Appreciation

The problem of women is a social problem. In feudal society, women were bound by ethics, had no position in social life, were dominated and enslaved by their husbands, and were an oppressed class. How to rely on their own intelligence and strive for their due position is one of the concerns of women in feudal society. On this question, Yang, the heroine of the Southern Opera "Kill Dogs", gave an answer.

Yang was born in an official family, and feudal ethics had a deep influence on her. After marrying her grandson, she is also "a woman who is quite idle" and "has the virtue of Guan Yu". The logic of her life is that her husband and wife sing together, "A man without a woman is the master, and a woman without a husband is the master"; The ideal she pursues is family harmony, "human harmony, eternal harmony." Hope is beautiful, but what she faces is wayward husband and overbearing parents. It's hard to talk about harmony and fit!

She has a fairly harmonious family. Although both in-laws have passed away, Sun Rong, the brother-in-law, is not married, so he has not separated. Although her husband Sun Hua and her brother-in-law don't get along at ordinary times, after all, they can get by, and YueYang really feels comfortable. Who knows, it won't last long. Sun Hua believed in bad guys and became sworn brothers with street gangsters Liu Longqing and Hu Zichuan. He only knows how to have fun every day, but regards his brother Sun Rong as a stranger, and the relationship between brothers begins to deteriorate. Yang is worried that in the long run, the two brothers will settle their grievances, and "one house is divided into two houses", which makes outsiders laugh. She knows that her brother-in-law is a scholar who abides by ethics, while her husband is "biased". She tried to persuade her husband, but Sun Hua wouldn't listen to her.

Things are getting worse. Being framed by Liu and Hu, he was driven out of the house in a rage. Yang said to her husband, "It is my wish to let my uncle go home." This is not so much exhortation as entreaty. Because Sun Hua knew right and wrong, he believed in the lies of Liu Qin Long and Hu Zichuan. This kind of defense not only can't make him wake up, but also encourages Sun Hua's arrogance: "It's a woman's job to thread a needle and weave a silk, which is very knowledgeable and far-sighted!" In feudal society, birthright and family rules are powerful tools to maintain feudal rule and spiritual opium to distort the humanity of the oppressed. The tyranny of feudal parents not only has its social roots, but also is based on weakness and tolerance for the oppressed. In the face of * * *, Yang flinched. Not only did she dare not remonstrate, but she also called Yingchun and stopped talking. Yang can be described as "deeply understanding the righteousness", but what she understands is the "righteousness" of feudal ethics. Her patience is essentially obedience to her husband, which makes her an accomplice in Sun Hua's persecution of her brother. Sun Rong was driven out of the house, trapped in a broken kiln, begging in the snow; On the other hand, Sun Hua's wife and concubines are enjoying themselves in the garden. Seeing that her brother-in-law became a beggar, Yang was in charge of the family's money but refused to give it to him: "This is her husband's life, not a virtuous woman." To act according to ethics and be a virtuous woman, you can only obey and accommodate your husband, but of course you can't argue with him.

However, it is not human nature to submit to patience, and such a life is not easy. YueYang's true self-esteem and resistance are sometimes exposed. Sun Hua was drunk in the snow, but fortunately, Sun Rong, who was begging in the street, found him. Sun Rong has been without water and rice for two or three days. He has been thinking about his brothers and sisters, so at least he sent his brother home. Yang and Ying Chun are so grateful that they have prepared meals for them. I didn't know that Sun Rong insisted on not eating, for fear that his brother would be beaten again after he woke up, so he had to go home hungry. This situation made Yang feel feverish and told him to rest assured. However, YueYang's inferiority and resistance were only a flash in the pan. When Sun Hua came to her senses, she couldn't stand it anymore. Falsely accused him of stealing his own money, while Yang was so humble to her husband.

Feudal ethics separated people according to a certain level. Once a person's social status is determined, his original humanity will be lost. This is the case with Yang, who is honest and clever. Under the constraint of ethics, she had to give in to her stupid and violent husband. But Yang is sober after all, especially when she sees the essence of Liu Qin Long and Hu Zichuan, two street scoundrels. She doesn't want her family to split or even perish because of their destruction. Therefore, although stubborn and unwilling to listen to advice, Yang never missed the opportunity of advice and tried to find or create such an opportunity.

When Yang saw her husband drinking and having fun with Liu and Hu all day, she was already drunk. She paid attention. "Come back for advice when he is not drunk." One day, Sun Hua was sitting alone in his study reading a book, thinking about how to kill his brother. Yang took this opportunity to remonstrate, inspiring her husband with the story that King Zhao of Chu abandoned his wife and pitied his brother: "A wife is easy to get, but a brother is hard to find", but he still went his own way and did not think about repentance, thus cutting off Yang Jinyi's opportunity to remonstrate. Nevertheless, Yang's determination to persuade her husband to change his mind is firm. If she can't convince herself, she will ask someone for help. In the western suburbs, there was a prince who lived under one roof for five generations and ate a hundred meals. Yang told the maharaja to express his views on the occasion of tomb sweeping in Qingming, and advised her husband. I didn't know that it backfired. Sun Hua was not persuaded to wake up, which led to his murder. I really wanted to kill Sun Rong.

Sun Hua's tyranny and impunity have their social roots, and it is impossible for YueYang to really plead and persuade. The failure of many attempts also forced Yang to take a brave step-designing to kill dogs and persuading her husband. This may be Yang's last effort to save her family, but her analysis and prediction are correct: she got drunk in the middle of the night, hit the front door and didn't open it, and came in through the back door. When he saw the dead dog disguised as a human, he was drunk and mistook it for a human. So, he went to ask two sworn brothers for help, but both Liu and Hu pretended to be ill and refused to come. At this time, Sun Hua finally recognized the essence of these two men, and he came to himself. So Sun Hua went to Sun Rong to help move the body, and Sun Rongze was willing to sacrifice himself and bear everything for his brother. In the face of the facts, Sun Hua was deeply moved and his brothers and sisters reconciled. Out of the nature of saving himself and maintaining his happiness, Yang temporarily got rid of the shackles of ethics and did what he wanted to do. She used her cleverness to save a family that was on the verge of destruction.

YueYang is indeed a complicated image. She has a strong feudal consciousness and the integrity, wit and courage of the ancients. The heavy bondage of feudal ethics made her so obedient and tame that she dared not go against her husband's will. She was an oppressed person, but she had to be a helper and advocate of feudal rule. This is a real tragedy for Yue Yang, which was imposed on her by society. However, Yang also has some loveliness. She has made unremitting efforts to protect the stability and happiness of her family. Although sometimes I can't help but compromise, I finally succeeded on my own. This is YueYang's real victory, the result of getting rid of nature and breaking through the shackles of ethics.

Due to the limitation of the times, the author of "Killing Dogs" praised YueYang's real victory. Of course, it is impossible to get rid of the shackles of feudal ethics, and we can only do the opposite-in Sun Hua's words, it is certain that there is nothing wrong with the sentence "a good wife and a bad husband", but it comes from a feudal parent, but it inevitably has the color of promoting feudal ethics. The author focuses on shaping the image of a virtuous woman like Yang, and even does not hesitate to let the land bodhisattva show her magical powers in the script to fulfill Yang. Let the feudal emperor praise again, just to "persuade the world to be filial" to carry out feudal preaching. This point can be clearly seen by our readers and viewers today.