Wang Jing---a girl of great determination - [ English ]
it cost me a whole day to finish this composition(an assignment from my teacher)....a tough task..
A Girl of Great Determination
Have you ever been intrigued by a website entitled ‘my father is worse than Ximenqing’?
Have you ever heard of a case in which a daughter insists on accusing her father of adultery?
If your answer is: Yes, this name must be familiar to you ‘Wang Jing’.
Wang Jing, a girl of 19 years old, a freshman in
Firstly appealing to provincial and central disciplinary committee and then resorting to internet and media, Jing has never given up her war. Originally a domestic incident, under the influence of press, has been transformed into a social issue.
What on earth accounts for Jing’s resolution of fighting against her own beloved father?
Whether or not her behavior should be blamed?
It has been a social phenomenon prevailing in china during recent decays, that a middle-aged man of a good fortune or of a high position, must be in want of an ‘ernai’(mistress). Wang Jing’s father, Wangzhihua, a civil servant in the Bureau of territorial resources in
On September 15,2003, Wangzhihua suddenly demanded a divorce from her wife Yangcili, with an unpersuasive reason that Yangcili showed not enough filial piety towards his parents. Both Yangcili and Wang Jing were shocked at his decision. Not long after, Yangcili knew from her neighbor that Wangzhihua had rented an apartment for a woman called licuilian, who came from a village. While being asked about his relationship with Licuilian, Wangzhihua simply alleged that they were cousins. Renting her a flat was just out of goodwill.
However, a whole year’s frequent visits to Li’s flat, increasing times of not returning home during night, gradual indifference to his wife and daughter, can evidently prove that, Wangzhihua has an intimate relationship with Licuilian. A series of other evidence also assure us of this fact. We do not involve much effort to find that Wangzhihua was telling a lie.
In the face of unfaithfulness, few women remain silent. Confronted by the rupture of their happy families, few daughters remain calm. For a girl who has great affection for her family and has a deep respect for her father, the sadness will be more severe. When this incident happened, Jing was in senior grade 3, an extremely harsh time for a student. She needed her father’s encouragement. She needed his spiritual support. Her father, however, not only turned his back to Jing, but also deceived her and even abandoned her. Wang Jing had tried many times to talk with her father, hoping to rescue her deteriorating family. But she failed. Relentlessness was the only response she gained. Being utterly disappointed, Jing resorted to law, then to press, indicting her father.
It is Wangzhihua’s callousness that leads to Jing’s infuriation. It is Wangzhihua’s villainous conduct that results in his condemnation. Jing, whose measures though, seem quite radical, has the justification for doing so.
However, many critics tend to have a different opinion on this issue, preaching the Confucian precepts that fathers are superior to children, and daughters must be held in submission by parents. Therefore, they allege that Wang Jing ought to endure her father’s depravities.
Confucian precepts have long been serving as a moral standard even in modern society. I am not a Confucian fanatic, but it seems to me that Confucian doctrines not only highlight a daughter’s submission to her father, but also emphasize on the importance of family union and a father’s responsibility towards his family. Has Wangzhihua fulfilled the duty of being a father? Does he preserve the harmony of his family? Has he achieved this moral standard? The answer is ‘not’. As regards Wang Jing, she has done her utmost to preserve her family union. As she said in an interview: ‘I would rather sacrifice my father’s promising political career for a happy, re-united family’. In fact, what she really hopes for is the return of her father and the reunion of her family, though it is undeniable that she has taken an extreme path. She is not the one to be blamed.
Being only the onlookers after all, we are merely aware of Jing’s dogged determination to condemn her father. However, few people realize how much pressure has exerted on her. In order to save her family, save her father, she has made great sacrifice.
I am strongly in favor of Wang Jing, a girl of tremendous courage and resolution, a daughter who deeply loves her family. I hope that she will live a happy life in the future.