Cui yingying

Cui yingying

Cui Yingying is the heroine of Wang Shifu's drama Cui Yingying waiting for the moon.

Cui Yingying was born into a noble family. She was a beautiful and talented girl. Her father Cui Xiangguo had betrothed her to Zheng Shangshu's son. In the severe bondage of feudal ethics, she pursued love and happiness intensely. She and scholar Zhang Junrui met in Pujiu temple. Zhang Sheng's infatuation and talent won her admiration. But miss Xiangguo's status and her upbringing made her feel that she could not express her love freely. Zhang Sheng was supposed to be married to her when she broke the siege of Pujiu temple, but the old lady's change of mind hit her hard, and her consciousness of resistance began to awaken. She gradually liberated herself from hesitation, timidity and worry, and finally broke through the shackles and combined with Zhang Sheng happily.

She is one of the typical images in ancient Chinese literature. She is smart, beautiful and affectionate, and has a strong spirit of fighting against feudalism.

(the general picture is from the collation and annotation of the ancient version of Xixiangji) < / I >

Character appearance

Not to mention that Cui Yingying, whom Zhang Sheng saw, is "angry with the spring breeze, but rather with the emerald flower mother of pearl. The palace like eyebrows are crescent and slant into the sideburns. She is shy before she speaks. Cherry is red and jade is white. After a long time in the dialect, it is just like the sound of a warbler, and the flowers are singing outside. It is pitiable to walk. Her waist and legs are delicate and soft, and all kinds of graceful, just like the willows before the evening wind.". (from the first book of Cui Yingying's story of the West Chamber waiting for the moon)

Character experience

Cui Xiangguo of the former dynasty died of illness. His wife and daughter Cui Yingying escorted his coffin back to Hebei for burial. However, due to the obstacles ahead, they had to temporarily lodge in the West Wing of Pujiu temple. At this time, Zhang Sheng, who came to Beijing to take the exam, happened to pass by Pujiu temple. When he came to visit the temple, he ran into Cui Yingying, who was shy of the moon, and fell in love with her at first sight. Zhang Sheng decided to postpone his trip to the temple so that he could get close to Yingying. One day, Zhang Sheng meets Hongniang, Yingying's servant girl. He takes the opportunity to approach Hongniang and inquire about Yingying. Hongniang sees through his mind and accuses him of not knowing etiquette. Back in the west chamber, Hongniang truthfully reports the details of meeting Zhang Sheng to Yingying, and finds that Yingying also has a good feeling for Zhang Sheng.

Sun Feihu learned about Cui Yingying's beauty, so he led his troops around Pujiu temple and prepared to marry her. In a hurry, the old lady told everyone that if someone could help her out, she would marry Yingying to sun Feihu. Zhang Sheng got the news and decided to help the old lady and Yingying out. He wrote a letter to his friend, general Du que of Baima. After receiving the letter, Du que immediately led the troops to catch sun Feihu and liberate the Pujiu temple. Later, the old lady invited Zhang Sheng to the banquet, but she regretted her marriage and made YingYing and Zhang Sheng brother and sister. Hongniang secretly tells Miss Zhang Sheng that she is going to pay a visit to the moon at night, so that he can play the piano at the right time. On a moonlit night, Yingying is burning incense when she suddenly hears the sound of Zhang Sheng's piano, which brings out her infinite thoughts.

Since the night of the moon worship, Zhang Sheng suddenly fell ill. Yingying sent Hongniang to visit her. Zhang Sheng asked Hongniang to take a message to Yingying. Yingying is very happy to see Zhang Sheng's letter, and thinks it's not in line with etiquette, so she pretends to scold Hongniang. But still write a reply to let Hongniang give it to Zhang Sheng. Yingying writes down the appointed time and place in the letter. Zhang Sheng is very happy after seeing the letter. But when they meet, Yingying criticizes Zhang Sheng against his will, saying that his behavior is improper. After that, Zhang Sheng's illness became more and more serious. The old lady sent Hongniang to visit her. Hongniang also brought Yingying's letter. That night, Hongniang accompanied Cui Yingying to Zhang Sheng's room. When Zhang Sheng saw Cui Yingying, he got better immediately. They had a sweet night.

Cui Yingying sent Hongniang to send her letter. She was restless all the time, and her behavior was abnormal. When the alert old lady found out what they had done, she tortured Hongniang. Hongniang tells the feelings between the young lady and Zhang Sheng, and argues with her husband. Finally, the old lady has no choice but to agree to their marriage. However, she also put forward additional conditions. If Zhang Sheng wants to marry Yingying, he must win the exam. Zhang Sheng was overjoyed at the news and immediately prepared to leave for the exam. When they see each other off in the pavilion, they are reluctant to part with each other and talk about their love for each other.

Zhang Sheng became the number one scholar in high school. He immediately sent someone to tell Yingying the good news. Yingying Miss Zhang Sheng day and night, received a letter from Zhang Sheng, very happy, immediately wrote a reply. Yingying is worried about Zhang Sheng's success in the mid-term examination. She changes her mind and loses herself. When Zhang Sheng saw the reply and his wife's words of concern and love, his happiness was beyond words. At this time, Zheng Heng (old lady Cui's nephew, Cui Yingying's original engagement object) came to I Pujiu temple and lied that Zhang Sheng had married a new lover, deceiving the old lady to marry Yingying to him. Zhang Sheng returned to his hometown in good clothes. He arrived in time to confront Zheng Heng with general Du que. Zheng Heng felt ashamed on the spot. He withdrew from his family and died of hitting a tree. Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying have a lover and get married.

