I see the character traits of ancient Chinese women's novels

-------An Analysis of the Characterization of Female Characters in Ancient Chinese Literature

"A woman's following her husband is like a flower's attaching itself to a branch; the branch, if it has no flower, will re-flower again in the spring; the flower, if it is away from the branch, will not be able to get back together." This is a true portrayal of the status of women in feudal society where men were superior to women. The traditional concept of morality of women's pursuit of happiness suppressed to the minimum, from the great lady to the good women, not to mention the prostitutes pressed at the bottom of society, there is no pursuit of love, the pursuit of the right to dignity, in that environment, a woman down or not, resistance or not, its tragic fate in the underworld seems to have been predetermined, want to pursue the true love of the death of the unrepentant, the pursuit of independence and dignity of the personage The woman's tragic fate seems to have been predetermined. Nevertheless, the charisma displayed by the different pursuits and struggles of the literary heroes will cause different reactions in the readers' minds and produce different artistic effects. Below I take the female characters in several influential articles in ancient literature of China, and compare the different charms shown by their different struggles under the same destiny through the words and deeds of the characters, on the psychological level and personality level.

I. The Beauty of Du Shiniang

Du Shiniang's Sinking of the Hundred Treasure Chest in Anger is one of the most outstanding short stories in the history of Chinese literature, which is one of the most famous stories in the collection of vernacular novels of Ming Dynasty. With its delicate strokes, this novel portrays a female figure ------- Du Shinniang who persistently pursues the beautiful ideal in her heart. The author mines the aesthetic connotation permeating her body-, two, hoping that through her struggle against fate to dig out some of the charm of female characters in ancient Chinese literature.

I. "Elegant" describes the beauty

Du Shiniang, as a famous concubine of the Church, has her own posture. The author used the ancient Chinese novel's traditional portrait of the penmanship - focusing on portrayal, unique paragraph, wrote Du Shiniang, a traditional Chinese meaning of beauty - powdered egg face, eyebrows and eyes, cherry red lips, body elegant, voluptuous, full of delicate gas attacking people. This kind of external beauty is obviously the work of the laboring people. This external beauty is obviously the good wishes of the working people in the external embodiment of Du Shinniang.

Second, the sublime beauty of the soul

"Ten niang because I saw the pimp greedy money and no justice, long have the will of the good from the good". This ancient Chinese woman in the position of being humiliated and damaged, the motive for this idea is noble. She wished to break free from the sea of suffering and demanded a "human" life, and for this reason, she chose Li Jia, the son of a eunuch family, who appeared to be "loyal and generous". They had a long-term relationship, "a pair of two good, love for each other". When Li Jia was "empty", Du Shinniang not only did not listen to the words of her pimp, "send Li Jia out of the hospital", but also "saw that the shorter he was, the hotter his heart". This shows that Du Shinniang has a noble heart for pure and sincere love.

Three, the wisdom and courage of the wisdom of the beauty

Du Shuniang is an excellent female figure in the ancient Chinese classic literature, inheriting the wisdom of the beauty of the women such as Luoshi, Liu Lanzhi and other women who are molded by the ancient literary works. Shinniang hope Li A for her ransom, she clearly know the pimp's intentions, she took advantage of the opportunity to earn the pimp as long as three hundred taels of silver price of the promise of the body. And afraid of the pimp's breach of faith, with words to provoke her, so that she sent down "if the repentance, do pigs and dogs" of the curse wish. This prepared the conditions for her to break away from the brothel. Shinniang out of the hospital, and the bawd, the bawd did not expect the son of silver, gloomy color, seems to have remorse. Shinniang to "Langjun silver to go, the child immediately killed himself" to force. With the desire for a better love life and the pursuit of ten niang skillfully seize the opportunity to fight with the pimp, and finally redeemed himself from the register.

