
Enjoying Poetry and Wine While Young
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I read this book a long time ago and bought the entire copy for myself. For me, big-hearted writing is the ceiling of Jinjiang, especially this book of poetry and wine. Even when I was in my senior year of high school, I still read it countless times. Mrs. Chu told the mythical beast that only children want everything. Adults know what they want and know how to make trade-offs. I also regard it as a model for myself. When facing problems, I dare to figure out what I really want and dare to make decisive choices. My favorite is the section about Wen Tianxiang's suicide note in Rou Da. Confucius said that benevolence is achieved, and Mencius said that righteousness is achieved. Only when righteousness is exhausted, benevolence is the best. At that time, when I was in the second year of secondary school, I felt that I was proficient in thick black studies and understood the so-called occupying the moral high ground. It was only after reading this episode that I understood what a true righteous man is. Go straight, not for profit, but for persistence. I wrote this paragraph in the final exam article at that time. Of course, the most magical part of the whole text is the part about Aunt Lin. The little lady lives well not because she was born well or married well, but because she has the ability. After having come so far, never look back. I am a girl, and my father once only wanted to be a civil servant and be safe and secure. Later, I overcame all kinds of difficulties and studied for a Ph. D. Abroad. I felt that Aunt Lin was also by my side, telling me that it is not easy for a girl to reach this point. I must persevere and never look back. Now I think that this book has accompanied me throughout middle school to a certain extent and has become an important part of my life value. At first, I regretted that the mythical beast could not ascend the throne, but now I have a deeper understanding of the difficulties that the mythical beast will face after it awakens. Just like Rou Da described, she has her own opinions and is no longer the person hiding behind Yan Su, so she has to face more suffering and opposition. Thank you to the author for respecting the difficulty of this road. It is precisely because of this difficulty that it is even more valuable that I am not alone in my path. Write a long review that is incoherent. But what I want to thank the most is that the author still writes about the brilliance of human nature while respecting the historical background and reality. For me, Aunt Lin has always been there, and so have the mythical beasts. They will witness me going on.
Regarding some readers who think that the heroine did not become the emperor, but her brother became the emperor, and the heroine made wedding clothes for her brother, I would like to express my opinion. In my opinion, the heroine did not make a wedding dress for the prince's younger brother. The main purpose of the heroine is to improve the status of women, so that women have the right to be officials and have the right to inherit (the title can be inherited by a daughter if there is no child, but the daughter's heir must bear the daughter's surname), and continue to do so. The heroine has done this, and is much better than Wu Zetian. I hope readers will understand the ideal of the heroine. She is not to be emperor, but to improve the status of women. You must know that in history, even when Wu Zetian became emperor, the status of women was very little improved. The only thing that improved was the status of the mother. From the mother's death, the children observed one year of filial piety to the father's three years of filial piety. This is the only thing left to later generations. This is also for her to better control her son. There are almost no benefits for women. After her, the rights of women (mainly royal women, court ladies, etc.) To participate in politics were restricted, especially the rights of princesses were greatly restricted. Women's most important inheritance rights have not been improved at all (women in the Tang Dynasty could not be divided into fields or family property, and could only receive a small dowry. You must know that women in the Northern Wei Dynasty could be divided into fields). If the heroine really wants to fight for position, will her father, the prince's brother, the prime minister, and most of her subordinates who originally supported her support her in promoting women's status and allowing women to serve as officials? Originally, she wanted women to be officials so that women would have the right to inherit (even after their brothers). There were already so many people opposed (some of them simply didn't want to see women become officials, some wanted to fight for power, and some wanted to restore their original status as nobles). Is the heroine that stupid? , Want to push away your allies and create so many obstacles to your ideals? You must know that countries with royal families have only revised their inheritance laws in recent years to make the inheritance rights of princesses and princes truly equal. As far as I know, the current crown prince of Belgium has become the first crown prince after Belgium revised its inheritance