Proud Maid Chunmei

Chapter 24 Such an unruly maidservant Chunmei (postscript)

In "Jin Ping Mei", Pang Chunmei is a very interesting character.In the first 85 chapters, she was just a girl in Ximen Qing's family, but her willful temper from time to time made Pan Jinlian give her three points. Ximen Qing followed her orders and even dared to confront Sun Xue'e, Teach Wu Yueniang that there is nothing she can do about it.In the last 15 chapters, she became the master, and she was a prominent grandma who made Wu Yueniang feel ashamed. But while she showed kindness and tolerance, she fell into an unruly desire for herself.

"There are no rules!" Wu Yueniang once said to her.

Perhaps Pang Chunmei was so unruly that she stood out in Ximen Qing's house and did whatever she wanted in Zhou Shoubei's house. Of course, she violated the "law of heaven" at that time and embarked on the road of self-destruction.

[-]. Born with a proud bone
In a hierarchical society, in a family where the husband is the master and the wife is the concubine, the slave must have a servile nature, and the girl should completely obey the master, otherwise, the "family" will be in chaos.When we are watching "Jin Ping Mei", pay attention to the "internal governance" of Wu Yueniang, a big lady, just like this.Unless the master's own body is crooked, such as Pan Jinlian seducing the servant Qintong, Ximenqing occupying Song Huilian and Ruyi'er, Sun Xue'e's adultery, Pan Jinlian threatening to use Yuxiao, will cause family members, daughter-in-laws, maids, etc. , The boy made trouble.Most of the servants in Ximenqing's family are servile and humble.However, this Chunmei is different. In her, we can hardly find her servile obedience, but more of her arrogance.

In the section "Pan Jinlian beats Sun Xue'e", it is written that the reason why Pan Jinlian beat Ximen Qing to beat Sun Xue'e is Chunmei's arrogant character:

"It's said that Pan Jinlian is at home, arrogance from pets, cold and hot, and the town can't be peaceful day and night. He is extremely suspicious, listens to the fence and observes the wall, and finds some brains to quarrel. That Chunmei is not very impatient. A One day, Jinlian accidentally scolded Chunmei for some trivial matters. Chunmei had nowhere to vent her anger, so she went to the kitchen at the back, beating and lifting the platter, looking very sullen. Sun Xue'e couldn't see it, and pretended to play her and said: "It's strange, if you want a man, think elsewhere. Why are you being stubborn here?" When Chunmei was bored, she heard a few words, and suddenly jumped up: "What crook is pestering me to coax a man!" Xue'e saw her sex If it doesn't go well, she just can't open her mouth. Chunmei used her instincts to take a few steps and came to the front. Me, a bunch of pretty coaxing men.' The provocateur and Jinlian know."

Does Chunmei's actions have anything to do with her being hired by Ximen Qing?It cannot be denied that there is a relationship, and all the servants and maids who have been taken in by Ximen Qing in the book have abnormal behaviors.However, Chunmei is different from others in that her arrogance is definitely not acquired by Ximen Qing.Before Jinlian entered Ximenqing's house, Chunmei was full of arrogance when she was still a girl in Yueniang's room.Xue'e said: "The girl was in the mother's room at that time, and she was nervous and refused to listen. I never beat her with the back of a knife on the stove."

"Jin Ping Mei" used two more important plots to write about Chun Mei's arrogance and arrogance.One is "Chunmei scolds Li Ming sternly", and the other is "Chunmei insults Second Sister Shen".They are all "cursing", and they are all scolding violently, so-called "righteousness", so-called "slandering and scolding".Although the scolded were all artists from outside, they all had backgrounds.Li Ming is Li Jiaoer's brother, and Second Sister Shen is here for Yulou's birthday.

