This is the opening poem of "Meng Lijun Flees" in the tenth time of the third volume of Tanci in Rebirth, and it is also the author Chen Duansheng's expression of her wanli ambition as a woman through Meng Lijun's mouth. Unfortunately, the beauty is unlucky, and her talent is hard to show in reality, even in books.
Chen Duansheng Qingganlong, 16, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. His grandfather Chen Zhaolun was quite famous at that time, and his father Chen Yudun was the party secretary of Shandong and Yunnan. Chen Duansheng traveled all over the country with his grandfather and father since childhood, which opened his eyes. His mother Wang was born in a scholarly family, and Chen Duansheng was deeply influenced by his mother. He had an indissoluble bond with poetry books since childhood.
Youth is the period when Chen Duansheng's creative inspiration and creativity are the richest. Chen Duansheng was only 18 years old when he started writing reincarnation. By the time she was twenty, she had finished 65,438+06 volumes.
The original intention of her creation is nothing more than "dare to peek into the eternal things and write' rebirth' at the end of the play". Nothing to do, play with life. However, Chen Duansheng's creative path had to come to an abrupt end because of various blows.
First, my mother died of illness, and then her husband Fan was sent to Yili for fraud. The ensuing blows turned Chen Duansheng from a carefree girl into a young woman trapped in trivial matters of life. The creation of reincarnation was shelved by Chen Duansheng for four years. Even if I start writing again, it will be intermittent.
There were only 14 times * * *, which took her a year. The frustration and depression of life occupied too much energy on Chen Duansheng. As you can imagine, Chen Duansheng's creativity has fallen sharply at this time, and he can't express his inner world as smoothly as before.
So she gave up and stopped writing. Ten years later, Chen Duansheng's life came to an abrupt end at the age of 46.
The last three volumes, which are the most widely circulated, were written by the poetess Liang Chusheng. Generally speaking, they can't compare with the previous 17 volume in literariness, structural control and emotional delicacy.
In 2002 and 2007, TVB and Chinese mainland both made TV dramas based on the lyrics of Rebirth, and the response was good. The origin of the name "Rebirth", which is not explained in TV series, should start from the script.
The so-called "rebirth" refers to the fate of previous lives. Dong Dou Xing and Zhi Shen Fu Ji were husband and wife in their last lives. When they go to heaven, they have to be relatively silent. Only in the next life of Tuosheng, after the disaster, will we continue to frontier.
The story of This Life takes place between three families in Kunming, Yunnan. Meng Shiyuan, the returning minister, has a beautiful daughter Meng Lijun. At the same time, the Huangfu family and the Liu family sent matchmakers to ask relatives and friends. Meng Shiyuan was in a dilemma and had to let the two teenagers compete with each other. As a result, Huang got Liu Kuibi and married the Meng family, and the feud between the three families began.
Liu framed Huangfu's family and forced Meng Qianjin, and Lijun escaped from marriage and disguised herself as a man. She is determined to avenge her husband's family and save the country. She went through a lot of hardships and finally won the first prize, became a prime minister and became a very important minister.
But at the same time, it is also in an embarrassing situation. When the fiance meets his father, they don't recognize each other. What happened to the fake phoenix? How to solve the crime of deceiving the monarch? Started a series of thrilling or humorous stories.
Lines belong to popular folk literature, so it should be difficult to be elegant in traditional impression. There are many gossip words, and the stories of past lives are a bit cliche; The champion, prime minister and protagonist were persecuted by traitors, and then their revenge was successful. These bridges are also modeled. Even the more innovative "women disguised as men" is not the first creation of Rebirth.
The tanci in Rebirth is not only widely circulated in the contemporary era, but also conquered countless boudoir and literati. Even modern people can't resist the charm of rebirth.
Chen Yinque and Guo Moruo especially praised Rebirth and made detailed comments on Rebirth. Chen Yinque compared Rebirth with Du Fu's seven laws and western epic works. Guo Moruo, a literary master close to ancient times, even said that when he was reading Rebirth, he once again got the feeling of reading Water Margin and A Dream of Red Mansions as a teenager.
It is precisely because of the endorsement of Chen Yinque and Guo Moruo that the words "play the word of rebirth" re-entered people's field of vision in modern times.
In my opinion, Rebirth is a romantic and legendary folk literature with realistic irony.
The fate of Rebirth is romantic, but the romance of the lyrics in Rebirth is not reflected in love. Rebirth is not so much about love as loyalty, filial piety and heroism.
Although love is only an accessory to promote the plot, it is still difficult to hide the romance of rebirth. Romance is more about the writing style and plot setting of Rebirth.
Chen Duansheng's "Rebirth" is delicate and affectionate, depicting the characters' psychology in detail; The whole story is almost entirely narrated in seven words, which is fluent, harmonious, catchy and poetic.
