Jia Zheng-a lonely middle-aged man.

? Introduction: As the second son of the government, Jia Zheng did not inherit the title, but as the actual ruler, is he really pedantic, hypocritical, indifferent and fickle as most people understand? This article may show you a different Jia Zheng.

Looking at A Dream of Red Mansions, most people are keen to pay attention to the fate of twelve women in Jinling, while other supporting actors have always been in people's minds with the inherent image of Facebook. For example, Jia Zheng. The junior high school Chinese teacher told me that the homonym of Jia Zheng's name is prude! Later, I saw a dream of red mansions for the first time in high school, because Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan thought Jia Zheng was hypocritical, cowardly and pedantic. So the impression of prude is getting deeper and deeper into my mind. I didn't understand Jia Zheng's loneliness, helplessness and bitterness until I read A Dream of Red Mansions again in middle age. In fact, this is the real Jia Zheng in Cao Gong's works-a lonely middle-aged man who forbeares and abides by feudal ethics, is upright and sober, and is unable to change his family's fate when the building is about to collapse!

First, Jia Zheng has a keen political insight.

It can be said that Jia Zheng is the person with the highest political acumen in the Jia family. The thirteenth time, after Qin Keqing's death, her parents-in-law gave her a coffin. Xue Pan said that there was a "Prince Duanzhong" in his shop. Jia Zhen immediately decided to use it. At this time, Jia Zheng said a sober sentence: I'm afraid this thing is very popular. Just top-grade Chinese fir. But Jia Zhen wouldn't listen, so he gave Qin Keqing this excellent coffin. You know, in a hierarchical feudal society, there are strict rules on the hierarchy from the etiquette of the living to the coffin of the dead, but Qin Keqing actually used a coffin that only the monarch was qualified to use. Judging from this incident, Jia Zhenyuan, the head of Ningguo Mansion, did not have the political mind like Jia Zheng, nor did he have the consciousness of being prepared for danger in times of peace, which left a bright line for the ruin of Jia Mansion later, and Tsao Gong also laid a dark line here, which was the precondition of "breaking the prince". This is the real fate of Jiafu in the future! It's a pity that Jia is not the master of Ningguo Mansion. He can only watch the endless troubles around him. Another thing is to beat up his precious son Jia Baoyu, which is also a very emotional plot in the novel. The cause of the incident was that Jia Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan exchanged their respective sweat towels, so Jia Zheng used this "peach" incident to beat up his son. In fact, the ancients were not so disgusted with this kind of thing, especially the big family did not think it was a thing. They thought that there would be no problem with being an official and having children, and the rest were just clouds. However, Jia Zheng was extremely angry. Under the pressure of offending his mother, he gave his son a good beating. He still cried out that he would be beaten like this because Baoyu didn't read the sage book well and didn't worry about fame. But is this really the case? In fact, it is because Jia Zheng smelled something different from this matter. Readers of A Dream of Red Mansions know that Jia Fu belongs to Jing Wang School, and Jiang Yuhan is the player of Shun Wang Fu, the sworn enemy of Jing Wang. Although he was only a player, he still let Wang Fu go to Jia Fu himself. Can this person be so simple? Is it big? So Jia Zheng was furious. On the one hand, he was angry that his son's political wisdom was almost an idiot. On the other hand, he wants to give a play to Wang Fu and Zhongshun Wang Fu. Because only by making a big fuss can it spread and spread the emotions of the two princes.

Jia Zheng certainly understood that if Baoyu was finished and Mrs. Jia didn't obey, his wife would resent him, and all his children were more afraid of not being too close to him from now on, but he had to do so again. Jia Zheng was the only one who suffered all the pain. But he is also a father with flesh and blood and feelings. In fact, before hitting Baoyu, he was in tears. The original text is as follows: that Jia Zheng is panting, sitting in a chair, with tears all over his face ... a short line shows his father's helplessness, and he loves and hates iron to turn into steel. He clearly knew that he would die sooner or later. If Baoyu doesn't grow up, let alone protect Jia Fu in the future, I'm afraid he can't even protect himself.

Second, Jia Zheng's ethical feelings.

When many readers first read A Dream of Red Mansions, they thought that Jia Zheng had always looked down on Baoyu and ignored him at all, but this was not the case. Baoyu is by no means comparable to Jia Huan in his heart. When the Grand View Garden was completed, Jia Zheng ordered Baoyu to write a plaque for each place, which was called a trial study. In fact, he wants to show his son's talent in front of all the guests. Imagine if he had no confidence in Baoyu, would he make a fool of himself in front of the guests? Even Baoyu pointed out Jia Zheng's problems in front of everyone. Jia Zheng was not angry, but nodded and smiled, which showed that Jia Zheng appreciated his son very much. This incident shows Jia Zheng's warmth as a father. As a son, Jia Zheng was deeply educated by Confucianism and showed filial piety to his mother. The most obvious example is the Lantern Festival, where he does not eat wine with guests, but comes to honor his mother. Who knows that when he came to restrain his grandchildren, he was not lively, which ruined the grandmother's interest and had to leave angrily. I often write the scene of Jia Zheng's departure in my mind: a lonely figure in the moonlight. . . .

