弹词《再生缘》并非只是一个“架空”历史背景、虚构空间的女性幻想之作。作者陈端生虚拟了一个以历史为基础却超越历史现实的元代背景，构造了一个明君贤臣的错位时空；并从自我出发“分化”了两个性格迥异、且反社会性别刻板印象的主人公孟丽君与皇甫少华，构成了一个独特的镜像模式。而这埋藏于文本中的“异托邦”式的隐性表达，是身为才女的陈端生利用清代社会文化背景以及身份优势的一次大胆的自我表达和空间突破。

The ballad opera Zai Sheng Yuan (Rebirth) is not merely a work of female fantasy set against a "fictitious" historical background and imaginary space. The author, Chen Duansheng, created a Yuan Dynasty setting that was based on history yet transcended historical reality, constructing a displaced time and space of wise rulers and virtuous ministers. Starting from herself, she created two protagonists, Meng Lijun and Huangfu Shaohua, who have distinct personalities and defy stereotypical social gender impressions, forming a unique mirror pattern. This "heterotopic" implicit expression hidden in the text was a bold self-expression and spatial breakthrough by Chen DuanSheng, a talented woman, utilizing the social and cultural background of the Qing Dynasty and her identity advantage.