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Meng Jiangnu is a character in the Chinese folktale "Meng Jiangnu Crying at the Great Wall". Her character story is one of the four major love stories in Chinese folklore. "Zuo Zhuan".

Real name

Meng Jiangnv

era

Qin Dynasty

ethnic group

Huaxia

Main story

cry down the great wall

Foreign name

mengjiangnv

Character Relationships

Fan Xiliang

husband

Fan Xiliang, Qi Liang, the husband of Meng Jiangnu in the ancient Chinese folk love story "Meng Jiangnu Crying the Great Wall", was the man who built the Great Wall in the Qin Dynasty.Legend has it that the name is Fan Xiliang, another name is Wan Xiliang, and another name is Wan Qiliang.It was first recorded in the letter history "Zuo Zhuan" in the 23rd year of Duke Xiang.In the autumn of the 22nd year of King Ling of Zhou, Qi Zhuanggong Jiang Guang attacked Wei and Jin and captured Chaoge.In 549 BC, Duke Zhuang of Qi returned to his teacher from Chaoge, but did not return to Linzi, the capital of Qi, and raided Ju State.Jun Jun offered a heavy bribe to make peace, but he refused to accept it, and was captured and died in a fierce battle.It is said that his wife Meng Jiang cried for her husband for ten days, and the city wall collapsed.Later generations fabricated "Meng Jiangnu Crying at the Great Wall" based on the story of Qiliang's wife crying for her husband, and Qiliang became the prototype of Wan Qiliang, Fan Qiliang, and Fan Xiliang.

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Meng Jiangnv

Meng Jiangnu is a character in the Chinese folktale "Meng Jiangnu Crying at the Great Wall". Her character story is one of the four major love stories in Chinese folklore. "Zuo Zhuan".

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Historical Origins

The legend of Meng Jiangnu has been widely spread among the people in the form of oral inheritance.It was not until the beginning of the 20th century, driven by the spirit of the "May Fourth Movement", that she was brought into the field of vision of researchers.

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Gu Jiegang, a famous Chinese historian, traced the original form of the legend of Meng Jiangnu to a story in "Zuo Zhuan".

"Zuo Zhuan" records this story to praise Qi Liang's wife (that is, Meng Jiangnv of later generations) when she is mourning, she can still deal with things with courtesy and keep her mind calm, which is admirable.

In "Zuo Zhuan", Qi Liang's wife, who did not cry, was infected with the atmosphere of the music industry at the time of the Warring States Period, and a story of mourning was added.This is a very important change, and the variation of the story about Qi Liang's wife in later generations was born along this "sorrow of crying".

The first person to describe the collapse of the city was Liu Xiang at the end of the Western Han Dynasty.In "Biography of Lie Nv", he first recounted the story of Qiliang's wife in "Zuo Zhuan", and then he continued to write: Qiliang's wife had no children, and her mother-in-law's family had no relatives. After her husband died, she became a lonely family.Qi Liang's wife "cryed over her husband's dead body under the city", the cry was very sad, and all passers-by were moved.Ten days later, "the city collapsed."The relevant records of the Tang Dynasty greatly changed the story of Qi Liang's wife.

Meng Jiangnv

Qiliang changed from Qi people in the Spring and Autumn Period to Yan people in the Qin Dynasty; the name of Qiliang’s wife appeared, her surname was Meng’s name Zhongzi, or Meng’s name was Jiangnu; After being captured, the slave was built inside the city wall, so his wife wanted to cry to the city; and there were so many dead bodies built inside the city wall that only blood and bones could identify them.The story of Qi Liang's wife has been processed in the Six Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, linking Bengcheng and Qin Shihuang together, which is not a small creation. [1]

In the Yuan Dynasty, Chinese folk operas were very developed, and there were many drama masters and popular works. Stories like Meng Jiangnu, full of vitality and creative space, naturally became the source of opera creation.

Fan Lang's name varies from Fan Xilang, Fan Silang, Fan Shilang, and Fan Xilang to Fan Qiliang, Fan Jiliang, and Wan Xiliang. The plot of the story is laid out in twists and turns, and other characters related to them, such as Fan Lang's mother, also appear In the opera, the story is enriched day by day.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the story of Meng Jiangnu has continued to evolve among the people.Oral narrations from various places say that Meng Jiangnu was born of a gourd. Because the gourd (or melon) is involved in the Meng Jiang family who live next door, it is called "Meng Jiangnu".The story of Meng Jiangnu has not only been circulated for a long time, but also affected a wide range of regions.

