The same Nie Xiaoqian, different endings | A comparison between "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio"

Speaking of Nie Xiaoqian, the first thing you may think of is the graceful, resentful and beautiful female ghost played by Wang Zuxian in the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story". The love between Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen in the movie is lingering and touching.

Nie Xiaoqian is a wandering soul controlled by the tree spirit grandma, and needs to ingest the man's soul for her grandma. Ning Caichen hurried to work due to work, and when it rains, he enters Lanruo Temple to stay and meet Nie Xiaoqian. Nie Xiaoqian was about to breathe her vitality, Chixia Shiyan arrived and rescued Ning Caichen. Ning Caichen mistakenly thought Yan Chixia was a murderer and wanted to take Xiaoqian away. Xiaoqian was touched by his integrity and love. The tree spirit's grandmother forces Xiaoqian to kill Ning Caichen, but Xiaoqian refuses to follow him, and her grandmother orders the demons to kill Ning Caichen and Xiaoqian. With the help of Yan Chixia, the two got rid of the control of the tree spirit grandmother. Ning Caichen was about to send Xiaoqian back to her homeland for burial, but the stone demon from the prefecture robbed Xiaoqian as his wife. Ning Caichen asked Yan Chixia to save her again. After going through difficulties, Yan Chixia finally rescued Nie Xiaoqian and allowed her to reincarnate. Lovers can’t be married together. After watching the movie, will the audience also sigh and feel sorry for the two?

In fact, the ending of Nie Xiaoqian in "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio" is better. The beginning of the original story of "Nie Xiaoqian" is similar to the movie. Nie Xiaoqian is a sorrowful female ghost who was forced by a monster to collect human blood near Lanruo Temple. The scholar Ning Caichen and the strange person Yan Chixia met in Lanruo Temple. Nie Xiaoqian tempted Ning Caichen to fail. Seeing that he was an upright person, she asked him for help. Later, Yan Chixia killed the monster that coerced the ghost. Ning Caichen also succeeded in rescuing Nie Xiaoqian according to Nie Xiaoqian's words. She wanted to go to Ning's house to serve Ning's mother, so Ning Caichen took her home.

First of all, I would rather my wife be sick, and my mother would be unbearable; I would be contented with a daughter, and I would have a good heart. is getting ridiculous day by day, my dear is like oneself, but forgot to be a ghost, can't bear to go late, stay and lie down with . The girl hadn't tasted any food when she first came, and gradually sipped her food for half a year. Both mother and child dote on them, and they don’t know their ghosts even if they don’t know how to distinguish them. No matter what, if his wife dies, the mother has the intention of accepting her, but she is afraid of the disadvantage of her son. The female peeped at it, and told her mother during the time: "If you live for more than a year, you should know the liver. In order not to harm pedestrians, so come from Langjun. There is no other intention, but the son is bright and upright, and he is admired by heaven and man. For three years, Yizan has used Bo to seal his apology and use the light of spring." The mother also knows that she has no malice, but she is afraid that she will not be able to extend the clan. The woman said: "Children are only granted by heaven. Langjun annotated the blessing list, and there is the third son of Kang Zong, so he won't win it with the ghost wife." The mother believes it and discusses with the son. Ning Xi told Qi Dang because of the feast. Or, please look at the bride, the woman is gorgeously dressed up, is all in one place, , no doubt about it, suspected to be a fairy . Therefore, the family members of the five parties, stubbornly cling to congratulations, and vie for knowledge. Females are good at painting orchids and plums, and they are rewarded with scales, and the winners are even proud of them.

Translation:

At first, Ning Caichen's wife was very ill, and Ning's mother was exhausted for this. Since Xiaoqian came, she has been very relaxed, so she was very grateful to Xiaoqian. As the days grew longer, Mother Ning loved Xiaoqian as her own, and slowly forgot that she was a ghost; she couldn't bear to let her go at night again, keeping her sleeping with herself. Xiaoqian never eats or drinks water when she first came, and slowly can drink some gruel after half a year. Ning Caichen, mother and son, both loved her, neither said she was a ghost, nor could others tell her.

Soon, Ning Caichen's wife died. Ning Mu faintly wanted Ning Caichen to marry Xiao Qian, but worried that her status would be detrimental to her son. Xiaoqian learned about the meaning of Ning's mother through observation and found the opportunity to tell Ning's mother: "I lived with you, you should know my details. In order not to harm the pedestrians, so I followed my brother here. I did not In other words, just because the son is upright and upright and respected and valued by people, in fact, I want to follow him for a few years, so as to be named by the court as a lady of fate, to shine my identity underground."

