Looking at the character Qiao Jie in "A Dream of Red Mansions" from "Celebrating More Than Years", what do these two works have in common?

"Celebrating More Than Years" is a hit drama that has gained both word-of-mouth and broadcast volume. The plot, characters, and the way of service have all become hot topics of discussion among the audience, especially the promotion of Chinese traditional culture, which has been well received by all walks of life.

Fan Xian stills

After discussing the plot and learning about traditional culture, today I want to simply return to the TV series novel "Celebrating More Than Years" and the title of the same name, and talk about this The literature of "Dream of Red Mansions" introduced by this drama. It has been mentioned in many articles that the title "Celebrating More Than Years" is taken from the poem "Liu Yuqing" written by Qiao Jie, one of the main volumes of the Twelve Hairpins in Jinling.

Qiaojie is the daughter of Wang Xifeng. She is also the youngest among the twelve people. Although she is listed in the official list of the Twelve Hairpins, in fact, in the entire "Dream of Red Mansions", about Sister Qiao There is not much writing about this character. Judging from the weight of the characters described by the author, she is even the one who has spent the least amount of writing on it.

Judgment of "Liu Yuqing"

When reading "The Red Mansion", I usually pay special attention to the fate of the characters in the book, especially the "Twelve Hairpins of Jinling" who are listed in the "main volume". , except for Sister Qiao, the other 11 people, from Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, to Qin Keqing, Yingchun, Yuanchun, Xichun, Miaoyu and others, all have quite wonderful pages to tell their respective destinies and highlight their characters. character. Therefore, these girls will be deeply remembered by readers, and even after knowing their endings, readers will be sad and sigh.

Stills of "A Dream of Red Mansions"

But most people must not have been deeply impressed by Sister Jia Qiao. Sister Qiao, who appeared for the first time in Chapter 7, just borrowed the words of others to let readers know We know that Wang Xifeng also has a girl named "Big Sister"; when she appeared in the 41st episode, Qiaojie was still just a little girl who was inexperienced in the world and played around with a big pomelo and a Buddha's hand; in the 42nd episode, Grandma Liu was She named it.

By the time Sister Qiao appeared again, the Jia family had already been completely defeated. She had also experienced being betrayed by her ruthless uncle and traitorous brother, and living in Fireworks Alley. Fortunately, Grandma Liu remembered her mother-in-law Wang Xifeng's old love, and Qiao had Grandma Liu acted as a matchmaker for my sister, and she married a big landowner. From this point of view, the ending of Sister Jia Qiao's life experience is reflected in the verdict simply and straightforwardly.

Still photos of Qiaojie

Although there is not much written about Qiaojie, her existence is absolutely necessary. Because after the defeat of Jia's family, it is the ultimate embodiment of family ethics and the harshness of the world. This is also the purpose of Cao Xueqin's creation of the character Qiao Jie.

The ending line of "Red Mansions" is "Every bird throws itself into the forest." The first half of this line has the sentence "Those who are kind will escape death." Looking at the fate of all the characters in the Jia family, only Only Sister Qiao experienced a real "escapade from death". In this work, Qiao Jie's wolf uncle and traitor brother, as Qiao Jie's only relatives, actually colluded to sell Qiao Jie to a foreign prince as a concubine.

Portrait of Qiaojie

In the dark and decadent feudal era, when a big family like the Jia family was in decline, people did things like killing each other and denying their relatives. What comes to mind is to be the first to satisfy one's own greed. If the character Qiaojie did not exist, then the tragic ending of the Jia family would simply be a tree falling and the hozens scattered, rather than the loss of family ethics in the dark ages.

In order to express the lamentation for the phenomenon of moral decay, the author cleverly arranged the inconspicuous character Qiaojie to deepen the tragedy of the entire literary work. Only such a tragic fate of the character can evoke Readers’ emphasis on ethics.

Still photos of Qiaojie

In addition, Qiaojie’s true fate is actually the most beautiful one compared to the others in the "Twelve Hairpins of Jinling" , and also reveals the author's yearning and pursuit of the dream of pastoral life. She has experienced a huge change in her family from a prosperous and luxurious family to a house with few people. At the end of the story, Qiaojie's final destination is "Beauty Textile". It can be seen that Qiaojie has chosen a leisurely pastoral life.

Cao Xueqin's pastoral complex can be seen everywhere in "Dream of Red Mansions". When she was visiting relatives in Yuan Chun, she lamented the family happiness of the family in the farmhouse, because she felt: "Although we are now rich and noble, we have different kinds of flesh and blood." Even though it is boring, Tanchun had the same emotion. She said that although the small family was slightly cold, they were happy and everyone was happy.

Still photos of Sister Qiao

Sister Qiao is a rich lady who was born in the same way as them. Those women who were imprisoned in the prosperous mansion have been imprisoned here all their lives, but Qiao is the only one. Sister got rid of the unpredictable aristocratic life and returned to the countryside. Isn't the countryside Cao Xueqin's dream?

So the character Qiaojie is also an indispensable existence. She not only embodies the tragic side of the backwardness of the big family, directly destroying the moral and ethical values; at the same time, she also entrusts the author's attachment to pastoral life. Yearning, when these two points are added to the character image of Qiaojie, her importance is naturally reflected.

Stills of "Celebrating More Than Years"

This is the end of the story about Qiao Jie's character in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and we will continue to return to the recently popular "Celebrating More Than Years". After recently watching Qing Yu Nian and re-reading the novel Qing Yu Nian, the author speculates that perhaps the author Mao Ni gained a lot of inspiration from "A Dream of Red Mansions" and Qiao Jie's judgment when writing this novel.

After all, this time-traveling male protagonist was able to write "Dream of Red Mansions" silently, which is enough to show the author's deep love for this novel. Let’s talk about the relationship between the young lady’s verdict and the protagonist and the characters in the play. In fact, these few sentences alone have already linked the fate of the characters from beginning to end.

Still photos of Emperor Qing

As a time traveler, Fan Xian was able to grow up in such a helpless world, but he mainly relied on everything left by his mother Ye Qingmei . Ye Qingmei has a philanthropic heart that can help the world. Compared with any man in the play, she has a broader mind. That's why when his son Fan Xian grew up, people like Chen Pingping, Fan Jian, and Wu Zhu gathered around him.

As for the ruthless Qing Emperor who is aloof and always doubts everything, although he cannot be compared with the ruthless uncle and traitorous brother in "Red Mansions", he is also the foil of the two characters. Of course, the entire film and television drama only draws on "Liu Yuqing" to create a grand imaginary world, but in terms of the humanistic knowledge that the author wants to convey and the ideological connotation behind it, this is definitely a drama worth scrutinizing and savoring. good work.