Chapter 8 Chapter Seven Mysteries from Chapter 82 to Chapter 90 (3)——The Mystery of Attacking People and Musk Moon

At the end of the last lecture, I said that according to Cao Xueqin's conception and the story after the eighty chapters he wrote, Xiren's departure from Rongguo Mansion was a thrilling plot.Some red fans were surprised: Could it be like that?Because they are very familiar with Gao E's writing style. The last chapter of Gao E's continuation, 120 chapters, did not write about Xiren leaving Rongguo Mansion.How did he write it?He wrote Baoyu to take the imperial examination, finished the stereotyped essay conscientiously, then disappeared after leaving the examination room, and finally confirmed that he was a monk.Baoyu became a monk, so Xue Baochai became a widow, and she had to keep the festival for Baoyu.If Baoyu has a concubine, there are usually two situations in the past, one is to voluntarily accompany the main wife to observe the festival, and the other is that the in-laws and the main wife allow her to go out and marry another.Baoyu had no formal concubine at that time.As for Xiren, she thinks she is a concubine, so some people think she is a concubine, but let’s go through the descriptions in the first 80 chapters. The stipend was an advance for her future status, but it was not implemented.It would be embarrassing to attack someone like that.She has feelings for Baoyu and is willing to be by Baochai's side. She should be willing to observe the festival for Baoyu, but you are not a concubine, you have not officially obtained that title, and you are not qualified to observe the festival.If the parents-in-law and the main wife allow you to observe the festival, then the parents-in-law and the main wife violated the moral norms of the society of that era.So Mrs. Wang and Baochai couldn't keep her, they had to arrange for her to go out and get married, and Aunt Xue also came forward to persuade her.Based on the situation she had with Baoyu for many years, if she left Rongguo Mansion to marry someone, she would feel that she had betrayed Jia Baoyu, and some people in the mansion would judge her that way.Of course, she could die, but Gao E wrote in a somewhat ironic tone that even Xiren could not die for Baoyu.At first she felt sorry for Jia's family if she died in Rongguo Mansion, and when she returned to her elder brother's house with grievances, she felt that the family's marriage was handled very well, so she couldn't die at home, so she would marry and die. The person who married her treated her very well, and it would not be appropriate to die there. What should I do?He also accepted the reality, not to mention that he was married to Jiang Yuhan, who was very close to Baoyu, and there was a blood-red scarf, which seemed to prove that this was a predestined marriage.The story of the attacker ends here.This is Gao E's way of writing.

Gao E wrote that Xiren left Rongguo Mansion to marry, and finally quoted two poems written by a man named Deng Hanyi in the early Qing Dynasty: "The only one who dies through the ages is difficult, and the only one who is sad is the wife." An allusion is used in the poem: the Warring States Period , King Wen of Chu destroyed a small country called Xi, and took the wife of the king of Xi as his concubine.This woman can be called Mrs. Xi.This Mrs. Xi, according to the feudal ethics in the past, her husband was killed, so she should be buried to show her loyalty.However, many people cherish their lives, and Mrs. Xi is no exception.For a person, the most difficult thing through the ages is to die automatically.Although Mrs. Xi was infinitely sad, she lived on and did not die.In order to balance her mentality, she did not speak.She was very beautiful, King Wen of Chu liked her very much, and she gave birth to a child for King Wen of Chu, but no matter how King Wen of Chu talked to her, she refused to agree.It wasn't until a long, long time later that someone asked her, and she opened her mouth, saying that I am a woman and should stick to one for the rest of my life, but I married two husbands and gave birth to a child for the second husband. I feel ashamed. I am not qualified to speak again.

Gao E quoted this poem to give Xiren a "conclusion of the coffin".It is to clearly criticize Xiren for not being consistent with Baoyu.Everyone must remember that there is a very important chapter in the first eighty chapters, the nineteenth chapter, the first half of which is called "Emotional Love and Good Night Flowers Interpretation", which describes the relationship between Xiren and Jia Baoyu, and Xiren proposed several conditions , Let Baoyu agree, saying that you really obeyed me, and I will not go out with the knife on your neck.Baoyu agreed to all of them.Gao E wrote the above plots in the continuation book, and then quoted Deng Hanyi's poem, which means that there is no knife resting on your neck. As a result, you "hold the pipa and get on another boat", how immodest and hypocritical.

