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Besieged City Reading Notes
Reading Notes on "The Besieged City", "The Besieged City" is a novel written by Qian Zhongshu. It is a satirical novel with a unique style in the history of modern Chinese literature. It is known as "New Confucian Foreign History".
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siege
① Return to the country by boat
Miss Bao
Fang Hongjian's pursuer
Miss Sun's love rival and cabin mate
bold and bold
bohemian
Open and high-profile
Sexy and revealing clothing
open-minded
When he was having an affair with Fang Hongjian, he was caught by Liu and used as a threat.
Fang Hongjian bought a fake doctorate degree from "Clayden University"
Miss Sun
Hongjian liked the other party from time to time
After Miss Bao left, she played with Fang Hongjian
Theme of the work
social criticism
It criticizes the current ills of state affairs and all living beings in the Kuomintang-controlled areas in the 1930s and 1940s, including the corruption in Shanghai's maritime commercial port, the backwardness and isolation of the inland rural areas, and the ridicule of corruption in education and intellectual circles.
cultural criticism
Most of the characters in "Fortress Besieged" suffer from Western admiration, but at their core, traditional culture still plays a leading role. Through the analysis of the morbid characters of these characters, the work deeply reflects on and criticizes Chinese traditional culture.
Philosophical reflections on life and the destiny of modern people
An exploration of people’s basic living conditions and the fundamental meaning of life, as well as an exploration of people’s basic nature and the basic relationships between people.
The main connotation of "City Besieged" is that people who are besieged in the city want to escape, and people outside the city want to rush in. Whether it is marriage or career, most of the wishes in life are like this. "
The questions raised by the author in the siege involve the crisis of the entire modern civilization and the dilemma of modern life, which are issues of universal significance.
Was rated as "the modern "The Scholars""
② Fun facts about disembarkation
Miss Su
Take the initiative to pursue love
Zhou's fiancée died, and Fang Hongjian stayed with Zhou's family
Mrs. Zhou
curious gossip
Curious about the relationship between Fang Hongjian and Miss Su
covet fame and fortune
Coveting Miss Su's diploma, he wanted Fang Hongjian to marry him as his goddaughter
vanity and arrogance
After learning about the innocence of Fang Hongjian and Miss Su, they fell out
③Visit the Su family
Meet and pursue Su’s cousin Tang Xiaofu
witty
Knowledgeable and generous
be polite
innocent and pure
Cute and real
empathetic
It is the perfect image in the novel
Meet Zhao Xinmei, Su’s pursuer
Miss Su
Contrived vanity
Kitsch
Likes to be surrounded by men
After getting married, she seduced Zhao Xinmei again
Insidious and despicable
Deliberately break up Fang Tang
bully others
Insinuating the Fang couple as wives in need of official services
Jealousy
caustic and tactful
Arrogant and snobbish
Targeted by Xinmei’s misunderstanding
Meet Su’s friend Cao Yuen Long
good at flattery
Blindly praise Su Wenwan regardless of his literary level
cowardly
After marrying Su, I can only be at the mercy of Su
No ability
Average educational level
Su Zhaofang attended the reception
Get to know Chu Shenming, Dong Xiechuan, and Du Shenqing
Chu Shenming
Mysterious
opportunistic
self-advertisement
After the cocktail party
Fang Hongjian confessed to Su, and their relationship broke down.
④Su Zhao’s teaching experience
Su and Cao get married
Fang Zhao’s misunderstanding is solved
Xinmei recommended Hongjian to teach at Sanlv University
Fang Songnian
headmaster
duplicity
Hypocrisy and tact
Ambiguity with Mrs. Wang Chuhou
dirty inside
Take advantage of the situation
adapt to changing circumstances
Smart and capable
Sophisticated and mature
Sophisticated
Li Meiting
narrow-minded
Argument with Ah Fu, the widowed servant
Discord
Save money by buying low-class ferry tickets but deceive Fang Zhao
selfishness
stingy
He refused to give Ms. Sun any medicine and only gave her pre-packaged cod liver oil.
