Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 319
[Chapter 315 Ethics VS “The Romance of the West Chamber” (Part 1)]
Entering the expanded Dongcang Grand Theater, according to Chen Luo’s instructions, a new box area on the second floor has been newly built here, and all the great Confucian scholars happily walked into a small room prepared for each of them In the boxes, everyone felt joyful.
“No wonder at the time it was said that one theater ticket was enough. It turned out to be the case.” A great Confucian looked at his precious granddaughter and said with a smile, “Ninny, grandpa didn’t tease you, I promise you can watch the movie.
” The little girl hurriedly stepped forward to gently beat her grandfather on the back, and said with a smile, “It’s not that grandpa has face!
” It was this kind of children’s admiration, before the play started, their favorability for Chen Luo increased by another three points.
…
“Brother Jin, look, am I right? We also have a small box…” Zhu Hesong said excitedly in the box.
Jin Helan was a little depressed, looking at the round-faced Zhu Hesong, she wondered, “Why were we assigned to a room without asking?”
“What? Brother Jin, do you want to change?” Zhu Hesong’s face darkened.
Jin Helan sighed: “Forget it, with the way you speak, brother Zhu, people who don’t know you may want to kill you.”
Zhu Hesong snorted: “You just can’t beat me, or you would have killed me long ago. ”
Jin Helan: Today, we’re dead chatting again.
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Chen Luo naturally reserved a box for himself, Luo Hongnu ran to the backstage to get busy, only Yun Siyao and Chen Luo sat in the box, Yun Siyao leaned against the window sill, looking around at the other boxes, Chen Luo Luo smiled and said, “Senior Sister, are you looking for someone?”
Yun Siyao smiled softly, “It seems that a disciple from the Fang family has come.”
“The Fang family?” Chen Luo frowned slightly.
“It’s okay, in Dongcang City, we can’t turn the sky around!” Yun Siyao waved his hand and sat back on his seat. Chen Luo thought about it, now that Sima Lie and Yan Baichuan are sitting next to him, what are you afraid of?
“Ethics? Look at “The Romance of the West Chamber”. It must be very exciting.” Chen Luo thought suddenly.
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“Everyone, are you ready?” Du Shouzhong stood in his box, looking at the several great scholars in front of him. They, all disciples of the Fang family, gathered in Du Shouzhong’s box.
“Brother Du, you are a direct disciple of the Fang family. We are just a sect, so naturally you will be the leader.” A great Confucian with a gloomy face nodded and said.
“The old man wanted to make trouble when the martial arts academy was opened, but the barbarians attacked, and the old man would give others a handle. But all the rituals and music in Dongcang City have collapsed, and the old man can’t complain. Today, he is willing to follow the tail.” An old-fashioned Confucian nodded slightly.
“The way of martial arts has been accomplished, and it is not our strength that can turn it around. But the road of drama has only recently been developed. It should be the weak point in the foundation of Chen Luo’s holy way. We can use this to attack and help the Fang family.” Another Said a skinny Confucian.
“If you don’t study and get angry, foolish men and women are equal to us, this is the first crime of opera; for women to show their heads and appear on the stage, this is the second crime of opera; exaggerating joy, anger, sorrow and joy, and provoking people’s desires, this is the third crime of opera “The last white-faced Confucianist tapped the white paper fan in his hand, and said disdainfully, “Do you have anything to add?”
“Wu Xiandi’s summary is very accurate, let’s wait and see what he has in “The Romance of the West Chamber” Treacherous words.” The old-fashioned scholar said softly.
At this time, the skinny Confucian suddenly said: “This place is Dongcang City, and Chen Luo has many fans. And Yan Baichuan and Sima Lie are present, I’m afraid I have to think about it.”
Du Shouzhong smiled contemptuously: “On It’s just Dao! It’s amazing to suppress and expel us, so they dare to suppress and kill us? We are doing this to protect the Fang family’s holy way, and the Fang family will definitely not treat us badly.”
After Du Shouzhong finished speaking, all the great Confucians His eyes lit up. But soon, the cold-faced Confucian hesitated and said: “Brother Du, don’t forget that the dragon girl and Wuli beast in the bamboo forest are also in Dongcang.”
As soon as this remark came out, the box instantly fell silent.
Yan Baichuan, Sima Lie and the others would definitely not dare to kill them, let alone those from the Qingxuan sect. None of these worries them.
But the Dragon Girl and the Wuli Beast don’t have those concerns.
Du Shouzhong saw that everyone was hesitating, he flipped his palm, and a bright blue jade tablet appeared in his hand, and said coldly: “Everyone, let’s see what this is?”
The old-fashioned scholar suddenly stood up from his seat, looked at the Jade plaque: “Sacred Heart Jade!”
