If there is something in the world,
no matter whether it is a house,
is a tree,
is a person,
is everything,
is for this lover’s love with himself. .
——Zaki Masaoka's "Love"
On December 28th (1st and 25th, 1683), there was a fire in Edo, which was called the "Heavenly Fire" in history. Whatever major event, more than three hundred years have passed since Yu Jin. Even if something really happened, it would have been calm for a long time, but it was this fire that created the purest and greatest love in Japanese history.
(the second generation of "The Eight Hundred House in Seven", painted by Utagawa Kuniki)
Taro Hei, who runs the eight hundred house (vegetable shop) in Edo Hongo, has a daughter named Yu Qi, who is sixteen years old, and she is beautiful and cute.
was on New Year's Eve that year. A fire broke out in Edo and Yu Qi's home was also affected. As a result, the whole family temporarily took refuge in the family's Tanna Temple-Enchen Temple. Yu Qi, a young girl who was in love with her, met the temple handyman Tianzhuang Nosuke there, and became deeply infatuated with him.
later completed his new home, and Yu Qi moved back to his new home. However, he was still thinking about the small servants of the monastery, unable to extricate himself, and unexpectedly came up with the crazy idea of "As long as there is a fire again, you can meet him" . So Yu Qi set fire at home, but the more he watched, the more frightened he urged the neighbors to come and fight the fire. Fortunately, the fire was quickly extinguished and no major disaster was caused.
(The Eight Hundred Houses in Seven by Yoshinen Tsukioka, a Japanese master without misery, pine, bamboo and plum Yujima)
But arson was a felony in the Edo period, and Yuqi was taken to the office (Yamen) for interrogation. At that time, the responsible practitioner Kai Zhuang Zheng personally listened to Yu Qi’s reason for the arson, thinking about his feelings, and adding that it did not cause a catastrophe, he intended to open the Internet, and repeatedly reminded Yu Qi that he did not set the fire, but accidentally fell while transferring the fire Yes, I also asked if Yu Qi was 15 years old this year, because at that time, the law stipulated that crimes under 15 years old could be exempt from first-degree punishment. But Yu Qi insisted that he was 16 years old and provided proof. Jiafeizhuang had no choice but to be sentenced to seven deaths.
(located in the Tomb of Yuqi in Yuancheng Temple)
days and March 29th (April 25, 1683), he was burnt to death at the Lingsen Execution Ground at the age of 16. Because the Tianhe Great Fire can be described as the fire that changed the fate of Qiyi, later generations will also call Tianhe Great Fire the "Yuqi Fire".
(Still of Suzuki Execution Ground)
Today, the story of Yu Qi has been adapted into works of various themes such as Jooruri, Kabuki, Rakugo, novels, comics, songs, animations, period dramas, etc. The novel "The Story of the Green Vegetable Store Owner's House" adapted by Ihara Nishizuru is the most popular.
The literary master and haiku master of the Meiji era, Shiki Masaoka, once wrote an article "Love", especially for Qi's love, calling it "love in the world of gods other than good and evil."
(Zaki Masaoka, whose real name is regular. Zigui is taken from the meaning of "Cuckoo Cuckoo", and is a close friend with Natsume Soseki)
from | "Love" article | Love, but I especially sympathize with the love of Yabaiwu Yuqi. I feel that Yu Qi's heart is really pitiful and lovely. In her heart, who is gentle and lovely, there is a fire of love that seems to merge with heaven and earth, which is always burning. The momentum of the fire gradually became stronger and could not be suppressed, and even his own home was burned. In the end, his body was thrown into the fire. The world might say she is stupid.