Fourth, the beauty of chaste love

Du Shuniang in the sexes, she asked for more than a short love, not even marriage. If you only ask for marriage, then this wish is very easy for Du Shinniang to realize. If she had told Li Jia that she had a treasure chest, it would have been effortless for her to redeem herself, return her home, and conclude a good relationship. That being the case, what is Du Shinniang's pursuit? It is a true, pure, good and beautiful male-female emotion on earth - love. Specifically:

1. Du Shiniang pursuit of that emotion is non-materialistic. Du Shinniang's status was low, and she was treated by the secular society as an object that could be bullied and humiliated as long as she had money. Her career as a sex seller made her feel y humiliated and hurt. Therefore, she is eager to be a virtuous woman, but she does not tell Li Jia that she has a treasure chest, and she is unwilling to add the weight of money on the balance of love. She calls for a kind of human relationship that is not swayed by materialistic desires and interests from the bottom of her heart. Undoubtedly, only in this kind of relationship, people can truly respect themselves, care for others, in order to produce all the good components of human nature contains true love, including love.

2. The love of two hearts as one, heart to heart. Du Shinniang is pursuing a true love of life and death without regrets. How is "life and death without regrets" true love, DuShuniang did not say, but from her not to go to the treasure box to get happiness, not to accept the fate of being bought and sold and so on all sorts of actions, see she longed for her lover not as their own can be bought and sold at will as fireworks, but mutual companion, she longed for their own and the lover can understand each other, Mutual appreciation and mutual attraction, she is looking for a true and pure on earth, good and beautiful emotions - two hearts as one, heart to heart love.

3. Not for the "ritual" constraints of the obsessive pursuit of "love". Li A is a stupid, cowardly playboy, what he covets is just the beauty of the ten niang; for ten niang from the good, he has been taking a negative attitude. In Li Jia's psychological scale, one end is the feudalism, the concept of the family, and one end is the love of Shinniang. Li A in this "etiquette" and "love" in the choice, his balance eventually fell to the "etiquette" side. This is not only because of the appearance of the cunning and deceitful Sun Fu and some "brilliant" "heart-to-heart talk" in the restaurant, but also because Li Jia's love for Du Shuniang is "from love, stops at the rite". The most important thing is that Li Jia's love for Du Shuniang is ultimately "born of love, but stops at propriety". It is his inevitable destiny to follow the rules of propriety and abandon the Ten Niang. In this way, Shinniang's hard work and courageous pursuit can only be shattered by the cruel rituals. Thereafter, the ten niang, in the face of the dark society, despicable villain, soberly recognize their own position, rather than for the jade broken, not for the tile whole, embracing the treasure chest and sinking the river. Shinniang bravely pursued a kind of not for the "rites" of detention and "rites" resolutely fight against the love.

Fifth, the shocking beauty of tragedy

The reason why "Du Shiniang Anger Sinks the Hundred Treasure Chest" has an inexhaustible artistic charm lies in the fact that it tells a shocking story of female tragedy. Lu Xun once said: "Tragedy is the destruction of valuable things in life for people to see. The tragic value of Du Shinniang lies in Chinese women's diligent pursuit of beautiful love, which shocks traditional values and consciousness and breaks through the old order of hierarchy and inferiority and superiority. As in many tragic love stories in ancient China, the protagonist is bound to pay a heavy price in the pursuit of love, and herein lies the aesthetic meaning of her tragedy. The scene of Du Shinniang sinking into the river with a box in her arms is as tragic as Liu Lanzhi's "hanging herself from the southeast branch" in the tragedy of Jiao Liu, or the romantic "Liang Zhu turning into a butterfly", or Lin Daiyu's death by hemoptysis. In comparison, Du Shinniang's tragic power is much heavier. Because not only is such as Li Buzheng as the representative of the feudal power of the invisible blood bowl swallowed her, but also under the sway of this power of the rich and powerful son of Li Jia's heart and Sun Fu's treacherous intentions, they collaborated with this pure and chaste love and pay for the woman pushed to the end of the road, the tragic scene is tragic, but also the beauty of the scene - left to The tragic scene is tragic, but also beautiful - leaving the human a true and pure emotional beauty.

In short, Du Shiniang is the embodiment of the beauty of the long pursuit of love of the working people, in her case, the concentration of the aspirations of the working people.

