What do you mean, you would rather be a slut than a servant?

It means: I'd rather die under the peony flower, even if I'm a ghost, I'll be a romantic ghost.

The source of this sentence is Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion.

The Peony Pavilion Resurrection (Peony Pavilion for short) is a legend (script) created by Tang Xianzu, a playwright in the Ming Dynasty, which was published in the forty-five years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (16 17).

Artistic feature

The story of the resurrection of the Peony Pavilion has distinct romantic characteristics, and the author enthusiastically gives "love" the power to transcend life and death. Du Liniang has experienced three realms: reality, dream and ghost, which is obviously the product of the author's fantasy. The author uses the artistic contrast of three realms to express his ideals and thoughts, and uses dreams and ghosts to contrast the cruelty of reality.

Du Liniang's dream is so tender and colorful. I woke up to see my mother's nagging and desolation. Although the judge of the nether world is ferocious, after all, he checked the marriage certificate for her and let her out of the city of death, which embodies a kind of human touch. The father behind the resurrection is just cold and stiff. All these well reflect the author's critical power to Neo-Confucianism.

At the same time, the work presents a strange color. The structure of flower god, land, hell judge, ghost pawn and realistic characters has become a dual world of reality and spirit, which profoundly depicts the essence of feudal society. Finally, the impossible ideal of love in reality can be realized, which reflects the author's strong idealism.