(Ihara Nishizuru "Lecherous FiveIn Female", Yu Qi's family took refuge to Yuancheng Temple, the center of the picture is the miscellaneous items that Yu Qijia took refuge)
People who take the behavior results of a certain school of ethics scholars as the standard of good and evil will be called the Great the wicked. The person who called this innocent, jade-like Yu Qi the great evil person is also a fool. Yu Qi has no sage, no folly, no good, no evil, no world, no world, no world, and even no worries, no difference. Some only belong to her alone, a lover like a god, and love like a fire attached to him. If there is something in the world, whether it is a house, a tree, a person, or everything, it exists for the lover's love with himself. And if that thing is a little hindering one's love, whether it is a house, a tree, or a person, it will be cleaned up.
As long as this love is successful, even if the world turns into powder, it is not surprising. If this love can't be successful anyway, even if tortured at dawn, there will be no regrets. Although there is no place to regret, isn't it terrifying to die? Wouldn't she be very upset when a weak woman was burnt?
(Scene from Otomo Keyang's "Fire Town")
only burned the family Yu Qi very poor, and when he died, Yu Qi was also extremely sad. What was her heart like when she was about to die? I should not regret having an unreasonable relationship before. Sometimes I dream about the story of rainy night when I am around my lovely lover; sometimes I dream that the sky is burning up, in the flames there are countless demons gathered together, and my home is burning up; sometimes I am full of emotions, and my chest is blocked. , Burst into tears; sometimes at a loss, unintentionally but melancholy, as if the soul is out of the body. Although this is undoubtedly in pain, there is really no pain of repentance in that pain.
Emotionally, Yu Qi has no reason to regret. It's not about whether to set fire or not, but about what Yu Qi must do in order to fall in love. Why should we consider whether that matter is good or bad? If you think about that, love doesn't exist from the beginning. Or, even though the county magistrate had taught her to evasive in Yamen, she didn't care. She confessed even after being burned for love. The magistrate had no choice but to convict her of arson. Or, maybe it's an imagined story but maybe the imagination is right, Yu Qi will definitely answer that way.
(the period drama "A Dream of Life: Eight Hundred and Five Distortions" starring Atsuko Maeda)
The county magistrate has also reminded again and again that it may have been said that too seven was not set on fire, but fell accidentally on the way to transfer the fire. Right. At that time, Yu Qi said that she only wanted to see Mr. Ji San, thinking that she might meet him again if she set fire to her, she must be crying in her heart. it's here. She is really pitiful and lovely. If you are afraid of sin, you will not set fire on July 1st. In that case, when Yu Qi was about to die, had he thought about it so regretfully? Not only did he not feel that his crime was a bad thing, but he should spread the fire to Edo altogether. The magistrate who proclaimed his capital crime and the law that put him into the death penalty and the execution The death penalty were burned together. No, the innocent Yu Qi would not have such thoughts. Yu Qi would definitely feel that burning his home was a bad thing. If that's the case, wouldn't Yu Qi think it's great not to set the fire?
You don’t need to think about these things. The good and evil in the human world will not affect the love in the world of gods other than good and evil. is just that at the moment when Yu Qi felt that arson was a bad thing, he had a guilty conscience, would it be bad to do such a thing? Such a thing is hard to think of Yu Qi. In that case, what was Yu Qi thinking about at that moment? That is, I think Ji San is very cute. In the story of
, later generations have mixed praises and criticisms about it. Some people think it is true, some denounce it, and some suspect it. However, the evaluation of later generations will no longer affect the mood of the person concerned. Abandoning everything for the love in her heart, desperate for herself, desirable or undesirable, no one can give the correct answer, for Qi, at least at the moment of the fire, her heart is satisfied and fullHopeful.
The above content is compiled with the Japanese classic "Life is Doing Simple Things", produced by Beijing Zitu Books. Please indicate the source of "Life Is Doing Simple Things". The picture is from the Internet.
This book contains 17 articles by Shiki Masaoka’s "Love", as well as 17 articles by 14 writers from the "National Writer" Natsume Soseki in the Meiji Period to the "Three Masters of Rogue School" who was most active in the Showa Period. The angle shows the Japanese customs of the time.
