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Personality: Yao Mulan, what kind of woman are you? China outstanding women with true feelings, deep affection, passion, tenderness, lofty sentiments, compassion and philosophical feelings.
Presumably, people who have seen the original novel "Clouds in Beijing" or old and new TV dramas will have some experience. They all take Yao Mulan as the core figure and have not changed. There is even an article that can be called "Mulan Biography". Perhaps it is because the new version has added Mulan's narrative and narrated it from Mulan's perspective.
The old and new "Clouds in Beijing" have their own merits, which all represent the characteristics of the times. The old edition of Clouds in Beijing not only shows the essence of Lin Yutang's original works, but also makes Angie Chiu's interpretation of Yao Mulan deeply rooted in people's hearts. As far as congenital conditions are concerned, Angie Chiu is a classical beauty with exquisite facial features and well-proportioned figure. Zhao Wei has heavy eyebrows and vivid facial features, giving people more flexibility than gentleness, and has a strong Jianghu flavor. The old version of Smoke in Beijing is loyal to the original, while the new version of Smoke in Beijing is almost unrecognizable. However, the new version of Clouds in Beijing also has its merits: from the previous episodes, both production and clothing are more atmospheric and more pleasing to the eye than the old version.
However, the society is developing, the times are changing, and people's aesthetic level is constantly improving. Besides, Clouds in Beijing is a masterpiece of famous artists. If it is adapted into a film and television work, the expression effect will naturally be different. Therefore, we can't demand whether TV plays vividly convey and show the charm of the original. Nor should it be demanding whether the plot is exactly the same as the original. If it is absolutely the same, isn't it just a flip with different expressions? Art needs to be recreated. Even a thousand readers will have a thousand Hamlets, not to mention a masterpiece.
Although the audience's comments on the adapted TV series are mixed, I feel that the adapted TV series is definitely consistent with the original, and it is relatively successful, that is, it firmly grasps the rich and profound emotional thread and vividly shows people the brilliant spiritual demeanor of an elegant China woman.
Cherish the true feelings: cherish the true feelings of gratitude.
Gratitude is the traditional virtue of our Chinese nation. "A drop of water is rewarded with a spring" and "a ring of grass is rewarded", which are well-known ancient poems in China for many years, all about gratitude.
It is through the artistic image of Yao Mulan that the author is always grateful and moved by the body odor, and this traditional virtue of the Chinese nation has been continuously purified and sublimated. In the novel, when she was a child, she was abducted by traffickers, and the Zeng family was her savior. Yao Mulan always cares about this kind of kindness without asking for anything in return. Her childhood experience began here, her marriage became attached here, and her fate extended from here.
She regards the second parents of the Zeng family as her biological parents, obedient and filial, which shows her gratitude and kindness. Yao Mulan in TV series is caught in the wave of surrogacy again and again. In the end, it was the Zeng family who gave up their love for surrogacy.
Let's not comment on the rationality of Yao Mulan's compromise for the time being, but we should appreciate the firm mood of paying debts to a strange girl at that time.
Hold deep affection: hold a ray of deep affection that promises a lifetime.
Lin Yutang also has strong confidence in his marriage and infinite affection for his lover. It is said that Lin Yutang married his wife Liao Cuifeng in 19 19. After the marriage, Lin Yutang discussed with his wife and burned the marriage certificate. Because he believes that "divorce requires a marriage certificate." Yao Mulan is the most ideal female image of Mr. Lin Yutang. He once said, "If you are a daughter, you must be Mulan!" So he attached this attitude towards marriage to Yao Mulan.
In the novel, Yao Mulan and her husband are a loving couple since childhood. They have the mutual respect of old-fashioned couples and new-style couples. They often travel together, talk about the history of poetry, smile and show the love between husband and wife in an elegant and elegant way.
I appreciate Mulan's poems, and I also appreciate Great Sunya's favorite poems:
My brother threw the fishing net into the middle reaches.
The girl's fishing line was hooked;
Change wine every day,
After the rain, the boat went home empty.
People have never been here before,
Hugh said where his hometown is;
Let nature take its course,
Flowers are everywhere.
In the novel, Lin Yutang described their married life as calm, relaxed, happy and relaxed. Although each has her own secret space and some ripples, Hua Mulan has always had a faint smile on life, actively adjusted the disharmonious factors between them, skillfully resolved the possible emotional crisis, and stuck to the position of marriage siege and love.
I don't agree with the design of Yao Mulan's marriage relationship in TV series, and I don't appreciate shaping such a resigned Yao Mulan image. Including the wrong marriage she chose, her painstaking kindness and humiliation to the great-grandson an ideal husband, her painful humiliation, and even her extraordinary tolerance to her rival Cao Lihua. Because this is not the perfect female image advocated by Mr. Yutang, but the distortion of female personality only in feudal society, which is completely inconsistent with the characteristics of the times and humanities.
Passion: Passion for imagination.
Yao Mulan of Lin Yutang is a "visionary", who can whistle and speak humorously, and always has all kinds of fantastic ideas. Her brilliant ideas come from her family education, from her intelligence, from her diligence and study.
