Why does Duke Cao dislike Jia Zheng?

In the novel Dream of Red Mansions, Cao Gong likes Jia Baoyu, but why doesn’t he like Jia Baoyu’s father Jia Zheng? I will tell you below, hoping to be helpful to you. . :

The most beloved character of Duke Cao is undoubtedly Jia Baoyu, but in Dream of Red Mansions, Duke Cao seems to be not very friendly to Jia Baoyu's father, and even has some conflicting words. According to common sense, if it is an autobiographical novel, Cao Gong should praise Jia Baoyu's father more. Why are there many disrespectful words in it?

Jia Baoyu's father is Jia Zheng, in fact, it is Jia Zheng. He is a very powerful person in the family. You see, he is Jia Mu's second child, and Jia Mu likes to live with him. He himself is married to a daughter of the Wang family, one of the four major families, so he is a person who can speak everywhere. However, the relationship between Jia Baoyu and Jia Zheng does not seem to be good. Jia Zheng does not like Jia Baoyu, although Jia's mother regards Baoyu as the apple of her eye. Jia Baoyu is not so elusive about Jia Zheng. He is afraid of his father, does not like or even hate people like his father, so he always stays close to Jia Zheng but far away. He usually doesn't care about anything, but his father is his Achilles' heel. If he hears his father looking for him, he will immediately break into a sweat in the middle of winter. At that time, he was disgusted, but he could only accept it reluctantly.

First, Jia Zheng did not like Baoyu when he was a child.

As the saying goes, you look old at the age of three. Probably from the time when Jia Baoyu was born, he was dissatisfied with Baoyu because Baoyu didn't take anything, but he didn't take anything. He took away the girl's supplies and hairpins, so Jia Zheng believed that Baoyu must be a dandy in the future.

Second, Jia Zheng was too harsh.

Like all parents in ancient times, Jia Zheng believed that a filial son would come out of a stick, so his requirements for Jia Baoyu were too harsh. For example, after learning that Jia Baoyu had a relationship with Qi Guan, Jia Zheng was very aggressive. You must know that Qi Guan was a subordinate of the old prince Zhongshun: Jia Zheng's eyes turned red and purple when he saw him, and he had no time to ask him about his wandering actors and actresses. He gave away private things, neglected his studies at home, insulted his mother and maidservants, etc., so he only ordered, "Gag your mouth and beat him to death!" The boys did not dare to disobey, so they had to press Baoyu on the stool, lift up the big board and beat him ten times. . Jia Zhengyu thought the blow was too light, so he kicked the palm away, took it back, gritted his teeth and hit it thirty or forty times. Seeing that the fight was ominous, all the guests rushed forward to persuade him. Jia Zheng was willing to listen and said: "Ask whether he can be spared or not for what he did! It's you people who have spoiled him all the time, and you still come here to persuade him. Tomorrow he will regicide and kill his father. , you can’t do it unless you persuade me!”

Third, Jia Zheng is very hypocritical.

On the surface, Jia Zheng seems to have a good reputation: he is upright, humble and kind, has a good character and a clean reputation. Respecting the virtuous and corporal, helping the weak and helping those in need, is very ancestral, but it is lost in pedantry. But in fact, the heart is also very dirty. When you look at a person, you have to look at the friends he makes. Birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. Look at how Jia Zheng's concubine Zhao is arrogant, domineering and harsh in appearance, and you will know that Jia Zheng is also the same. Such people.

Fourth, Jia Zheng is actually very dirty.

Jia Zheng once told a story, which is actually not funny at all: at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, he told a cold joke about being afraid of his wife: "It happened to be August 15th, so I went to the street to buy some... I met some friends and took him to his house to have a drink. I didn't want to get drunk, so I fell asleep at my friend's house. I woke up the next day and regretted it, so I had to come over to the house to apologize. He said, "If that's the case, you can lick her for me and I'll spare you." The man had to lick her, which made her feel sick and made her want to beat her. He knelt down and begged, "It's not that grandma's feet are dirty. It's just because she ate too much rice wine and a few moon cake fillings last night that she feels a little sore today." In fact, this story is often a microcosm of my own life. It can be seen that he is still very afraid of Mrs. Wang in his heart.

The ancients have always required men to be king, king, minister, father, son, son. Jia Zheng strictly followed the standards of ancient times and set himself standards, which may be a bit excessive and is called pedantry. Naturally, this cannot be said at the same time as Jia Baoyu, who is full of vitality. Jia Zheng himself said: I have been mediocre in writing poems about flowers, birds, landscapes, etc. since I was a child. Now that I am old and tired of copywriting, I am even more unfamiliar with such pleasant articles.

Even if it is drawn up, it will be pedantic and old-fashioned, but it will not make the Hualiu Garden Pavilion colorful. It seems uncompromising, but it is boring. It can be seen that Duke Cao did not like Jia Baoyu's father, which is actually a reminder of his former father and an irony of the filial son born under the stick. Introduction to Jia Zheng:

Jia Zheng, courtesy name Cunzhou, is a character in Cao Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions". He is the second master of the Rongguo Mansion, the second son of Jia Mu and Jia Daishan, the father of Jia Baoyu, and the daughter of Lin Daiyu. Uncle, Xue Baochai's uncle.

He is the most powerful person in Rongguo Mansion except Jia Mu, but like Jia Mu, he does not often manage the affairs of the government. He only reads books, plays chess, and chats with the guests every day. He is a veritable swagger. The shopkeeper, he does not like the prosperous and luxurious life, and when he visited the Grand View Garden, he also had the intention of returning to farming and living in seclusion.

He has been fond of reading since he was a child, but he is not naturally upright and dull. Before he became an official, he "was also a person who sang poetry and drank freely", but "everything was for the sake of honoring the ancestors", so he attached great importance to reading and progress. Return to the right path.

He is upright, humble and kind, has a good character and a quiet voice. Respecting the virtuous and corporal, helping the weak and helping those in need, is very ancestral, but it is lost in pedantry. He was devoted to filial piety to his mother, and also wanted to strictly discipline his children. The beating of Baoyu was a highlight of "A Dream of Red Mansions"; Got a bad reputation. Zheng, homophonic for "zheng", the author also emphasizes the word "zheng" when describing his character. He is a tragic figure deeply influenced by Confucianism. He is both the creator and the victim of tragedy.