Chapter 6 Mei Meng broke up-3

In fact, the audience is not only surprised by men playing women, this art form is not uncommon on the Western theater stage.What made them sigh was that Mei Lanfang did not simply imitate the posture and posture of women, but artistically reproduced the essence and image of women.From his performance, they can actually receive the artistic characteristics of women such as dignity, gentleness, beauty and elegance that he deliberately conveys.Therefore, his performance completely surpasses the appearance of a man playing a woman and has a deeper level. From then on, as Mei Lanfang moved to Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu and other places after New York, a wave of "Mei Lanfang craze" spread throughout the United States.Some shops display the gorgeous costumes of Peking Opera in the window; at the flower fair, there is a kind of flower named "Mei Lanfang Flower"; a lady watched 16 Mei Lanfang performances in three weeks, Hearing that Mei Lanfang was just 36 years old that year, he specially bought 36 plum trees and set aside a piece of land in his own big garden to plant plum trees. Named "Mei Lanfang Garden".

After the last performance in New York, someone proposed to come on stage and shake hands with Mei Lanfang to say goodbye.Mei Lanfang readily agreed.So the audience came up from the right and went down from the left in order. The order was very good, but Mei Lanfang still couldn't see the audience decrease after ten minutes of holding hands, and he was very puzzled.Upon closer inspection, it turned out that many people shook hands once, went down and lined up again, and came up to shake hands again.In this way, Mei Lanfang shook hands endlessly. Mei Lanfang was really moved by the unprecedented enthusiasm for Chinese Peking Opera among ordinary audiences in the United States. Now the stone that was hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.At the same time, American journalists, critics and other professionals try to be calm and objective due to their professional needs, but they can't restrain their personal preference for Chinese Peking Opera and Mei Lanfang, so there are endless praises.

Mei Lanfang's success is not only his personal success, but also the success of Chinese drama. During her stay in the United States, Mei Lanfang's contacts with the "Three Masters of the American Film Industry" were the most commendable. The "Three Masters of Film" refers to Douglas Fairbanks, who is famous all over the United States for acting in martial arts films, his wife Mary Pickford, who is known as "America's Popular Lover", and comedy Master Chaplin. From the day Mei Lanfang arrived in San Francisco, he received invitation letters one after another from Fairbanks, in which he earnestly hoped that he would stay in his villa for a few days during his performance in Los Angeles.At first, Mei Lanfang declined repeatedly because of the inconvenience of living in other people's homes.Fairbanks refused to give up anyway, and wrote letters again and again.Unable to accept the kindness, Mei Lanfang had no choice but to agree, but he never thought that after he arrived in Los Angeles, he knew that Fairbanks had gone to London, and it was Mary who came forward to receive him.It turned out that Fairbanks had long planned to go to London, but he did not dare to tell Mei Lanfang directly, fearing that Mei Lanfang would not go to his villa even more.

After the welcoming ceremony, Mei Lanfang got into the car provided by Fairbanks and was escorted by the special police car of the municipal government. He first went to the city hall to visit the mayor Poultai, and then drove straight to Fairbanks' villa "Feilai Fubiezhuang".Because the "Feilaifu" villa once received artists, scientists, and writers from all over the world, including Einstein, it is said that some people once joked that "Feilaifuzhuang" and "White House" are the United States in the 1920s. Two most prestigious homes. After Mei Lanfang moved into "Fei Lai Fu Bie Zhuang", Mary handed over the keys to the entire building to him, and she herself went to live elsewhere.Not only that, but Mary also carefully arranged the diet and asked the chef to change the pattern every day.So during that period, Mei Lanfang tasted all kinds of delicacies from all over the world without leaving home.In his spare time, he also swims in the swimming pool of the villa.Before the end of the show in Los Angeles, Fairbanks rushed back from London.In addition to exchanging movies and dramas, the two artists played golf together more often, and Fairbanks personally taught Mei Lanfang how to swing.

