the magnate and vowed to die, and as a result, he was tortured by Bian Xuedao and imprisoned.
Knowing chunxiang's news, Li Menglong pretended to be a beggar and went to inquire about Chunxiang's situation.
Finally, he meets Haruka in prison, and he knows that Haruka will be sentenced to capital punishment the next day, but he does not reveal his identity.
Chunxiang was very happy to see Li Menglong, but when she saw her husband's depressed look and thought of what happened to her, Chunxiang couldn't help but be a little disappointed and sad, and before leaving, she could only tell her mother to treat Li Menglong well.
The next day, during the interrogation of Chunxiang, Li Menglong revealed his identity and sat in the court to try the case.
In the end, Shi Bian Xuedao of the new house was dismissed from his post, and Chun Xiang and Li Menglong were finally reunited after a long absence.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > two, layer by layer, giving this love a very high degree of faith. </h1>
The love story of Chun Xiang and Li Menglong satisfies most people's fantasies about love.
The two fell in love at first sight, ignored the views of social class and the door, were not afraid of parting and tribulations, and finally justified the name of love and joined hands for a lifetime.
"Test" is a main thread running through this love story and can be split into the following 4 layers:
The first test is to dare to challenge mendi's views and guard this cross-class love.
Li Menglong came from a family of official eunuchs, while Chun Xiang was the daughter of a retired prostitute. At that time, cross-class love violated the rules of the world, but they were not afraid at all, one dared to marry, one dared to marry, with a marriage certificate to show their hearts, mutual determination for life, had to be admired.
In the face of love, "afraid that they are not worthy of each other" is a piece of heart disease for many people, most of this heart disease stems from the trouble of worldly vision, not many people dare to ignore this conventional rule, but Chunxiang and Li Menglong have done it, which is the first test.
The second test is parting.
Li Menglong and his parents moved to the capital, but Chunxiang was forced to stay in Nanyuan because of her status as the daughter of a retired prostitute. In the face of career and love, the relationship between the two began to be extremely severely challenged.
At the time of the parting, Chun Xiang's liver and intestines were broken, and the text described it as follows:
"O Dao Ling! This time to Hanyang City, all the way up, I saw the verdant river trees, and I should know that it is Chunxiang who has affection in the distance. I also remember, 'During the Qingming Season, the rain is pouring, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls'. Oh, the Order! You - take care of yourself, support yourself, sleep early when the sky is dark, and it is too late for the wind and rain to come. Kurama has a lot of labor, I hope that all the way is safe! I wish you, 'Green Tree Qin Jing Dao', early sending letter book to relieve my bitter love. ”
The third test is the forced marriage of the envoys.
In the face of cold punishment, can a weak woman withstand the test and keep her virginity for her husband?
The fourth test is Li Menglong's attitude.
After Li Menglong's gold list is inscribed, is he a high-ranking official, will he still think of the love of husband and wife?
The layers of tests under the door and in human nature give this love a higher faith and make people moved.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > three, one glance deep, beyond the rules of the world. </h1>
The novel "The Legend of Chun Xiang", through the role of "Chun Xiang", alludes to the expectations of men for women in that era, about aesthetics, but also about morality.
Although the protagonist Chun Xiang is the daughter of a retired prostitute, she will not label herself as "low status" because of this identity, but "her heart is higher than the sky", and she also wants to struggle and change her fate. From the moment she fell in love with Li Menglong, the son of the official eunuch, this kind of view was erased by her efforts.
In her heart, love is above all worldly rules.
Although she wanted to change her fate, she did not want to climb all the high branches, for example, the new fu shi wanted to accept her as a concubine, she would rather endure capital punishment than yield, just to be loyal to her feelings for Li Menglong, from this point of view, Chun Xiang is arrogant, identifying one person, vowing to follow her life.
Just like Qingwen in "Dream of the Red Chamber", as a lowly person, her heart is higher than the sky, and it is this spirit of daring to resist fate that gives her a different kind of beauty, which was suppressed by the system of that era at that time.
Chun Xiang not only has a talent, but also has a very strong concept of chastity.
At that time, North Korea attached great importance to the "chastity" of women. Under the control of the patriarchal social system, women must be loyal to men, otherwise they will be morally condemned and punished by the system.
For a woman, "chastity" is the most basic moral standard, even if you starve to death, you can't lose control.
Haruka has been reading poetry since she was a child, and this "chastity" has long been internalized in her bones. For example, when I first met Li Menglong, she said:
"Loyal subjects do not do two masters, and martyrs do not marry two husbands"
Even if she was abandoned by Li Menglong after marriage, she still vowed to die to guard his virginity. No matter how the new fu shi bian learned how to coerce and oppress, she also resolutely refused to comply, and even tit-for-tat, fighting back with all her might, completely ignoring the pain of the skin under the punishment.
This fierceness is also her loyalty.
Although Chun Xiang's personality is fierce, she is tender and watery to Li Menglong. When she learned that she could not follow her husband to Kyoto, she said to Li Menglong:
"I can't walk with you, what's so tight about that!" After Daoling left, I packed up the things here and sold what should be sold; when the autumn was over, I finished cooking and moved my home to Beijing.
Dao Ling didn't have to worry about me, and after I entered Beijing, I didn't dare to say that I could go to the home of a deep gate compound like Dao Ling; I only asked Dao Ling to find someone, not far from the palace, to buy us a hut, and to live in my family for a number of people, who were used to working hard, and tried their best to eat, so as not to sit and eat the mountains and the sky. As long as there is a me in Dao Ling's heart, no matter how hard and hard it is, this body will never allow it.
I hope that the Tao will make him worthy of Miss Qianjin in the family of the rich and famous prime minister, and in the morning and dusk, he can still remember me, that is. I also hoped that Ling Gao would assist Wei Ke, hold important official positions, and be allowed to be a foreign post, and at that time, I would be more satisfied with being a concubine.
This is my heartfelt word, please remember it. ”
This tenderness of Chun Xiang greatly satisfies a man's sense of pride and accomplishment.
Not only that, even when she was dying in prison, she also tried her last bit of strength to block it, not letting her mother send someone to the capital to deliver a letter, for fear that the news was too urgent, and Li Menglong was urgently ill.
This kind of deep love revealed from the bones is touching.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > a testament to the sadness of an era. </h1>
The novel revolves around the emotional line of a prostitute's daughter, alluding to the sadness of women under the old system. After all, not all women's fate can be as lucky as Haruka's.
Under the moral oppression of the feudal system, most women's feelings can only be reduced to men's accessories, easy to become obsolete and ready to replace; or, burned by men's desires, for people's amusement, to comfort loneliness.
The new people in their arms laugh, the old people in front of the window cry, and the evening wind increases sadness.
The victims of these emotions can only heal the wounds alone in an unequal system, forcibly dismissing the affection of the heart day after day.
The love story of Chunxiang and Li Menglong is a gorgeous elegy, which uses the illusion of happiness to sing the sadness of reality.
Qu Bi slowly infiltrated into the times and classified it as a classic.
Although this ending is lucky, it is like a powerless expectation, extremely illusory, like the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror, untouchable, vulnerable.
Perhaps, this is the best evidence of an era and sadness.
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