The article is taken from Reading History and Being a Woman. Author: Gentleman's Heart Press: Zhejiang University Press Introduction: All history is contemporary history. According to feminist theory, all history is explained and expressed by male words. This book reproduces the true features of historical figures and events from the perspective of real women, comments and analyzes famous women in history, and explores their lives ... [Serialized content] [Biography of characters]: Ban Jieyu, the daughter of a captain in the Western Han Dynasty, is said to be the aunt of Ban Gu, Ban Chao and Ban Zhao. Han Chengdi's concubine has good poetry and virtue. First a few ambassadors, but a tribute. [Gentleman's Heart]: There is such a kind of woman in this world. Their life goal is to be a model. They think that as long as they are perfect, they can get everything they want-Ban Jieyu wants to show her political ambition through a model, but she doesn't know that in a patriarchal society, only by mastering this man can she have everything possible ... The tragedy of a model is a nearly perfect woman with talent. She was born in a noble family, and is the daughter of Zuoqi captain class. In the later period of Emperor Wudi's attack on Xiongnu, Ban Kuang galloped on the battlefield and made great contributions. Morality, tolerance and work, dignified and virtuous, the emperor fell in love with her beauty. In order to be with this beautiful princess, she specially made a bigger chariot for her to travel with, but she refused: "Look at the ancient pictures, all the sages are surrounded by famous ministers, and only the last three emperors are favored. Now that your majesty is riding with me, isn't it just like those stupid kings? " ("Han Shu? "Biography of consorts") brilliant, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all fine; Literary attainments are extremely high, and he is particularly familiar with historical events. He can often quote classics and dispel the inner depression of Emperor Cheng. He is also good at temperament, which makes the emperor enter the realm of selflessness in the sound of silk and bamboo. For the emperor, she is not only a concubine, but also a confidant. At ordinary times, we also strengthen the cultivation of morality, tolerance, talent and engineering, hoping to have a greater impact on becoming an emperor and make him a wise monarch. Even the poem of Zhong Rong, a later generation, commented on her in this way: "From Li to Ban Jieyu, there must be a woman and only one person in a hundred years. "For hundreds of years, there was only one woman, and that was Ban Jieyu. The whole thing is an incarnation of Xue Baochai. In the twenty-second episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Zheng lamented Baochai's fate: "This thing is still limited, but it is even more ominous for a small person to say such a thing, and no one will live forever. The metaphor of "Baochai's fate is even more unknown" is more fragrant. It is a wisp of smoke lit in a lonely night, and it is buried in a lonely and empty guard like a flower-Baoyu became a monk, and she spent the rest of her life in loveless loneliness. Similarly, Jieyu's love ended with Zhao's sisters entering the palace. She was involved in the court struggle, and under the frame-up of the Zhao sisters, the man actually killed her regardless of the old love. Thanks to her consistent wit, she said a word of equal importance to the emperor: "I heard that there is life and death, and wealth is in the sky, and correction is not a blessing." What is the use of doing such a bad thing? "If ghosts and gods know, they won't accept such unfair complaints. What's the use of complaining if they are ignorant? So I'm too lazy to do that. " As a result, Emperor Cheng felt that she had handled it well, pitied her and rewarded her with 100 Jin of gold. But her heart is dead, and the man has moved on. As long as the Zhao sisters are here, she will never be able to do it. Therefore, she invited herself to serve the Empress Dowager in Changxin Palace and spent her whole life in lonely years. The deep palace is faint, listening to the songs and laughter in the distance, remembering the love and glory of the past, and painstakingly writing "Poetry of the Fan": fresh and clean as frost and snow. Cut into acacia fans, round like the bright moon. In and out of your arms, shaking the breeze. I am often afraid that the autumn festival will come and the cold will seize the heat. If you give up your donation, your kindness will be lost. In kindness, there is no way. Who is wrong? What I have pursued all my life is the standards and admonitions I accepted as a child, and it is the perfect expectation in everyone's eyes. When I was a child, adults taught me how to be a woman, and I firmly believed that it would make me happy. So I did, and I'm used to it. I did as everyone expected, but I got a very sad ending. Be cheated. 2。 