Many descriptions in the novel reflect that Mulan's wisdom has a solid foundation. If Mochow gave birth to a child and wanted to name him Fu Xiao, Kong Lifu disagreed and said, "This child sounds like a scavenger and a porter." Mochow insisted on her proposal and caused an argument. The clever Mulan put forward two suggestions one after another: "filial piety" and "filial piety", both of which mean "like father, like son". Mochow and Lifu were both satisfied with the name "Fu Xiao", which made the husband and wife agree. This shows that Mulan has a strong ability to accurately grasp and use profound Chinese characters.
Mulan also has a unique romance in pursuit of ideals in her nature. Her lifestyle changes with the seasons. "In winter, she is calm and steady, in spring, she is tired and weak, in summer, she is relaxed and carefree, while in Qiu Lai, she is comfortable and light." Even the hairstyle and the style of clothes changed, and finally she became a vivid village girl. She likes visiting temple fairs, eating small restaurants, visiting parks, watching movies and visiting places of interest. Playing chess with my husband in the pavilion, holding a thick roll in his hand, lying on a cane chair reading a novel; My husband and I also went to the Royal River in the west of Jingshan Mountain to smell the fragrance of lotus flowers and collect dew on the lotus leaves while the dew is still fresh. All these reflect the colorful and sentimental feelings of this beautiful woman.
Hua Mulan's clever handling of the emotional entanglement between Great Sunya and Cao Lihua can be said to be more convincing. Great-grandson Ya, who has reached the age of no doubt, fell in love with Cao Lihua in The Seeds of Love at first sight and was soon discovered by the shrewd and meticulous Mulan. Full of sympathy and passion, she wrote a letter to Cao Lihua, urging her to "wave a sword, cut off her love affair and break off her relationship". She insists on emotional people, emotional people, emotional people, emotional people. Her deep and sensible feelings vividly showed Mulan's shrewdness, ingenuity, openness and kindness, which made Cao Lihua suddenly wake up and look back quickly. What a wonderful hand! She calmed the family crisis in the most peaceful way, which fully demonstrated her extraordinary wisdom and generosity.
Coagulated tenderness: Coagulated tenderness is a deep and accidental tenderness.
Some people say that you will meet four people in your life, the first is yourself, the second is your favorite person, the third is your favorite person, and the fourth is the person you spend your life with, but sadly, in real life, these three people are usually not the same person.
Yao Mulan also encountered this kind of confusion. In the novel, Yao Mulan and Kong Lifu fall in love, which is an excellent couple, but this is a mistake. Yao Mulan married his great-grandson. The emotion of Kong Lifu and Yao Mulan is a special product of that era. They know each other and love each other, but they have delicate feelings as pure as ice and snow.
Yao Mulan took this love as a memory of self-enjoyment with the aim of not hurting others or himself. But at the critical moment of Kong Lifu's arrest, she couldn't help but stand up. For the sake of her favorite Kong Lifu, she assumed the responsibility of saving almost by self-sacrifice. She saved Lifu's life. Although some impulses seem desperate and even arouse her husband's suspicion, she does not regret it, which does not affect everyone's recognition of her or the relationship between husband and wife.
I think it is a noble art for a woman to properly handle moral feelings with her true inner feelings, and the elegant feelings of Yao Mulan described by Lin Yutang are well reflected here. Yao Mulan knows that love is by no means a possession. She turned delicate feelings into brilliant sparks of life, hidden deep in the inner corner, trying not to be noticed by others. Although the feelings of mutual appreciation and admiration between her and Kong Lifu are looming, their silent love is the natural expression of the true feelings of intellectuals in that era, which can surpass the times. Although the love between Yao Mulan and Kong Lifu contains a little personal affair, I think it has a deeper love for the country and the nation, leaving people with good aesthetic taste and noble psychological suspense.
Express lofty sentiments: express an upright and lofty lofty lofty sentiments.
Yao Mulan often said: "The fate of people lies not in helpless choices, but in how to face and take this road after choosing." Therefore, Yao Mulan's personality is very personal, feminine and masculine, and he is dynamic and decent, but he does not lose his demeanor and gentlemanly demeanor.
Mr. Lin Yutang named this role "Mulan" because in China feudal society, women's social status was low, and Mulan disguised herself as a man to join the army instead of her father. This tells people that women can't make eyebrows, and exquisite women can also "make the gods cry."
Since childhood, Yao Mulan has a kind of heroism that ordinary women rarely have. At the beginning of the novel, Yao Mulan, who was only 10 years old, showed an extraordinary aura as soon as he appeared. It dares to express its unique views in front of its parents that even adults can't think of, and dares to express itself directly. Its wisdom and courage have already begun to take shape.
Her father taught her from an early age that "impetuousness is harmful to the mind" and "integrity, external evils do not invade", which was firmly imprinted in her young mind. Mulan's family fled because of the war, and she was separated from her family. At this time, she showed a child's rare sobriety and calmness. In the clever dealings with traffickers, she was finally rescued by the Zeng family. This has also created her optimistic and open-minded life and her brave, courageous and tolerant personality traits.