The first thing Fairbanks said after seeing Mei Lanfang was to ask: "Are you satisfied with my wife's hospitality?" Thinking about when I will have the opportunity to repay you." Fairbanks said humorously: "This opportunity must not be too far away." Sure enough, in February of the second year after Mei Lanfang returned from his visit to the United States, Fairbanks made a contribution to the documentary "Around the World in Eighty Minutes" and director Victor Fleming came to Beijing, which really provided Mei Lanfang with the opportunity to "repay".In advance, Mei Lanfang borrowed a typical old Beijing architectural style house for Fan Punk, and asked someone to refurbish it, put on furniture carved from red sandalwood in Ming and Qing Dynasties, hang Ming and Qing calligraphy and paintings, and hired a Chef, specially cooks Chinese dishes for Fairbanks.

During Fairbanks' visit to China, directed by Fleming, Mei Lanfang and Fairbanks co-starred in two sets of sound films.The first group is the meeting of two people. Mei Lanfang first said a few words of welcome in English, and then Fan Pengke said in Chinese: "Mr. Mei, Peiping is very good, we will come again next year." The second group In the scene, Fairpunk puts on the costume given by Mei Lanfang, pretends to be Wu Song, and then does a few martial arts moves taught by Mei Lanfang.Mei Lanfang said with a smile that Fan Punk "is the first foreign military student to play a Chinese military student in history".

When it was time to part again, Mei Lanfang, in addition to giving Fan Punk some Chinese local products, stationery, a Chinese-style black satin flower jacket, blue satin flower jacket and Wu Song's full set of outfits, also invited Fan Punk Hand over to the lady two sets of Danjiao costumes.In the early 1970s, at a film industry banquet in Hollywood, Mary surprised everyone by wearing an ancient Chinese costume.Before Mary passed away, she donated the costume to Ms. Lu Yan, a Chinese actress and adopted daughter of Mei Lanfang. Mei Lanfang has never lost contact with Fairbanks and his wife. After he moved to Shanghai, he received photos from Fairbanks and cigarette boxes with his name engraved on them, but the two never met again.

Mei Lanfang's meeting with Chaplin was a bit dramatic because he didn't know it beforehand.It was the night when Mei Lanfang arrived in Los Angeles. He was invited by the theater manager to a nightclub for a reception. As soon as he sat down, he saw a person who seemed to have known him walking not far away. When he was thinking about where he had seen him, the theater The manager came over and introduced to him: "This is Mr. Chaplin." Mei Lanfang suddenly realized and got up immediately.At this time, the manager introduced to Chaplin again: "This is Mr. Mei Lanfang." The two masters held hands tightly.Chaplin said: "I have heard your name a long time ago, and I am honored to meet you today. Ah! I never thought that you would enjoy such a famous name at such a young age. You are the first enviable person in the world." Mei Lan Fang said: "I saw you on the screen more than ten years ago. Your cane, top hat, big leather shoes, and mustache are so interesting. I just saw you, and I couldn't recognize you because of your elegant demeanor and judging on the stage. If there are two people."

Therefore, this reception became a private gathering of Mei Lanfang and Chaplin.The two of them sipped fine wine while talking about drama.Mei Lanfang said that he learned from Chaplin's silent films how to express the character's heart through movements and expressions, and Chaplin asked Mei Lanfang about the performing arts of clowns in Peking Opera.Although this is the first time the two have met, they have no strangers to each other because of their common pursuit of drama. Instead, they have a happy chat without restraint. After a separation of six years, the two met again in Shanghai.At that time, Chaplin had just wrapped up his filming and was newly married. He took his wife Pauline Gao Dai (who played the leading role in the movie) and arrived in Shanghai on a honeymoon trip.Mei Lanfang happily attended the reception held by people from Shanghai's literary and art circles at the International Hotel.The reunion of old friends was very affectionate. Chaplin hugged Mei Lanfang's shoulders without any surprise, and said with emotion: "I remember when we met in Los Angeles six years ago, everyone's hair was black. Look, now my hair is black." Most of them are already gray, but you still can't find a single white hair, isn't that unreasonable?" His words were unavoidably humorous, but Mei Lanfang still felt that Chaplin was quite angry. Unable to deal with the ups and downs of the situation, he comforted him: "You worked harder than me. Every film is self-written, self-directed, self-acted, and produced by yourself. It is too brain-intensive. I hope you take care of your health." That night, Mei Lan Fang accompanied Chaplin and his wife to watch Liantai opera which was very popular in Shanghai at that time, and then took them to Xinguang Theater to watch Ma Lianliang's play without stopping.