To be fair, Chunmei scolded Li Ming for making a big fuss, but she was "righteous", which clearly showed her arrogance.That day Li Ming came to teach the four girls how to play and sing. After drinking the wine given by Ximen Qing, it was true that they were a little drunk, but not so drunk as to know nothing.Chunmei was the only girl left in the room.There is no way to obtain evidence in this lawsuit between men and women, and Chunmei can also act according to her arrogance:
Chunmei's cuffs were wide, covering her hands.Li Ming picked up her hand and pressed it a little harder.Called out by Chunmei monster, he scolded: "What a thief! Why are you twisting my hand and molesting me? You don't even know who I am, you bastard! Every day you have good wine and meat, and you can feed yourself more and more. The bastard sage came out and came out of my hand for no reason. Thief bastard, you got this shovel by mistake, so you ask. You come to play tricks in my hand, and my father comes home and waits for me to say, put it You bastard is driven out of the house with a stick. Without you bastard, you can’t learn to sing? I’m worried that the Third Academy of our department can’t find you bastard, so I’ll stink of you bastard!"

Just this scolding, a total of eight "bastards" and "bastards of thieves" can be described as sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued.The scolding made Li Mingjiu wake up, "Gold life is life, life is desperate."Make a big deal out of a molehill, showing "positive color".If it wasn't for making a fuss, then Li Ming would really be messing around with Chunmei, and it wouldn't be arrogance if Chunmei scolded her again.

Scolding Second Sister Shen is the ultimate expression of Chunmei's arrogance, which triggers a family civil war. This is also an emotional basis for Yueniang to sell Chunmei in the future.

Second Sister Shen was originally introduced and recommended to Ximen Qing by Han Daoguo's wife Wang Liuer.Often come to Ximen Qing's house to sing.It was Meng Yulou's birthday, and Wang Liu'er sent her to celebrate her birthday.The next day, Yueniang and the others went to Earl Ying's house to have full moon wine, and in the back room, Second Sister Shen sat and drank tea with Miss Wu, Sister Ximen, and three nuns.In Ping'er's room in front, Ruyi'er and Yingchun invited Chunmei and Grandma Pan to have a drink, while another singer, Sister Yu, played and sang.Chunmei knew that Second Sister Shen could sing, so she taught her servant Chunhong to call Second Sister Shen.Chunhong then went to pass the message: "Second sister Shen, come here, my eldest girl will ask you to sing a song with her." A big girl has come out?" In her mind, Sister Ximen is the big girl, who is Chunmei?So there is another saying: "You Miss Chunmei is rare, why did you come to call me?" After hearing such a reply, Chunmei became arrogant:
Chunmei didn't listen, she just listened to the three corpses jumping violently, her internal organs were full of anger, a little red rose from her ears, and soon her cheeks were purple all over her cheeks, no one could stop her, a gust of wind walked into the upper room, pointed at Second Sister Shen, After a while, he cursed and said: "Why do you call me to the boy? Where did a big girl come out? I don't care about her, but she dares to call me! What kind of wife are you, dare not call you? We are here The hair was caught in it, you lifted it up, and now it has come out again? You are nothing more than a blind whore who goes through thousands of doors, thousands of households, and thieves! How long have you been away from my house, how dare you How do you look at others? You will know what a good set of singing is, and there are a few lines of Donggouli, Xigouba, glib, non-paper and pen-free Hu Ge wild tunes, so let's take the lead! The real one is coming! My wife who sings in the Third Court of the Division has seen many times, and I really care about you. That whore in Han Daoguo likes you, but I don’t like you here. You can learn from that whore, and I’m not afraid of you Okay, let's go early, Mama Jia and I will leave the house!" The eldest sister-in-law stopped him and said, "Hurry up and relax." The second sister Shen was so scolded that she was so angry that she didn't dare to speak. Said: "Yeah! This eldest sister, why is she so rude? Even just now, I didn't say anything bad to the high officials. Such sloppy words come out! There are no people here, but there are people." place." Chunmei became more and more annoyed, and scolded: "Thieves are all over the streets and all over the blind whore, you have such a good elder sister! You have such a temper, you shouldn't come out to ask others for food and clothing, and sing to others Listen. Come with me as soon as possible, and never come again." Second Sister Shen said: "I didn't stay at your house?" Chunmei said: "Stay at my house and teach the boy to shave all your temples " The eldest concubine said: "You child, what's going on today, why don't you go ahead!" That Chunmei didn't care about getting out.The second sister Shen came down from the kang crying, bid farewell to the elder sister-in-law, packed her clothes and buns, and couldn't wait for the sedan chair to come. The central and elder sister-in-law envoy Ping An called Jiang Huatong'er to take her to the country of Han Dao.Chunmei scolded and went forward.