Later, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, he told jokes to win his mother's happiness. If it weren't for Jia Mu, he wouldn't have lost his image. Seeing that Jia Mu and the younger generation are having fun, I also want to reassure Jia Mu. They begged and begged before they were allowed to attend solve riddles on the lanterns and the theatre. Let's look at a description in the original text: I saw Jia Zheng pleading: "Today, I heard that the old lady has a big mystery about spring lanterns, so she also prepared a bride price banquet. I'm here to join the club, so I don't want to give it to my son at all. " It is really difficult to read this passage after people become parents in middle age! The loneliness and sadness of a middle-aged man are vividly on the paper! Jia Zheng's life is the product of complete feudal ethics. He was educated by Confucianism and bound by feudal ethics, so he gave his children a feeling of respect and fear, and gave his mother a feeling of solemnity and no interest. In the relationship between husband and wife, he and Mrs. Wang are typical aristocratic couples, emotionally alienated and treat each other as guests. Jia Zheng, who is honest and kind, doesn't agree with some of Mrs. Wang's behaviors, but he can only turn a blind eye in order to balance family relations. So they are not so much husband and wife as partners. Generally speaking, Jia and Mrs. Wang can't feel the interest between husband and wife here, can they? Aunt Zhao, who was annoying everywhere, became Jia Zheng's favorite concubine. What kind of person is Aunt Zhao? From the description in the article, we can know that Aunt Zhao was born in a humble background, not very beautiful, not dignified and elegant, not smart and virtuous, not kind and even designed to harm Baoyu and Wang Xifeng. In short, no one in Jia's family respected and liked her, and Jia Zheng didn't explain why he took a fancy to her book. If analyzed by modern psychology, maybe Jia Zheng saw another side of his humanity in Aunt Zhao, and she did it. Of course, Zhao Can and menstruation have never read Jia Zheng. There is a man in the book who is respected by Jia Zheng as a lifelong confidant. He is Lin Daiyu's father, Lin Ruhai, who used to be a flower picker. They appreciate each other and are bosom friends. Jia Zheng in Lin Ruhai's mouth is a gentleman who is "humble and kind, and has been handed down from his ancestors". Therefore, Jia strongly promoted the recommended corporal. Later, Lin Ruhai died young, so Jia Zheng must miss it often!

Third, Jia Zheng's great enlightenment.

Jia Zheng's love for the Grand View Garden In the seventeenth novel "Celebrating the Lantern Festival in the Grand View Garden", when Jia Zheng arrived at Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Daoxiang Village and Wuheng Courtyard, he commented on these three dwellings:

"If you can sit under this window and read on a moonlit night, you will live in vain." -Xiaoxiang Pavilion

"Seeing it at this time may remind me of returning to agriculture!" -Daoxiang Village "

You don't have to burn names and incense to cook tea and play the piano under this porch. "-Yuan

As can be seen from this comment, Jia Zheng has always had a super-high literary accomplishment and aesthetic taste, and his taste is even more elegant, which is really comparable to Baoyu. It's just that his true nature is hidden under strict father's appearance. This is also because Jia Zheng was educated by orthodox Confucianism since childhood. He is strict with self-discipline, diligent in self-cultivation, diligent in housekeeping, rigid and serious, cautious, and dare not go beyond it. He demands his children and servants by Confucian standards everywhere. He tried his best to portray himself as a dutiful son, strict father, and the helm of a well-managed family. Unfortunately, his personal strength was too limited when the building was about to collapse. One year during the Lantern Festival, playing riddles was asked to guess the girls' riddles. It turned out that he participated in the enthusiasm, and went all the way to solve riddles on the lanterns: firecrackers, abacus, kites, sea lanterns ... When the riddle came to Jia Mu, the monkey was gently attached to the treetops. The answer is litchi, but Jia Zheng's thoughts are gone! After guessing the riddle, his mood was gloomy in an instant and he was vaguely aware of his future destiny. So I left again. ? Maybe he knew the end of the decline long ago, but he still tried his best to play his role and give his mother, children and family the last protection. So he gradually took the initiative to get to know his son and read this wonderful article in the book:

Although Jin Jia saw that Baoyu didn't study, he could quite understand. After careful evaluation, it was not very humiliating for his ancestors. As far as our ancestors are concerned, they are all the same. Although some of them have made great achievements, they have never made a fortune. It seems that this is also the number of good families. As his mother dotes on him, he doesn't have enough strength to force him to pursue his career. Therefore, although Baoyu has not studied recently, he can quite understand this. After careful evaluation, it was not very humiliating for his ancestors. As far as our ancestors are concerned, they are all the same. Although some of them have made great achievements, they have never made a fortune. It seems to be the same number. As his mother dotes on him, he doesn't have enough strength to force him to pursue his career.

He finally reconciled with his son and himself. Unfortunately, events cast their shadows before him. What can he do in the face of a dying tree?

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Throughout the book, Jia Zheng is Zuo Gong's most positive father and a rare good man. There is neither a hereditary official position like his brother Jia She, who keeps reaching out to the maids in the house, nor a messy affair like Jia Zhen. The description of his personal cultivation temperament is mostly narrated by Leng Zixing, Lin Ruhai and others. Then it is reflected in the trivial matters at home and the dialogue between characters. Although there is not much pen and ink, if we combine these words, we will find that Cao Gong is actually full of positive praise for Jia Zheng. Besides family, marriage and officialdom, we can also feel Jia Zheng's loneliness and deep love for Jia Fu. Finally, it's all over, as he expected, and the rest of his life will still be more lonely!

References: A Dream of Red Mansions