“If you don’t want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself.” In fact, everyone in Yanggu County knew about the incident between Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing. Of course, except for Wu Dalang, it can be said that the gossip of the ancients was no better than it is now. People are bad. Good things never go out and bad things travel thousands of miles. This has been true from ancient times to the present. Therefore, when Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian were together, they thought they were unaware of the ghosts, but it was actually a trick to deceive themselves and others.
Whether it is in Water Margin or Jin Ping Mei, Pan Jinlian is actually a tragic character. She is the same as Wu Dalang. They are an extremely mismatched pair and are destined to end in tragedy. This It is a tragedy of marriage under the ancient feudal social system. In our current terms, Pan Jinlian belongs to a generation of talented women who know everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, while Wu Dalang belongs to the bottom class of society who has no appearance, no ability, no merit, and does not seek to improve. For Pan Jinlian, there is no chance of success in her life.
For Ximen Qing, he is a destitute person with a few stinky money, or a dirty money earned by selling fake medicines. Such people have existed in ancient and modern times, and they firmly believe that money can make ghosts push. They are idle in society, but such people are often considered by society (successful people = rich). In ancient times, it was the kind of values ????that laughed at the poor but not at the prostitutes. No one cared whether his money came from the right way, as long as he had money He is a good person, so many people in Yanggu County are looking forward to having a relationship with Ximen Qing. However, the author of the novel is very fair and tells everyone with pen and ink that "good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that the time has not yet come for not repaying." Ximen The result of the Qing family is actually a "karma cycle", including Pan Jinlian and Wang Po.
As for Mrs. Wang, we often say, "If you are not afraid of good things, you are afraid of not being a good person." Wang Po is not a good person. Without her encouragement and matchmaking, Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian would not be able to achieve this goal. Together, the result of this may be Pan Jinlian's tragedy, that is, he will have no happiness in his life, and he will not die at the hands of Wu Song. Therefore, people like Wang Po are unjust and selfish for their own benefit. , will not care about other people. Such people are the most hated people in society. Maybe because of Wang Po, many people have lingering fears about matchmakers, which has ruined this profession.
Let’s talk about the Wu Song brothers again. If Wu Dalang has no self-awareness, then Wu Song should know that Wu Dalang’s marriage is unstable. The smart way is to let Wu Dalang divorce Pan Jinlian, which can be regarded as letting go. She rode away, so that she could save her own life, which was also considered a meritorious deed, instead of not dissuading her beforehand and retaliating afterwards.
There is another person here who is also the initiator of this tragedy. He is Brother Yun who sells pears. In fact, he is not much better than Mrs. Wang. If Ximen Qing buys his pears, how much will he earn? For a small sum of money, he would basically not tell Wu Dalang about this matter. This is the distortion of his humanity at the bottom of society. He only sees his own small profits. He clearly knows that Wu Dalang is not Ximen Qing's opponent. If he is honest, he should be at this moment. After Wu Dalang found out, if he wanted to dissuade him from taking legitimate measures, he should at least wait until Wu Song came back. This was what a normal person should do. Wu Dalang's death was half due to him.