Chaplin only stayed in Shanghai for a short day, and Mei Lanfang almost stayed with them for a day.It was only on this day that China remained in Chaplin's memory forever, so that after returning to China, he communicated with the Chinese servants of the Fan's family in Chinese at the dinner hosted by Fairbanks, which was really shocking. Mei Lanfang also cannot forget Chaplin.When he fled to Hong Kong during the Anti-Japanese War, he often watched Chaplin's movies to pass the difficult days. He watched "The Great Dictator" six times in a row, and he still couldn't get enough. He urged his two sons, Baochen And Shaowu also went to see it.Afterwards, he also patiently analyzed the scene so that the children could understand its political implications.

In 1954, when Zhou Enlai visited Geneva, he hosted Chaplin here and invited him to watch a movie.Chaplin praised traditional Chinese culture, and of course he specifically mentioned Chinese Peking Opera and Mei Lanfang.After hearing the news, Mei Lanfang was looking forward to another chance to meet and chat with Chaplin, but they failed to do so because the two passed away one after another. For a long time, Mei Lanfang, in addition to being a down-to-earth person, has never forgotten his responsibility, which is to save Peking Opera, which is on the verge of decline, and improve the social status of opera actors.Therefore, he constantly innovates to give Peking Opera new content, but he never abandons the tradition, and he has found a balance between inheritance and innovation.Watching his plays, what people see is still Peking Opera, but it is a brand new Peking Opera that is different from the traditional ones. His artistic achievements are obvious to all. Unlike his predecessors who only focused on Liyuan and focused their energy on their own "things" and neglected to pay attention to the world outside the Liyuan and were lazy to make friends outside the circle, Mei Lanfang was the first to make friends with intellectuals. Beijing opera actor.Of course, the society's contempt for opera artists and the humble social status of opera artists are the main reasons why it is difficult for opera artists in the Liyuan circle to break out of the small circle.Mei Lanfang thinks that the more this is the case, the harder it is to get rid of the situation at the bottom of society. The pursuit of equality is a human right, and rights are not innate, they need to be worked hard by oneself.Therefore, he boldly jumped out of the box, broke free from the shackles, and took the initiative to make friends with people from all walks of life.He has gradually won friendship and respect with his humble personality, gentle and reserved character, continuous innovation spirit, and generous and careless attitude.But despite this, some people still follow the old rules in addressing him, such as: "Mei Lang", "Xiaoyou", "Artist", "Actor", "Boss", etc., which is really not pleasing to the ear. During the performance in the United States, Mei Lanfang felt that this was a brand new world from the address.He no longer heard indecent titles such as "Mei Lang" or "Xiaoyou" everywhere, and replaced them with "great artist", "rare master of style", "most outstanding actor", "art envoy" and so on. Wait.He is eager to be respected in his own country. However, when Mei Lanfang learned that Pomona College in Los Angeles wanted to award him an honorary degree of "Doctor of Letters" in view of his artistic achievements, he politely declined, saying "I really dare not do it" with his usual modesty.Qi Rushan, who was the first to call Mei Lanfang "Sir", instinctively thought that this opportunity might become a qualitative leap in changing the indecent titles given to opera actors, so he used this as a reason to persuade Mei Lanfang to accept it bravely.Mei Lanfang thought that Fan Fanshan, who had a good friendship with him, would not call him a brother or brother when he presented him with poems, calligraphy and paintings, let alone address him as "Mr." , after weighing it, he used the somewhat weird title of "Artist".This made Mei Lanfang somewhat uncomfortable, but his temper was not as violent as Tan Xinpei and Chen Delin.Legend has it that Tan and Chen once received a calligraphy and painting, and tore it up on the spot just because it had the word "little friend" on it, to show that they firmly refused to accept such a disrespectful title.Thinking about it this way, and Qi Rushan said, "Now that you have a doctorate, everyone will call you a doctor, which is natural and generous", Mei Lanfang was finally moved. In