This scolding doesn't look like it was done by a maid, even a master, like Wu Yueniang and Meng Yulou, can't do it; like Pan Jinlian, it's nothing more than that.

Chunmei's arrogance cannot be said to have nothing to do with Pan Jinlian's backing.In order to win Ximen Qing's exclusive favor, Pan Jinlian, on the one hand, asked Ximen Qing to adopt Chunmei to trap the man's heart; Block Ximen Qing.Inevitably, she always supports Chunmei and makes decisions.However, we should still see that arrogance is Chunmei's own talent, and Pan Jinlian's support only stimulated and inspired her to develop and manifest her arrogance even more.Pang Chunmei's arrogance still has her own personality traits, she doesn't care about anyone, she dares to be proud of everyone.

Yueniang found out about the scolding of Second Sister Shen, and a fierce quarrel broke out between Yueniang and Jinlian.Like a firefighter, Ximen Qing went back and forth between his wife and concubine to turn off the fire.Chunmei went on a hunger strike for three or four days because Wu Yueniang scolded her as a slave, so Ximenqing came to appease her.

This Ximen Qing passed through the room in a panic, and saw Chunmei's face was disheveled, her bun was crooked, sleeping on the kang, Ximen Qing called out, "You little glib, why can't you afford it?" Keep silent, push to sleep.He was hugged by Ximen Qing with both hands.That Chunmei stretched out her waist from the scorpion, a carp stretched out, and almost didn't knock Ximen Qing off, she had already hugged her tightly, and she couldn't fall down because of the protective kang.Chunmei said: "Dada let go of your hands! You come to argue about what my slave is doing, and you have insulted your hands." Ximen Qing said: "Little glib, your aunt just said a few words about you. , just to get angry. Say you haven't eaten for the past two days?" Chunmei said: "Eat or not, what do you care about him! There are slaves on the left and right, so let him die. I will be a slave , I didn't do anything wrong, I didn't teach my master to scold me, block me, what to do for this blind woman who is making troubles all over the street, teach my aunt to scold me like this, my mother doesn't care Me, why don’t you beat me up for the blind woman? Wait until tomorrow, if Han Daoguo’s wife doesn’t come. If you come, see if I mean to have a good meal with her! It turns out that I sent this blind woman here. It's a curse." Ximen Qing said: "Even if she was sent here, it was out of good intentions, who knows how to get along with her." Chunmei said: "If she is willing to be gentle, I will scold her kindly? She is a small number of people. !" Ximen Qing said, "I'm here, and I'll eat it if you don't pour me a cup of tea! That servant (referring to Qiu Ju) has dirty hands, so I won't eat the tea she pours." Chunmei said, "Wang Tu is dead. I eat pigs even with hair. I can’t even walk here now, so why don’t you teach me how to pour tea!” Ximen Qing said, “It’s your fault, who will tell you what not to eat?” Because he said, “Let’s go Go to the room over there. I haven't eaten yet, teach Qiuju how to fetch vegetables, sieve wine, bake fruit stuffing, cook fish soup, let's eat." So he couldn't help complaining, and took Chunmei's hand to the woman (pointing to Jinlian) In the room, tell Qiuju to take the food from the back of the box.

In front of Chunmei's arrogance, how many levels is Ximen Qing short?

