An insignificant joke.

The little matchmaker in Cui Yingying was ordered to consult the abbot of Pujiu Temple about Buddhism. On the way back, Zhang Sheng stopped her halfway and reprimanded her severely. Then she replied to Mrs Cui and then to Cui Yingying.

The matchmaker finished speaking, and then casually told Cui Yingying something that she found funny.

It turned out that this interesting thing was that when she returned to Lu Yu, Zhang Ying inexplicably introduced herself to her, but she ignored the moral codes and inquired about Cui Yingying at random. She directly scolded Zhang Sheng's expression.

The matchmaker thinks that Zhang Sheng is very funny, which is simply whimsical. Toads want to eat swan meat.

When the matchmaker tells Cui Yingying this joke, he will inevitably sigh that Zhang Ying is a silly boy who is completely irrelevant and cranky!

Cui Yingying laughed at the matchmaker's words and warned the matchmaker not to tell Mrs Cui about it.

So far, we have found Cui Yingying's reaction very interesting. She didn't make any oral statement about the jokes told by the matchmaker, but just laughed with the matchmaker.

What is Cui Yingying laughing at? Are you laughing at Zhang Sheng? Does she treat Zhang Sheng as a joke like a matchmaker? We don't even know.

Even Cui Yingying's view of Zhang Yingsheng is ambiguous and unclear.

However, it is clear that it is a laughing stock for the matchmaker to come to Cui Yingying to talk about Zhang Sheng at this time. Zhang Sheng's words and deeds and himself became a big joke.

Seeing the words in the book and imagining the picture of the matchmaker covering his mouth with one hand and his stomach with the other, we can't help wondering: Zhang Sheng, a gifted scholar and the second generation of officials, why did he become a joke in the eyes of a little maid matchmaker? Why does the matchmaker think Zhang Sheng's behavior is ridiculous?

It's like an irony. Bitter irony.

As a scholar, Zhang Sheng, a senior official of the imperial court, was very self-reliant and bent on becoming famous.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Zhang Sheng naturally knows the book and reaches the ceremony, and his words and deeds should also conform to the ethical code; And matchmaker, just a little girl from humble origins. Her daily business is to bring tea and water, and she should be illiterate culturally.

Under normal circumstances, a little girl is snobbish and ignorant, even if she is smart, she can only be reflected in knitting and sewing; Even if you have a glib tongue, it is often obvious in trivial matters of daily life, but it is rarely reflected in deeper cultures and thoughts such as benevolence, righteousness and morality.

What about the situation in The West Chamber? Character setting is contrary to general cognition, and even can be said to be a completely subversive situation.

It was Zhang Sheng, a scholar, who violated ethics and didn't know what morality was. Moreover, the little maid's matchmaker earnestly taught her to have a heart-to-heart talk with the sage. This contrast is not too big!

Then, we can understand that Cui Furen is strict with her daughter at ordinary times, both in lifestyle and learning culture. As Cui Yingying's personal maid, she has been deeply influenced by it for a long time.

Therefore, the matchmaker, who strictly abides by the ethical code, naturally feels that his words and deeds are inconsistent with his status as a scholar when he sees Zhang Sheng's inexplicably inexplicable. The act of learning, not learning, is not Zhang Sheng a joke in the eyes of the matchmaker?

But imagine: as a companion, the matchmaker can only learn the ethics of saints and be strict with himself, but why is Zhang Sheng, who is very talented, so embarrassed?

We can't help asking further: Why did the author Wang Shifu arrange this? Why do you do the opposite?

On second thought, the author's satirical brushwork is actually quite interesting. Ironically, it also means that the author laughs at himself.

Why?

This is not only the need of plot development, but also the need of artistic creation.

Earlier, we learned that Wang Shifu, an author who lived in the Yuan Dynasty, as a literati, was inferior to a prostitute and naturally much lower than a servant girl. Therefore, Zhang Sheng was not as good as the matchmaker, and it was more reasonable for the matchmaker to reprimand Zhang Sheng at that time.

And how can a scholar without identity like this be full of benevolence and morality and always conform to the ethics of sages? How can scholars and students be pious and respectful in a social background without morality and ethics?

-Isn't that more fun?

Therefore, this situation is in line with the realistic cognition of the society in the Yuan Dynasty at that time, especially from the aesthetic interpretation of zaju, and it is also in line with the psychological identity of a group of audiences on the stage of zaju in the Yuan Dynasty at that time.

Wang Shifu's satirical brushwork not only truly reproduces the present situation of scholars in Yuan Dynasty, but also satirizes this situation, which makes people understand the tragic situation of scholars behind this joke while making fun.

On the other hand, while describing the young and simple matchmaker, the author also created an orthodox matchmaker image dedicated to maintaining the reputation of Cui family and Miss.

The matchmaker is loyal to the Lord, more loyal to and committed to maintaining the orthodox ethics of feudal society.

As a little maid, the matchmaker ironically became the embodiment of orthodox ethics, and the author also laid a good foundation for the matchmaker to play a great role in the subsequent plot development and conflict.

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