fact, although the title of "Doctor" was awarded to Mei Lanfang personally, in Mei Lanfang's view, it is more like a sign that Westerners have accepted Chinese Peking Opera, and that he is not only a Peking Opera actor. , has become one of the world's cultural celebrities.At the same time, this will not only win honor for themselves, Peking Opera, and even the ancestors, but also give confidence to other opera actors and let them understand that Peking opera actors can also win worldwide honor with their superb skills.In this way, objectively, the social status of Peking Opera actors has also been improved. At this time, Yan Wenshi, the dean of Pomona College who proposed to award Mei Lanfang a doctorate, knew that Mei Lanfang had always been modest, so he came to do the work in person, and praised Mei Lanfang for promoting oriental art during his trip and connecting the people of the United States and China. It is well deserved to be awarded the honorary title of "Doctor". So, on the soil of the United States, in the auditorium of Pomona College, under the witness of more than a thousand teachers, students and guests, the Chinese Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang from the far east was put on a "doctoral hat" and a "doctoral uniform". ", put on the "doctoral belt", and gladly received the doctorate degree certificate from Dean Yan Wenshi.A few days later, he went to the University of Southern California to receive a doctorate in literature issued by the school. As early as 1926, Lin Arnold, the American envoy to China, had said something like this: "We praise Mei Lanfang, firstly because of his outstanding acting talent, and secondly because he has improved Chinese drama and actors in society. important contribution to the status of the Mei Lanfang’s performance in the United States lasted half a year, and he visited Seattle, New York, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu and other cities. There were more than 70 performances in total, most of which were sold out. Its Sheng.He has more frequent cultural exchanges with all walks of life in the United States. Therefore, some American audiences said: "May's performance this time is the peak of the American 'drama season' in 1930, and it is also the most famous performance since the famous Italian actor Eleonora Duo. silk, and the Moscow Art Theater's production of Chekhov's plays, the highest peak of any 'theater season'".Therefore, his visit to the United States was a great success. After the performance in Honolulu, in July of this year, Mei Lanfang and his party returned to Shanghai on the ship "Sanjian Maru".One is to thank friends from all walks of life in Shanghai for their support and help in this visit to the United States; the other is to recuperate. After all, he has been traveling in the United States for several months, performing and meeting people from all walks of life, and he is really exhausted.Therefore, he did not return to Peiping in time, but stayed in Shanghai for a while. At the beginning of the next month, when Mei Lanfang passed Tianjin on his way back to Pingping, he received bad news that his aunt (Mei Yutian's wife) had passed away.Because he has two houses on his shoulders, and his aunt is also his mother.Although his aunt was very strict with him when he was young, he is always grateful for his aunt's upbringing.After getting the news, he didn't stop and rushed home immediately.Afterwards, the Mei family held a funeral, and everything fell into sadness. It was this funeral that triggered the incident of Meng Xiaodong wearing filial piety.It can be said that this is one of the reasons for their breakup. In this regard, Wu Xingzai (pen name Kanwairen), who claimed to have a deep friendship with Mei Lanfang, recalled: At that time, Mei and Meng Xiaodong fell in love. Many people thought it was very ideal, but Mei's wife Fu Zhifang disagreed, and neither did the friends who worked with Mei.Later, Mei's old lady passed away, and Meng Xiaodong wanted to come back to wear mourning, but he couldn't do it. Xiaodong felt very ashamed, and never wanted to see Mei again.One night, when it was raining heavily, Mei rushed to Xiaodong's house, but Xiaodong refused to open the door. Mei stood in the rain all night before leaving sadly.So Mei and Meng broke off contact and took the initiative to stay in Meng. In this memory, there is a mistake, that is, it is not "the old lady of Mei's ancestor died".The love between Mei and Meng happened in 1926, while Mei Lanfang's "grandmother", that is, her grandmother, passed away as early