Sacred Heart Jade is a treasure condensed by semi-sages from their own holy way. It is generally used to give close disciples a sense of their own holy way. It cannot be used by great Confucians. . Of course, there are also shortcomings, that is, understanding the way of the predecessors will hinder the development of one’s own holy way. Therefore, for great Confucians who are expected to become saints, semi-sages will not bestow Sacred Heart Jade.
Seeing the Sacred Heart Jade at this time, the eyes of everyone looking at Du Shouzhong changed again.
Originally thought that he was just a disciple of the great Confucian of the Fang family’s direct lineage, but he did not expect to be favored by the semi-sage of the Fang family.
Seeing everyone’s reaction, Du Shouzhong felt proud. Speaking of which, his master was indeed a first-grade Confucian in the Fang family, but he was not eligible to obtain the Sacred Heart Jade.
But he gave birth to a good daughter!
Born with a scholarly body, the offspring born must be superior in talent, far surpassing the “white crane giving off a child”. This Sacred Heart Jade is the betrothal gift of the Fang family!
It doesn’t matter who you marry, what matters is that you marry the Fang family.
In exchange for a woman, the prosperity of the Du family, and the marriage with the Fang family, and the fact that the grandson may become an important member of the Fang family in the future, is simply worth a thousand dollars.
As for the disciple who was childhood sweetheart with his daughter, for the sake of her daughter’s innocence, he had no choice but to bury him in his own spiritual material field.
Du Shouzhong said lightly: “If the Dragon Girl and Wuli really make a move, the old man will naturally use the Sacred Heart Jade to call out the holy way. Even if he loses to the Dragon Girl and Wuli, there is enough time for Yan Baichuan and the others to be delayed by the Holy Power. Get out and protect me!”
“After all, we are also great Confucianists!”
The old-fashioned Confucianist hesitated for a moment, and then asked: “Dare to ask Brother Du, which one of the sacred heart jades did you learn?”
Du Shouzhong smiled and said: “Li!” “Everyone
can rest assured Alright!”
All the great Confucians looked at each other, and they all saw the relaxed look in each other’s eyes. They have a wide range of knowledge, among which the study of etiquette is the strongest, and everyone smiled: “Brother Du, you are welcome.”
“Let’s watch this scene !”
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the other side, the door of the theater was suddenly closed, and the theater was pitch black. Immediately, the lighting stones around the stage lit up, and the stage curtain slowly opened.
Chen Luo looked at the stage expectantly.
“The Romance of the West Chamber” has a total length of more than 50,000 characters. It is a relatively rare long-form work. As one of the four major Chinese classical dramas in the previous life, it is as famous as “The Peony Pavilion”, “Peach Blossom Fan” and “The Palace of Eternal Life”. Except for the spiritual connotation contained in it In addition to the fascinating stories, the most important thing is that there are endless classic sentences and brilliant literary talents. This is also the reason why Chen Luo chose this play as the first play for Daru to watch.
Don’t ask why you didn’t choose “The Peony Pavilion”, just ask why the Three Thousand Li Tongtian Road is not worthy.
The whole story “The Romance of the West Chamber” is divided into five volumes with 20% off. The first volume “Zhang Junrui’s Trouble in the Dojo” is about Zhang Sheng’s love at first sight for Cui Yingying, who accompanied his mother to the Pujiu Temple to pray, and he fell in love… No, he developed a heart of admiration. On the pretext of studying overnight, he got a chance to get close to Cui Yingying, and expressed his love to Cui Yingying.
The second book “Cui Yingying Listens to the Yeqin” is about Zhang Cui’s love and conflict with the old lady. At this time the bandit Zhang Feihu besieged the temple, and the old lady promised that if Zhang Sheng could solve Zhang Feihu’s threat, she would betroth Cui Yingying to him. Zhang Sheng invited his good friend, General Du Que, the White Horse General, to rescue him, but he was forced into marriage by the old lady afterwards.
The third book “Zhang Junrui’s Lovesickness” is the focus of the whole play. Because of the old lady’s reluctance to get married, Zhang Sheng missed Cui Yingying and became ill with love.
The fourth book “Meng Yingying at Caoqiaodian” is about the old lady who discovered the affair between the two tortured the matchmaker, and the famous “Cooper Red” came from here. The matchmaker was eloquent and eloquent, and the old lady was speechless. In the end, the old lady used her family status as an excuse to ask Zhang Sheng to get fame before she could marry Cui Yingying. And the phrase “blue sky, yellow flowers, tight autumn wind, wild geese flying south.” comes from this book.
The final version of “Zhang Jun Ruiqing Reunion” is about Zhang Sheng’s high school champion, but the old lady was deceived by Zheng Heng’s fabricated lies, and wanted to regret the marriage again and marry Cui Yingying to Zheng Heng. Finally, Zhang Sheng came in time, exposed the lie, and married Cui Yingying. .
