In the hierarchical feudal society, the differences in clan, wealth and power divided everyone into different grades, which made everyone in reality belong to different grades without exception, and each grade was like a barrier that people could not cross. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the consciousness of ordinary people began to awaken. While denying Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism and demanding the liberation of individuality, the left also denied the feudal hierarchy. Within the scope of moral ethics, Li Zhi's thoughts are full of the spirit of equality, freedom and respect for individuality. He believes that human beings are born equal. Starting from the position of the ruler and the ruled, he clearly put forward: "Yao and Shun are one with passers-by, and saints and mortals are one." ⑦ Want to bridge the gap between the ruler and the ruled. This thought is of fighting significance to oppose feudal hierarchy and feudal privilege. However, the feudal hierarchy established by thousands of years of feudal rule is difficult to change only by the cries of literati. The ruler will not regard the ruled as an equal with himself, but will exploit and suppress the ruled more cruelly. Li Zhi's thought represents the people's pursuit of individual equality and freedom, and has certain influence and appeal. Opposing feudal hierarchy and feudal privileges is the content of national culture in a specific period. Therefore, in the scene of ghost debate, Zhou Chaojun let Li Huiniang's ghost struggle with power traitors, vividly and tortuous showing the contest between hierarchical consciousness and anti-hierarchical consciousness and the awakening of civilian consciousness in the middle of Ming Dynasty:

Jing Jing Qu: Is it the ghost of Li Huiniang?

(Post): We are your strong rivals. How can I forget each other?

(Net): What are you doing here?

(Post): On the West Gallery with Pei Xiucai ... I am very tired and delicate as a floret, and very angry as a tiger.

(Net): Hmm! Bitch, this is ridiculous.

(Rear): You were born cheap, and you are equal when you die.

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(Net): I was born as a prime minister, and I won't be lonely when I die.

(Back) (Laughter): The grave road is just like me. How did Jia Sidao jump out of other tricks? When he hit Li Huiniang at that time, it was hard to let go of this narrow road. Let's see which is stronger.

(Net): Not many words.

(Post): We are friends of life and death. ...

Li Huiniang dared to scold Jia Sidao to his face, saying that he was "angry as a tiger" and publicly claimed that there was "no distinction between high and low" on the way to the grave, clearly telling the other side that the underworld had no distinction between high and low status, nor could it distinguish between strong and weak by its power and status before its death. What kind of underworld is this? In fact, what writers expect is that everyone is equal, regardless of strength or inferiority, which is the ideal society. This kind of ideal society is called out through Li Huiniang's soul, which reflects the good wishes of millions of people at the bottom of society in Qian Qian for equality for all. The struggle between Li Huiniang's ghost and Jia Sidao (evil forces) shows that the common people's consciousness began to awaken in the middle of Ming Dynasty. The idea of a scholar's bachelor is clear and beautiful, but it is only a wish to eliminate the hierarchy and realize the equality between the ruler and the ruled. The writer only shouts it out through ghosts. The ideal society in which everyone is equal can only be seized by "guns". However, in the Ming Dynasty, when the feudal hierarchy was strict, it was really commendable for the writer to let Li Huiniang's ghost say "regardless of rank" and "regardless of strength". At the same time, the struggle between Li Huiniang's ghost and Jia Sidao made people realize that the evil forces are invincible.

In some cases, the power of ghost belief cannot be underestimated, and writers use people's fear of ghosts to achieve the purpose of solving social contradictions. In the scene of ghost debate, Li Huiniang's soul did not flinch before Jia Sidao: "Please recognize us a little longer, and we will beat our bloody head to our heart", "Only in this way will we believe that Li Huiniang will be a strong ghost". "I was so scared that I fell to the ground." As Marx said: "For unfair people, we need to use fear as a means to improve them, and the horror of the underworld has been proved to be effective for perceptual consciousness." Jia Sidao's peace was completely discredited, and the evil forces were vulnerable and finally rewarded, which is an artistic representation of people's belief logic of "what goes around comes around comes around".