as 1924.Not long after the old lady passed away, Mei Lanfang was invited to Japan. After arriving in Moji, he made a public talk about the purpose of performing in Japan. One sentence was: "This summer, my grandmother passed away, and I am still in mourning. During this period, I still came to Japan specially.” Wu Xingzai only said one thing about the turmoil of wearing filial piety: "Meng Xiaodong wanted to come back and wear filial piety, but he couldn't do it." Xiaoyun, Xun Huisheng, Xu Biyun, one of the "Five Famous Danes", Wang Huifang, Yao Yufu, Wei Lianfang, Wang Shaolou, Wang Shaoqing, Wang Youqing, etc.Everyone dressed in filial piety, entered the mourning hall, burned incense, and kowtowed.However, when Meng Xiaodong came to the gate of Mei's house with a small white flower on his head and a sad expression, he was stopped by someone—even the door was not allowed to enter. At this time, Meng Xiaodong felt that her identity was different from the others. She was Mei Lanfang's wife (it was impossible for her to admit that she was a concubine), and the deceased was Mei Lanfang's mother-in-law, and she, Meng Xiaodong, should be her mother-in-law. Daughter-in-law, isn't it natural for a daughter-in-law to wear mourning for her mother-in-law?However, it is precisely because of her status that she cannot go to Mei's house to express condolences like other Liyuan artists.This is what she couldn't figure out, and it was also the reason why she was extremely angry.She believed that it was Mei Lanfang's authentic wife, Fu Zhifang, who made a hindrance. Although Meng Xiaodong thought she was marrying Mei Lanfang, she had a matchmaker, a wedding ceremony, a witness, and worshiped the heavens and the earth, so she could be regarded as a good matchmaker, but in the eyes of many people, especially in the eyes of Fu Zhifang, their This so-called marriage has never been recognized—otherwise, why did they hide for so long and dare not make their relationship public?Meng Xiaodong's expectation of "big at both ends" has never been affirmed.Since Fu Zhifang has never recognized Meng Xiaodong's identity, how can she be allowed to wear mourning for her mother as Mei Lanfang's wife. Meng Xiaodong, who has always been proud and arrogant, was blocked at the gate of Mei's house, and attracted many people to watch, feeling that he had lost face.She, Fu Zhifang, can deny it, but can he, Mei Lanfang, deny it?Meng Xiaodong, who was anxious and angry, did not endure the humiliation and bear the burden for the time being, but chose to resist: she demanded to meet Mei Lanfang.What she never expected was that Mei Lanfang did not stand by her and fight for her refusal - he was not such a person in the first place.He has a gentle temperament, never does anything to tear his face, and he advocates calming things down. Mei Lanfang tried to persuade Meng Xiaodong to leave.His original intention may be to prevent Fumeng and Meng from fighting each other, which should be the best way to deal with the incident at that time.However, in Meng Xiaodong's view, Mei Lanfang's refusal to speak up for her also embarrasses her.This hit her hard and her self-esteem was greatly hurt.She suddenly discovered that the man she loved the most didn't actually take her seriously.She began to wonder what kind of identity she was in his mind, wife?concubine?She finally realized that at this moment, she, not to mention Mei Lanfang's closest person, was even worse than ordinary people. They could come in to express their condolences, but she couldn't. despair!Meng Xiaodong's mind was full of the word "despair".When she left, she didn't just leave Mei's house, but walked out of Peiping and went to Tianjin in a short while.She stayed with a friend named Zhan in Tianjin.Mrs. Zhan is a Buddhist, she burns incense and prays to Buddha every day.Meng Xiaodong remembered that she used to go to the temple with her mother to burn incense and worship Buddha when she was a child.At this time, she is not a Buddhist, but now only green smoke incense candles can calm her upset and gloomy mood.So, she plunged into the world of Buddha to seek spiritual comfort. As for Wu Xingzai's statement that "Mei Lanfang stood in the rain all night", it seems unbelievable, but more like a novelist's statement.Considering Mei Lanfang's age, status and status at that time, would he do that? Another two months later, Zhu Zuozhou, a well-known person in Tianjin, hosted a charity performance for the flood relief in Liaoning, and invited famous actors in the capital, including Mei Lanfang and Yang Xiaolou.Meng Xiaodong