Personality characteristics

Yingying is beautiful and intelligent, and has a lot of poetic talent. As soon as Yingying came on stage, she sang a song [Xianlv · flower appreciation time]: but it was the man who was in the east of pujun County in canchun. The door was closed heavily. In Xiaosi temple, the flowers were flowing red, and there was no complaint about the east wind. With the bleak scene of the late spring, it shows all kinds of inner worries, euphemistic narration and colorful words. In the third compromise of the first book, when Zhang Sheng chants a poem, Yingying can't help following the rhyme: "Lan GUI has been lonely for a long time and has nothing to do. Those who expect to chant should pity those who sigh The words are clear and the sentences are beautiful, which tactfully expresses her loneliness, leisure and hardship. Yingying's talent can be seen.

Yingying has courage and insight, and takes the overall situation into consideration. Yingying seems to be weak and coy, but at the critical moment of sun Feihu's encircling the Pujiu temple, Yingying doesn't look forward to protecting herself. Instead, she comes forward and urges the old lady to "stop caring for Yingying", and takes the initiative to "marry the thief man" for the sake of "first, to avoid destroying the old prince; second, to save the hall from ashes; third, all monks have nothing to do; third, to protect the temple from being destroyed; Fourth, the emperor's coffin is stable; fifth, although Huanlang is a minor, he must be a descendant of the Cui family. "Then, he is afraid of insulting the prime minister's family, hoping to" kill himself in vain "and present his body to sun Feihu. Finally, he offers his advice:" don't choose anyone, build a meritorious service, and kill the bandits He is willing to marry a hero and become a Qin and Jin Dynasty. " At the critical moment of her life and death, Yingying, regardless of her personal safety, knows the general situation and takes care of the overall situation, and saves all people in the midst of fire and water, showing the glorious and eye-catching beauty of human nature.

Cui Yingying was not only bound by feudal ethics, but also illuminated by the brilliance of free consciousness. Cui Yingying is obviously different from her mother, but she has the shadow of her mother. In Cui Yingying's body, we can see that she has the education and cultivation of the prime minister's daughter, a famous lady, and the cowardice and cowardice of feudal women. Her heart is deeply shrouded in the shadow of feudal ethics. Since she was a child, she lived in a cage like house and was educated by feudal ethics, so it was inevitable that her thoughts were imprisoned by feudalism. This imprisonment and shadow is like a bloody mouth, swallowing her heart that wants to love freely and pursue happiness, making her push it away when she is getting closer to happiness. This kind of character conflict is expressed incisively and vividly in Nao Jian and Lai Jian in the romance of the west chamber. If we say that NAOJIAN is afraid of mother's finding clues and Hongniang's talking about things everywhere, then Laijian highlights the contradiction of her own character. She secretly makes an appointment with Zhang Sheng, but she changes her divination. She wants to write Zhang Sheng's letters, but she catches Zhang Sheng as a thief. In Cui Yingying's thought that she was bound by feudal ethics, she would still think that her behavior was shameful, so she made such a play. From the two clips, we can fully see Cui Yingying's contradictory character under the desire for love, the awe of ethics, and the timidity of the pressure of the feudal environment.

Because Yingying is the daughter of the prime minister, she can only stay in the wall every day because of her status. What she has to do is to receive feudal education and do what a woman should do according to her parents' words. She even knew her fate had been arranged. She could not resist, nor could she resist. However, when she has determined that her fate will be arranged, Zhang Sheng appears in her life. In order to find his old friend Du que, Zhang Sheng went to Pujiu temple. It was there that Yingying met Zhang Sheng. They fell in love at first sight. However, because of the feudal education, Yingying did not dare to express her feelings, so they had to express their feelings. At this time, Yingying was confused and contradictory. She knew that her fate was arranged, but because she liked Zhang Sheng, she gradually became rebellious and fell into deep contradiction and depression. At this time, sun Feihu heard that Yingying was beautiful, so he surrounded Pujiu temple and married Yingying to be his wife. In a hurry, the old lady promised that "if there is one who has retreated, he will marry the young lady.". Hearing this, Zhang Sheng immediately wrote to Du que, asking him to send troops to rescue him. After receiving the letter, Du que led his troops to defeat sun Feihu and rescued the Cui family and the monks of the whole temple. However, when it's over, Zhang Sheng and Yingying wait for the news from the old lady, but the old lady never mentions it. Instead, they let them be brothers and sisters. Zhang Sheng was frightened and lost in his heart. However, under the circumstances, he could not resist. In the same way, Yingying can't resist. All they can do is miss each other. However, at this time Yingying found that she had fallen in love with Zhang Sheng deeply, so the implicit sincere and warm side of her character began to appear. When Yingying knows that Zhang Sheng is missing her, she tries her best to meet him. From now on, having independent love and controllable life has become Yingying's dream and disobedience

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