元朝有位雜劇作家康進之,
曾編過《李逵負荊》這出戲。
演的是北宋末年天下亂,
農民們紛紛鬧起義。
就在山東梁山泊,
有許多英雄好漢來聚義,
為首的大名鼎鼎叫宋江,
正籌劃進一步擴大根據地。
靠水泊有一個村子叫杏花莊,
莊頭上開一個酒店懸酒旗。
開店的老板叫王林,
年紀也有六十幾。
有一個女兒名叫滿堂嬌,
父女倆相依為命過日子。
有一天兩個流氓進店來,
耍無賴就把老漢女兒欺。
這倆賊自稱都是水泊人,
假冒魯智深宋江倆人名。
老王林女兒遭災心悲痛,
正哭時李逵下山到這裏。
老王林一番哭訴激英雄,
黑好漢信以為真生怒氣,
似旋風回到梁山寨,
忠義堂前拿板斧劈,
一斧砍倒杏黃旗,
逼宋江去和王林親對質。
到後來事情真相弄大白,
方知道,罪犯是流氓和地痞。
錯怪了哥哥非小可,
最不該一怒砍倒聚義旗。
好李逵脫去上衣負荊條,
找宋江認錯又賠禮。
宋江說,真正壞人未捉到,
光是賠禮有啥用!
恰巧是王林上山來報告,
說壞蛋又到他店裏。
他女兒也被帶了來,
倆壞蛋已被灌醉在夢裏。
宋江叫李逵快去捉壞蛋,
李逵說,甕中捉鱉很容易。
飛快去抓來壞蛋正了法,
李逵也深深受教育。
“甕中捉鱉”作成語,
常比喻壞人早已被控製,
逃跑已是不可能,
若要捉住很容易。
Catch a Turtle in a Jar
In the Yuan Dynasty(1271—1368A。D。)there was a playwright by the name of Kang Jinzhi。He posed a play titled“Li Kui Apologizes”。It tells the story of the warring Northern Song Dynasty。The peasants had an uprising now and again。It was by the water margin of Liangshan in Shandong Province。Many a hero gathered together。The mander is the famous hero named Song Jiang,who was planning to enlarge his base。Beside the water margin there was a village named“Almond Blossom Village”。In front of the village there opened a restaurant。The proprietor of the restaurant was Wang Lin。He was already in his sixties。He begot a daughter named Man Tangjiao(meaning dear in the whole house)。Father and daughter lived a well-to-do life。