Because Xiren was written in this way in Gao E's sequel, and Cao Xueqin's Xiren also did some indecent things in the first eighty chapters, most of the readers in the past were dissatisfied with Xiren, thinking that Xiren had something to do with it. question.To sum it up, some readers and critics point out that Xiren has three problems, and criticize and deny her from three aspects. The first question, which was written by Cao Xueqin, we saw at the beginning of the sixth chapter, is called "Jia Baoyu's first test of love in the clouds and rain", which is that she has a physical relationship with Baoyu.She is not Baoyu's concubine, and Mrs. Wang has not yet presupposed her as a prospective concubine. She is just a girl. It is deviant for her to have such a relationship with the male master without telling the parents.After that, she knew that Baoyu's marriage was not on the agenda, but Baoyu had matured and needed sexual enjoyment, not to mention her thoughtful care in life, so she served Baoyu in an all-round way through this , not only win over Baoyu, but also control Baoyu.So many readers are very disgusted with her, thinking that this woman is really not very good.

If the first question is a consensual matter, it's okay to talk about it, then the second question is serious.It was written by Cao Xueqin in the first eighty chapters, and everyone was deeply impressed, that is, Jia Baoyu was beaten up by his father Jia Zheng, and his skin was torn to pieces. After that, what did the attackers go to Mrs. Wang to say?She actually said: "In theory, our second master also needs to be taught twice by the master. If the master doesn't care anymore, I don't know what to do in the future." In this way, you and Baoyu are so good, how can you say such things?Xiren threw out a logic: Second Master Bao is getting older, and there is always a lady hanging around in front of him. This is not the original words, but the general idea. Then she gave two examples, one is to serve as a foil, which is Xue Baochai. She focuses on Lin Daiyu stands out. She emphasized that whether it is Baoyu or Daiyu, the people's congress is big-hearted. In this case, it is very dangerous.So she made a suggestion, saying that it is better not to let Second Master Bao live in the Grand View Garden, and it is better to move him out again and live under Mrs. Wang's eyes.She was tantamount to reporting the love relationship between Baoyu and Daiyu to Mrs. Wang. Her idea was to cut off their relationship.Mrs. Wang was taken aback when she heard this. She never thought that this child would be so sensible. The so-called sensible is measured according to feudal moral standards. In order to appreciate it, Mrs. Wang later allocated her two taels of silver and a dime from her own monthly money as a special allowance. The treatment was the same as that of Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou, which was equivalent to giving her the status of an alternate aunt.

Do you remember that there was a detail in Chapter 37, the girls in Yihong Court gave Xiren a nickname?If you do close reading of the text, you can't let go of these words.What nickname?It is called "Western Flower Idea Haba", which means she is likened to a pug dog. Her surname is Hua, and Baoyu gave her the name Xiren, so the nickname "Western Flower Idea Haba" is very appropriate, since it is homonymous with her name. , also described her ingratiating gesture in front of Mrs. Wang.On the one hand, these girls obey and respect her, but on the other hand, they also have opinions in their hearts. Qingwen's vitriolic satire towards her is even more.Xiren is such a person, and she is responsible for the tragedy of Baodai's love and marriage.

As early as in the late Qing Dynasty, there was a popular edition called "A Dream of Red Mansions with Additional Commentary and Supplementary Maps". Now you can find newly printed copies on the market, which contain comments. Of course, these comments cannot be compared with Zhiyanzhai's comments. Some people who liked this book later added some comments, and these people who added comments did not know that the forty chapters before and after were Gao E's continuation.There was a commenter named Damou Shanmin—this "some" is a way of writing the word "Mei" in ancient Chinese—he especially hated attacking people, saying: "Flowers attacking people are also flower sluts." Another critic is Huhuazhuzhu. He said that there is a person who is particularly annoying in history, that is, Wang Anshi. It is said that Wang Anshi is a traitor, but Wang Anshi's traitor is not human, and it is easy to recognize it if he is not human; but Xiren, as a traitor, is a traitor who is not human. She was disguised and packaged very humanely, so she was even more harmful.This is a typical speech against Xiren criticism in the past.

The third problem arises in Gao E's writing, which is the passage about the marriage of the attackers I just mentioned.Gao E sneered and mocked her fiercely. When the three questions are added together, Xiren basically becomes a negative image.Although after reading the first eighty chapters, you can also feel certain advantages and strengths of Xiren, but because these three problems are too big, they are all covered up. According to the results of my research, Cao Xueqin's original intention was not to write Xiren as a "slut" or "traitor", and Xiren should not be regarded as a negative image.Cao Xueqin wrote a living existence, and Xiren in his works flows her life naturally according to his inner needs.Xiren is a full-bodied personality, with good and evil, advantages and disadvantages, and behaviors that are both right and wrong. More often, her words and deeds don't matter right or wrong. She combines complex life instincts to form a flesh-and-blood image. It makes you deeply feel that there really was such a life in the society of that era that existed like this.

