Beijing opera performs Great Master plum Home Lan Fang to have standard of a character 8 ancestor: “ country overweight home, heart first Yu Yi. ” every does obeisance to him to be division, learn with him art, no matter child brother's son relatives and friends, disciples and followers, should accept this “ character 8 first the instruction of ancestor example ” , say the thing that act in a play again next.
京剧表演大师梅兰芳家有一条八字祖训：“国重于家，德先于艺。”凡拜他为师的，跟他学艺的，不论子侄亲友，徒子徒孙，都要先接受这“八字祖训”的教诲，然后再说演戏的事。
Plum him gentleman is the brilliant example that carries out ” of ancestor example of this “ character 8, lifetime is patriotic and duteous not change, generation repairs De Jian to hold indefatigable. He learns Beijing opera hard, for the sake of be in some day can render service to repay kindness in the future the motherland, those who be a motherland Beijing opera is classical push to world height.
梅先生自己就是实践这“八字祖训”的光辉典范，一生爱国忠贞不渝，一世修德坚持不懈。他努力学习京剧，为的是在将来某一天能报效祖国，为把祖国京剧的经典推向世界高峰。
Mei Lanfang makes a living with act in an opera all one's life, although the income of act in an opera is insufficient,he keeps the economic cost in the home, but he returns be effort to learn act in an opera, because cannot forget that character 8 ancestor example. Period of war of resistance against aggression acts in a play to do not give day bogus, his harbour needs bright sign. Summer 1942 lean on a day, friendship of Zhumin of ” of Foreign Minister of the big head of bark puppet government, “ calls in suddenly, invite Mei Lanfang troupe to congratulate ” of war of big East Asia of so called “ to win one year. Mei Lanfang is pointing to his labial moustache with the hand, say ad cool-headedly: I had gotten on “ age, without voice, roll out arena already. ” Zhu Minyi is laughing serpentinely however: “ moustache is OK shave is dropped, voice as string of 1 condole also can restore. ” is right this, mei Lanfang is incompact not slow retaliate: I hear of “ you like to play a bank note all along, sing big beautiful face very well. How do I see you lead troupe to express sympathy and solicitude for there's no one who doesn't or isn't is stronger than me as colonel? Why nonego cannot! The collect when ” Zhu Du lives smile, on the face red a Bai Yizhen, helter-skelter and give …… in war of resistance against aggression the Mei Lanfang in a few years is being engineered hard how full marks / with enemy deal with, how to go resisting of the enemy lead interest. Arrowy annals not with enemy, bogus cooperates, show the tall moral courage of a patriotic artist, because be in his heart, precipitating forever the character 8 eye of the motherland, he for the sake of rendering service to repay kindness the motherland, for the sake of guarding home.
梅兰芳一生以唱戏为生，虽然唱戏的收入不够他维持家里的经济费用，但他还是努力的学好唱戏，因为忘不了那八字祖训。抗战时期为了不给日伪演戏，他蓄须明志。1942年秋季的倚天，汪伪政府的大头目、“外交部长”褚民谊突然来访，邀请梅兰芳巡回演出祝贺所谓的“大东亚战争”胜利一周年。梅兰芳用手指着自己的唇髭，沉着地说：“我已经上了年纪，没有嗓子，早已推出舞台了。”褚民谊却阴险地笑着：“小胡子可以剃掉嘛，嗓子吊吊也会恢复的。”对此，梅兰芳不紧不慢的回敬道：“我听说您一向喜欢玩票，唱大花脸唱得很不错。我看您作为团长率领剧团去慰问莫不是比我更强得多吗？何必非我不可！”褚顿时敛住笑容，脸上红一阵白一阵，狼狈而出……在抗战几年中梅兰芳努力策划着如何满分/与敌人周旋，如何去抵抗敌人的诱利。矢志不与敌，伪合作，表现出一个爱国艺术家的高气节，因为在他内心的深处，永远沉淀着祖国的八字目，他为的是报效祖国，为的是保卫家园。
Mei Lanfang engrafts not only oneself 8 big character ancestor example, his action also is affecting his madam. His madam ever had been browbeaten by Wu Sibao, letting her persuade Mei Lanfang still is good down Japan, beautiful woman says however: “ Mei Lanfang he is a Chinese, how could betrays ancestor, abandon moral integrity! ” Wu Sibao feels to be no good softly come hard, then his life person takes nitric acid, threatening plum madam, of red of red of bone of plum madam iron say: The country of Mei Lanfang of bespatter of how could of “ nitric acid case, character! ” is under the iron bone clank of plum madam, wu Sibao at the end of one's wits, cowardly cowardly and go.
梅兰芳不仅灌输自己八大字祖训，他的行动也感染着他的夫人。他的夫人曾被吴四宝威胁过，让她劝梅兰芳还是顺着日本好，美妇人却说：“梅兰芳他是中国人，岂能出卖祖宗，放弃节操！”吴四宝觉得软的不行来硬的，于是他命人拿来硝镪水，胁迫梅夫人，梅夫人铁骨丹丹的说：“硝镪水岂能诋毁梅兰芳的国格、人格！”在梅夫人的铁骨铮铮之下，吴四宝无计可施，便怯怯而去。
After Japan surrenders, the Mei Lanfang beard harbour of the place on the lip scrapes entirely appearance afresh, renew a show. “ is silent after 8 years, wanted to appearance again nowadays. To a such acting person, resemble me especially of such ages, blank of 8 years is on life history how big loss, this loss is forever cannot the real situation that this is Mei Lanfang reveals compensatory ……” . He of regain show still is communicating example of character 8 ancestor, he age is old already continued hard to learn, the resembles bright bright phearl that performs Chinese Beijing opera enlightens the eyeball of the world.
在日本投降后，梅兰芳把唇上所蓄之须全部刮掉重新登台，恢复演出。“沉默了8年之后，如今又要登台了。对于这样的一个演戏的人，尤其像我这样年龄的，8年的空白在生命史上是一宗怎样大的的损失，这损失是永远无法补偿的……”这是梅兰芳的真情流露。重回演出的他仍然传达着八字祖训，年纪大的他已继续努力学习，把中国京剧表演的像璀璨的明珠照亮世界的眼球。
His child also continues be widely read wears this character 8 ancestor example: “ country overweight home, heart first Yu Yi. ” and effort study, render service to repay kindness the spirit that the motherland also became their heart to go all out in work mediumly.
他的弟子也继续传诵着这八字祖训：“国重于家，德先于艺。”而努力学习、报效祖国也就成了他们心中的拼搏的精神。(文/佚名)