Chapter 8 6. To beg Chang'e's threshold for plum blossoms—Miaoyu

Miaoyu appeared secretly for the first time in the play, which can be seen in the eighteenth chapter "Lin Daiyu mistakenly cut the embroidered sachet Jia Yuanchun returned to the province to celebrate the Lantern Festival". At that time, Baoyu had just returned from the Grand View Garden, and Daiyu misunderstood him because he rewarded the servants with the accessories he carried with him, thinking that he had also given away the purse he had given away, so she got angry and smashed an incense stick that she was making for Baoyu. bag.After a quarrel between the two, Baoyu coaxed her back by apologizing in every possible way, and then they went to Mrs. Wang's room together——

At this time, Mrs. Wang's place was very lively...and Lin Zhixiao's family came back and forth: "The ten little nuns and little Taoist nuns who were hired to interview and buy have all, and even the new twenty-cent Taoist robes. There is one outside who is practicing with hair." Yes, originally from Suzhou, the ancestors were also the family of scholars and officials. Because this girl was sick since she was a child, she bought a lot of substitutes, but they were useless. After all, this girl entered the Buddhist monk herself, so she recovered, so I brought Fa Xiuxing is only 18 years old this year, and his Dharma name is Miaoyu. Now his parents are dead, and there are only two old mothers and a little girl waiting by his side. He is also very proficient in writing and ink, and he doesn't need to learn scriptures, and he looks very good Hearing the relics of Avalokitesvara and the remaining inscriptions of Bayeux in the capital of Chang'an, he followed his master last year and now lives in the Muni courtyard outside the west gate. His master passed away in the winter of last winter. For those who helped the spirit to return to his hometown, his master Lin Ji said in his last words that he was "not suitable for going back to his hometown for daily necessities, food, clothing and daily necessities, and you should live here quietly, and you will have your own consequences later." So he didn't go back to his hometown." Mrs. Wang didn't wait to finish her return. Said: "In this case, why don't we pick him up." Lin Zhixiao's family replied: "Please him, he said:" Hou Men's mansion will overwhelm people with your power, I will not go again. '" Mrs. Wang Said: "Since he is an official lady, he is naturally more proud. Why not invite him in the next post." Lin Zhixiao's family agreed to go out, and ordered Qi Xianggong to write an invitation to invite Miaoyu.

From Gusu, after becoming an official, both parents died, and she threw herself into Jia's mansion alone, with a noble and proud disposition-all these, do you look like Lin Daiyu in Buddhism? When Daiyu was three years old, a monk with a scarlet head wanted to make her a monk. If Lin Ruhai had agreed at that time, Daiyu would have become the second Miaoyu. It can be seen from this that Miaoyu and Daiyu are actually one person, which is the true meaning of Miaoyu's name "Yu". After the name of Miaoyu appeared in the Gengchen version, Zhu Bimei commented: "Miaoyu is an outsider, so it is written with a pen and a pen. It is very wonderful! It is a strange wat."

The word "outsider" is Miaoyu's final comment. The first time this outsider appeared was in the forty-first chapter "Yongcuian Tea Tasting Plum Blossom Snow", and it was the only time that Miaoyu was included in the review, which shows that this chapter is "The True Story of Miaoyu". In this time, Mother Jia took Grandma Liu to visit the Grand View Garden and also came to Longcui Nunnery.After socializing, Miaoyu took Baochai and Daiyu to drink Tiji tea. Baoyu came afterward, and they had a wonderful talk about tea tasting. When later generations interpret Miaoyu, they often talk about the fact that she used her own cup to drink tea for Baoyu, and regard it as evidence of secret love.However, I think that just proves that Miaoyu's feelings for Baoyu are frank and pure, without ambiguity.

Both Miaoyu and Daiyu are smart people, she will not fail to see the love between Daiyu and Baoyu, even if she is really in love with Baoyu secretly, she will never betray her heart in front of Baochai and Daiyu , "kissing" with Baoyu through a teacup; similarly, Daiyu is not only sensitive, but also jealous, and has quarreled with Baoyu more than once because of Baochai and Xiangyun. smell?With her temperament, she had already uttered sarcasm, so would she be able to endure Miaoyu's remark of "a common man" in turn? Here, it is just to further confirm that the two people are originally one person, so that they are not familiar with each other.This "vulgar" refers to the "outsider" - Miaoyu is the "daiyu from the world", and Daiyu is the "miaoyu from the world".