If we say that in order to accept new ideas and see the outside world, she resolutely went to Tianjin Girls' School to study, which was a shocking move at that time and already showed her courage and wisdom, then she dared to face the fierceness of warlords and Japanese, and supported her daughter to participate in the student movement and her son to join the front line, which further demonstrated her national integrity and great love. Especially in the last chapter, in a Catholic monastery, at a critical moment when a Japanese soldier wanted to insult his daughter Ah Mui, she rushed up without fear, "rushing to the front of the Japanese soldier and biting the Japanese soldier's arm with her mouth", which showed the indomitable and fearless pride of China women.
Gather kindness: gather a group of humble and kind kindness
Mulan has a great compassion. She not only served her parents with great filial piety and cared for her brothers and sisters, but also tried her best to save the declining Zeng family. Be friendly to people after marriage, including elders, sisters-in-law, brothers and sisters, servants, share joys and sorrows with her husband, be close and sincere to her sister-in-law, and have a harmonious family relationship.
Dimfragrance used to be Mulan's friend, and Mulan was locked in a room by a Texan woman named Red Lantern during the Boxer period. Mulan tried to save her, but failed. Because of another accidental meeting, Mulan became the owner of Dimfragrance. Mulan has always treated Dimfragrance like a sister, loved her, and took the initiative to match the bridge, which led to the marriage of Dimfragrance and Zengya, and also made Dimfragrance have a beautiful home.
Among the many female characters in Clouds in Beijing, Niu Suyun is a person who makes people hate and pity. She was born on a Taoist cow called "the cow god of wealth". She grew up arrogant, selfish and greedy, and was good at fighting with others. Because when Mulan got married, the dowry greatly exceeded her and stole her limelight, so it got in the way everywhere. Especially after Jing Ya's divorce, Niu Suyun completely stood on the opposite side of the Zeng family, and even turned against Mulan. Is such a fierce, selfish woman, Yao Mulan also has a sincere side, gave great sympathy, even in the end, good for evil, at personal money to save the misguided Niu Suyun, to influence and save a fallen soul.
I remember that in The Analects of Confucius Taber, Confucius praised his disciple Yan Hui with a sentence from Ceng Zi, saying, "Be honest with Xu Ruo if something happens, and don't go to school if something goes wrong.". It means to be violated and not care, showing a broad mind and a tolerant spirit. I think humility, kindness and tolerance are more than Yan's return.
Embrace philosophy: embrace a pot of natural philosophy.
Chapter 25 of Laozi says: "Man should be anywhere, the land should follow the sky, the sky should follow the Tao, and the Tao should be natural." That is to say, people imitate the earth, the earth, the sky and the Tao, and the Tao imitates nature. In the eyes of the ancients, Tao is the most fundamental existence in the universe.
Lin Yutang's daughter said in the preface to "Clouds in Beijing": "My father actually regarded Mulan as a model of women of an era. She is an ideal woman in her own mind, has her own ideas, takes the world seriously and does not give in to fate. Mulan is called the daughter of Taoism in the book, and I think it is more influenced by her father's innocence and inaction. "
We also see in the novel that although Yao Mulan has rich feelings, his thoughts and feelings are generally influenced and restricted by Taoism. It can be a natural reflection of "clear water produces hibiscus, natural carving"
The novel makes an interesting contrast between Mulan and her sister Mochow: "Mulan's eyes are long and Mochow's eyes are round. Mulan's liveliness is like a stream, and Mochow's silence is like a pool of autumn water. Mulan is like strong liquor, and Mochow is like dew. Mulan is as touching as an autumn tree, and Mochow is as refreshing as a summer morning. Mulan's heart often soars in the clouds, and Mochow's heart is as quiet and strong as the earth in spring. " It can be seen that Yao Mulan not only has the artistic conception of returning to nature, but also has the ultimate mystery of elegance, which fully embodies the aesthetic standard of "natural beauty".
Facing the ups and downs of life, Yao Mulan always maintained an open mind and a free and easy natural state of mind. She is lively and cheerful by nature, full of energy, quick in thinking and quick in vibration when writing articles. She is good at enjoying wealth, but she never relies on money, but is always ready to live without it. In a well-off life, I can keep a simple and heavy mind. Living in an ordinary and quiet rural area, Changle can be satisfied if you just want to have food and clothing.
When Kong Lifu and Yao Mulan climbed Mount Tai together, their tacit understanding of Qin Shihuang's wordless tablet was the crowning touch of Yao Mulan's ideological realm. They see that the stone is heartless and meaningless, so it lives forever. People are emotional animals, so individuals die, but families live forever. Lifu said, "This wordless tablet has spoken infinite words." Mulan hit the nail on the head: "Because stones are heartless." It can be seen that Mulan has been truly liberated in spirit and her lofty feelings have been sublimated most beautifully.