who was still in Tianjin was not overjoyed when he heard that Mei Lanfang was coming to Tianjin.Someone with good intentions intends to bring them together, and intends to let them cooperate again, but Meng Xiaodong coldly refuses.Because it was a charity performance for disaster relief, Meng Xiaodong couldn't refuse, but he only agreed to cooperate with Monk Xiaoyun.Mei Lanfang was helpless. Soon, Meng Xiaodong's mother also came to Tianjin and tried to persuade her to reconcile, and the two seemed to get back together again, and Meng Xiaodong returned to Peiping with Mei Lanfang.However, it is difficult to reunite a broken mirror, and the gap between them has long been difficult to bridge.The reunion was just an illusion. After more than half a year, the two finally officially broke up. Emotions are always a matter between two people. It is difficult for outsiders to really tell clearly what the relationship between Mei and Meng is.As a result, there has been much speculation about the exact reasons for their breakup. Some people say that it was caused by the "bloody case". The "blood case" happened in 1927, and the two officially broke up in mid-1931.In this way, there seems to be no necessary causal relationship between the "bloody case" and the breakup. Some people say that it was caused by the "Dai Xiao incident".Strictly speaking, this incident was more about adding weight to the balance between the two of them breaking up, and it didn't seem to be the direct reason. After all, they lived together for more than half a year after that. Some people attributed the reason to the fact that Meng Xiaodong "is a simple and naive girl who is not deeply involved in the world and is under 20 years old, and she can't see everything deeply."This statement can be interpreted as: the simple and naive Meng Xiaodong was deceived by Mei Lanfang.This statement is even more far-fetched.Meng Xiaodong has learned opera since she was a child, and started to "run the pier" when she was six or seven years old. She is a girl who grew up in the complicated and chaotic pear orchard, not a greenhouse flower raised in a deep boudoir. . Others said that during Mei Lanfang's visit to the United States, Meng Xiaodong became impatient with loneliness and had a new love affair.After Mei Lanfang found out, she cut off her love.Many "Meng" sects disapproved of this statement, and even refused to admit it at all.If those who support this theory are not so confident and convincing because they have not disclosed the hard evidence of the "new relationship", so if they give people reasons, then those who oppose this theory cannot be justified because of this. categorically deny it, because it is impossible for them to know all the facts. What is "new love"?Obviously it is not marriage or open cohabitation, some can only be secret love and eye contact.That being the case, how can people who don't know the truth arbitrarily say "yes" or "no". What is certain is that this statement clearly reveals the two factions of "Mei" and "Meng". In order to protect Mei Lanfang, the "Mei" faction attributed the breakup to Meng Xiaodong; the "Meng" faction was unwilling to do so, and could not tolerate the damage to the reputation of the goddess in their hearts, so they fought back.In the eyes of outsiders who have no interest relationship, it is hard to say whether Meng Xiaodong has a new relationship, or I don't know, or I don't know. According to historical records, in 1931, under the mediation of lawyer Zheng Yuxiu hired by Meng Xiaodong and Shanghai celebrity Du Yuesheng, Mei Lanfang paid Meng Xiaodong 40,000 yuan as alimony.It was also said that Mei Lanfang gave Meng Xiaodong money because when he returned to Beijing after visiting the United States, he learned that Meng Xiaodong owed debts in Tianjin, so he gave her tens of thousands of dollars.Anyway, giving money is a fact.Meng Xiaodong took the money, but he didn't seem to appreciate it. Two years after the two broke up, that is, in 1933—they broke up in 1931, that is, nearly a year after Mei Lanfang returned from visiting the United States—and one was living in Tianjin and the other moved to Shanghai, Meng Xiaodong unexpectedly On the front page of Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao", the "urgent announcement" was published for three days. It seems that because she couldn't bear the "rumors and slanders" against her, she briefly stated her life experience in order to let the society "know the truth" and warned "deliberately People who destroy their own reputations, make false claims, confuse or