You can look at a classic passage in Rebirth:
Plantations are planted in the backyard, and the sunset shines into the windows. There is no one in the secluded room, and the voice makes Lin Ding. Jade people adjust the color of the mirror and have sharp hands. Turn the frequency to the side, and if you look closely, you will find something different in the mirror. The golden hairpin on the cloud temples is more capable, and the moth eyebrows and phoenix eyes are more abundant. Shoulder-leaning shirt, jade hand cage, sleeve movement. Semi-charming and semi-charming, invisible, with a slender waist and a pointed willow. Miss Lijun breathed a sigh of relief, but she was unfortunate. Talent and appearance are slaves, so in fact, storms have suffered several losses. Pity for staying true makes parents lonely. The young lady held up a crayon and drew in front of the mirror. It is difficult to shed tears one after another, and it is difficult to cry. For a long time, I adjusted my fat and opened my face. I dyed my eyebrows while making a movie. Autumn water is really elegant and beautiful, and spring ruby is really charming. Pointing to her blushing lips and tracing her temples, she told the maid to hold it high and look at it carefully. Spring tip holds rhombic mirror obliquely, which is nothing more than a few cents. The rosy cheeks are slightly pale and the eyebrows are not high. Although not as beautiful as flowers, as the saying goes, drawing is difficult. Tears welled up when the young lady was unhappy. Take back the silver flower paper with sadness, leave it behind, and leave half of your face motionless. If you look in the mirror carefully, what you really see is your peerless beauty. Heart ached, want to describe it. If the painting is not like it, this pen and paper will be painted for nothing. It's very late when the sun goes down. Try again without opening the window. He asked his servant to push the electric fan and saw bananas at the window. The courtyard is full of fragrant grass and flowers, and the butterflies on the moss wall are moving. The scenery in the evening is quiet and beautiful, and the sad people are relatively boring. Re-introduce colored pens to adjust colors and draw beautiful faces. Look, it's really good to draw a stroke in the eye. I couldn't stop looking at the powder and face, and I burst into tears. Hey, Meng Lijun, Meng Lijun! I feel so ugly, why so unlucky!
Crying with low pain turns into sadness, and tears wet a piece of paper. The new makeup is half soaked, so it's hard to look at it carefully. Intestinal return to nine increases sorrow, and the golden lotus is called God. What can't be described? Is there a disaster here? If you don't get what you want, slaves will hang themselves in sedan chairs. Miss sadly dropped her pen, with tears in her eyes, and said nothing to the window.
Meng Lijun wanted to leave a self-portrait for her parents before she fled her marriage. From the quiet environment, to the beauty of "Jade Man", and then to stop writing several times. The simple plot shows Meng Lijun's complex mentality of running away from home and feeling sorry for himself. And after many twists and turns, it is exciting and interesting to read.
First of all, "it is difficult to draw a picture even with tears, so I can't cry", so I can't write because I cry; Then there is "peerless beauty is hard to draw", and the appearance is too good to draw. Wait until "open the window and try again" and "look-draw a stroke with your eyes", but it looks like it at last, but it is wet with tears.
In ancient society, a woman with a weak position, relying on her skill, entered the cabinet and entered the phase, and there would be no difference between the wind and the cloud for a while. What a romantic imagination. But after all, it is hard to avoid being a husband's godson, which is useless, plus three women serve a lady. Whether the author intends to or not, this has become a great irony of reality.
From the psychological description in Rebirth, we can see people's mentality. Huang's psychological activities when he hesitated to accept the engagement were quite detailed, from doubt to acceptance. Then guess that the fiancee should be sensible and not angry. Finally, thank you for your consent.
From the perspective of modern people, this plot is simply ridiculous. But this is only a true reflection of the society at that time. What we should sigh is that the psychological description of Rebirth is delicate and tortuous, and it can sincerely express human nature.
Besides, before leaving, Meng Lijun thought that he might be able to "marry his husband" and regarded it as an interesting thing. It can be seen that the social atmosphere at that time was good, and outstanding people could not avoid customs, so the final outcome was not unexpected.
Therefore, under the romantic appearance of rebirth, it is a sad and irreversible reality. Rebirth mentioned many times that "beauty is unlucky." Indeed, no amount of ambition and talent in a woman's life will eventually come to nothing. A versatile and ambitious woman like Chen Duansheng always gets sad.
The literary value of Rebirth is also reflected in its excellent presentation and structure. Many clues, such as, Su, Huang, and so on, go hand in hand alternately, and sometimes meet, mixed but not chaotic. The main events were spread out layer by layer, and complicated scenes such as arrow rain, marriage seeking and court debate surfaced, with climaxes one after another. As a "seven-line epic", the narrative of Rebirth is really impressive.
Of course, if you can't carefully understand the emotional changes in the text, reading a book will be tedious. Because Tanci is a musical work, Tanci has always had this common problem. This is also the feeling of reading Rebirth for the first time many years ago, and now I finally feel the charm when reading Rebirth.
As described in Chen Yinque's comments, "I have gained something from reading history in these years", and combined with Chen Duansheng's life and related history, I appreciated his writing, so "I suddenly realized that in the genre of live ammunition, the works are unprecedented."
Chen Duansheng, an unlucky woman, can't reverse the ending of her life or write down the ending of the story. But this passage she left us is full of poetic romance and precious enough.