brief introduction

Dou E's mother died since she was a child. Her father, Dou Tianzhang, was a poor scholar. Because he didn't have enough money to go to Beijing for the exam, he sold her, who was only seven years old, to Granny Cai's family as a child bride.Dou E married Cai's son at the age of 17, but within two years of marriage, her husband died of illness, leaving only Dou E and her mother-in-law to depend on each other.

There was a local gangster named Zhang Lv'er who bullied Cai's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and had no one to rely on. He stayed at Cai's house with his father, Zhang Laoer, and forced Cai's mother-in-law to marry Zhang Laoer.Granny Cai was weak and timid, so she reluctantly agreed.Zhang Luer coerced Dou E to marry him again, but Dou E firmly refused.He also scolded Zhang Lver severely.

Zhang Lv'er held a grudge.A few days later, Granny Cai fell ill and asked Dou E to make sheep tripe soup for her.Zhang Lv'er secretly put poison in the soup, intending to poison Granny Cai to death first, and then force Dou E to get married.Dou E served the sheep tripe soup to Granny Cai.Granny Cai took the bowl and suddenly felt sick and wanted to vomit, so she gave it to Old Zhang to drink.Mr. Zhang was poisoned and died after rolling on the ground a few times.Unexpectedly, Zhang Lv'er poisoned his father to death, so annoyed, he planted the murder charge on Dou E.Report to Chuzhou Yamen.

The prefect of Chuzhou didn't ask what was wrong, so he took Dou E to the court for interrogation and forced her to confess.Dou E was tortured to the point of death, but she still refused to admit it.

The magistrate knew that Dou E was very filial to her mother-in-law, so he wanted to torture Granny Cai in front of Dou E.Dou E thought that her mother-in-law was too old to bear the torture, so she had to confess wrongly, admitting that she had poisoned her.So the corrupt official magistrate condemned Dou E to death and took her to the execution ground for execution.

Before she was executed, Dou E was full of grievances and had nowhere to complain. She didn't want to die in vain, so she swore to the sky with tears in her eyes: "I, Dou E, was really wronged. Only God knows my grievances. To prove my innocence , after I die, first, let the knife fall too far, and all the hot blood will be splashed on Bai Lian in the sky; second, heavy snow will fall from the sky to cover my body; third, Chuzhou will be droughted for three years from now on!”

After execution by the executioner.Not a single drop of Dou E's blood fell on the ground, and all of it splashed on the white cloth hanging high.At that time, the onlookers were secretly amazed.Immediately afterwards, the color of the sky and the earth changed, the wind blew violently, and heavy snow fell from the sky, covering Dou E's body densely.It was the summer of June at that time, and everyone present exclaimed: "This Dou E is really wronged!"

Then, Chuzhou really experienced a severe drought for three years.Everyone believed in Dou E's grievances, and held grievances for Dou E. It was not until Dou E's father, Dou Tianzhang, returned to his hometown as an official in the capital, that Dou E's injustice was brought to light. There are penalties. [2]

Creative background

story source

The story of "Moving the Heaven and Earth Dou E's Injustice" originated from "The Filial Wife of the East China Sea" in "Biography of Women". [3]

Time backgroud

In the Yuan Dynasty, in order to meet the extravagant life and military needs of the Mongolian nobles, some Mongolian ministers colluded with local officials, corrupted the law, and did everything.Under the cruel class oppression and ethnic oppression, working people of all ethnic groups are living a miserable life, especially the discriminated Han and southerners, and there are countless unjust cases.Some scholars with a sense of justice are dissatisfied with the dark rule of the government, so they use the form of drama to expose the crimes of the officialdom and social injustice. Guan Hanqing is one of them.He wrote what he saw and heard about the tragic experiences of the common people into his script "The Injustice of Dou E That Moves the Heavens". [2]

Character introduction.There are more than 10 sets of Sanqu sets and more than 50 pieces of Xiaoling. The content mainly includes three aspects: depicting the prosperity of the city and the life of artists, traveling and service and parting sorrows, and expressing one's ambitions. [14]

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