Let's discuss the three problems of the so-called attacking people. The first question is that she and Jia Baoyu have a secret test of love, how do you think about this episode?Is this episode intended to show Xiren's moral deviance, and to condemn Xiren's behavior?I think Cao Xueqin didn't have this intention when he wrote this episode.This episode is mainly to write that Jia Baoyu is a man who is physically and psychologically mature.I have a lot of analysis in the previous lectures on Jia Baoyu, so I won't repeat it here.Cao Xueqin made it very clear in the writing that during Jia Baoyu's sleepwalking in the illusory world, Jing Huanxian introduced his younger sister Keqing to him, and secretly taught him about men and women. Baoyu received sexual enlightenment in the dream. Force Xiren around him to practice with him.Xiren had sex because Baoyu forced him to have sex, not Xiren seduced Jia Baoyu on his own initiative.Of course, he also wrote about Xiren’s psychological activities. He felt that he was given to Baoyu by Jia’s mother anyway, and he would serve Baoyu for a long time, and he was the first big girl around Baoyu. Since Baoyu made a request, it’s okay to obey him. relation.Xiren was older than Baoyu and matured physically.The relationship between the two of them is described as a very natural thing in Cao Xueqin's works.It is not enough to deny Xiren by discussing the matter as it stands.What's more, today, whether our moral concepts or social ethics concepts have made some progress, two physically mature men and women agree with each other and have such a thing in a relatively private space, of course you can't Saying that this is a very right or very good thing to do, however, is not enough to constitute a moral problem.It's just that compared with Qingwen, Xiren is of course much inferior morally. There is no such ambiguous relationship between Qingwen and Baoyu.

The second problem is that the attacker went to Mrs. Wang to inform her.The commentators in the past mainly criticized her in two aspects, one is hypocrisy, you have a physical relationship with Baoyu, but you call the police there, it’s terrible, Baoyu may be seduced by the lady, and you may lose your virginity.Who took Baoyu's virginity away?Who did Baoyu lose her life to?Isn't that you?As a result, you ran to Mrs. Wang and pretended to be a good person. Oh, quickly move Baoyu out of the Grand View Garden, otherwise Lin Daiyu will grow up like Lin Daiyu, and there may be something incompetent.It's so hypocritical!Some friends who are red fans trembled when they told me about it, saying that attacking people is simply too hateful!Xiren's performance in this regard, you say she is hypocritical, I agree, it is very hypocritical, we look at it objectively, you worry about this, worry about that, how about yourself?Yes or no?However, judging from the description in the book, when Xiren said these words, she was sincere in her heart. She really thought about Baoyu, wanted to preserve Baoyu's reputation, and contributed such opinions and suggestions to the hostess. It is doing its duty and doing good deeds.

Regarding Xiren's second question, the first criticism is that she is hypocritical.The second criticism is that she reported on the love relationship between Baoyu and Daiyu, which is of a bad nature.Mrs. Wang didn't like Lin Daiyu in the first place, and she didn't want Daiyu to marry Baoyu as his wife. She liked Xue Baochai.Of course, Xiren described Lin Daiyu's threat to Jia Baoyu in a vague way, and used Baochai as a foil in his words, but Mrs. Wang understood it as soon as she heard it, and she became more determined to reject Daiyu.On the issue of who Jia Baoyu married as his wife, Xiren was in the same party as Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, and stood on the standpoint of firmly advocating marrying Xue Baochai. Therefore, some people criticized her, saying that she was loyal to the feudal ruling class, the most The decadent and darkest orthodoxy, involved in the feudal patriarchal suppression of free love, stifles the liberation of individuality. This statement is reasonable, and I do not object to such an analysis of Xiren.But I have a different opinion.I think your judgment that her ideas and positions belong to the feudal orthodox party is reactionary, which is completely from the perspective of political thought.It is necessary to look at the problem from the perspective of political thought.However, you cannot ignore another big reason, which is psychological factors.In order to control a person to do things, in addition to the political and moral positions and choices, in addition to the strategy of how to deal with people such as how much truth is beneficial to what kind of lies, there is another very important factor, which is the depth of the heart. some psychological stuff.At that time, Xiren did this because she had a very important psychological basis. Cao Xueqin wrote it very seriously, but some readers always ignored it. The thirty-second chapter, the first half of the chapter is called "Telling the heart and soul of Baoyu", which describes Jia Baoyu's love for Lin Daiyu after a period of time, and reached a