17.07.10 （Sat) - Today I had forgo getai for 歌仔戏. I did not reget my choice. Although the story is not very good, it is a bit complicated so unless I had some idea of past opera of the same title or some history knowledge of 吴汉, i had no idea of today story.
But I would said i really enjoy today Taiwan actress and actor. Tml, I must go again. Their last day of performance at 韭菜芭城隍庙 will be on Tuesday,20.7.10.
Today story: 戏名：吴汉杀妻
刘氏
Liu had two sons - 刘彻, the eldest son and second son 刘秀. The eldest son was ordered by 太后 to return to the palace.
刘彻 sensed that his return to the palace will be a bad ending
Wang Gui Ying
刘彻 was assinated on the way back to the palace
Luckily Gui Ying saved him. Although Gui Ying was wearing a black veil, Liu managed to snatch the veil away and revealed Gui Ying true face
太后。王莽 was actually the external grandson of 太后. In order to ensure that he can gain a place in the palace, He forced 太后 to arrange marriage between his daughter and 刘彻. 刘彻 accepted the marriage in great reluctance
刘彻 marry Wang's daughter
At the 新房，Liu was not willing to remove his wife's veil
Gui Ying was very even temper and remove the veil herself and requested her husband to accept her
When Liu knew Gui Ying was the girl whom saved him, he accepted the love immediately
3 Months passed. Liu was now 汉成帝. The evil Liu plotted to murder Liu on the spot
Wang arranged for his minister to offer poison wine to the new emperor. Wang lied that the new emperor must drink 3 glasses as a good symbol of his new position
The emperor drink his last glass
The poison take effect almost immediately. The new emperor knew he was dying
Gui Ying cried that she did not knew abt this plot
汉成帝 died and gui ying was kiled by her dad. Liu annoucned him as the new emperor
刘氏 and 刘秀 decided to seek revenge when they knew about the death
刘氏 was killed while 刘秀 managed to escape
刘秀 was saved by a farmer
The farmer daughter fall in love with 刘秀
Out of greed, the farmer's wife reported Liu Xiu to the officers whom came to capture him
Liu Xiu ran and meet a old officer that are loyal to the Liu Family. The old officer said that a higher rank offier that were his god brother can help Liu Xiu
Turned out the higher officer was called 吴汉
Wu Han was happy to be able to capture Liu
Liu was captured
Wu Han told his mother of Liu's capture
Wu Han's mum realised the true identiy of Liu
Wu Han's mum slapped Wu Han. She told him that Wu han's dad was killed by Wang. Wu Han must do three things. Firstly, He must released Liu. Secondly, no one must knew of Liu whereabout and Wu Han must support Liu to become the emperor so Wu Han killed the guards whom captured Liu. Thirdly, Wu han must killed the princess. The princess was Wang's daugher, Lan Ying
In order to be 孝子, Wu Han had no choice but to listen to his mum's word to kill his own wife
Lan Ying was praying at the temple when Wu Han arrived. Another name for 吴汉杀妻 was actually 斩经堂 as it was where Wu Han need to kill his wife. Wu Han hesitated to kill his wife when he heard that his wife was praying for his own safety and good health
Lan Ying was devastered when she knew the truth
Later, Lan Ying killed herself by grabbing hold of Wu Han's sword and cut her own neck
In order to get Wu Han to help Liu, Wu Han's mum hanged herself also
Goodbye Time
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4ba4d47201000b98.html - This website gave a detailed story. I had highlighted some text in blue as it was exactly what today opera was showing also but I cannot really recall the part where the wife was saying as my Hokkien was also 有限公司 Extract from this site:
比如这出《斩经堂》，讲王莽当政时期，潼关守将吴汉抓着了到处逃窜的刘秀。吴汉是当朝驸马，王莽的女婿，得此机会能加官进爵自然欣喜万分。他回家跟他娘一表功，没成想他娘不干了，痛骂他认贼作父，助纣为虐：原来王莽篡位时，吴汉的爹作为汉室重臣与反动派坚决做斗争来着,寡不敌众被劈于金阶之上。他娘带着吴汉隐姓埋名数十载，含辛茹苦将他养大，而吴汉也确实出类拔萃，终于得中武状元。王莽知道了吴的底细，为收买人心，将女儿嫁与他，并命他驻守潼关（要说王莽还真是“爱才”）……吴汉听完娘的一番血泪哭诉，如晴天霹雳（恩人变仇人是戏曲的常用桥段，忠孝仁爱礼智信，都靠巨变出效果呢）。随后他娘以家中大佬的名义命令他：1、送幼主刘秀出潼关四十里不许加害。2、砍下帅旗永不上关。3、杀掉王莽之女以报父仇。前两条吴汉都老实照做了，只是这最后一条，吴汉就是下不了手。毕竟夫妻几年，即便不是情深似海，也不能说翻脸就翻脸啊，那成什么了？吴汉他娘气死了，骂他大丈夫不怕被天下人耻笑？（看到这里我快受不了了，虽然戏剧表现的就是两难情景中的人的抉择，但这种动不动拿女人开刀的行径实在让我不耻）……这王莽之女也是一位标致可人，通情达理，孝顺备致的小媳妇，见丈夫突然要杀她，自然魂飞破散了，求吴汉饶自己一命，从此专心我佛……吴汉难违母命，硬着头皮还是要杀。公主见郎心如铁，说自己死就死吧，却有几个遗憾：一是死了之后婆母没人照顾；二是没有留下一儿半女；三是自己专心念佛只为偿还父亲所作之孽，没成想念佛念到了丈夫的屠刀之下。公主要吴汉答应她死后将她葬在西门之外，等吴汉再觅得贤惠妻子，生下一儿半女，每到清明，提上几吊纸钱到她坟前高声喊上三句“王兰英”，她在九泉之下就知足了。说到动容处，铁打的吴汉受不了了。吴汉成了哈姆雷特，身背插旗，头戴稚翎来来回回地搓手跺步。杀还是不杀，这是一个问题！正待犹豫之际，公主说声婆母来了，吴汉一回身，公主抽出他的配剑抹脖子自尽了。吴汉这个痛啊，还没哭出来呢，突然家人又报，老夫人在堂前悬梁了！吴汉明白了，敢情他娘是在绝他的念头，堵他的后路，让他死心塌地追随刘秀反王莽。于是他一把火烧了宅子，带着大部队离开潼关投入到轰轰烈烈的革命洪流中去了……
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