Interesting Talk about Red Mansions 69: Reading banned books together, Jia Baoyu prophesied the ending, listening to opera alone, Lin Daiyu was moved emotionally

Subtitle: Why is Jia Baoyu called "Silver Pewter Spear Head"? Lin Daiyu had tried him and had the most say

After Jia Baoyu moved into the Grand View Garden, she suddenly became uncomfortable and ran around outside every day, unwilling to play with her sisters. This is clearly adolescent behavior. He suddenly realized the difference between men and women, was unable to adapt to the physical and psychological changes, and even discovered that he had feelings for Lin Daiyu that were different from family affection, which made him panic.

The young man Mingyan saw that Jia Baoyu was distracted, although he didn't understand why he was like this. But the needs of peers are always similar. Using herself to save others, Mingyan knew how to make her master happy, so she collected a lot of "forbidden books" for him.

Jia Baoyu had never seen this before. He forgot all about food and sleep, and was more serious than the college entrance examination. To say that Mingyan is "bad" is that these guys are equivalent to "sycophants" who do nothing but try to please their master regardless of the consequences. Zhi Yanzhai all said that they "hated" Ming Yan's move and suffered deeply from it.

Of course, the books Mingyan collected for Jia Baoyu could not be excessive. At most, there were one or two "Erotic Palace" books, and the rest were like "The Plum in the Golden Ping", and "The West Chamber" and "Pipa" were classified as "banned books" at the time, but in fact they were just love books about talented men and beautiful ladies.

But this also opened up a new world for Jia Baoyu, allowing him to understand the reasons for his "uncomfortability" and how to face his feelings for Lin Daiyu.

It is said that on this day, Jia Baoyu took a copy of "Huizhen Ji" to read in the Grand View Garden, but was caught by Lin Daiyu without thinking. Being caught peeking at banned books can be regarded as the death scene of a small businessman. Fortunately, "Huizhen Ji" is not forbidden to Lin Daiyu. So Jia Baoyu persuaded Lin Daiyu to watch it too.

Lin Daiyu happened to be returning from "burying flowers" that day. On the way, she met Jia Baoyu who was about to collect the fallen flowers and throw them into the water. Lin Daiyu stopped him, thinking that the water flowing outside was unclean, so it was better to collect the petals, put them in silk bags and bury them in the soil.

Digression: There is a theory that Daiyu's death "sinked into the lake", which is absolutely impossible. Lin Daiyu thought that the water was dirty and it was impossible to die like this!

Daiyu burying flowers, think about that scene, how beautiful it is? Think again about the bags made of brocade and silk used to hold flower petals and bury them in the soil. What a waste! It's really like "the rich don't know what it's like to be poor, so they bury the flowers with the gift bag by mistake"!

Jia Baoyu was infected by Lin Daiyu's funeral, so he forgot about the banned book, but was discovered by Lin Daiyu. It's funny that in his panic, he used "Zhongyong" and "University" to excuse himself, which was easily seen through by Lin Daiyu.

If Jia Baoyu studied the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" in broad daylight in a deserted place, the sun would also rise in the west. How could Lin Daiyu believe it!

He had no choice but to tell the truth and gave the book to Lin Daiyu, swearing that it was definitely a good book. He was afraid that Daiyu would think it was a "banned book" and belittle him.

Lin Daiyu is the person who loves books the most. Her room is full of all kinds of books, including those collected by the Lin family and those collected by the Jia family. Moreover, Lin Daiyu did not read women's books such as "Nu Zhi" and "The Story of Martyrs".

The Lin family came from a scholarly family, and Lin Ruhai was the top scorer in the imperial examination. Lin Daiyu read Confucian books such as the Four Books and the Five Classics. Judging from the fact that Daiyu was not as knowledgeable as Baochai, she was specialized in arts. If her daughter could take the imperial examination, she might be able to come back as a Jinshi.

Therefore, Lin Daiyu was different from Jia Baoyu. She never opposed the imperial examination. It was just that Jia Baoyu didn't like it, so she didn't dissuade him. It was out of mutual respect between confidants.

Without further ado, the book Jia Baoyu was reading at the time was "The Romance of the West Chamber" as we mentioned last time. The reason why Cao Xueqin used "Huizhen Ji" is that the original work by Yuan Zhen in the Tang Dynasty had a tragic ending. Cui Yingying was initially disturbed and eventually abandoned by Zhang Sheng. When Zhang Sheng discussed the matter with his friends, Zhang Sheng rebuked Yingying as a "beautiful creature" who "must bewitch others" and called himself "a person who is good at making up for mistakes". The prodigal son turned back after the beginning of chaos and finally gave up. How shameless!