Chunmei's arrogance did not happen by accident. In the whole "Jin Ping Mei", as soon as the image of Chunmei appeared, people felt that she was a proud girl.Whenever Ximen Qing used rape to occupy a certain servant girl, he immediately gave her some silver taels or cloth clothes as a kind of transaction or appeasement, and they always asked Ximen Qing for it again and again.In the relationship between Ximenqing and Chunmei, we can't see this phenomenon. Whether Ximenqing accepts it for the first time or has sex with him in the future, Chunmei doesn't bother to comfort and exchange materials. This is very special. .However, in the section "Ximenqing married Qiao Dahu", Chunmei directly asked Ximenqing for clothes, and she couldn't be treated like other maids, so she had to go out of her way.Although this paragraph is asking for it, it doesn't have the kind of flattery of other women, and it still doesn't lose its arrogance:
Jinlian is not at home, Chunmei is by the side serving tea and rice, and setting the table for wine.Ximen Qingyin said to Chunmei: "On the fourteenth, I invite all the officials and ladies, you four should dress up and go out, and it will be good for you to serve wine with your mother." Chunmei leaned against the table and said, "If you Call, just tell the three of them to go out, I won't go out." Ximen Qing said: "Why don't you go out?" Chunmei said: "The ladies have all cut their clothes, and they will look good when they serve all the ladies of the official households. I They go out one by one like burnt papers, making people laugh." Ximen Qing said: "You all have your own clothes and jewelry, pearls, emerald flowers and cloud buns, put them on." Chunmei said: "On your head. Just wear it. I have those two old pieces on my body, how can I wear them out to meet people, I'm not ashamed!" Ximen Qing said with a smile: "I know you little glib, your bitch did it Clothes, all of which make you more sexual. It doesn't matter, call Zhao Tai, and even the four of you, eldest sister, will each cut three pieces for you: a set of satin clothes, and a piece full of brocade." Chunmei said: "I No comparison with her. I also ask you for a white silk jacket, which can be worn against the bright red brocade and armor." Ximen Qing said: "It doesn't matter if you don't mind, I will also cut one with your eldest sister." Chunmei Said: "The eldest girl only has one, but I don't have one, and she can't say no." Ximenqing then took the key to open the door of the building, and picked out five sets of satin clothes, two of which were covered with gold, and one white silk was cut. Two pieces of white silk are paired with jackets.But the eldest sister and Chunmei are all red and brocade, and Yingchun, Yuxiao, and Lanxiang are all blue and green; the clothes are red satin woven gold paired jackets, emerald blue skirts: a total of seventeen pieces.On the one hand, Zhao Tai was called, and the cutting was stopped.I also want a piece of yellow yarn to make the waist of the skirt, and the inside is mostly Hangzhou silk.Chunmei just fell in love with her, and accompanied Ximen Qing to have a day of wine in the room.

The natural arrogance of Chunmei discussed above can be best expressed, and it is also the ultimate expression of Chunmei's arrogance, which is the section "Xue Sao sells Chunmei on a moonlit night" when she leaves Ximenqing's house.

Chunmei was sold by Yueniang as "collaborating with Pan Jinlian to cheat and raise a man secretly".When Pan Jinlian heard about this, she couldn't take it anymore, she couldn't speak for a long time, her eyes filled with tears.Xiaoyu and Mrs. Xue are also dissatisfied that Yueniang does not allow Chunmei to take any things out naked.Chunmei is different:

Hearing that she was dismissed, there were no tears at all.Seeing the woman crying, she said: "Mother, why are you crying? The slave is gone, you have to be patient, don't worry too much. When you think about illness, no one knows that you are in pain. When the slave goes out, don't take your clothes with you. Forget it, since ancient times, good men don’t eat time-sharing meals, and good women don’t wear wedding dresses.”... Chunmei bid farewell to her wife and Xiaoyu, and left with tears.Before going out, the woman asked her to bid farewell to everyone in Yueniang, only to see Xiaoyu waving her hands.This Chunmei and Mrs. Dingxue didn't look back, broke up with each other and went out the door.

Here, she doesn't look like an object of moral judgment at all, but like a determined warrior, very resolute and decisive, with a kind of charm that shakes people's hearts.This kind of charm is grown out of her arrogance and arrogance.