law. The inheritance of the British throne has only been truly equal since the children of Prince William. This has been decades into modern society where productivity has developed greatly and women's inheritance rights and political rights have been widely recognized. Even if the heroine really fights for the throne and becomes emperor in the face of heavy opposition, the price will be to turn against most of her relatives, require a killing spree like Wu Zetian, or a coup like Tang Taizong (Tang Taizong was recognized by most of the heroes. Because of the heroine's female identity, unless she can transfer a considerable part of her power and interests after ascending the throne, why would the heroes support her?). Then when the heroine becomes the emperor, the question arises, will she give the future princess the right to inherit? If she does, should she ignore the gender and only distinguish between the eldest and the youngest, or will the princess inherit the right after the prince? If it were later, why would she want to be the emperor? If it was to improve the status of women, it would be okay for her not to be the emperor! Won't the subsequent princesses imitate her? If it is the former, then the question is, the female emperor has one more serious problem than the male emperor. What should I do if I become pregnant and give birth after becoming an emperor? Without modern medical conditions, a woman's childbirth is a big problem. Can every empress be so lucky that she won't have dystocia? The emperor who had worked hard for decades to train was gone in a difficult childbirth. The court ministers would definitely vomit blood, and they would definitely stop ignoring men and women and directly installing the succession order of eldest and youngest. Unless the princess can promise not to have children or have sex, the princess' inheritance rights can only be ranked behind the prince. Most Chinese dynasties adhere to the eldest son succession system in order to reduce the instability of throne succession and ensure the stability of the court. (I have checked the eldest son of most of the emperors since the Qin Dynasty when they succeeded to the throne. At least 80% of the emperors were either the de facto eldest son or the de facto eldest son in the absence of a legitimate son when they succeeded. Even if Yang Guang was the de facto eldest son, after his brother Yang Yong was deposed, he was the de facto eldest son. The same is true for Li Shimin. If Li Jiancheng is killed, he will be the actual eldest son. We have the impression that there are many cases where the eldest son of the prince is unlucky and deposed. It is because they are special that they are focused on.) To improve the status of women, the most important thing is to develop productivity for women, improve medical standards, and reduce the resistance that restricts women's participation in work as much as possible. It's not like the heroine becoming an emperor can achieve equality in one step and directly make men and women equal. The heroine in the article does exactly this kind of work, allowing women to have political rights and inheritance rights. Even if they are behind their brothers, it is better to inherit their father's inheritance than to go to her husband's house to beg. This allows the princess to have the same rights as the prince to be crowned king, even if the princess needs to make a lot of contributions to be crowned king, and the prince is born with it. From the time when a princess needs to make great contributions to be crowned king to when the inheritance rights of princesses and princes are truly equal, it requires the efforts of generations of women, the continuous advancement of productivity, and the continuous improvement of medical standards. It is unrealistic to expect the heroine's generation to do it directly.
Still brushing up, I still feel deeply that the status of women has improved, and I am very grateful for the equal right to education given by the new era. This is the foundation of true equality, and we must not just settle down and be a "foolish citizen". In fact, if it weren't for the unique history, where the world was in ruins, but the forefathers forged ahead, broke and then stood up, and then boarded the high-speed rail of scientific and technological progress, how could women break through thousands of years of outdated thinking and really have the opportunity to study, take exams, and work? Although there are still scum, we are very lucky. Looking at the world, although history is always full of twists and turns, who knew that some "advanced countries" have recently wanted to abolish the legalization of women's abortion rights, and there are many "religious-dominated" countries in the world that have been suppressing and even objectifying women. They just want to turn women into reproductive machines. This is really a wake-up call. Our road ahead is not smooth sailing, and our rights are not tightly grasped. The only way is to learn knowledge well, do practical things, and become the pillar that "I can't do without you." I hope that I can be clear on my spiritual platform and practice it personally. Although the future is difficult, I firmly believe that we will continue to share the same path and our path will be bright.