"Huizhen Ji" foreshadows Lin Daiyu's future marriage to Jia Tanchun for Jia Baoyu and soon died in tears. However, Jia Baoyu did not stick to his original intention and married Xue Baochai. In his heart, he regarded Daiyu as "chaotic at first and finally abandoned", just like "Zhang Sheng".

Cao Xueqin used "Huizhen Ji" to foreshadow the result because "The Romance of the West Chamber" was extremely important to Bao and Dai. Last time we said that Lin Daiyu was still in the chaotic stage of a girl and had no emotional enlightenment. It was precisely because of reading "The Romance of the West Chamber" that she had an emotional resonance and shock, and she suddenly opened her heart and awakened her feelings.

Bao and Dai were childhood sweethearts, and they got along day and night. Among them, Wang Xifeng and others added fuel to the fire and often made fun of their marriage. I didn't feel it before, just because I didn't understand it. Although they are intimate, they would not think of the relationship between a man and a woman. Now after watching "The Romance of the West Chamber", I realize that the other person has already lived in my heart.

The most important thing was that Lin Daiyu passed by Lixiangyuan and heard the young actors rehearsing "The Peony Pavilion". Her emotions were greatly affected, and all kinds of thoughts were uncontrollable for a while.

Otherwise, the ancients would have listed all books about talented people and beautiful ladies such as "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Peony Pavilion" as "banned books". Just because the ancient men and women were very defensive, their resistance to this kind of books was far less than that of modern people. Due to the narrow social circle, they will apply the content in the book to themselves, amplify it countless times, and then evolve into unpredictable hidden dangers. Indeed, many regrettable stories have happened.

Take Bao Dai as an example. If it were not for "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Peony Pavilion" and other "bewitchments", the two of them may not have fallen in love so quickly. Bao Dai's love seemed beautiful to scholars, but to people at that time, it turned into an "ugly disaster" and "untalented thing", and was not blessed at all!

"The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Peony Pavilion" are the keys to Bao Dai's love. Later, Jia Baoyu gave two old handkerchiefs to Lin Daiyu, which also imitated "The Romance of the West Chamber" to express love. As for "The Death of Fulin Daiyu in "The Peony Pavilion"", we had already analyzed it when we ordered four plays on the wedding night in Yuanchun. Lin Daiyu will eventually be like Du Liniang, unable to "find" Jia Baoyu, and die in tears of lovesickness.

Jia Baoyu cannot worry about the future here. When he saw that Lin Daiyu also liked watching, he couldn't suppress the surging emotions in his heart, so he couldn't help but blurt out: "I am just a 'sad and sickly' person, and you are that 'beautiful person who overwhelms the country and the city.'"

Although Lin Daiyu likes " "The Romance of the West Chamber", but cannot be treated lightly by Jia Baoyu. Immediately, he raised two eyebrows that seemed to be frowned but not frowned, and stared at two eyes that seemed to be open but not open. His cheeks were angry and his thin face was full of anger. He pointed at Baoyu and said: "You damn nonsense! Please use these obscene words carefully." Yanqu came and learned these nonsense words to bully me. I told my uncle to go." Jia Baoyu panicked when he saw Lin Daiyu was anxious. He became even more frightened when he heard that his father would be told to go.

Pay attention to this prophecy-like "joke", which tells the final ending of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

After the Jia family was confiscated, Jia Baoyu was like a person drowning in a pool. When he was about to die, he was saved (swallowed) by a mangy monk (scabby turtle) and became a monk (become a big man). Wang Ba) left Xue Baochai. But this is not the end for him. In the end, Baoyu found the tomb of Lin Daiyu, who died as a princess (first-class wife), and guarded the tomb for the rest of his life (carrying a lifelong monument), which was the real ending for the two of them.

Note: The first-grade lady is not the first-grade imperial concubine, but the rank of imperial concubine. The four concubines, noble, virtuous, virtuous and virtuous, are all of the same rank.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was so unable to take on things, Lin Daiyu found it ridiculous, so she also used the content in the book to tease him: "Generally, people can fool this tune and just talk nonsense. Bah, it turns out that it's Miao Bubu. Show, it's like a silver pewter spear head."

Jia Baoyu's "incompetence" was exposed as soon as Lin Daiyu tried it. How about Jia Huan's mockery of his "embroidered pillow"? Jia Yuanchun was unnecessarily angry because of this. She would be furious if she heard Lin Daiyu say that Jia Baoyu was a "silver pewter gun head"!

The matter of banning books has come to an end. It is said that the attacker suddenly came looking for Jia Baoyu at this time and asked Jia Baoyu to go back quickly. So, what happened? If you want to know what happens next, let’s watch the breakdown next time!

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Text｜Jun Jian Ya Kan Red Mansion