Chunmei, if we look at it from a woman's point of view, "sex is intelligent, likes to make waves, is good at coping, and has a bit of color in her life".But if it's just that, I'm afraid it's impossible to win Ximenqing's favor. Not only Jinlian, Ping'er and other wives and concubines are better than Chunmei in these aspects, but Song Huilian and Ruyi'er are not inferior to Chunmei.Why among the more than 20 women who have had sexual relations with Ximen Qing, Ximen Qing only "sees her as a heart-warming child, listens to ten sentences after saying one sentence, and asks ten for one, and is serious about marrying a wife and beating her Afterwards, she wanted to hit that boy with ten sticks, but his father didn't dare to hit him with five sticks?"The most important reason is probably that Chunmei is a woman with arrogance.Only when you are proud can you show your own independent personality and have your own unique charm.

The author gave her the name "Chunmei", and put this branch of "plum" together with "golden" and "bottle". I am afraid it is not without deep meaning, let alone just a word game.The aesthetic value of the image of Chunmei also lies in "arrogance".

[-]. The girl whose heart is higher than the sky
The novel arranges an important plot like an outline in the section "Wu Shenxian's High and Low": the most important male and female characters in the book appear one by one, and Wu Shenxian meets each other to talk about their fortunes and fortunes.This is actually foreshadowing the fate of these characters and planning the plot structure of the whole book.Starting from Ximen Qing, Wu Yueniang, Li Jiaoer, Meng Yulou, Pan Jinlian, Li Pinger, Sun Xue'e, Ximen Dajie and Chunmei came down in order.Among the nine people, only one Chunmei is a servant girl, but Wu Shenxian gave her a fate that surprised everyone present, because in Wu Shenxian's view, the eight women only have Chunmei's flesh and blood special:
The fairy opened his eyes and saw Chunmei, who was about twenty-nine years old, wearing a silver silk cloud bun, a white thread blouse, a peach red skirt, and a blue gauze bijia, who came out with bound hands and feet, and said Wanfu.The immortal watched for a long time, and said: "This young lady has good features and a clear bone. She has thin hair and thick eyebrows, so she has a strong personality; her eyes are round and impatient, and she is impatient. If the roots of the mountain are continuous, she will surely have a noble husband and give birth to a son; her forehead is arched. Wearing a pearl crown. Walking like a flying fairy, the voice is clear and clear. If you benefit from your husband, you will get a salary, and you will be granted a gift every three or nine years. But after eating this, the left eye is big, and the father was restrained in the early years; the right eye is small, and the first year is the mother; A little black mole, the Lord is often troubled by chirping; a little black mole on the right cheek, I will be loved and respected by my husband all my life. The heavenly court is upright, my facial features are flat, my words are like smears, and my steps are light. The warehouse is rich and rich, and I will often be pitied by nobles throughout my life."

Whether physiognomy and divination speculation is scientific, correct and accurate is not the content of this discussion.But here, as an important plot of the novel and as a means of creation by the author, it provides us with two kinds of enlightenment: First, Chunmei herself has supernatural talent, which is her inherent arrogance and arrogance. The reason is, "you must have a strong disposition, be quick-witted, and be impatient."Second, this kind of talent not only defines her past, but also determines her future; not only will she get a noble husband and have children in the future, she must wear a beaded crown, and she will be gifted with three or nine gifts, but from now on, she will not be recognized as a gift. The fate of being in the lower ranks, "the facial features are correct, and the bones are clear and strange".Therefore, in the first 85 chapters of the novel, Chunmei is not only proud, but also extremely restless in Ximen's house.Just when everyone in Wu Yueniang was wondering about Wu Shenxian's judgment on Chunmei's face, Chunmei was already ahead of her, and she was lost in the sky:
Chunmei poured plum soup, came to support the chair, took the plantain fan in Ximenqing's hand, fanned it for him, and asked, "What did the auntie tell you?" Ximenqing said, "Say Wu Shenxian Face-to-face." Chunmei said: "The Taoist said that he would wear a beaded crown for no reason, but he taught the aunt that she might not be able to wear a beaded crown. As the saying goes: "Ordinary people can't be judged by their appearance, and the sea water can't be measured. It has never been round. The cut is round. How can you be sure about the food and clothing that everyone brings? Why don't you just be a slave in your house for a long time!"

