The story about Dou E?

Dou, a poor Confucian scholar in Chuzhou, had no money to go to Beijing to take the exam, so he sold his little daughter to Cai's family as a child bride. Dou E's husband died after marriage, and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law lived together. When Cai Po went out to collect debts, she met the rogue Zhang Lver and his son and was threatened by them. Zhang Donkey tried to occupy it, but when she didn't obey, she tried to poison Cai Po for blackmail, only to kill her father by mistake.

Zhang Maolv falsely accused of murder, and the government tortured her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Dou E was beheaded to prevent Cai Po from confessing to murder. Dou E swore to heaven when she was executed. After his death, he vowed to spend three years practicing in vain, six years in In the snow and a drought to clear his grievances. Then it really came true. Three years later, Dou was appointed as an envoy to Chuzhou, and saw the ghost of Dou E appear, so he retried the case and rehabilitated Dou E.

Extended data Dou E is the protagonist of Guan Hanqing's zaju Dou E Yuan, and a typical example of oppressed women in feudal society. She is kind and strong, and has a strong spirit of resistance.

At first, Dou E was just a woman who swore to abide by feudal ethics such as filial piety and chastity, but the cruel reality pushed her to the abyss. First, Zhang Lu, a rogue villain, forced her to get married, and then she was tortured by the government. In the struggle against evil forces, her rebellious character developed rapidly, from self-discipline and resignation to resolute struggle.

In court, she made a thrilling accusation against the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, which was actually a denial of the reality of the dark society and highlighted her unconquerable spirit of resistance.

Dou E is a character in Guan Hanqing's work Dou E Yuan in Yuan Dynasty. Yuan describes a lonely woman who was innocently framed and sentenced to death by a corrupt official who took bribes. Dou E's grievances were nowhere to be felt, and he was so angry that he scolded the sky: "Land, whether you are good or bad; God, you are wrong! " Before she died, she made a vow that her blood would spill on the white silk of the execution ground. In June, heavy snow fell all over the sky, and the local drought lasted for three years.

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Dou E-Baidu Encyclopedia