According to local folk customs and people's different interests, different places have made various changes to this story, making the legend of Meng Jiangnu show an extremely strong regional color.

plot overview

According to legend, in the Qin Dynasty, there was a family who planted a melon, and the melon seedlings climbed along the wall to Jiang's house to produce melons.The melon is ripe, and one melon will score across the two courts!When I opened it, there was a white and fat little girl inside, so I named her Meng Jiangnu.When Meng Jiangnv grew up, everyone in the village with a radius of ten or eight miles knew that she was gentle, kind, down-to-earth, capable, smart, and a good girl who could play the piano, compose poems, and write articles.

The old couple even regarded her as the apple of their eye.

At this time, Qin Shihuang began to catch husbands everywhere to repair the Great Wall.There was a son named Fan Xiliang, a scholar, who ran out of the house in fright.He was so dry from running that he was just about to take a rest and find some water to drink when he heard a burst of people yelling and running around.It turns out that people are being arrested here too!Before he had time to run, he jumped over a nearby wall.It turned out that this wall was the back garden of the Meng family.

At this time, it happened that Meng Jiangnv came out to visit the garden with her maid.Meng Jiangnv suddenly saw a person hiding under the loofah stand. As soon as she and the maid shouted, Fan Xiliang hurried out, bowed and begged, "Miss, miss, don't shout, don't shout, I'm fleeing!" , save my life!"

Meng Jiangnv saw that Fan Xiliang looked like a white-faced scholar and was quite handsome, so she and her maid went back to report to the staff.The old man questioned Fan Xiliang's hometown and residence in the back garden, who was his last name, and why he jumped over the wall and was admitted to the hospital.Fan Xiliang answered verbally.Seeing that he was honest and knowledgeable, the staff agreed to hide him at home temporarily.

Fan Xiliang hid in Meng's house for a while, and when the old couple saw that he was a good-looking man with a generous demeanor, they discussed recruiting him as their son-in-law.After discussing it with my daughter, she agreed.Mention it to Fan Xiliang, Mr. Fan is also happy, and the marriage is settled like this.

In those years, there was a lot of turmoil, people were arrested twice in three days, and no one's family always let go of the marriage that was arranged.After discussing with each other, the old couple chose an auspicious day and invited relatives and friends.Two tables of banquets were set up, and after a day of merriment and joy, the two got married.As the saying goes: "People have misfortunes and blessings overnight, but there are unpredictable events in the sky."Less than three days after the young couple got married, a group of yamen servants suddenly barged in, and without a word, they took Mr. Fan away out of nowhere!

This trip was obviously more ominous than good, Meng Jiangnv cried all day long, looking forward to it!But after eagerly looking forward to it for a year, not only people did not expect it, but also Xiner did not expect it.Meng Jiangnu was really worried, so she rushed to make cold clothes for her husband for several nights, and wanted to go to the Great Wall to find her husband.

Seeing her stubborn appearance, her parents couldn't stop her, so they agreed.

Meng Jiangnv packed her luggage, bid farewell to the elders, and started the journey. Meng Jiangnv headed straight north, passing through mountains and rivers.

When you are hungry, eat cold bread; when you are thirsty, drink cold water; when you are tired, sit on the side of the road and rest your feet.One day, she asked a white-haired old man who was collecting firewood, "How far is it from here to the Great Wall?" The old man said, "There is Youzhou far, far away, and the Great Wall is still north of Youzhou." Meng Jiangnu thought to herself: "Even if the Great Wall is far away in the sky, I want to go to the sky to find my husband!"

Meng Jiangnv walked when the wind was blowing and when it was raining.One day, she went to a wilderness with no village in front of her and no shop in her back. It was getting dark and people were running out, so she ran to the temple.The dilapidated temple is quite large, with only half-deep grass and grinning statues.She was a young woman alone, terribly frightened.But she didn't care about these anymore, she found a corner and fell asleep.At night, she dreamed that she was studying with her husband at the table, when she heard a knock on the door, she thought that a group of yamen servants broke in to arrest people.She woke up suddenly. It turned out that the doors and windows of the ruined temple were ringing due to the wind.

She sighed, looked at the dawn of the sky, picked up her package and started on the road again.

One day, she was exhausted from walking and felt cold all over.She was about to take a rest when she suddenly passed out.When she woke up, she realized that she was lying on the hot kang of a fellow villager's house.The landlady rolled out the soup and brewed ginger water for her. She was very grateful and grateful.She sweated a little and felt a little lighter, so she struggled to get up and continued on her way.With tears in her eyes, the landlady held her and said, "Your sister-in-law, I know you are eager to find a husband, but your body is as hot as coals, can I have the heart to let you go! Your sister-in-law, if you look at your feet again, it will hurt you." It's a bloody lump, so it's not a foot!" Meng Jiangnv looked at her feet, and it wasn't that they had bloody lumps.She stayed at the old lady's house for another two days, and left again when she recovered from her illness.