It should be said that Pang Chunmei has always been a very confident woman, and these words are just taking advantage of Wu Shenxian's meeting to show her confidence.

But fate still placed her in the ranks of servants at this time, and wearing a beaded crown will be a matter of the future, which is why this woman with a stronger temperament is fighting hard.

What Chunmei hates most is when others call her a slave, although she often uses the word "slave" in her mouth to scold others.She has the identity of a slave, but she never has the slightest idea of ​​a slave, and she never believes that she will be a slave all her life.Most of her arrogance is directed at other people's eyes.She was dissatisfied with Sun Xue'e, and often had conflicts with Sun Xue'e until she held a grudge, and later she wanted to take revenge on Sun Xue'e, because she believed that Sun Xue'e, a woman who had been promoted from a slave to a little master, treated herself as a slave.She scolded Li Ming sternly, because from the feeling that Li Ming pressed a little harder on her hand, she believed that Li Ming treated her like a maidservant, who could flirt and tease her at will and explode wantonly.She scolded Second Sister Shen not because she could sing or not, but because she didn't treat her like a big girl and underestimated her.She went on a hunger strike for several days because Wu Yueniang said that she was a slave, and she was still an unruly slave.She asked Ximen Qing for clothes, but she couldn't make herself be treated like Yingchun, Lanxiang, and Yuxiao. She wanted to get the same treatment as Sister Ximen, and even a level higher than Sister Ximen, on the same level as the master and women. flat.

Chunmei is really a girl with a heart higher than the sky!

Of course, we can’t take Chunmei’s thought of being more ambitious than the sky and attaching it to the level of awareness of fighting for equal women’s rights and resisting oppression, because she just doesn’t want to be the fate of being a maid, but wants to be a master; she doesn’t want to Being bullied and oppressed by others, but trying to gain the position of bullying and oppressing others.This can be illustrated by her attitude towards Qiu Ju in the first 85 chapters and her attitude towards the maidservants after becoming the master in the next 15 chapters.The special relationship between Chunmei and Jinlian can also illustrate this point.The relationship between these two people is quite complicated and special due to various factors of interest.But one thing is very clear, that is, Jinlian always focuses on protecting Chunmei, and the only thing Chunmei in Ximenqing's family is to serve Jinlian.The relationship between the two of them is no longer a general master-servant relationship, but a sister or mother-daughter relationship.Grandma Pan said that Chunmei "has the same leg as my friend".At the most critical moment, Chunmei covered Jinlian's ugliness and shame, denied Jinlian's seduction of Qintong, a servant girl, and saved Jinlian; , unceremoniously ridiculed the two, and urged Ximenqing to send someone to pick up Pan Jinlian, who had brought back her natal family; Helping add fuel to the flames, venting anger for Jinlian; Chunmei always contributes to Jinlian's trapping Ximen Qing, all Ximenqing's affairs, as long as Jinlian is unhappy, she does not hate any one, Song Huilian, Ruyier, Wang Liuer She used to be her rival, Shutong'er was also looked down upon by Chunmei because of his dubious dealings with Ximenqing; and what Jinlian likes, she either likes it too, or agrees to it by default.In the eyes of Chunmei, the incestuous relationship between Jinlian and Chen Jingjing is regarded as a pair of lovers, and they pass on love to her, and they participate in it, and the three become adulterous.When the adultery was exposed, Chunmei comforted Pan Jinlian by saying what Pan Jinlian never thought of saying with her unique arrogance:

Seeing that the woman was unhappy, Chunmei said, "Mother, don't worry about your old man. Fairy girls say that you have a husband every day, and right and wrong come to your ears, so it's okay if you don't listen. The ancient immortals still have the shortcomings of villains, don't blame you. Me. Now that my father is gone, my aunt has raised a newborn child. Could it be that the origin is unknown? She can't control me and your secret affairs. Let go of your heart, the sky will fall, and there is still a sky to support He is a big man. Life is alive. And every day is a day." So he sifted the wine, handed a cup to the woman, and said, "Mother, let me have a cup of warm wine to relieve my sorrow." The dogs fell in love in one place and said: "Beasts still have such joy, let alone people?"