Lost and Awakened Ban Jieyu is almost a typical perfect woman, but why did such a woman with both ability and political integrity become an emperor, but she fell in love with a pair of geisha? To some extent, Zhao is a typical bad woman. She flatters, destroys loyalty, has no culture, and finally has an affair with others. Is it really "men prefer bad women"? We can find the answer in Ban Jieyu's Mourning for Self. Cheng Zu's legacy is noble, and there is no such thing as a soul. The palace boasted of a thin body and filled the backyard with Chen. Blessed by the holy emperor, the sun and the moon are bright. Yang Guanglie's heroic spirit, Feng Longchong's pet in Zengcheng. Too lucky to be in a bad position, too lucky to be in a good position. I feel tired every time I sleep, so Shen Pei leaves himself to think. Chen Nvtu looks at the mirror and asks poetry with female history. The work of the sad morning girl is a warning, and the sad praise is a post. As Zhou's mother, the daughter of American imperialists is anxious and honored. Although silly, I dare to give up my heart and forget it. Over the years, I have been mourning for my fear, and I am not proud to be a fan of China. Lu He left the disaster when he was still in infancy. Is it because of my misfortune that my fate is unattainable? "The daughter of the United States and Britain is nasty. She is Zhou's mother. Although stupid and awkward, I dare to forget my heart. " In fact, this is a woman with political ambitions and even ambitions. The perfect Xue Baochai also has a gap. In Jiafu, she is the best person, and even Daiyu likes her-to some extent, this is to prepare for being a grandmother who rules Jiafu-she is not wrong. She has been trying to be a perfect model all her life. The purpose of modeling is to stand in the supreme position and realize her value and ability. A considerate woman has a strong sense of self. As long as one is independent, one must find a suitable way to realize the value of self-existence. They will not be satisfied with the splendor of the floating world, nor will they be satisfied with the vassals and playthings of men. They need something higher to satisfy. Baochai is the power to manage Jiafu, and Ban Jieyu is a political ambition. There are many such women in history, such as Wu Zetian, Xiao Zhuang and Cixi ... Unfortunately, unlike these successful women, as losers, they used the wrong methods and means. They mistakenly think that the world will give them everything they want as long as they become role models-this is a joke. At that time, male power was supreme and imperial power was unshakable. There is only one way to realize yourself-man. As the saying goes, Wu Zetian is to Li Zhi, Xiao Zhuang is to Dourgen, and Cixi is to Xianfeng. The truly successful women in history all have great control over men in power centers. In a society with serious inequality between men and women, this is the only way out, not to be a model. 3。 Inevitably out of favor In the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Zhao sisters were the easiest to display their ambitions, because they had great influence on the emperor, but unfortunately they didn't have that grade. Their satisfaction is limited to controlling the harem, being rich and prosperous, and singing and dancing. When it comes to self-worth and political ambition, it is not a level that a geisha can understand. But they inadvertently used the right means. In order to please the emperor, they did everything they could, such as dancing with their hands, being gentle, and even an aphrodisiac-all of which were unheard of in Ban Jieyu, which was bound by etiquette. What kind of woman does the most powerful emperor need? Many people wonder if Ban Jieyu met a wise monarch, Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang, instead of a dissolute and heartless Han Emperor ... Will Ban Jieyu become the second eldest grandson queen? The answer is no, because Ban Jieyu has no political strategy-let's look at the political situation of Emperor Cheng. At that time, there was a time when the Queen Mother was in power and the consorts were dictatorial. The dominant position in state affairs is not the emperor, but the children and grandchildren of the queen mother. The emperor who lost power could not display his ambition, so he had to indulge his lust and release his depression in wine and color. What's the use of such an emperor having a virtuous Ban Jieyu? It's a pity that the talented Ban Jieyu didn't see through this. If she has a little political sense and wants to be her ideal wife, she should help the emperor regain power. But she didn't. She just wanted to persuade the emperor to put politics first and be a so-called wise monarch-Cheng Emperor didn't want to do it, but he couldn't. Therefore, although Ban Jieyu was brilliant, beautiful and dignified, virtuous and reasonable, he could not help Cheng Di regain his imperial power, nor could he accompany Cheng Di to indulge himself. Falling out of favor is an inevitable result. As a result, the Zhao sisters succeeded in winning the favor of the man, while the exemplary Jieyu could only live alone for a lifetime. It's a pity that this woman who has been modeling is different from Baochai. Baochai is ruthless. The Grand View Garden draws lots to play and become the treasure chai of peony flowers. The verdict is "Tao is heartless and affectionate." This woman is so rational that she is almost heartless. She is so irrational to Baoyu, her mother, her elders and her sisters. This is why many people don't like Baochai. Because she is not a person of temperament. But Ban Jieyu was moved by his true feelings for this man. Talented women are short-lived and affectionate. Cheng Di may not understand that what he really loves in this life is this mode that makes him respect and fear-she was abandoned by Cheng Di in the Changxin Palace of the Queen Mother, and she still can't bear to part with this heartless man, recalling her past love and writing down Fan's famous sentences, feeling that she might as well be a crow and see the figure of that man every day. When Emperor Cheng died, he invited himself to guard the tomb, facing the grave of that man day and night, burning incense in loneliness. In five years, from sunrise to sunset, the old grievances vanished, and a generation of talented women died alone. The rest are unrealized ambitions, unrealized feelings, unsuccessful struggles, melancholy love and unfinished poems ... (Editor: Wang Fang) The article is taken from Reading History and Being a Woman. Author: Gentleman's Heart Press: Zhejiang University Press More articles enter the book selection channel >>& gt