Chen Luo looked at the stage, and the lively characters on the stage followed the beautiful singing, as if they had crossed the boundaries of the world, and reappeared in front of Chen Luo…
… in the
Daru box.
“The flowers fall into the water and the water is red, there are so many worries, and there is nothing to complain about the east wind!”
“Wonderful! Wonderful!” Kong Tianfang slapped his thigh and praised, “There is such a good sentence in the wedge.”
“Falling flowers fell into the water one after another , turning the stream into red. There are so many falling flowers and so many worries that they don’t want to leave, silently complaining about the east wind that blows them down.” Kong Tianfang sighed, “Such a sentence, even if it is taken alone, It’s a pity to be able to spread the praises of the world, and it’s included in such a drama!”
At this time, Daru, who was sitting next to Kong Tianfang, rubbed his thigh that was hurt by Kong Tianfang’s slap just now, bared his teeth and said: “Maybe in Wuhou In my eyes, the poems passed down to the world are not that valuable!”
As soon as this sentence came out, all the great Confucians in the box gasped and wanted to refute it, but they couldn’t.
Think about it too, others searched for several years, that is, one or two poems. Wuhou seemed to start with two or three songs every time he opened his mouth.
Throughout the previous generations, only Li Qinglian and Su Poxian were like this.
“Watching a play, watching a play!” Yan Baichuan coughed softly, “Don’t compete with that little monster in literary talent!”
“Compared with age, we still have an advantage!”
Everyone choked.
In this way, it seems to have won, but it seems not to have won.
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“Shy flowers explain words, tenderness and fragrance.” Listening to the new libretto, Yun Siyao murmured the libretto, glanced at Chen Luo sideways, then turned his gaze again, and continued to look at the stage.
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“It’s good to fight with the heart, but it’s good to be unintentional, but the passionate is annoyed by the ruthless.” A great scholar sighed softly, “It’s another good sentence. It’s similar to Su Poxian’s Butterfly Love Flower.”
“Huh? This sentence is also very good Ah, ‘Last night I loved the spring breeze and the peach blossoms bloomed at night, today I worry about the autumn rain when the phoenix leaves fall’, I write the spring and autumn with love, I want to write this sentence as a couplet in the study!”
“Oh? Then this sentence’ is short for the spring mood and willows are long , People are far away and the sky is close to each other in the shade of flowers, everyone, don’t compete with me!”
“No one will compete with me for the phrase ‘the shadows of flowers overlap, the fragrance of flowers is fine, the courtyard is deep and the moon is bright’!”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry, for sure There are also good sentences… eh? Sweet words are warm in winter, and harsh words hurt people in June. It’s wonderful, this sentence is suitable to be written and given to the gang of censors in the court!”
“Hahahahaha…” All the Confucians laugh.
“Listen again and again… the moonlight melts into solution, and the flowers shade the lonely spring. How can you face the bright soul without seeing the man in the moon!” Kong Tianfang wanted to slap his thigh again, but the great scholar next door had already prepared himself and moved his body away, Kong Tianfang Suddenly it was empty. ”Cough, cough, cough … ” Yan Baichuan
frowned slightly again, “Can you watch the show well, and the comments on the poems will be discussed later!
” In the box, a group of people were furious. ”There’s no reason for that!” ”The matchmaker has no dignity!” ”Zhang Sheng is insulting to the gentleman!” ”Cui Yingying is shameless!” ”It’s a private life!”
“A pornographic song with obscene words! This is a pornographic song with obscene words!”
Amidst the anger of the crowd, no one mentioned the old lady’s “broken promises”!
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Different from the discussion in the box, in the hall, the people of Dongcang are always watching every move on the stage.
When Chen Luo wrote “The Romance of the West Chamber”, he specially added a bit of content from “The Matchmaker” of the Xun school of Peking Opera to make the image of the matchmaker more rich and three-dimensional.
At this time, Su Xiaoxiao, who played the role of the matchmaker on the stage, was singing one of the most classic libretto-
“Tell Zhang Sheng to hide under the chessboard, I will come step by step, you will climb step by step, be bold and swallow your breath, don’t be afraid, and follow the little matchmaker.” You will be able to see her, it can be regarded as a romantic story, listen to the orders and don’t disturb her!”
Seeing that Zhang Sheng’s actor really hid under the chessboard and followed the little matchmaker step by step, everyone in the audience was shocked Can’t help laughing. Many rich ladies looked at the little maids beside them, and they all sighed deeply.
have a look! have a look!
Look at people!
The one around me is useless, or change it!
Unexpectedly, I made two consecutive shots.
(end of this chapter)
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