Miaoyu's third appearance is still hidden. In the forty-ninth episode of "The World of Glazed Snow and Red Plum", although Miaoyu's real person did not appear, the word "red plum" is enough to replace it, and there are many beauties chanting poems Mei, and Baoyu's description of "visiting Miaoyu begging for red plums" shows the grandeur. In the book, almost everyone has their own spiritual symbols, and the most commonly used symbols are flowers. For example, Daiyu is a peach blossom, Tanchun is an apricot flower, Qingwen is a begonia—and Miaoyu is obviously a plum blossom.

As the saying goes, "Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch".Careful people will find that the flowers in the book often symbolize more than one person; and the same person often has more than one flower symbol.But the two people who share the same flower often have two completely opposite personalities, belonging to the gold and jade schools. For example, Daiyu wrote "Peach Blossom Journey" and built the "Peach Blossom Club", so she should be the spokesperson of Peach Blossom.But when taking up the flower name, it happened that Xiren, who had a completely different personality from her, got the peach blossom lottery, and commented, "Peach red will see another year of spring", implying remarriage.

Another example is that Baoyu said that half of the begonia withered, Zhao Qingwen's death, it can be seen that the begonia is the incarnation of Qingwen, and Qingwen is the substitute of Daiyu; . Another example is the poem "Red apricots planted by the sun by the clouds" appeared twice in the book. I got it in spring.It can be seen that these two people have the symbol of "alpricot blossom" at the same time, and they are also one gold and one jade. So which two people does the appearance of the plum blossom represent? Obviously, one is Miaoyu, and the other is Baoqin.It can also be concluded from this that Baoqin belongs to the Jin School.

If Miaoyu is another substitute for Daiyu, then Baoqin here represents Baochai.From this, I thought of a question that was almost frightening: Baoyu begged Miaoyu to give red plums to Baoqin, what did it imply?In particular, following the scene of "The World of Glazed Snow and Red Plum Blossoms", the old lady revealed her intention of proposing to Aunt Xue. What does it mean? Miaoyu's fourth appearance is in Chapter 63 of "Shouyi Hongqunfang Opens a Night Banquet". Miaoyu sends a post to Baoyu, "Miaoyu, an outsider, respectfully knocks on Fangchen from afar".

In addition to the fat evaluation of "outsider", Miaoyu also set a self-evaluation of "outsider".After Baoyu got it, he wanted to ask Daiyu because he didn't know what words to answer, but he met Xing Xiuyan halfway and was interrupted.This time Miaoyu and Daiyu both came out secretly. Baoyu is well aware of Daiyu's sensitivity, but the first time she received Miaoyu's letter of invitation, she only thought of taking it to discuss with Daiyu how to reply. Didn't she also know that Miaoyu's heart is innocent and Daiyu's defenseless? what? This is just like when Baoyu went to Longcui Temple to ask for plum blossoms, Li Wan ordered people to follow him.Daiyu hurriedly stopped and said, "No, it's a big deal if you have someone." One is that she knows Miaoyu very well, the other is considerate, and the third is even more magnanimous: Daiyu likes to be jealous of Baoyu the most, but at this time He chose to create opportunities for Baoyu and Miaoyu to be alone without being disturbed by others, which shows their mutual understanding and trust in Miaoyu.

