At first I thought it was absurd that he hadn't discovered her true identity for 20 years, but after thinking about it, I found it understandable. First of all, the "she" he fell in love with was the oriental classical beauty in his own imagination, the slave in his heart, and the her in his own inherent prejudice against the East. Song Liling said that men always believe what they want to hear, because when he meets his imaginary woman, what he wants most is to believe that she is, in fact, a woman. In fact, not only men, but all human beings are the same. They only believe what they want to believe, and only listen to what they want to hear. French diplomats were deeply fascinated by the story of Madame Butterfly, and deeply hoped that they would have a Madame Butterfly too. When he really met his "butterfly" Song Liling, he wouldn't have any doubts. Furthermore, the West has an international rape mentality towards the East. As an Oriental, "she" Song Liling can never be a man completely. My understanding is that China, as an ancient country of oriental civilization, has a long history and splendid ancient civilization, but it has been in a weak position in modern society and has been bullied a lot. However, in the eyes of Westerners, the unique charm of China's classical culture is a superficial misunderstanding - that is, the Chinese people are kind and obedient, especially obedient to the oppression of power, which is a pathological idea. Modern Western colonialism has made the Western imperialist powers develop a sense of arrogance. The conquest and plunder of colonies is not only a plunder of local economic resources, wealth and human resources, but also a spiritual sense of conquest. The thoughts and emotions of the local people make the local people succumb to the developed modern material civilization of the West in terms of ideology and emotion. So, when an "Oriental classical beauty" Song Liling fell in love with a Western diplomat and was willing to give everything she had for the diplomat, including her feelings, body, soul and loyalty, the diplomat believed it without hesitation . This is the inherent thinking mode and morbid psychology of the East and China that still exists in the Westerners at that time and even now.
The third reason is that the diplomat said that "she" knew every bit of his desire, "she" knew everything about him. "She" knows how to play a woman, plays the lady butterfly in his heart, knows how to please a diplomat, and controls all his emotions. "She" deeply understands this misunderstanding of the East by Westerners Knowledge and morbid psychology, and use this psychology flexibly. So "she" knows when to do and does it so well that the diplomat cannot have the slightest suspicion. That's one of the reasons why he hasn't found out that his "butterfly" is a man in twenty years.
Finally, I want to know whether "Butterfly" Song Liling has ever loved a diplomat. On the one hand, "she" has always known that she is a man, or is willing to give up the dignity of a man, play the role of a diplomat's butterfly, and get along with diplomats, and it's hard not to fall in love with such a person who is willing to give up her future, marriage, The man of the country; but on the other hand, "she" pleases him in order to control him in her own hands to obtain information, "she" herself has said that maybe "she" has been cruel to him in the past, deceived him, teased him, took away His loyalty to country, career, marriage. I think "she" actually loves him. In this role-playing, gradually, "she" and he are both immersed in it, thinking that all fantasies are real, and they refuse to wake up from their dreams. Both of them have devoted their lives to this dream. Song Liling said that the diplomat cannot live without "her", and he will not be able to live in twenty years. Song also persuaded him not to be stubborn, to throw away his pride and throw his butterfly into his dreams. In my opinion, this is actually a euphemism to protect the diplomat. It should be said that Song also recognized his identity in this dream - a butterfly, at least when he was a butterfly, "she" loved him. And the diplomat was very sad, he said it himself, he still denied that Song Liling was a man, because once he admitted it, all his love became worthless, meaningless, and even ceased to exist. But even if he denied it, what he loved was still a phantom. He always thought that he loved his Mrs Butterfly, but as everyone knew, he himself had become Lord Butterfly.
The author concludes by saying that "given the degree of misunderstanding between men and women, and also between East and West, it seems inevitable that such a major error will someday occur", this misunderstanding is actually now There is still a long way to go before this inherent bias can be eliminated or lessened.
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