It can be seen that Chunmei's treatment of Jinlian has indeed surpassed the way a maid treats her master.This is not a maid persuading the master, it is simply a heart-to-heart exchange between close friends and good sisters, and it has already left all ethical rules and moral principles behind.

Chunmei's unusual relationship with Jinlian has been maintained until the end.After Pan Jinlian died, no one collected his body.Entrusted a dream to Chen Jingji, the person he loved, but received a polite rejection.As for Chunmei, hearing the bad news, she cried for several days. Once she had a dream, she immediately sent someone to collect the body and bury it. In Qingming, she would go to the grave to visit the grave just like her own mother.

Why did Chunmei treat Pan Jinlian like this?Chunmei begged Zhou Shoubei to marry Jinlian when she heard that Jinlian was going to marry Wang Po's family, which can be explained:

Chunmei cried and cried in the evening and said to the guard: "My mother and I have been together for the past few years. She never caresses me and treats me like her own daughter. I know I have been torn apart. I don't think she will come out today. If you are willing to marry her, my wives can live a good life together."

Pan Jinlian is a woman who is never satisfied, who is not afraid of ghosts and gods and disregards retribution for her lust. She is full of arrogance, and no one cares about it except Ximen Qing and Chen Jingji.However, she treats Chunmei as her own daughter and sister.Although she has her own personal motives, for Chunmei, a girl who is working as a slave but has a high heart and is not willing to be a slave, what better acquaintance can make her affirm and agree with Pan Jinlian?It was no wonder that Chunmei would only serve Jinlian alone.

[-]. Being a grandma is still unruly

Although Chunmei was sold into the defense mansion, her fate has undergone a big change. All the words that Wu Shenxian said when they met each other were fulfilled: she married a defense master, became a little grandmother, and was a favored little grandmother. Take care of the keys of the whole family; gave birth to a son for Shou Bing, and went to the next level; Shou Bing's grandmother died of illness, Chunmei jumped two levels, surpassed Sun Erniang, and became a big grandmother.His posture and style greatly surpassed that of Wu Yueniang who had already fallen.The prophecy that Wu Yueniang didn't understand and couldn't believe at the beginning finally came true today; the girl Sun Xue'e couldn't get angry with became the master today.

According to common sense, Chunmei should be satisfied.However, according to Chunmei's natural personality, she has no rules and is not satisfied.

We should notice that the author of "Jin Ping Mei" is not only good at writing about the influence of environmental changes on people's personality mutations, but also good at writing about the stubborn role of people's natural instincts in character development when shaping characters.Chunmei was born proud, untamed, and unruly.She is not like Li Ping'er, once the goal of pursuit is achieved, she will let the tenderness in her heart be the principle of life; she is more like Pan Jinlian, endlessly pursuing new life goals.The heart is higher than the sky, and the sky has no end.

Chunmei's big-grandmother-style irregularity is mainly manifested in these two aspects:
The first is the attitude towards Wu Yueniang, one does not hold grudges, and the other still respects her.According to common sense and rules, you, Pang Chunmei, are the grandma and wife of the Garrison Mansion at this time, and you are a noble lady with status, and your rank is not below Wu Yueniang, how can you still respect Yueniang like a servant?What's more, there are so many grievances and grievances!The meeting of Yueniang Chunmei in Yongfu Temple is quite dramatic. In front of such unruly Chunmei, Wu Yueniang and Wu Dajinzi are at a loss and feel very uneasy.Not only that, but in the further development of the plot, Chunmei showed this kind of irregularity that lost her identity.He taught Zhou to guard and punish Wu Dianen, who was ungrateful and deceitful, and rescued Wu Yueniang from a major disaster; he went back to Ximen's house, worshiped Wu Yueniang, offered sacrifices to Ximenqing, visited the old garden house, asked about Pan Jinlian's mother-of-pearl bed, and missed Chen Jingji.