period of fanaticism. Lin Daiyu was also very moved when she spoke to her son, but Lin Daiyu, after being moved, said you should stop talking, I knew what you said a long time ago, so she turned around and left without looking back.But Jia Baoyu was still immersed in the discourse situation at that time, he didn't feel that Lin Daiyu had left.The weather was very hot, and he was going to see Jia Yucun. He forgot to bring his fan, and Xiren came after him from Yihong Courtyard with a fan, wanting to give him one.After Xiren walked over, because he was immersed in the situation of the words just now, he didn't see clearly who it was, and thought it was Lin Daiyu, so he grabbed Xiren's hand and said something, which was thrilling.Jia Baoyu continued to tell his heart and soul: "My dear sister, I never dare to say what is on my mind. Today I speak out boldly, and I am willing to die! I also got a whole body of illness here for you, and I dare not tell others, so I had to I can't forget you even in my sleep and dreams!" What do you mean?Some readers may not understand it all the time, but the Xiren in the book can be heard and understood. How did Cao Xueqin write the Xiren's reaction?It is said that Xiren was so frightened after hearing this that he couldn't help shouting, "Shentian Bodhisattva, you have killed me!" Most of the previous analyzes were based on Xiren’s ideological standpoint, pointing out that she abides by feudal moral norms. She is a young woman after all. Meaningful language, she felt embarrassed and couldn't stand it.This factor exists.But in fact, Cao Xueqin's writing went to the deepest part of the attacker's heart.Everyone should know that a woman has one basic requirement for a man - I don't think there is anything wrong with saying this - that is, when you have sex with me, at least during this time, you want me in your heart.Through Jia Baoyu's words, Xiren was surprised to find that when Baoyu and her first tried love, and for a while later, when they had sex with her, they were all thinking of her, but after Lin Daiyu came, gradually, Although he still has sex with her, she is not what he thinks about in his heart. Now Jia Baoyu simply regards her as Lin Daiyu, telling the truth. The so-called thinking of Lin Daiyu in his sleep and dreams is tantamount to saying that he is having sex with Xiren now. At that time, the object of his sexual fantasies was completely Lin Daiyu, and he regarded Xi Ren as a substitute! Instead of having sex with a man, he is regarded as a substitute, which is the most intolerable for all women.I think women in the audience, or women in front of the TV, or adult women, should ask themselves, is this the most intolerable thing?Even if you have a dewy marriage, you man can't do this.Any woman, she can't accept this thing.Of course, there will definitely be friends who are red fans discussing with me, saying that what you said, it seems that Xiren wants to monopolize Jia Baoyu, is this possible?Xiren would not have the idea of ​​monopolizing Jia Baoyu, she could not become Jia Baoyu's official wife, how could her identity become Baoyu's official wife?Her highest ideal in life is to be Jia Baoyu's first concubine. She knows that it is impossible for Jia Baoyu to have sex with her alone, but it is reasonable for her to have such a request. What you think should be the same as what you are doing now.However, Jia Baoyu didn't recognize her at the time, and thought it was Lin Daiyu, who said such words, so Xiren not only felt his soul disappear at this time, but also called out, "Shentian Bodhisattva, you have killed me." A woman who has been hurt to such an extent that the least hurtful part of her heart has been hurt, it is very natural for her to take action to destroy the sexual fantasy object of the man she has sex with.So she went to Mrs. Wang to say what she said. We need to understand her most instinctive and authentic psychological motives.As a Chinese writer in the 18th century, Cao Xueqin's in-depth analysis and revelation of women's psychology has reached such a delicate and profound level, which is also amazing.My explanation in this way may improve your understanding of what Xiren said to Mrs. Wang. You may have judged Xiren and criticized her from the perspective of class and ideology, but now you may understand that it is okay. Understand her from the perspective of female psychology, and through this artistic image, I have a deeper and more detailed understanding of human nature. A good writer always writes about the deepest, most secret, most embarrassing, most unspoken, and most unspoken factors in people's hearts.Cao Xueqin cleverly and clearly pre-written the deepest motivation for the act of raiding and reporting, and provided it to readers.Therefore, I advocate that we should comprehensively analyze, understand, and grasp Xiren's whistleblowing behavior.She has a bottom line that she insists on as a woman, the bottom line of dignity, when you hug me and you are good with me, your sexual fantasies cannot be other people. In this regard, it is reasonable. Of course, from an objective point of view, the attacker's whistleblowing behavior is indeed very bad.What's more, since