The story of A Dream in the Garden follows Bai Xianyong's always sad and gloomy writing style, and it is a short and lively banquet. However, in Qian Furen's recollection of the past, a sad old time interwoven with the shadow of the times and personal tragedy was extended, and a heavy and sad atmosphere was reflected in the excitement. Qian Furen, the widow of the Kuomintang general who was a Kunqu artist, was invited to attend the Doufu banquet. During the dinner, everyone repeatedly asked her to sing a "Dream in the Garden" with another Kunqu King, Mrs. Xu. During this waiting time, she fell into memories of the past. Lantian jade, a famous Kunqu opera singer, captured the heart of General Qian, who was old enough to be her grandfather, and married her to fill the house. General Qian treated her with all kinds of pains and enjoyed all the splendor, but it was a pity that he could never make up for the emotional vacancy. The only sexual intercourse in her life was with General Zheng, the attendant of General Qian, and it was this sexual intercourse that made her feel the pleasure of "living once". Unfortunately, she was framed by her own sister Yue. Lantian jade lost his voice after witnessing the affair between Yue and General Zheng. In Doufu, the mid-level staff and Jiang Biyue took turns toasting, blatantly flirting, and tore this scarred old scar to pieces. Under the double attack of colorful reality and bloody memory, Qian Furen lost his voice again in the sound of gongs and drums. He only said, "My voice is hoarse", which made all the noise silent, as if a pot of cold water was poured down, which made people freezing cold. ?
Who is the seeker looking for him in the crowd? Qian Furen, the widow of Doufu. Who is he in the dim light? It's Lan Tianyu, a famous Kunqu singer with a euphemistic warbler voice. There was a long period of darkness in the middle, but irreparable years passed through her fingers. They stared at each other, one bright and one dark, one bright and one dark, relatively hesitant and silent. ?
The hero died and the beauty died, which is the most helpless sadness in the world. ?
Bai Xianyong has a deep understanding of this kind of sadness. As the son of Bai Chongxi, a famous Kuomintang, the protagonist's ending is the sunset scene he often shows in articles featuring men. Feng Tang's helplessness is easy to get old, and Li Guang's helplessness is hard to seal. It can be seen in these works represented by State Funeral and Song of Fu Liang. If fame and power are the most precious things for men, what women are most afraid of is that their appearance is easy to get old and their youth is no longer there. ?
Some people say that Bai Xianyong is the best writer who portrays women in the 1960s, and there is another saying that Bai Xianyong's novels imply that he has a strong misogyny, which seems to me to be nonsense. Bai Xianyong's understanding and insight into women's psychology is accurate and terrible. His sexual orientation as a homosexual gives him the sobriety of onlookers and the delicacy of substitutes. This deep understanding and sympathy has made him cold-hearted and regretful. These beautiful, enchanting and intelligent women are inevitably taken to an unknown place by unpredictable fate even if they try their best to make their boats sail for happiness in troubled times and turbulent flows. ?
Lantian jade's blind teacher told her that only elderly people know how to cherish people like you. Prosperity-it's a pity that you have a wrong bone. Perhaps love only belongs to Liu Mengmei in the play, not a luxury she should fantasize about, but unfortunately this wealth faded with the death of General Qian. From the moment he stepped into Doufu, Qian Furen's heart began to hesitate. The long cheongsam of Hangzhou silk looked ridiculous and old-fashioned in the short cheongsam of Taiwan Province Province. In the past, when General Qian was still there, she didn't take the lead at the table. This time, she blushed and felt guilty at the second table. Singing opera is a specialty, which is easy to do. From the moment you entered the garden, how did you feel uneasy when you heard Mrs. Dou say that she was going to sing tonight? The more people cheered at the dinner party, the more guilty she felt, but she was afraid to go on stage, just worried about being compared. Until Mrs. Dou's sister Gui Zhixiang unappreciative came to propose a toast, her eyes blinded her and she was blocked by words. When it was inevitable, she had to drink this cup of carved flowers, and the climax was lifted. At first, it was just a little spicy and sweet, but after careful tasting, it was a pity that the taste was not enough. The strength of this wine rises slowly, permeates from the stomach up and down, permeates the five internal organs, and causes hot flashes in the body, making the memories of the past restless. A long psychological description flowed from a nightmare that had been imprisoned for a long time, like a raging beast devouring her weakening will. Only Bai Xianyong's spontaneous expression of stream of consciousness can be shocking. I thought that the trickle of years could take away all the pain, but I didn't know that what I took away was only the warmth of dependence and the fleeting joy. The wine is strong on my head, and the fire is red in front of me. Gong, drum, sheng and Xiao are all on fire. Everyone was expecting it, and suddenly they woke up and were shocked. All their confidence vanished with the strength of the wine. The phrase "My voice is hoarse" choked in my throat, which is a half-life flashy thing. ?
Men are insensitive and women are keen, so time is more cruel to women. ?
Perhaps, there is always such an accident? Maybe the accident was Yin Xueyan written by Bai Xianyong. ?
