An oil-paper umbrella holds a legend that spans thousands of years in the misty rain. On the West Lake, an infatuated scholar and a white snake who repay kindness set off a vigorous and fascinating love affair. This is the plot of China's famous ancient folklore The Legend of the White Snake. I fell in love with the white snake who repaid the kindness and the innocence of pursuing love, so I dug out the earliest epigram that recorded the legend of the white snake from the bookcase. So, what is the earliest recorded legend of the white snake? One by one, listen to me.
White snake: A lonely white snake
"When Xu Xuan saw it, it turned out to be a woman with a bun and plain locks, wearing a white silk blouse and a linen skirt." -"White Snake Forever True Leifeng Pagoda"
Everything started because of a misty rain in the West Lake.
That's Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the drizzle touched the minds of pedestrians. It rained heavily, and there was no cruise ship on the West Lake, only Xu Xuan was on his way home by boat. Line but ten zhangs, then heard a woman on the shore in a hurry call:
"Grandpa, by boat!"
Maybe all this was just an accident. Out of kindness, Xu Xuan took the white snake in the rain and generously lent him a few pieces of silver. Then he happened to meet a white snake under the eaves and lent out a valuable purple bamboo umbrella. It seems natural, doesn't it? Is it?
However, it is this pure kindness that made White Snake infatuated with Xu Xuan and followed Xu Xuan's footsteps all the way from Qianshan. But she didn't know that her affection was doomed to be fruitless. All because she's a demon.
Xu Xuan's kindness is only kindness to people. Facing the devil, Xu Xuan is just an ordinary person after all.
He'll be scared.
"A person looks at his hometown in a high-rise building and worries about the oblique sunshine screen window; I have been a sincere person all my life, but I didn't expect to meet a demon! I don't know where "nothing" belongs Where did Qingqing know? Throw away your flesh and blood and come to the Soviet Union, and be heartbroken at home! " -"White Snake Forever True Leifeng Pagoda"
Some people think that the white snake in the Leifeng Pagoda in White Snake Town is different from the white snake in later generations, just to harm Xu Xuan, and is an evil demon. Is that so?
Yes, because he knew the white snake, Xu Xuan was accused many times and sent to far away places. When the white snake was discovered, the white snake threatened the life of the whole city and forced Xu Xuan to be with him. That's right, that's right. However, people who hold this view are led by the author, just looking at the problem from the perspective of Xu Xuan, thus ignoring the feelings of Bai Niangzi as a party.
I just hope that Xu Xuan's life will be better. It is infatuation for the White Lady to steal gold and jade jewelry. When Xu Xuan was implicated, Bai Niangzi voluntarily returned all the treasures and wanted to return Xu Xuan's innocence. This is a problem.
Xu is far away. In every city, you can always see the trail of the white snake. Qianshan, who walks on Wan Li Road, always follows in the footsteps of Xu Xuan. If it's only harmful to others, why bother here? This is not love. What is it?
Xu Xuan suspected the white snake and followed the advice of the Taoist priest to suppress the white snake with the symbol ofuda. The white snake actively burns the symbolic symbol and swallows the symbolic water. It is impossible to say that she was not injured. Even if you are hurt, you should pretend to be innocent to dispel Xu Xuan's doubts. This is not infatuation. What is this?
When her true identity was discovered, the white snake threatened the life safety of the people in the city. She would rather do this than be with Xu Xuan. How can such infatuation and care be just for disaster?
However, the White Snake is lonely after all. Her beloved Xu Xuan betrayed her, put her under the Leifeng Tower and never saw her again.
"Later, Xu Xuanhua resigned and built a seven-story pagoda. For thousands of years, white snakes and herrings could not be born. Besides, when the Zen master was arrested, he left four sentences: the West Lake dried up, the rivers and lakes could not afford it, the Leifeng Tower fell, and the white snake was born. " Until the end of the novel, the white snake did not escape from Leifeng Tower. On the contrary, when Xu Xuan died, he wrote a poem to warn future generations: "The ancestors gave me the world of mortals, and the Cycas bloomed before spring;" The cycle of transformation is very heavy, and life is reborn. If you want to know that color is colorless, you must know that it is invisible, but it is tangible; The color is empty, and the color of empty space should be clear. "
Cruel and heartless, pretending. White snake has a kind heart. Since she met Xu Xuan, she has never hurt anyone. Only this infatuation, this infatuation, will not be understood by Xu Xuan. When White Snake was suppressed, she once said:
"Father, I am a boa constrictor. Because of the storm, Qingqing and I came to the West Lake to settle down. I don't want to see Xu Xuan, but I can't bear to part with it. I offended the dogma for a moment, but I didn't kill anyone. I hope that the Zen master will be merciful! "
Offending dogma, God. Throughout the ages, many tragedies have happened in the name of heaven. Tiantiao? What the hell are you talking about? Immortals can't fall in love, and transvestites can't fall in love? Is this the sky? I don't understand. Da ji was sent by Nu Wa to harm her, but she was finally judged by your immortals and ended up in a tragic end. Is this the sky? I don't understand. What exactly is the sky they are talking about?
"A thousand words from saints only teach people to keep righteousness and destroy human desires." -Zhu
It is these decadent ethical principles that bind ancient women firmly, and they have no freedom to pursue love. The legend of the so-called monster is just the epitome of countless women's blood and tears in feudal society!
The white snake is lonely after all, so lonely that only one herring dances beside her.
"Qingqing is a herring, and has been in the pool under the Third Bridge of West Lake for thousands of years. I've known him for a while and dragged him over as a companion. He hasn't enjoyed himself for a day. I hope the Zen master will have mercy! "
In the end, the white snake was left with only a herring, an isolated tower and a thousand lines of tears.
Note: In the earliest written version of the legend of the white snake, the white snake was not called the White Snake. Xu Xian's name is Xu Xuan; Xiaoqing is not a green snake, but a herring. At the same time, there are no plots such as white snake repaying kindness and Xu Xian's son releasing white snake.