This is my second time watching it. I've seen it before because I'm young. Although I was moved by it, I didn't feel deeply about it. After reading it again after many years, I found that even in today's society, women's rights and equality have not been fully realized. Instead, there have been many hindrances.
The main story is a novel, but the side story shocked me to realize that the road to women's rights is difficult. It's been seven years since this book was finished, and when I read it now, women are still so miserable. Feng County, Xuzhou... Abduction and trafficking...
Who hanged himself? If it were the female protagonist, I would burst into tears. Even if she is not the heroine, it makes me feel even more uncomfortable to have the heroine watch her like-minded companions being forced to hang themselves.
Dad is really good at writing extras. I was moved to tears by Dad in the last extra chapter of The Traitor's Daughter. There was nothing in this extra chapter until I saw the words on the bamboo slips. I was inexplicably moved to tears again. I don't know whether it was because of Aunt Lin's tragic fate or because her wish was firmly fulfilled by the heroine. In short, it was really good to cry.
Reading the tone of the article, I originally thought I would write about the subsequent development history, such as what the ethos of that dynasty was like when the heroine was in her seventies. I always felt that the heroine pursued the women's liberation movement too quickly. After all, she got married early and got pregnant again. As a result, there was a shortage of people. At that time, men who were educated and had a big-picture perspective were very scarce, not to mention women. She buried the thread so deeply that there was a shortage of people in every line at the back. If she took her time and let people teach others while burying the thread, wouldn't it be better, so that everything could be rounded out later?
"The future is difficult, but I am not alone" QAQ The first time I read it was on Migu Reading, when I was still a teenage middle school student (ー_ー)!! Later, I chased it all the way, and after hesitating for a long time, I finally bought it again. I can't express the shock I felt at that time. I'm a science student and don't know much about history, but I also know that women's involvement in politics has been regarded as scandalous since ancient times. Even as powerful as Wu Zetian, she had to return to her status as a queen before she was accepted by the secular society. When I was a child, I was a little smart and had a high self-esteem, so I always refused to accept the saying "Girls are smart when they are young, but they have no stamina when they grow up." However, because I later found out that I was indeed only smart and could not accomplish anything big, I seemed to be unable to produce any convincing evidence to overturn it... I never thought that the thing that suddenly enlightened me would be an online novel. Whether it's "The hen Si Chen's family is unlucky" or "Even if girls are smart in childhood, they don't have enough stamina when they grow up." In the final analysis, it is the lack of women's right to speak that makes society generally accept these baseless words. And behind the right to speak is the support of hard power, just like Yan Shenyou holding Xuanyi and showing her ability several times, so that she has the power to sit and discuss with the men in the state capital. Thanks to the efforts of our predecessors and the coincidence of a generation of great men taking charge, we latecomers can enjoy the same treatment and resources as men as much as possible. However, since "women's rights" is still a widely discussed topic, it shows that true equality between men and women is far from being realized. You must pay a price for fighting for power, but thanks to the gifts of our predecessors, now we probably don't need to really bleed like Yan Shenyou's female officials, work hard to improve ourselves, and don't be out of touch with society. Even if it's a little harder and tiring, don't hope to be a young mistress who lives in the back house... When the vast majority of women in society have this idea and put it into practice, things will get better and better~ But speaking of it, I have never understood one thing: how does sexism arise? I think the so-called discrimination is ultimately to protect vested interest groups. For example, white people discriminate against black people because their children are still white people. Using discrimination to make it more difficult for black people to squeeze into high-level circles is to ensure the interests of white descendants. But in terms of gender, half of the offspring of a male are likely to be female. If you engage in gender discrimination, wouldn't your own daughter be included in it? So what did the first man who discriminated against women think? Orz
This feeling of confidant separated by thousands of years makes people's scalp numb. You left a world for me in the future where I didn't have to compromise. I could see that you spent most of your life silently so that half of the people in the world could live like a human being. I am not alone in my path, fortunately I am.