Afterwards, Miaoyu was also very grateful, and not only gave Baoyu the red plum, but also gave everyone a branch.Xing Xiuyan once told Baoyu that she called herself an "outsider", and she would like it if you were an "insider". As for Daiyu, it was undoubtedly in Miaoyu's heart that she liked it. Bao, Dai, and Miao are all so confidant and considerate to each other, how warm and beautiful.However, outsiders like to disturb themselves, and vulgarly interpret the purest friendship in the world as ambiguity, secret love, and nun's thinking, which really desecrates Miaoyu. Miaoyu's fifth and last appearance, and finally appeared again, was in the 76th chapter of "The Feeling of the Flute in the Tubi Hall, the Desolation, and the Poetry of the Aojing Hall, Sad and Lonely".There are two Mid-Autumn Festival couplet poems by Daiyu and Xiangyun. As soon as Daiyu uttered the prophecy "Lengyue buried the soul of flowers", Miaoyu suddenly appeared and said: "Good poems, good poems, it really is too sad. No need Going to the next couplet, if the bottom line is just like this, these two sentences will not be obvious, and I think it is far-fetched to pile up." Then they invited the two to drink tea and rest in Yuancui'an. The three of them then came to the Changcui nunnery together... (Miaoyu) took out the pen, inkstone, paper and ink by himself, ordered the two of them to read the poem just now, and then wrote it from scratch.Seeing that he was very happy today, Daiyu smiled and said: "I have never seen you so happy. I don't dare to ask for advice abruptly. Can I still see it? If it is unbearable, it will be burned; if it is possible to govern, please correct it." Correct it." Miaoyu laughed and said, "I don't dare to make unreasonable praise. It's just that there are twenty-two rhymes. I mean, you two epigrams have already been written, and if you continue, I'm afraid there will be no more power. I If you want to continue the mink, you may be tarnished." Daiyu has never seen Miaoyu write a poem, but now she is so happy to see him, and said quickly, "Sure enough, although ours is not good, we can take it well." Let’s look at the original face. If we just lose the true feelings and things and search for strange things, one will lose our boudoir face, and the other will have nothing to do with the problem.” Both of them agreed.Miaoyu then picked up the pen and waved it, and handed it to the two of them: "Don't laugh at me. I have to do this. If you turn the side around, even though there are sad sentences in front, it's not a big problem." Daiyu has always relied on her poetic talent. At the Yuanchun provincial banquet, she was very depressed because she could not show her talent. Please tell me, can this still be taught? If it is unbearable, it will be burned", and "It is indeed the case, although ours is not good, we can take it away". This made me a little skeptical at first: Did the two have friendship in the past?Or at least an ancestral friendship?But it is not mentioned in the book, it is clearly stated that Xing Xiuyan has an old friend with Miaoyu, saying that the two are half teachers. And Daiyu also has a half teacher for Xiangling, and all four of them are from Gusu. I always feel that there seems to be something hidden in it.And Miaoyu made five appearances, consciously or not, all of which were related to Daiyu.This once again made me believe that the two are really one person, just inside and outside the same threshold. Gao E wrote Xichun as Miaoyu's confidant in the last forty chapters of the continuation book, but he couldn't understand his spirit after seeing her appearance.Because Xichun's character is also a kind of withdrawn, and later became a monk, he took it for granted that she and Miaoyu were fellow travelers, but it was a big mistake. Think about it, in the first eighty chapters, Miaoyu taught Xiuyan how to read, invited Baochai and Daiyu to drink tea, changed poems for Daiyu and Xiangyun, and even gave Grandma Liu a kiln cup. Why did you ever have a word with Xichun?How could it happen that after eighty times, he suddenly became close to Xichun, came to play chess whenever he had nothing to do, and "couldn't help but blush" when he saw Baoyu? This is a misunderstanding of Miaoyu, and it is a secularization and superficialization of her. You must know that Xichun's renunciation was voluntary, but Miaoyu's renunciation was forced. There are only two confidants in her life: one is Daiyu and the other is Baoyu. When Lin Zhixiao's family introduced Miaoyu's background to Mrs. Wang, he made it clear: "Outside there was a man with hair who practiced cultivation. He was originally from Suzhou, and his ancestors were also in the family of scholars and officials. Because this girl was sick since she was a child, she bought many substitutes, but they were useless. After all, this girl entered the Buddhist sect herself. , I just recovered, so I took