Express The Sentiment Via The Female Disguise

Xu Wei was a great litterateur in Ming Dynasty. He had great talent and acheived very big access in almost all of his woks. We should pay more attention to two drama which were named Ci Mulan and Nü Zhuangyuan. The topics of these works are female disguise. The two heroines whose names were Hua Mulan and Huang Chonggu disguised themself and achieved great achievements. The female disguise is a culture phenomenon. From that, the strong desire of ancient Chinese women wanting to break the durance of men and to achieve the self-value was revealed. The hard strive to be free, independent and equal with men were represented. This type of plays were numerous in the ancient Chinese literatures, especially in the late Ming Dynasty when Xu Wei lived. Ci Mulan and Nü Zhuangyuan were the first plays that described the female disguise. They were illuminative because of their consideration of woman fates and value. In this paper, the brief introduction of the history of ancient Chinese literatures whose topic were the female disguise was represented. Through the Sinitic view, the position and value of Ci Mulan and Nü Zhuangyuan in the ancient Chinese literatures were introduced. Xu Wei's life were full of frustrations and misfortune. He never succeeded in the imperial examinations, and leaded a vagrant life. He had married for three times and killed his third wife at last. From the experiences of Hua Mulan and Huang Chonggu, the peculiar life experience, contradict thought and the tragic life ending were revealed. As Taoist Zheng said in Si Sheng Yuan Yin, Xu Wei expressed his sentiment through strong story of " Ci Zhang Fu and Nv Wen Shi". In this thesis, based on the works of Ci Mulai and Nü Zhuangyuan, the effects of Xu Wei's life experience on his works were described. Based on that, the Xu Wei's contradict feminism thought was researched.