While weeping, the old lady said, "What a good wife! God, please do me a favor and let the couples of the world reunite!" Meng Jiangnv finally arrived at the place where the Great Wall was being built.She asked the migrant workers who were building the Great Wall: Do you know where Fan Xiliang is?Ask about one, and they say they don't know.Inquiring about another one, she shook her head. She did not know how many people she inquired about; only then did she inquire about the migrant workers who were building the Great Wall in the neighboring village.Migrant workers from a neighboring village enthusiastically led her to find a migrant worker who was building the Great Wall with Fan Xiliang.

Meng Jiangnu asked, "Big brothers, did you build the Great Wall together with Fan Xiliang?"

Everyone said: "Yes!"

"Where's Fan Xiliang?" Everyone, you look at me, and I look at you.With tears in their eyes, no one said a word.When Meng Jiangnu saw this, she buzzed and her hair twitched.She widened her eyes and asked urgently, "Where is my husband, Fan Xiliang?" Everyone couldn't hide it, and said hesitantly, "Fan Xiliang died of—just—tired-starvation last month!"

"Where's the corpse?"

Everyone said: "There are too many dead people to be buried, and the supervisors are all filled in the Great Wall!"

Before everyone could finish speaking, Meng Jiangnu burst into tears as she patted the Great Wall with her hands.She cries, cries.Thousands of migrant workers only cried until the sun and moon dimmed, and the sky was dim, and the autumn wind wailed and the sea roared.Just as I was crying, suddenly there was a loud "crash", and a large section of the Great Wall collapsed like the sky falling apart, exposing piles of human bones.So many bones, which one is my husband?She suddenly remembered the story she heard from her mother when she was young: the bones of relatives can seep into the blood of relatives.She bit her middle finger and recognized the corpse with blood dripping.

She carefully identified the tattered clothes buttons, and recognized her husband's bones.Meng Jiangnu guarded her husband's bones, weeping to death.

Weeping, Qin Shihuang led a large group of people to inspect the side wall and passed by here.

When Qin Shihuang heard that Meng Jiangnv cried and fell down the city wall, he immediately became furious and furious.He led the three armies to the foot of Jiaoshan Mountain, and wanted to personally deal with Meng Jiangnv.But when he saw that Meng Jiangnu was young and beautiful, with delicate features and beautiful features, he wanted to occupy Meng Jiangnu.Where is Meng Jiangnu willing to follow?Qin Shihuang sent several old women to persuade, and Zhongshu ordered Zhao Gao to bring Fengguanxiapei to persuade, but Meng Jiangnu refused to obey.

Finally, Qin Shihuang personally came forward.When Meng Jiangnu saw Qin Shihuang, she wished she could kill the emperor through the ages.But she thought about it again, her husband's grievances have not been avenged, and Li Min's grievances have not been avenged, how could she die in vain!She suppressed her anger and listened to Qin Shihuang's nonsense.Seeing that she was silent, Qin Shihuang thought she was willing, so he said with more joy: "Speak up! As long as you obey me, I will give you whatever you want, gold and silver!"

Meng Jiangnv said: "I don't want mountains of gold and silver, I want to obey, as long as you promise three things!"

Qin Shihuang said: "Don't say three pieces, even thirty pieces are up to you. You say, this is the first one!"

Meng Jiangnu said: "The first thing is to build a monument for my husband, build a grave, and put it in a sandalwood coffin."

As soon as Qin Shihuang heard about it: "It's easy to say, easy to say, this one should be yours. Let's talk about the second one!"

"The second thing is that I want you to wear sackcloth and filial piety for my husband, hold a flag and hold a pot, follow behind the hearse, and lead all the civil and military officials to cry for the funeral."

When Qin Shihuang heard this, how could this be done!How can I, a majestic emperor, give a funeral to a commoner! "This one doesn't work, you can talk about the third one!"

Meng Jiangnu said: "If the second one doesn't work, there won't be a third one!"

When Qin Shihuang saw this posture, he should not agree, seeing that the fat in his mouth could not be eaten; if he agreed, it would not make people in the world laugh at him.Another thought: I don’t care if it laughs at me or not, and whoever dares to laugh at me will kill him.Thinking of this, he said: "Okay! I promise you the second thing. Let's talk about the third thing!"

Meng Jiangnv said: "The third thing is, I want to swim in the sea for three days."

Qin Shihuang said: "This is easy! Well, these three things are up to you!"

Qin Shihuang immediately sent people to erect a monument and repair Fan Xiliang's tomb, purchase coffins, and prepare filial piety and white flags to attract souls.On the day of the funeral, Fan Xiliang's hearse was in front, and Qin Shihuang followed closely behind, wearing hemp and filial piety, he really became a filial son