I believe everyone has heard of this poem, which is a very classic poem. For thousands of years, Tang poetry and Song poetry have been penetrating the literary world with high-efficiency penetration. Let's take a closer look.
It's romantic to be a ghost under the peony flower. 1 "It's romantic to be a ghost under the peony flower." The whole poem comes from the divertimento "Drunken Beauty" composed by Julian, a famous singer in Yuan Dynasty, which means that as long as there are beautiful people singing and dancing, even if they die, they will not regret it. In life, men often quote this sentence to express their affection for the woman they like.
The Drunken Beauty in Song Yuan's Drunken Beauty depicts a beautiful scene of a girl's unrequited love, while The Peony Pavilion tells the story of an infatuated girl who comes back to life after her death and finally meets her dream lover in reality. These two words, without exception, express women's admiration for men until they die. But now, this sentence has deviated from the original intention and evolved into another meaning.
Now this sentence is more common in the dialogue between characters in film and television works. From time to time, some lines of indecent people "peony flowers die, ghosts are still romantic" will appear. "Peony" here refers to women, especially beautiful women. To sum up, they are satisfied with the love of beautiful women, even if they die for them, because they are happy "happy ghosts"
This sentence was later quoted by Tang Xianzu, a playwright in the Ming Dynasty, in his masterpiece Peony Pavilion, which reads as follows:
"Ask what you want, ask what you want, peony die, ghost romantic! You don't want anything, you don't want anything, you don't want a lonely girl, and you can solve your worries! "
The play tells the story of an official's daughter who fell in love with a scholar in her dream. The scholar died after being injured and soon turned into a soul to return to the world to find a true lover. In the meantime, people fell in love with ghosts, a bizarre and tortuous story, and finally reborn, and finally met the scholar.
It's romantic to be a ghost when peony is dead. 2 "It's romantic to be a ghost when peony is dead." It is a well-known saying, which means that as long as there are beautiful women singing and dancing, they will not regret even if they die. Although everyone has heard of it, if you ask about its origin, I'm afraid not many people can answer it. In fact, it was written by Julian Show, a famous geisha in Yuan Dynasty.
Julian Show is obviously a stage name, but because it is so famous, people forget her real name. She is a beautiful and famous prostitute, as well as a zaju actress with superb acting skills, which is highly valued by famous officials. It can be said that throughout the history of actresses in China, Julian Show can be regarded as an unprecedented drama queen, and was honored as "Empress Zhu" by people at that time. Even Guan Hanqing, the master of Yuan Opera, praised her: "Ten miles of Yangzhou is beautiful and immortal."
The bead curtain show is awesome, and the music is awesome. "When the peony dies, ghosts are also romantic" comes from her classic divertimento "Drunken Beauty". This divertimento describes the lovesickness of a boudoir woman who misses her husband. It consists of five parts, among which Yu Lian contains this famous sentence. Let's enjoy the full text together.
Jade lotus
When will loneliness stop? I look forward to reading the sky. Sick birds add people to help others worry about the decline of the city. The river is full of tears and endless worries. If you come back, all the people in the same trade will stop, even if the peony is dead, it will be romantic to be a ghost.
From the semantic point of view, the whole word is divided into two parts in "If you come back". The first half is about the woman's sad state because of her extreme yearning. She is lonely all the time, waiting for letters from afar all the time. To this end, the woman is getting haggard and injured day by day, and even the rushing Chunjiang River can't fade away all her worries.
"If she comes back," she can live with her husband, even if she looks at peony flowers together and is romantic in the beautiful scenery once, even if she dies. The "romance" here does not mean bohemian, but romantic "romance", romance, romance, romance.
Zhu Lianxiu expressed a deep feeling of unswerving determination and death. She is still drifting away, and she has been waiting anxiously, so she shouted such an emotional and exaggerated sentence. At the same time, this is a hopeless romance, which has the same spiritual trend as Liang Zhu's story. I would rather fly away and become a butterfly than be separated in this world. In a word: I will swim with you once, and I have no regrets in my life.
The passage immediately after Yu Lian in the divertimento "Drunken Beauty" is called "Yu Wen", which reads: "The east wind is light and cold all night, and the peach blossoms are chasing the water, not learning from Dong Jun." This is the last sentence of the whole song, and it is also the finishing touch. Julian Show expressed thousands of tons of ideas, and finally said softly, "Don't be like Dong Jun, don't turn your head." It can be seen that Dong Jun, whom she has been looking forward to day and night, should not come back.
This is really a sad story. The boudoir at home is still naively waiting to leave, and those in the distance have decided not to look back, but the boudoir still can't accept it, and there is still a glimmer of hope in my heart, but this hope is finally dashed.
This just confirms the rationality of "under the peony flower, being a ghost is also romantic". After all, it is easy for husband and wife to meet and take a trip. This requirement is not extravagant. And women's desire for a "peony flower" is based on "being a ghost". It can be seen that even meeting your lover has become an unattainable luxury. The original romantic and sad love story was misunderstood by later generations as unsightly swearing, which really pitied Julian's excessive amorous feelings.
It's romantic to die like a ghost under the peony flower. Meaning: Not all ordinary people are infatuated with the beautiful things in the world, even heroes are sad for the beauty. Give up everything, just wander around the world and live in seclusion in the countryside with the woman you love.
The source of this sentence is Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion.
Ask what you want, ask what you want, peony dies, and being a ghost is romantic! You want nothing, nothing, and don't let a lonely woman put it on the account to solve a thousand worries!
This drama describes an official's daughter who fell in love with a scholar in her dream, then died of injury, and soon turned into a soul and returned to the world to find a true lover. During this period, people and ghosts fell in love, and after several twists and turns, they finally came back to life and finally became one with the scholar.
The story of the resurrection of peony pavilion
"Drunken Beauty" in Yuan Dynasty is a beautiful dream of a girl with unrequited love, while "Peony Pavilion" is a story of a girl with unrequited love resurrecting after her death and finally combining her wish with her dream lover in reality. Without exception, these two words express women's admiration for men until they die. But now, this sentence has deviated from the original intention and evolved into another meaning.
Today, this sentence is more common in the role dialogue of film and television works. From time to time, some people who are not decent will come up with a line that "peony flowers die, and ghosts are also romantic." "Peony flower" refers to women, especially beautiful women. Generally speaking, you are satisfied to get the favor of a beautiful woman, even if you die for it, because she is a happy "romantic ghost"!
It is estimated that due to the subtle influence of various modern film and television works, this sentence will be regarded as life wisdom by some "romantic people" in life, and even a "sister sentence" of "people don't waste their youth" will be added as an enhanced version. Examining his mentality is nothing more than finding a reasonable excuse for lewdness.
Many people may not know it, but they completely misinterpreted the original meaning of the sentence "peony flowers die, ghosts are also romantic."