II. The "spiciness" of "Phoenix"

The fourth book of "Lin Daiyu Entering the House of Jia" is one of China's four masterpieces of the novel "Dream of Red Mansions", one of the most outstanding novels in the history of Chinese literature. This novel portrays women with its delicate strokes. The author analyzes Wang Xifeng, who can be said to be the antagonist, one or two, hoping to unearth some female characters' charisma in ancient Chinese literature through her struggle against fate. Wang Xifeng is the iron fist character in Jiafu who kills and decides, and orders the execution of the authority. Cao Xueqin spared no effort in shaping Wang Xifeng, and only in this first appearance, the reader is left with a deep impression - "spicy". The readers of Dream of the Red Chamber hate Phoenix, scold Phoenix, do not see Phoenix want Phoenix. The reason for this may lie in the Phoenix is a new "spicy flavor", this "spicy" is different from the heroine of the jianghu, also different from the city shrew kind of uninteresting, she "spicy" of the Just right. Her "spiciness" is another way for female characters in ancient Chinese literature to rebel against their fate.

The voice is "spicy": "'I'm late, I didn't greet the guests! Daiyu wondered: 'All these people are converging their voices and holding their breaths, respectful and strict so, who is this visitor, such an outrageous and rude?'" This person is Jia mother said "shrewish ragged children" "phoenix hot" Wang Xifeng. Her appearance can be said to have not seen their people, first heard their voices, there is a preemptive force. In the Jiafu dare to be so reckless only Wang Xifeng one, its "hot" can be seen.

Physical appearance "spicy": "a pair of phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow leaf eyebrow, body volume slim, body style flirtatious, pink face with spring Wei not show, Dan lips did not open the smile first heard." Only 36 words, showing in front of the reader is a "smile, then smile to the city, then smile to the country" of the great beauty. Taste carefully, this woman is very different from some other beauties: "triangular eyes", "hanging eyebrows", and contain the power not to show the "pink face", before the first smile of the The "Dan lips" hide the tricky cunning under the beautiful appearance.

Clothing "hot": "head wearing a gold silk eight treasures to save beads bun, with a sunrise five phoenixes hanging beads hairpin; neck with a red gold chi dragon celluloid ring; skirt tied with bean-green tapestry, double balance than the eye of the Rose Pei; body wearing a gold butterfly in red satin narrow side seam jacket, outside the cover of the five-color engraved silk stone green silver mouse coat; under the emerald sprinkled with the chemical oceanic coat, the body wearing a gold butterfly in red satin narrow side seam, outside the five-color engraved silk stone green silver mouse coat; under the emerald sprinkled with the chemical oceanic coat. Underneath, she wore an emerald crepe skirt." "Phoenix spice" heavy makeup and colorful decorations, all over the body embroidery, put their own "packaging" so bewitching. So well-designed "different from all the girls" attire, even from the marquis family Daiyu, are surprised at its clothing, visible in its warm "tone" refractive Phoenix complacent mentality. At first glance, Phoenix felt

that her line is very "hot".

The language "spicy": "the world really have such a beautiful character, I just counted today to see! Moreover, this body style, not like the old ancestor's granddaughter, is actually a full granddaughter, no wonder the old ancestor every day verbal heart a moment not to forget." "Exactly! As soon as I saw my sister, my heart was all over him, and I was so fond and sad that I forgot about the Old Ancestor. It should be beaten, it should be beaten!" "How old is sister?" "Have Miss Lin's luggage things been moved in?" That praise Daiyu's words, every sentence to the mother and said; Daiyu's series of questions live, a series of instructions, and at the same time to answer Mrs. Wang's questions - her words obituaries listener feel "spicy" pungent, but can not bear to refuse, but also to inhale a few mouthfuls. The hot wu-wu speech more prominent Wang Xifeng light, eight-faceted character traits.

