精于情迷于财丧于理的老虔婆--《水浒传》王婆人性恶之面面观

The Old Bawd Shrewd in Love,Obsessed with Wealth,and Deficient in Reason--The Portrait of Wang Po's Vile Nature in Water Margin

王婆是《水浒传》中小人物里的大名人,她设计谋骗人的手段十分厉害。她所谓的“计策”“好手段”充斥着她人性中的丑恶。她是精通风情的市井掮客、江湖市侩,精于算计、贪贿拜金以致财迷心窍,阴险狠毒而丧失天良伦常。

Wang Po,a notable character in the novel Water Margin,stands out among the common folk for her cunning and manipulative ways.Her so-called“strategies”and“clever tactics”are flled with the inherent ugliness of her character.As a shrewd market woman,she is well-versed in the ways of love and an unscrupulous opportunist in both the mundane and the martial world.Her expertise lies in deceitful calculations,insatiable greed for wealth,and a complete disregard for ethical principles.