listen to others, don't think that she is a "lonely woman" easy to bully, she will not give up her "human rights" to appeal to the law. Originally, Meng Xiaodong's public statement should be aimed at those who tarnished her reputation, but in her opinion, those people were on Mei Lanfang's side, so she vented her anger on Mei Lanfang and regarded him as a The grievance creditor, in "Revelation", is also a bit rude: ...and was introduced to marry Mei Lanfang.At that time, Dong was young and not familiar with the world, so everything was presided over by the introducer.Its name is fixed and it is well known to everyone.Nai Lanfang was ambiguous about the matter, and on the day of her mother's death, she couldn't carry out the foreword, resulting in the loss of her reputation.Although persuaded by friends, Lan Fang ignored the debate in person, which shows that there is no sympathy at all.Dong sighed that his life experience was troubled, and he was hit again, so he resolutely broke away from the family relationship with Lanfang.It is me who blames others, and people blame me. The world has its own judgment, and Dong Dong's redundant words are not needed. From this passage, it can be clearly seen that Mei and Meng broke up because Meng Xiaodong thought that Mei Lanfang had "betrayed" her.That is to say, she agreed to marry Mei Lanfang at the beginning because Mei Lanfang promised to give her a title, but later, Mei Lanfang "couldn't practice what he said".In other words, after she got married, she didn't get the title as she wished.It can also be seen that she has some resentment towards Mei Lanfang.So, should Mei Lanfang give her a title?Did Mei Lanfang backtrack on what he said?No matter what else, but from a legal point of view, no matter what Mei Lanfang's inner wishes are, it is impossible for him to give Meng Xiaodong a title. During the period of the Republic of China, although the law did not prohibit concubines, it opposed bigamy and implemented the "monogamy" system.Since taking a concubine is not a marriage, taking a concubine does not constitute bigamy.That is to say, during the continuation of marriage, a man can only take a concubine, but not another wife, otherwise, it constitutes bigamy.After Wang Minghua's death, Fu Zhifang became Mei Lanfang's legal wife.Under such circumstances, Mei Lanfang married Meng Xiaodong again, and Meng Xiaodong's identity could only be a concubine, not a wife, according to law. Mei Lanfang is a person who cherishes feathers, and has always tried to be a person of affection and righteousness. What's more, he was so famous and status at that time, but now he is publicly scolded as "without affection". How annoyed he is; what degree of negative impact Meng Xiaodong will bring to his reputation, how angry he should be; and the person who scolded him is someone he once loved deeply, how does this make him angry? Embarrassing, as you can imagine.He could have written an article to refute it from the standpoint of safeguarding his own reputation, but he didn't do that.From this, even if it doesn't show his affection for Meng Xiaodong, it also shows his self-cultivation and tolerance. Meng Xiaodong emphasized the robbery in "Revelation": A few years ago, there was a certain Li in Jiutiao Hutong, who threatened Lanfang and caused drastic changes.Some people think that Dong has something to do with Li, and his actions that day are suspected to be caused by Dong...Dong and Li have never met before, and before they married Lan Fang, they had never had any social relations with anyone... Dong followed his father's teaching , attaches great importance to personality, and broods on it, only God can learn from it.Now that Li's matter is involved in Dongshen, I really hate it! She said that she "has never met Li Mou", which is not true.Someone said convincingly that not only did they meet each other, but Li had also been in and out of the Meng Mansion several times.Maybe Li has unrequited love for Meng Xiaodong, and Meng Xiaodong has no other thoughts about Li.However, it is obviously inappropriate to fabricate "never met" in order to get rid of the relationship between oneself and the "bloody case", and in any case it cannot be used as an excuse that the person has long since been forgotten. It could be seen that Meng Xiaodong was here, only knowing that he was furious, but he didn't care or even know that Mei Lanfang was also under tremendous pressure from society for that robbery.She is so self-willed and violent, and it also gives people a glimpse of part of the reason why the two did not last long.