Is there a slavishness in this irregularity?Especially when Chunmei still respected Yueniang and kowtowed to pay her respects, she also said: "It is natural to respect the superior and inferior." Here we see that Chunmei cannot transcend the times. , the concept of hierarchy is very strong, otherwise, she would not be able to regard slaves as lowly.On the other hand, from the perspective of the actual interpersonal relationship between them, at this time, the superiority and inferiority are definitely not masters and slaves, and Chunmei's kowtow is definitely not a slave, it is just a kind of etiquette use only.Of course Chunmei didn't mean to be sarcastic at this time, but she still didn't lose her arrogance at this time. The unrestrained generosity, wealth and elegance that appeared immediately after the kowtow made Wu Yueniang and others feel guilty and ashamed of themselves.

The second is not to abide by the internal norms.Since she is a guarding wife, she should strictly abide by women's morals and be absolutely loyal to her husband, not to mention that the husband loves her in every possible way and obeys her in every possible way.However, due to the aftermath of her previous life experiences, and even more because of her irresistible arrogance of restlessness and self-defense, she did a series of things that violated the morals of a housewife and was unfaithful to her husband: burying Pan Jinlian behind Zhou Shoubei's back In the name of offering sacrifices to his own mother, he deceived the guards and swept Jinlian's tomb; he bought Sun Xue'e to avenge the grudge of the year, and in order to meet Chen Jingji, he played tricks and sold Xue'e out of the house, and he was determined to send Xue'e to the matchmaker. E sells into a prostitute; conceals her relationship with Chen Jingji, uses the name of her aunt and cousin, finds Chen Jingji and enters the garrison mansion, and takes advantage of the opportunity of the garrison to garrison the frontier, and the two renew their old relationship; after Jingji is killed, she seduces Li An ;After being martyred in defense, he conspired with Zhou Yi to become an adulterer, and finally died under his own indulgence.

Can these unruly behaviors be avoided as much as possible?In other words, can Chunmei be content and endure the constraints of the norm?I'm afraid not.She already regarded Pan Jinlian as her own mother. In her heart, saying that she was going to her mother's grave was not deceiving Zhou Shoubei; How much I hate Sun Xue'e; she and Chen Jingji have already had a sexual relationship, emotional ties and subconscious sexual impulses may be sensitive to everything about Chen Jingji, and she needs to know that Ji Jing is nearby, but Not looking for Chen Jingji, not renewing the old relationship with Chen Jingji, requires great endurance and self-control, which is impossible for Pang Chunmei, who has a stronger personality, and has the concept of "life is alive, and a romantic day is a day" It is even more impossible for Chunmei to let go of the opportunity to enjoy the romance; what's more, she is 26, [-], and Zhou Shoubei, who is in her early forties, is busy with state affairs and military affairs day and night. Follow the etiquette, but if you put it on Chunmei, you can only disobey the rules and be reckless.She has been doing her own way until she dies.

Here, we are not looking for human psychological and physiological reasons to explain the conflict between good and evil.Because, on the one hand, we are only exploring the image characteristics of the character Chunmei, on the other hand, the moral connotation of the rules themselves is limited by time and space. Meaning, there is no need to comment, it will set our readers back four or five hundred years, not to mention, Chunmei's unruly words and deeds are always related to her kindness and kindness, and are always intertwined with her polite words and deeds , if we talk about Chunmei in terms of good and evil, the character Chunmei will be dismembered and died because of our moral judgment.

Let's take a look at Pang Chunmei as a whole, and appreciate the image of such an "unruly" woman who lived hundreds of years ago.

Chen Dongyou

April 1992

注：本文仅就《金瓶梅》中春梅的人物形象作简要的分析与品评。有关详尽论述及理论阐释，请参阅本人学术拙著《金瓶梅——中国文化发展的一个断面》（花城出版社1990年版）、《金瓶梅文化研究》（台湾贯雅文化事业有限公司1992年版）、《金瓶梅诗词文化鉴析》（巴蜀书社1994年版）、《人欲的解放》（江西高校出版社1996年版）和《现实与虚构——文学与社会、民俗研究》（江西人民出版社2006年版）。

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