Ning mother also knows that she is harmless. Meaning, but worried that she could not have children. Xiaoqian said: "Children are destiny. The son is destined to be blessed and has three sons. He will not be delayed because his wife is a ghost." Mother Ning believed her and discussed with her son. Ning Caichen was overjoyed and invited relatives and friends to banquet to announce the continuation. Someone asked the new wife to come out to meet. Xiaoqian came out after dressing up generously. The whole hall opened her eyes wide, not suspecting that she was a ghost, but that she was a god. The clans in the five clothes all brought gifts to celebrate, and they all wanted to see Xiaoqian. Xiaoqian is good at painting orchids and plum blossoms, so she painted and gave them back. Everyone who got her treasured the paintings, thinking that she got her paintingsA glorious thing.

For one day, I bend my neck in front of the window, stunned. Suddenly asked: "Where is the leather bag?" Said: "I am afraid of it, so I keep it in his place." Said: "Z10z concubine has been angry for a long time, when you don't fear , you should take the head of the bed." , Said: "In the past three days, my heart has been stunned, I am thinking of Jinhua monsters, I hate my concubine, and I am afraid that I will find it later." Ning Guo brought the leather bag. The woman examined it repeatedly, and said: "This sword celestial will be the one who has the head. My defeat is here, and I don't know how much to kill! The concubine looks at it today, and my muscles are still like millets." The next day, he was ordered to move to the house. Sit to the candle at night, and Joning stayed asleep. There is something like a bird falling down. The female was stunned. Ning Shizhi, the thing is like a yaksha, electric eyes and bloody tongue, flashing and grabbing forward, stopping at the door, patrolling for a long time, gradually approaching the leather sac, picking it with claws, it seems to be cracked. Suddenly, the sac rang, and the sac can be closed, there are ghosts in a trance, protruding half of the body, and the Yaksha is pulled in, the sound is silent, and the sac shrinks. Ning Hae was surprised. The female was also out, and she was overjoyed and said: "Nothing is wrong!" The total amount of water in the bag is just a few buckets. A few years after , Ningguo became a scholar. Female give a male. After accepting concubines, they each gave birth to a son, both of whom entered the ranks.

Translation:

One day, Nie Xiaoqian lowered her head in front of the window, feeling lost. Suddenly asked Ning Caichen: "Where is the leather bag?" Ning Caichen said: "Because you are afraid of it, so you hide it elsewhere." Nie Xiaoqian said: "I have been in contact with anger for a long time, I should not I'm afraid of it anymore, and put it on the bedside." Ning Caichen asked her intentions, Xiaoqian said, "I have been uneasy in my heart these days, the monster in Jinhua resents me for fleeing, I am worried It will find it sooner or later." Z2z

Ning Caichen came back with a leather bag. Xiaoqian watched it repeatedly and said, "This is what the sword fairy uses to hold human heads. It is so broken, I don't know how many people have been killed! I still feel trembling when I look at it." She said that she hung it up. The next day, he ordered someone to change it to the window. Sitting in front of the candle at night, Ning Caichen was told not to sleep. Suddenly I saw something that fell like a bird. Xiaoqian hurriedly hid in the curtain. Ning Caichen stepped forward and saw that the thing was in the shape of a Yasha, with bright eyes and blood, and it arrived in the blink of an eye. Stopped at the door; after hesitating for a long time, he slowly approached the leather sac and used his claws to pick the leather sac, as if to crack it. The leather sac suddenly cracked and became bigger, it was the size of a box, and there seemed to be a monster in the trance. Half of the body protruded, grabbed the yaksha, and returned to the leather sac. The sound disappeared. Suddenly, it shrank as before. Ning Caichen was very scared. Nie Xiaoqian came out and said happily: "It's okay!" The two looked into the leather bag together, only a few buckets of clear water. A few years later after

, ​​Ning Caichen passed the Jinshi examination. Xiao Qian gave birth to a boy. After Ning Caichen accepted a concubine, the two gave birth to another boy. After the children grew up, they both passed the Jinshi examinations, and they became famous.

Because of living with living people for a long time in Yangjian, Nie Xiaoqian was able to transform people into ghosts, and gave birth to two sons for Ning Caichen, and the Ning family sent a prosperous member of the Ning family. Compared with the regret of not being able to stay together in the movie, Nie Xiaoqian in the original book can stay together with her beloved. The family is happy and happy, which is a happy ending.

has the beauty of regret or a happy ending. Which ending do you prefer, readers?

Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Selected (Illustrated Edition) Pu Songling, People's Literature Publishing House

"Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Selected (Illustrated Edition)" During the selection process, efforts were made to select the most popular and widely circulated masterpieces. Among them, there are cynical works that reflect the suffering of the people, expose the darkness of the officialdom, and criticize the corruption of the imperial examination. There are also educational stories that interpret human affairs and morals. There are also beautiful chapters that eulogize beautiful personality and pure love. In these unpredictable, mysterious and fascinating illusions, the ghosts and spirits that have been hated in the past bloomed with shining brilliance, and their fantastic and bizarre stories make people linger and forget, and have endless aftertastes. .