that whistleblowing behavior won the praise of Mrs. Wang, it is too polite to say that she is a "Western Flower Idea Haba", and she has actually become Mrs. Wang's eagle dog.The content of what she later reported to Mrs. Wang was not only the dynamics of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's emotional entanglement. Do you remember the plots of copying and inspecting the Grand View Garden later?Mrs. Wang finally went to Yihong Courtyard to deal with these girls. Mrs. Wang asked, people with the same birthday are husband and wife, who said that?This was in the small area of ​​Yihong Courtyard. The girls were joking around. There was a girl named Si'er who had the same birthday as Jia Baoyu. She joked that how could she really think that she could be Jia Baoyu's wife?Not only can she not be a regular wife, she is not qualified as a concubine, and she is not a first- or second-class girl, is she?Then think about it, everyone, this word only appeared in Yihong Courtyard, how could Mrs. Wang know?So when he wrote about Jia Baoyu's reaction, he was very shocked.Mrs. Wang was very proud at that time, and said that although I don't come here often, my heart, ears and spirit are always there, and I have a precious jade in total, so can I let you seduce it for nothing?Who is her soul?It is an attacker.Si'er's joke must have been the secret of the attacker.Such an informant cannot use hidden psychological factors to justify her, it is flattery.Therefore, it is true that her qualities are not perfect, and she is problematic. Gao E's description of Xiren's marriage did not conform to Cao Xueqin's original intention.Friends who are red fans may want to ask anxiously. You said that according to Cao Xueqin's description, Xiren's leaving Rongguo Mansion was a thrilling process. How thrilling is it?It is at the end of the plot unit of the eighty-two back to the ninety chapters. According to my research, it can be estimated that Cao Xueqin will write the first wave of the emperor's relationship with the Jia family and the Rongguo Mansion at the end of this plot unit. hit.This attack may be sending King Zhongshun, instead of ransacking the house, but sealing it up first, and not immediately beating, killing, or selling all the people in the mansion, but first restricting the movement of family members, and then Well, it is required to cut down their service personnel, that is, cut down their maids, wives, and servants.Under normal circumstances, the emperor would completely hand over such reduction rights to the confiscator entrusted by the emperor, so the novel should be King Zhongshun. Why do you want to seal up the Rongguo Mansion?I have told you many times before, because Jia Zheng first did one thing that offended the king's law, which was to help the Zhen family hide their criminal property.In addition, Jia Zheng asked his son and grandson to write poems in praise of the general. On the surface, he praised a female general who suppressed the peasant uprising army. In fact, after my previous analysis, you should know that it will be considered as an allusion to the time when the Qing soldiers went south. The female generals in one place resisted the Qing soldiers going south, which became an anti-poetry.Of course, these two things are not enough to make the emperor completely destroy the Rongguo Mansion and the Jia family. Why?The emperor also had Jia Yuanchun by his side.Does the emperor like Jia Yuanchun that much?That's not necessarily the case, but in the verdict on Jia Yuanchun in the "Jinling Twelve Beauties", there is a sentence called "the place where the durian flowers bloom to illuminate the palace". What does it mean?The current Forbidden City is called the Forbidden City. If you visit the spaces where queens and concubines live, you will find that there are still many pomegranate trees planted there, not necessarily directly in the ground, but many in large wooden barrels.The emperor raised many concubines, one of which was to play with women, and second, he hoped that these women would bear children for him so that there would be successors to the imperial power.Everyone knows that pomegranate is a plant with many seeds, which is a symbol of many children and grandchildren.So what is "the place where the durian flowers bloom to illuminate the palace"?Everyone knows how pomegranates come out, right? When the pomegranate blossoms open, the lower part of the pomegranate swells more and more until the flower falls off at the end, which is a big pomegranate fruit.This sentence means that Jia Yuanchun is pregnant, and if there is no accident, she will give birth to a prince or princess for the emperor.Therefore, in this case, Jia Yuanchun, as a pregnant concubine who has not been rejected by the emperor, pleaded with the emperor, for example, because our family has served the royal family for several generations, especially the ancestors of the Jia family, belonged to The founding father, and his father has always been very diligent in his work. Although he has done something wrong now, can he be given a chance to redeem his sins and leave a way out?Then when the emperor saw that "the durian flowers are blooming", he might