1, family status: Some scholars believe that Jiao Zhongqing was a grandmaster in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and an official in the ultra-Qing Dynasty, and he had a certain social status and identity, while Liu Lanzhi was just a village girl in a small village, and his social status was far from that of Jiao Zhongqing.
Therefore, the marriage between Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi was wrong, so Jiao Zhongqing's mother had to strongly oppose their marriage, which led to the tragedy of double suicide.
2. Li Yue said that some scholars inferred from what Jiao Zhongqing's mother said that Liu Lanzhi was expelled from the house by Jiao Zhongqing's mother because Liu Lanzhi was rude, his words and deeds were too presumptuous, he didn't know how to obey Jiao Zhongqing's mother and acted rashly.
3. Conservative theory: Scholars who insist on conservative theory compare the anonymous in Liu Lanzhi and Mourning for the Past, Qin Luofu in Shang Mo Sang and the heroine in Thinking, and think that Liu Lanzhi's double suicide is because she is too weak.
This weakness is due to the psychological effect of hands-on, so the tragedies of Liu Lanzhi and Jiao Zhongqing are the inevitable combination of the forces against feudal society and the conservative feudal psychology.
4. Love theory: Some readers are very fond of their wives and their parents are unhappy according to a sentence in the Book of Rites. They think that Liu Lanzhi is not loved by Jiao Zhongqing's mother.
Because Jiao Zhongqing is very suitable for being a wife, Jiao Zhongqing transferred her previous feelings for her mother to her wife, which caused Jiao Zhongqing's mother's jealousy and dissatisfaction.
Extended data:
Jian 'an period in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Jiao Zhongqing, a beadle in Luzhou, married a virtuous wife, Liu Lanzhi. Although Liu Lanzhi doesn't come from a big family, she is also versatile and knowledgeable. She studied embroidery since she was a child. She is good at playing the piano and reciting poems.
Liu Lanzhi married Jiao Zhongqing at the age of seventeen. She works hard day and night, does housework hard and keeps the house in order. Jiao Zhongqing was very satisfied. They were loving and happy, but Liu Lanzhi had no children for two years. This was disrespectful in ancient times, which made her mother-in-law very angry and embarrassed her daughter-in-law.
Liu Lanzhi then wrote a letter to her husband who was a petty official in Lujiang County, telling her unbearable pain. Jiao Zhongqing came back to plead for his wife, but his mother scolded him and told him to divorce his wife and marry another woman.
Zhong Qing knelt down and said that if she was sent away today, she would never marry again. Mother was very angry and still insisted on driving Liu Lanzhi back to her mother's house. Under the pressure of filial piety, Jiao Zhongqing had to ask his wife to go back to her parents' home first and take refuge temporarily.
Lan Zhi naturally understood that such a farewell was similar to divorcing his wife, and it was difficult to see him again in the future, so he left his usual sachets, dowry and other things to Jiao Zhongqing as a souvenir.
Liu Lanzhi was sent home for more than ten days, and the county magistrate sent a matchmaker to propose to his son, but Liu Lanzhi politely refused. A few days later, the satrap asked him to propose marriage again, saying that the five sons of the satrap were not married, and they were willing to marry the Liu family for a hundred years, but they were rejected.
This annoyed Lan Zhi, the eldest brother with a thunderstorm, and his younger brother's life was hard to break. Lan Zhi was forced, but he had to make all the arrangements. The matchmaker there reported that the Liu family had agreed to get married. Just three days later, it was another auspicious day, and the satrap immediately sent people everywhere to prepare gold and silk bride price in order to get married as soon as possible.
The next day, Liu Lanzhi was silent all day, just cutting clothes with tears. Suddenly, I heard the familiar neigh of horses. When I went out and looked at each other from a distance, I knew I was an old friend.
It turned out that Zhong Qing heard about this change when he was in office and hurriedly asked for leave. Jiao Zhongqing accused Liu Lanzhi of saying, "My rock has never moved for thousands of years, and your reed is only temporarily hard. Let me die alone. " .
Liu Lanzhi was heartbroken after hearing this. He put his hand on Jiao Zhongqing's saddle and told the story one by one. We are all forced. How can you say such a thing? Then we'll meet in the grave. Don't break today's oath. They had to meet in the grave and go home.
When Zhong Qing came home, she said to her mother: Today, the strong wind blew off the trees, and the orchids in the yard were frosted; A child's life is like a sunset in the western hills. Mother will take care of herself in the future, so she bowed again and left with a sigh.
On this day, the wedding carriage and horses were particularly lively, and the bride had already entered the door. After dusk, the crowd gradually dispersed, the night was deep and everything was silent. Liu Lanzhi drowned with a skirt. Jiao Zhongqing learned that he was wandering under the tree and hanged himself. The latter two were buried next to Huashan Mountain, with pine, cypress and phoenix trees planted on both sides of the grave.
Later generations commemorated Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi with the long narrative poem Peacock Flying Southeast. It tells the story of being separated and both committed suicide, accuses the ruthlessness of feudal ethics, and praises Jiao and Liu's sincere feelings and rebellious spirit.
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