Du Tenth Sinks The Jewel Box In Anger Analysis

In “Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger”, the author Feng Menglong shared a short story with us. In Ming dynasty, the courtesan Du Mei fell in love with the young stylish master, Li Jia. With the help of Li Jia’s friend, Liu Yuchun, they successfully get rid of madam’s control and became a real couple. But Li Jia was afraid of his traditional stubborn father not accepting them and wanted to maintain his great fortune and status in his family. In the same time, his new friend Sun Fu offered him a “great” deal: Using Du Tenth in exchange for one thousand taels of silver. Then Li Jia can fix the relationship between him and his father. So Li decided to betray Du Mei. But at the end of the story, Du Mei sank her Jewel Box and herself to Refuse
Li and Sun.

Among this short novel, we can clearly figure out the different characteristics of these three main roles. Li Jia, in the story, was described as a young stylish master, whom was gentle, well educated, successful, full of passion and came from a respectable elegant family. His father was even a leader of a prosperous region in the south china. Li seems could be the ideal perfect husband for Du Mei. The most precious part is that he has the courage to pursue Du Mei, ignoring her prostitute background. Unfortunately, the fact is Li Jia is just a spineless man. His love to Du tenth may be true. But whenever he had to stand out to make a decision, he becomes a worthless coward. Among the story, none of the decision nor ideas were made by himself. To marry Du tenth is Du’s proposal. Do not believe or trust Du is also strongly affected by his friend Liu Yuchun’s comments. When Sun Fu suggested Li Jia to trade his wife, he did not even have a second thought.