open the net. The first wave of blows was just to send King Zhongshun to take all the houses in the mansion where the property was stored-the book said that Rongguo Mansion had a two-story building. In the warehouse, Grandma Liu felt dazzled when she went up, and couldn’t help chanting Buddha in her mouth—stick the seal first, check the case clearly before conducting a copy inspection; Tell me, did you help the Zhen family hide their criminal property?How much in total?You let your children and grandchildren write that poem, what is your motivation?At that time, he hadn't been fully convicted and exonerated.Jia Zheng's family members are still allowed to live a normal life, but you can no longer be as luxurious and extravagant as in the past. First of all, you should cut down your service personnel. Some loyal kings can be separated, and some will have to be dismissed. In that situation, King Zhongshun called the attacker by name.Some people say what is your basis for this?Is this all based on your imagination?Will King Zhongshun know about Xiren?Do you remember that there is a plot in Chapter 28, that is, at Feng Ziying's home, Feng Ziying invited Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan to drink, and there was an actor during the dinner, Jiang Yuhan, whose stage name was Qiguan, and a prostitute from Jinxiangyuan Called Yun'er, a few people drank and sang.It was on such an occasion that Jia Baoyu met Jiang Yuhan and exchanged gifts.Jiang Yuhan gave Jia Baoyu a sweat scarf with a big red blood idea, and after Jia Baoyu returned to Yihong Courtyard, he tied this sweat scarf around Xiren's waist when he slept at night. This was of course a foreshadowing. It shows that Jiang Yuhan will marry Xiren in the end. As far as the understanding of this foreshadowing is concerned, Gao E is not wrong. He also wrote in the end that Jiang Yuhan married Xiren because the sweat towel played a role as a medium. I have already analyzed a lot in my previous lectures. At that time, King Zhongshun and King Beijing were competing for the actor Jiang Yuhan. He was symbolic, but in essence it was a political competition, not a simple matter.When Jiang Yuhan escaped from Prince Zhongshun's mansion and went into hiding, King Zhongshun sent his chief historian to Rongguo Mansion to ask the dignitaries of Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng was at a loss, so he had to call Baoyu. What is it.At this time, the Chief Historian of Zhongshun Prince's Mansion said, does the young master really not know Qiguan?If you don't know him, how did the sweat towel on Qiguan's waist get to your waist?Some readers didn't read the book carefully, so they felt that Jia Baoyu must be wearing this scarf at that time, and the chief historian saw it and asked such a question.However, it is clearly stated earlier in the book that Jiang Yuhan is the sweat towel named Qian Xiangluo given to him by Qi Guan. He has tied it around Xi Ren's waist when he sleeps at night. , thrown into an empty box.Moreover, that kind of sweat towel is tied with underwear inside, and the big clothes on the outside also cover it. It can be seen that the long historian who questioned Baoyu did not witness it at the scene, pointing at Baoyu's waist, and speaking based on reliable information.Jia Baoyu's inner reaction at that time was very strong, and he said, "Oh, he knows even such a confidential matter, and he may know other things too. Instead of messing around, I'd better tell the truth, so I told others, Jiang Yuhan hid in the manor she bought in Red Sandalwood Castle in the eastern suburbs.It can be seen that when Feng Ziying entertained these friends, there were spies sent by Zhongshun Palace to grasp the overall situation. At the banquet at Feng Ziying's house, after Jiang Yuhan sang the song, she picked up a sweet-scented osmanthus flower on the table and read an ancient poem: "The fragrance of the flower is so strong that one knows that the day is warm."Yun'er helped to say it, and Jiang Yuhan realized that the word Xiren should not be said indiscriminately, because it was the name of Baoyu's big girl, and she was an indispensable treasure in Baoyu's life.Indeed, Xiren provided all the technical support for Baoyu's secular life, called seductive and meticulous, careful service, and even provided him with sexual services.The spies sent by Prince Zhongshun's mansion—probably among the servants singing the song—would report back in detail about the situation at the banquet. Therefore, Jia Baoyu's life is inseparable from attackers, and it has become one of the intelligences mastered by King Zhongshun. Therefore, when King Zhongshun seized Jia's mansion under the order and assigned a large number of servants to his own place, he named the attackers to attack Baoyu. He knew that Baoyu was the most important heir to Rongguo Mansion. However, he still relies on Xiren for his life.For other houses, it may just be an announcement of numbers, such as Mrs. Wang, only two maids are allowed to stay, and the rest must belong to me. You can decide which two to keep.I don't name anyone I want. Xiren was named and demanded by King Zhongshun. At this time, Xiren faced a choice.go