The city is deep and scheming
Powerful, lustful and stingy
tangled with the widow
Ambiguity with Wang Meiyu
subtopic
Gu Erqian
Decay and ignorance
Arguing over the bed
Not familiar with worldly affairs
Keep your mouth shut
He didn't understand Li Meiting's scruples and forcibly searched his luggage for medicine.
Lu Zixiao
Like Sun Roujia
Play around with right and wrong
Calculating gains and losses
Good at creating rumors
Good at guessing and informing
Because Fang Hongjian knew from one word that Fang and Han were "alumni" of Clayton University, he informed Han Xueyu to take precautions.
The method is clever and ridiculous
Fan Yi
Like Zhao Xinmei
Dare to court
Well intentioned
Ridiculous
Very poor means of pursuit
Be proactive and bold
Open and coquettish
vanity
Like others to second guess themselves
Like to be praised by others
narrow-minded
subtopic
Intrigue
Roommates with Sun Roujia
subtopic
Wang Chuhou
Mrs. Wang
Sickly
longing for love
Talking about speculation with Zhao Xinmei
Dare to love, dare to hate
Mature and sophisticated
Know how to deal with the world
clever and cunning
Manipulating Wang Chuhou behind the scenes
Strong and responsible
lustful
Married a woman half his age as his wife
irritable
He was so impatient when he caught his wife having an affair with Xin Mei
Strong self-esteem
Want face
His wife was not happy about hurting him in public
Han Xueyu and Mrs. Han
falsify
I bought a fake diploma and my wife pretended to be a foreigner.
clumsy hypocrisy
Strong vanity
Advocate for foreigners
The cheater was not exposed and continued to dominate the school.
is a sophisticated academic liar
scheming
Playing tricks to destroy the relationship between Fang Hongjian and Liu Dongfang
Always aloof, he visited Fang Hongjian to inquire about the situation
Invite students to dinner and secretly investigate Fang Hongjian
Liu Dongfang and his wife
Miss Liu
Sister Liu Dongfang
Reject traditional ignorant thinking
Transparent principles
I know I can't live in my brother-in-law's house for free and work as a servant to pay off my debts.
yearning for free marriage
Refuse Mrs. Wang’s matchmaking
Sun Roujia
Secret love for Fang Hongjian
Fang Dunweng and Mrs. Fang
Fang Hongjian’s parents
pedantic
Love wants face
Distinguish between right and wrong
Reprimanding Fang for being irrational in rejecting Zhou's marriage
Representative of China’s old-school pedagogy
Zhao Xinmei
Smart and brave
Can see through Su Roujia's schemes
After being discovered by everyone that he was having an affair with Mrs. Wang, he resigned decisively.
knowledgeable
Respected by everyone
High-spirited
Know everything
Emphasis on love and justice
Helped Fang Hongjian find a job many times
Obsessed with Mrs. Wang who is similar to Su Wenwan
Deeply in love with Su Wenwan for 30 years
Sociable
be polite
Have a strong sense of presence and be well-received by others
In contrast to Hongjian
stay loyal
Escaped from the siege
Fang Hongjian
cowardly
Don’t dare to pursue Tang Xiaofu bravely and clarify the misunderstanding
Passive and incompetent
Rely on Xinmei's care
Staying aloof from the world is useless
Neither heroic nor evil
Less sophisticated
If you don’t know how to communicate, you’ll offend people more.
Can't stand temptation
Sometimes he is sarcastic, sometimes he is overly flattering.
