Baoyu's "Love for Things"

The scene of "Qingwen tearing the fan" in A Dream of Red Mansions, I didn't listen carefully or think carefully when watching TV dramas before, thinking that Baoyu was joking with Qingwen again, only remembering that the picture was beautiful in the hazy. Recently, I read the chapter "Tearing the Fan" in this book. Compared with the affectionate Baoyu, it is really "stupid".

The cause of "tearing the fan" is roughly that Qingwen accidentally broke the fan. Baoyu was in a bad mood, and the two men said a few words. That night, Baoyu joked with Qingwen half-jokingly, and Qingwen also joked that he had both hands and feet. How to break something again? Baoyu expressed his views on "loving things".

"You love to play, these things are just borrowed, you love this, I love that, their temperament is different. For example, the fan used to be a fan. You can tear it and play with it, but don't take it out on him when you are angry. Like cups and plates, they are used to hold things. If you like to hear that sound, you can break it on purpose, but don't take it out on him when you are angry. This is the thing of love. "

So there was a scene of "Qingwen tearing the fan".

In Baoyu's values, things are cold, but the most important thing is the emotion that people give to things through behavior. This is reflected in many aspects of Baoyu. His clothes were made by his sisters and brothers or given to him personally. Compared with the function and value defined by the secular world, Baoyu endowed it with an emotional value in his heart. In front of this value, other values are meaningless.

This is also my sincere admiration and sigh for Baoyu, who is confused in secular things.