or not?At this juncture, if you offend King Zhongshun, it is not a matter of Xiren's own safety, it will not only involve the safety of Baoyu Baochai and his wife, but also the safety of the entire Rongguo Mansion. During the respite, Jia Yuanchun may be doing work in the palace.It would be best if Jia Yuanchun gave birth to a prince, and the situation in the Rongguo Mansion might be eased in the end; otherwise, everyone would die together. King Zhongshun's name-calling order does not allow you to hesitate. Therefore, it was indeed a thrilling moment. Everyone in the government must be paying attention to Xiren's reaction. The choice she faces is actually more difficult than the choice of life and death.Different people in the mansion will have different predictions and psychological waves, and attacking the depths of one's own soul will even cause great waves.At such a critical moment, Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai may be reluctant to part with her, and do everything possible to keep her, but Xiren makes his own decision, you call the name, then I will go!So Xiren's departure from Rongguo Mansion, in Cao Xueqin's writing, is by no means like Gao E's writing, as if he was shameless, unwilling to die, broke his promise, lost the minimum moral standards, and lived first.not like this.It was a kind of righteous act for Xiren to leave the mansion under such circumstances. She did it to protect Baoyu and Baochai, and to maintain the situation of the Jia family at that time so that it would not deteriorate further.She sacrificed herself to save others. There is a basis for what I say.Among the ancient editions of the first eighty chapters, the twenty-first chapter has a comment signed by Jihusou. Whether Zhiyanzhai and Jihusou are one or two people is not discussed here. See the text only in the Prison Temple."That means that one time after the eighty chapters, I will write about the Prison Temple, where Qianxue will appear.The comment went on to say: "The title of the main text of Xiren, Hua Xiren has a beginning and an end." In the manuscript, the word "目" was mistakenly copied into the word "Chang", which is obviously a clerical error.The meaning is still very clear. After the eighty chapters, there will be a chapter about Wei Baoyu in the Qianxue Prison Temple, and there will be a chapter about "flowers attacking people from beginning to end".This comment reveals that in Cao Xueqin's works, Xiren is not a character with a beginning and an end, but as far as her relationship with Jia Baoyu is concerned, it has a beginning and an end.This comment also said: "I only saw that five or six drafts of Qing Dynasty and prison temple Wei Baoyu were lost by borrowers, sigh!" This further shows that Zhiyanzhai or Jihusou didn't just hear Cao Xueqin told him an idea. Cao Xueqin had already finished the manuscript, and it was transcribed by him, and there were such plots clearly.But unfortunately, there was not only one draft, there were five or six drafts, and it was estimated that there were five or six chapters of drafts, all of which were lost in the end, which is a pity. There is another comment in the twenty-eighth chapter of the ancient version: "Although official Gai Qi is an excellent person, it is not a general article that he will be the same as the Xiren enshrining Yuxiong Baoqing later." To worsen, Baoyu and Baochai were once in great financial difficulty, but at this time, who will support them?None other than Xiren and Jiang Yuhan.Xiren should have gone through some ups and downs after being asked to go by King Zhongshun, and was rewarded by King Zhongshun to Jiang Yuhan as his wife. They should be doing well financially at that time, so they tried every means to help the Erbao couple who were in trouble. This kind of plot after the 80th chapter was clearly written in the ancient manuscript as a commentary, and Zhi Yanzhai and Ji Husou did not usually see the manuscript after the 80th chapter, but read it while copying it.So my exploration is well-founded. Therefore, we can conclude that Xiren left Rongguo Mansion not after Baoyu became a monk as Gao E wrote, but after Baoyu and Baochai’s marriage still existed and Rongguo Mansion suffered the first wave of blows. It was only after trying to turn the tide that he sacrificed himself and was forced to leave.She didn't betray Jia Baoyu, she wasn't the so-called "Through the ages, it's difficult to die, but you can only rest on your wife when you are sad", you can't compare the Mrs. Xi in the Warring States Period to her. She made a choice that many people did not expect. In Cao Xueqin's works, she is not a negative image. The fate of Xiren is closely related to the fate of another girl, Sheyue.There is a very important comment from Zhiyanzhai, which is in the twentieth chapter.At that time, although there was a Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu and the young ladies had not yet moved into the Grand View Garden. The family visits in Yuanchun were over, so the Grand View Garden was left idle, and Jia Baoyu was still living with Jia Mu.During the festival, it was very lively, and all the other girls went out to play. Baoyu found that Sheyue was