Heart "hot": "the world really have such a beautiful character", ostensibly in the praise of Lin Daiyu, in fact, mainly to please the "ancestors". "Moreover, this body style, not like the granddaughter of the old ancestors, but a full granddaughter", on the other hand, also incidentally praised the presence of the Jia sisters, Wang Xifeng can be said to be well-intentioned. The heart of the "hot" is the Jiafu other people can not match.

Three. Lanzhi's death struggle

Lenin said, Marxism not only does not "abandon the most valuable achievements of the bourgeoisie era, but on the contrary absorbs and transforms all the valuable things in the development of human thought and culture for more than two thousand years. As one of the great poems of ancient folk literature, "Southeast Flight of the Peacock" not only exposes the evils of feudalism, but also records the true feelings of the people 1,700 years ago in its realistic way of expression. It is a marvelous flower of the art world and a mirror of history. Unlike them, Lanzhi chose another way of resistance.

While the poem describes Lanzhi's knowledge of books and her trousseau and dress with the usual exaggerated style used in classical works, especially folk literature, in a gentry society, the fact that she was "born in the wild" meant that her family was not worthy of the eye of the "Nine Pieces of the Middle Kingdom". "She is a woman who was born in a well-off family. She is a well-off people grew up in the opinionated woman, beautiful, intelligent, capable, although the author also tried to write her kindness and meekness, but in the kindness and meekness, there is a hidden meaning of resistance to the rigidity of the people's imagination of the oppressed self-consciousness of a primitive form of consciousness. This rigidity is not necessarily understood in terms of what Jiao's mother says, "This woman has no etiquette and moves freely," but is more broadly diffused in all the details of Lanzhi's actions. When she realized Jiao's intentions, she did not wait for the other party to speak, but invited herself, "I am not fit to be driven, and I have nothing to do with my stay, so I can return to you in time," she cried to Zhongqing. When Zhongqing cried at her and was at a loss, she said, "Don't repeat your disagreement."

He advised her to go back to her mother's home for the time being, and then try to meet again, and she said, "What do you mean, come back!" She sees the problem clearly, understands the circumstances she is in, and shows the dignity of an ordinary person's personality. But the author does not simply deal with this point one-sidedly. Lanzhi understands Zhongqing's character, yet she loves him and knows that he loves her. The deep love of her children made her still have to hold a little illusion about the cold reality. When Zhongqing said goodbye to her, she exhorted in this way, "If you see the record, I will soon look forward to your coming." This was her only hope that would inevitably arise under specific conditions. The county magistrate sent someone to make a match, she politely refused: "Since the letter can be broken, Xu Xu more said." At last her brother uttered the words, "If I do not marry a righteous man's body, what is my desire for the future?" Rigidity at once took possession of Lanzhi's soul, and the sense of dignity of the weak and oppressed, which cannot be offended by Rin, sublimated in the bottom of her heart, and she decided to express her last protest by her life, and so "tilted her head back" and answered. " replied, and quickly obliged.

When she left Jiao's home, she was very calm, and when she remarried, she was very calm; and even in the end, she "took off her skirt and shoes, and lifted herself up to go to the pool", and she did not express any hesitation or hesitation. She never bowed to circumstances. It is difficult to check how many people have enriched Liu Lanzhi's character in the process of singing, but this is indeed the most beautiful expression of the glorious personality of a weak and oppressed person under the historical conditions at that time. The cruelty and transformation of the environment raised the spirit of the character. The author's simple depiction of the details that snap into action one by one gives the work a soul-searching infectiousness - the infectiousness of poetry - on the basis of truthfulness.

There are many other female characters in our ancient literature, such as Hua Mulan who joined the army on behalf of her father, Cui Yingying who regarded fame and fortune as dung, and Dou'e ...... who touched the sky and earth. Limited to space, I can't analyze the other characters here. But through the above analysis and comparison of their different struggles under the same fate to show the charm of the personality of different female characters in ancient Chinese literature can be seen in China's ancient women's resistance to the status of women in the feudal society where men are superior to women, the traditional concept of morality to the pursuit of women's happiness to the lowest possible limit, they have not given up the pursuit of love, the pursuit of the right to dignity.