As a lady, why doesn't Wang Xifeng know a few words?

Wang Xifeng's illiteracy problem is a good starting point, which can lead to a comprehensive analysis of "from point to area" In short, Wang Jiamei does not seem to attach importance to the education of women's cultural quality. Not only Wang Xifeng, but also Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue of the Wangs are not very literate.

In A Dream of Red Mansions, Wang Xifeng was completely illiterate in the early stage. The most typical example is the twenty-eighth time when Wang Xifeng asked Jia Baoyu to help him write a gift list:

Baoyu ate his tea and went out to the west courtyard. As it happens, I walked to Xi 'an's front yard and saw Xi 'an pedaling on the threshold. Then pick your teeth with an ear spoon and watch the boys move flowerpots. Seeing Baoyu coming, he said with a smile, "You're just in time! Come in and write me a few words. " Baoyu had to follow him in. -Back to the 28th

Through this plot, I contacted the previous 25th time. When Wang Xifeng sent tea to Daiyu in Siam, she once said, "I have one more thing to ask you tomorrow, and ask someone to send it with me." With Feng's ability, what else can I ask Daiyu for? I'm afraid there is only one person who can read and hyphenate.

The 55th time, Tan Chun took over the management of Grand View Garden. Wang Xifeng once praised Tan Chun: "Although she is a girl, she knows everything in her heart, but she is cautious in her words. She is more interested in reading and writing than I am. "

It can be seen that Wang Xifeng knows that "knowledge is power", and it is precisely because of this awareness that she began to learn cultural knowledge by herself in the later period. So in the seventy-fourth time, when Wang Xifeng copied the Grand View Garden, she found the communication between Siqi and Pan Youan, and she could easily read the contents of the letter:

Because Xifeng manages the family affairs, she often reads posts and accounts, and she knows a few words. Then she saw that the email was a big double happiness note, which read: ... Xifeng, you are not angry when you read it, others can't stand it ...-Go back to 74th Street.

The deviation of cultural level is the normal state of the wives of the four families, but Wang Xifeng is the most special case-she is completely illiterate because the housekeeper gradually learned to read.

According to the family education of four big families, girls in the family have to go through literacy education, such as Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, and they have a basic literacy culture, but they can't do it if they want to recite poems further. So the 40th time, granny Liu entered the Grand View Garden, and Mrs. Jia ordered some wine. Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang were a little unable to play:

Aunt Xue and others laughed and said, "The old lady naturally has a good wine order. How can we? Peace of mind wants us to get drunk, so let's eat two more cups. " Grandmother Jia said with a smile, "Aunt is too modest today. I think she is tired of my old age. " Aunt Xue smiled and said, "I am not modest. I'm afraid I can't. It's a joke. " Mrs. Wang said with a smile, "I can't tell. I'll have another glass of wine and fall asleep drunk." Who else can laugh at us? " -Fortieth time

Jia said that Aunt Xue was "modest" here, which showed that Aunt Xue had a basic level of education and was by no means illiterate. This can be seen from the following sentences that Aunt Xue said when she was drinking, such as "Plum Blossom Fragrance Dances in Front of the Wind", "Plum Blossom Fragrance in October Ridge", "Weaver Cowherd will celebrate Tanabata" and "The world is not as happy as immortals". It can be seen that Aunt Xue is only literate and uses simple vernacular words.

Aunt Xue has a little knowledge, but she is only literate, but she is too modest to say it, depicting a gentle and loving "menstruation" image;

On the other hand, Mrs. Wang's cultural level is not high (but she must be literate, otherwise how can she recite the scriptures and Buddha every day? ), and then Mrs. Wang's drinking order is also said by Yuanyang. However, Mrs. Wang was very open-minded and bluntly said, "Who will laugh at us if you have another glass of wine and go to bed drunk?" This shows that Mrs. Wang is the master of mistress's political mentality, and is definitely not the image of a dull and stupid aristocratic lady analyzed by many theorists.

The third time, the day after Lin Daiyu entered Jia's house, it was recorded in the book that when she went to see Mrs. Wang, "Mrs. Wang and Xifeng read the letters from Jinling together", which is also proof that Mrs. Wang can read.

From this analysis, we can actually see that the Wangs of the four major families did not completely prevent girls from reading and writing. On the contrary, most of the women in the Wang family should meet the basic requirements of "literacy", but there is no further "reading".

At first, Wang Xifeng was completely illiterate, which should be an exception. This may be related to her pretending to be a man's upbringing and not loving reading. In addition, ancient women's reading was not a compulsory course, so the Wangs put down their cultural education for A Feng, which led to the phenomenon that Wang Xifeng was illiterate in the early stage and needed to start reading later because of the housekeeper.