alone in the room, so he asked her, why don't you go out to play?Musk Moon said, Xiren is not here at this time, there are so many lights in the ground, if I go out again, what should I do if something happens?At this time, Baoyu reacted psychologically-it was another attacker.Qingwen and those girls are innocent and playful, but Sheyue takes care of Jia Baoyu's living space by herself. She really looks like Xiren.Regarding this episode, Zhiyanzhai commented: "Let's have a little daughter's tongue" - when Qingwen went to play money with others, lost, and came back to get the money, she met Baoyu grating for Musk Moon, which elicited a lot of excitement. Tongue, you go to the book, I will not elaborate on it here-"but write about Musk Moon alone." It is this text that is specially written for Musk Moon.Then he told us that after Xiren left, there was another person beside Baoyu and Baochai. Hou Yun, at any rate kept Sheyue's words, and Baoyu followed his words, so it can be seen that the attacker is getting married, even though he has gone, he has not gone." That is to say, when King Zhongshun asked the attacker to go, in that case, the attacker is tantamount to getting married ——Either King Zhongshun himself, or one of the sons of King Zhongshun, wants to take her as a concubine, or reward her directly to Jiang Yuhan, who has been retrieved from Red Sandalwood Castle, and marry her to him, so that the actor can feel at ease Stay in the mansion and act for them at any time——then Xiren would tell Baoyu before leaving that, for example, only one girl is allowed to stay, so you should keep Musk Moon anyway.Sheyue may not be very beautiful or well-behaved, but Xiren left a message, so at least she will be kept.Later, Baoyu followed his words, and for a period of time, the quality of Sheyue's service to him and Baochai was roughly the same as that of Xiren. It is worth noting that there is another comment, signed by Ji Husou, which also refers to the above-mentioned passage: "The musk moon is idle and has no words, which makes my nose sore. It is the so-called hurting the scene." A red fan My friend told me that this batch of words is so weird. Sheyue said a lot in this episode, not just idle, and this episode took place in the most prosperous period of Jia Mansion. In the state where the fire is cooking oil and the flowers are blooming, the girls can play freely during the festival. It is obviously a very beautiful scene. How can they feel sour?How could it be "hurt to the scene"? After careful scrutiny, it shows that when the writer of the commentary, Jihusou, wrote these comments, there was a person beside him. This person should be the prototype of Musk Moon--many characters in it have prototypes, and Musk Moon must have prototypes-- After going through a lot of joys and sorrows, this archetypal character finally sat down with Ji Husou, the critic of the book. The prototype of Musk Moon has no culture, and Ji Husou is, needless to say, educated. The person told the woman next to her that this passage was about you. Sheyue thought of the past and said, "I don't have a word." This person was stupid and couldn't speak, so she treated Cao Xueqin's passage with silence.The critics felt sore nose at this moment.What is nasal acid?We all have this kind of experience in our life. We want to cry, but we can't cry all of a sudden, the tears can't come out, and the nose is already sore.This is a state that is sometimes more sad than crying bitterly.Then, the critic said, "It's the so-called hurting the scene."Meaning, what kind of situation were we in back then?Of course, what is described in the book is a "false" scene based on "true events", but even many details are "following the trail and not daring to dig into it".According to the description in the book, when Jia Baoyu gave you a musk moon grate, facing the mirror, there was the sound of firecrackers and fireworks outside, the prosperity and wealth were unbearable!What now?Cao Xueqin’s state of writing the book is clearly stated in the wedge in the first chapter of the ancient book: the thatched rafters and the tiled stove rope bed are in a very poor state. Facing the prosperous scene in the book, and then comparing us Can you not be hurt by the miserable scene when you are flipping through the manuscript now?This comment, from the inside of the book to the outside of the book, and then from the outside of the book to the inside of the book, is enough to make us think deeply.So reading, reading ancient editions is very important. Besides reading the text, reading ancient editions is also very important to read these comments. It helps us understand this book and Cao Xueqin’s mentality when writing, especially for us to explore the eighty chapters written by Cao Xueqin. True stories, providing an invaluable resource. The above is my exploration of the true story of Cao Xueqin's eighty-two back to ninety chapters.So, what important plots will appear in the plot unit of Ninety-one Back to Ninety-Nine?There will be Jia Tanchun who will marry far away.So, why did Jia Tanchun marry far away?Where did she marry far away?In the next lecture, I will continue to report my discovery results to you.