Yin Xueyan is never old. I don't know how many women have envied this bland prologue, and only one can beg God for mercy and avoid punishment for too long. In Ma Rulong, there are always guests in front of western-style houses, and cars flow like water. Even though Paramount is gone, her mansion in Yin Xueyan continues the prosperity of Beijing and Shanghai. Men want to catch him and lose everything for her. Wang Guisheng said that if he could build a ladder with his gold bars, he would climb into the sky and pinch the crescent moon for her. She just smiled without saying a word. Wang Gui was shot for corruption, and Yin Xueyan closed down in Paramount for one night. Her sentient beings and righteousness should stop here and savor it. Women are jealous of slandering her, saying that she is a white tiger with a heavy evil spirit, and those who are moved by it, the family of the light one is ruined, and the heavy one is killed. However, she has passed the scandal and is still the same. Xu Zhuangtu was stabbed to death by construction workers. She was scolded by the Xu family as a fox, so she dared to wear a plain clothes and go to the mourning hall to worship alone. She also touched the head of the Xu family child and shook the hand of the Xu family widow. She came and went freely, and the relatives and friends present were surprised and angry, but no one had the courage to stop her. This is her, forever Yin Xueyan. ?
This work is the most controversial one among Bai Xianyong's many novels represented by women. Some critics believe that Bai Xianyong is bound by male chauvinism and symbolizes Yin Xueyan's image to satisfy the fantasy of a stunner in the eyes of male readers, which is a failure caused by the lack of artistic creativity. On the other hand, Ouyang Zi, a scholar in Taiwan Province Province, once commented: "Yin Xueyan, interpreted in a symbolic sense, is not a human being, but a demon. She is a ghost and a god of death. " ?
In my opinion, Yin Xueyan is the other side of a man's spirit. They will go all their lives, but they can't reach it after all. Bai Xianyong's portrayal of Yin Xueyan reached a level of literary expression, expressionless but still meaningful. Such a sophisticated woman, I don't know how many times she hid behind her head and was sad and painful, but he didn't write. He only wrote about her charm and the beauty of her solo dance in the crowd, but he didn't want readers to easily see the difficult mental journey under this glamorous appearance. Her charm, mystery and brilliance will be worshipped, and this distant and empty worship doomed her to never be fully understood and accepted. Is Yin Xueyan really not old? No, Yin Xueyan saw through the impermanence of the world, and in her own melody, she staged a big drama of life alone. Time is no longer her enemy, but her eternal listener. ?
Life is like a play, and a play is like life. There is affection in the play, and people are also sentimental. ?
Besides mature writing skills of stream of consciousness, Dream in the Garden is also rich in intertextual rhetoric. The intertextuality in the text is not only the interweaving of Kunqu opera and life, but also the entanglement of dreams in drama and dreams in reality. Du Liniang was imprisoned by her aristocratic female status and the deep courtyard built for her by her ethical father. What imprisons lantian jade is her status as an actress. In turbulent times, she had no choice but to fill the room and lost her physical and emotional freedom. Du Liniang fell in love with scholar Liu Mengmei in her dream and was depressed because of lovesickness. I'm afraid it's the only time that lantian jade has sex with Staff Zheng, but she doesn't want to be robbed of her lover by her heartless and selfish sister. She can't resist or make public. Liu Mengmei, who died of lovesickness in Du Liniang, staged a mythical horror drama that came back from the dead and finally had a happy ending with her lover. Lantian jade wronged him all his life and suppressed his love, but he suffered half. ?
Compared with the regret of the general's widow, the life of the prostitute Jin is merciful. The last night of Jin Daban is quite similar to the dream in the garden in writing structure, except that in the scene of one night, most of the past events are involved from the present scene. Jin has no spring sorrow and autumn sorrow like Lantian Jade Girl, nor does he have the bearing of "flowing freely" like Yin Xueyan. She is beautiful and smart. Beauty is her capital, and shrewdness is her way of management. In the first half of my life, I galloped Paramount and held up half the sky. In the second half of my life, I watched Huang as an important person, but I also caught a local rich man, Chan Fat Yung. Her philosophy of life is clear and simple, with four words, splendor and wealth. It's not that I haven't experienced love. I fell in love with the shy moon. On the first night I took him home, I found him a child. In the cold moonlight, tears welled up, which suddenly reached the inner shock and washed away the humiliation and blasphemy suffered for half a lifetime. Unfortunately, her worldly wisdom killed her eyes before they sprouted. She is not Maslova waiting to be redeemed. How can a wash save her life? She is Kim, the red dancer of Paramount, and she is the number one in Paris at night. ?
Lantian jade's dream of going to the garden has awakened, and Jin Daban's was still there last night. After last night, all legends will disappear. ?
Bai Xianyong knows women, and Bai Xianyong pities women. This pity was quiet and even cruel in those days. He described so many beautiful female images, but no one was perfect and happy, without exception. With a feeling of sadness and despair, he described these delicate and fresh women shivering in troubled times, truthfully paving the way for their fate of being smashed into mud and crushed into dust. Perhaps, this love and understanding can only be compared with Cao Xueqin, who wrote the great tragedy of A Dream of Red Mansions. ?
Cao Xueqin must love his poems about twelve women in Jinling, but didn't you see that when Jia Baoyu accompanied the police fairy to visit the dreamland, there were three shocking characters engraved on the plaque where past lives's books were kept: Misfortune Department. On both sides of the plaque, a sad couplet reads, spring hates autumn and worries about its own evils. Who is the beauty? How unlucky beauty is since ancient times! ?
Perhaps, because of love, it can't be realized. ?