High in spirit and shallow in knowledge
Want a good career but don’t work hard
As a kid from a rich family, he has no knowledge or skills.
arrogant
Frequently quarrels with Su Roujia
whiny
Good nature
Worship foreigners and despise the West
Dual personality
easy to compromise
Not strong-willed
Wavering in front of Miss Su and Miss Tang
Compromising with Sun Roujia
Contradictory and hesitant
opinionated
Write a letter to his father requesting to break off the engagement with the Zhou family
tragic ending
social environment
Being influenced by the education of feudal ideology since childhood
Develop a cowardly and worried character
Feudal tradition, modern civilization, Chinese culture, foreign culture, aggression and counter-invasion and other social environments collide
Leading to Fang's conflicting and split personality
Features of the work
Full of realism, it reflects the actual state of contemporary people and criticizes human nature and culture.
Humorous and sarcastic writing style
A strong criticism of the vulgarity of society at that time and reality.
The novel has no clear story clues, just some trivial plots "pieced together" by the author's trivial insights and experiences.
Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged" really uses language to the highest level.
Make good use of metaphors
Image metaphor of things (describing scenery)
Abstract metaphor (concrete object image)
most ingenious
The strong contrast in the value hierarchy between the metaphor and the ontology is used to ridicule and belittle the object, making the work more witty and humorous.
Criticizing human nature and culture, the technique is humorous and the spiritual connotation is profound.
psychological description
It vividly describes Fang Hongjian's contradictory and divided psychology.
The characters created are realistic and typical
multi-layered meaning
On the one hand, the author portrays a large number of intellectuals in the 1930s and 1940s in the novel.
On the other hand, the author conveys his thoughts on life through the narration of Fang Hongjian’s experience.
The characters and events written in the novel are very far removed from the social environment at that time, and are not closely integrated with the times.
The author said in the preface: "In this book, I want to write about a certain part of society and a certain type of characters in modern China." He did not deliberately highlight the characteristics of the times. When reading, you can directly enter the text and do not read the novel. The understanding depends on politics and the times.
married life
Sun Roujia
scheming
Arrogant and selfish
Jealous because Fang Hongjian trusted Zhao Xinmei
Fang Hongjian was her carefully chosen partner
smart
Take control of your good friend Hongjian’s love, life and destiny
worry about gains and losses
Often noisy and petty
Cause discord between husband and wife
Do whatever it takes for love
Soft on the outside but strong on the inside
good wife and mother
Use the appearance of weakness and meekness to deceive Hongjian and use retreat to advance
Li Ma
Nanny Sun Roujia
Excessive favoritism to Sun Roujia
Likes to complain to Aunt Sun about Fang Hongjian
Only listen to Sun Roujia's orders and ignore Fang Hongjian
have a finger in the pie
Meddling in the love life of Mr. and Mrs. Fang
Destroying the relationship between Fang Hongjian and his wife
Ignorance
aunt
Dote on Sun Roujia
Representative of Western cultural thought
Discord with Sun Roujia’s thoughts
Intervene in the love life of Fang and his wife
Destroyed their relationship
Second grandma, third grandma
scheming
Before Sun Roujia came, the two had a bad relationship. After Sun Roujia arrived, the two reconciled and joined forces to deal with Roujia.
Stingy and cunning
Coveted for money, jealous of Fang Lao and partial to Hung Chien
Hypocrisy and ignorance
Making fun of Fang Hongjian and his wife behind their backs
Jealous of Sun Roujia’s high level of education
narrow-minded
I blame Mr. Fang and his wife for being partial.
After leaving the child to Mr. Fang, Mrs. Fang also disliked the elders for not taking good care of them.
Topic
It shows the fierce conflict between the declining and weak China and modern capitalist civilization.
The famous old ancestral clock at the end of the book, the precious clock that Fang Hongjian's father gave to his son and daughter-in-law as a wedding gift, a "very accurate" clock that "slowed only 7 minutes" every hour, was now 5 minutes slow. hour clock:
When Fang Hongjian and Sun Roujia were arguing and going out, there was a scene that highlighted the topic: passing by a foreign bakery, the electric light in the kitchen window was bright, illuminating all kinds of pastries. Standing outside the window was an old man in short clothes and ragged clothes, looking at the things in the window intently. He held a basket on his arm, which contained rough clay dolls and wind spins made of wax paper.