my hair to practice, I am only eighteen years old this year, and my Dharma name is Miaoyu." She didn't choose to become a monk willingly, but because of her poor health, she was forced to enter the Buddhist monastery, so she "brought her hair to practice".Why "lead hair"?It is because of the "six roots of impurity", in order to be able to "return to the vulgar" at any time.So in Miaoyu's heart, she never regarded herself as a monk. She once said when revising poems for Daiyu and Xiangyun: "If you just lose your true feelings and things and search for strange things, one will lose our boudoir appearance, and the other will have nothing to do with the topic." One sentence of "we" and another sentence of "face in the boudoir", it can be seen that she still regards herself as a young lady in the boudoir in her heart.Her independence from the world is due to her character, not her identity. Just as Xing Xiuyan commented: "He was born so wild and eccentric. I've never seen a call post with aliases. This is why there is a saying that 'monks are not monks, vulgar are not vulgar, women are not women, men are not men'. " What's interesting is that not only Miaoyu's unconventionalism is often controversial, but many people don't even know whether she is a Buddhist or not.Miaoyu's image design in almost all film and television dramas is to wear paddy field clothes and hold a whisk, making her an image of a Taoist nun. However, Miaoyu came to Beijing to visit the remains of Avalokitesvara and the inscriptions on the shell leaves, so it can be seen that he is a disciple of Buddhism; besides, Xiuyan said: "He is practicing in Panxiang Temple. My family was originally Hansu, and he rented a house in his temple. For ten years, I went to his temple as a companion for nothing. All the characters I recognize are taught by him." Living in the temple, she is naturally a nun; and her residence in the Grand View Garden is called "Longcui Temple". It is not a Taoist temple either; when the old lady came to drink tea, she also said: "We all ate wine and meat. You have a Bodhisattva here, and you have washed away your sins." Enshrining a Bodhisattva instead of the Taishang Laojun is more and more obvious that it is a nun. ——With so many clues, people still mention Miao Yulai as a Taoist nun. This is a misleading film and drama, but it also shows that this person is "absurd and eccentric" to the extreme. To sum up, although Xichun is also "innately incorruptible and solitary" (Chapter 74 "Yagusuke Puts an End to Ningguo Mansion"), Miaoyu is "innately eccentric and uncommon." "(The fifth episode of "Jia Baoyu's Sleepwalking in the Realm of the Void") is far away from each other, but the two are not close friends. These two people are "special offenders but not offenders", one is an aunt who is at home, and the other is a girl who is a monk.Their life trajectories are misplaced and inconsistent.But in the last forty chapters, have their trajectories intersected?Think more boldly, will it be interchangeable? That is to say, Xichun became a monk, but Miaoyu returned to the vulgar, and their status lost, is it possible? What is certain is that Xichun has indeed become a monk; what is controversial is whether Miaoyu has returned to vulgarity? The verdict on Miaoyu in the booklet "Twelve Beauties of Jinling" said: "If you want to be clean, the clouds may not be empty. The poor quality of gold and jade will eventually sink into the mud." Now, the people of the Qingdeng Ancient Palace will grow old and fail, and the pink and red buildings will fade away in spring. In the end, it is still dusty and filthy against one’s wishes. It seems that the flawless white jade is trapped in mud, so why not, Mr. Wang and grandson lament that there is no chance." Since the long-cherished wish of "cleanness" and "emptiness" is shattered, it is natural to go out of Buddhism and fall into the world of mortals.What's more, the sentence on the left "ends in the mud" and the sentence on the right "the dust is dirty against one's wishes", which shows that Miaoyu has not only returned to the vulgar, but is also very likely to have entered a dusty place and a hook-up business. This is hard to accept in the hearts of readers who love Miaoyu, so some red scholars have made various researches on the word "dirty", proving that sometimes it does not mean "dirty and unclean", but "upright"—— Even if this is the case, then there are three words "against one's wish" and "being trapped in the mud" after that, so it can be seen that "cleanness" can't be kept. In the second episode of "Leng Zixing's Speech at the Rongguo Mansion", Jia Yucun once said: "If a man and a woman are born with this spirit, they will not be able to become a benevolent gentleman at the top, nor will they be vicious and evil at the bottom. If they are placed among tens of thousands of people, their smart, handsome and smart spirit will be above tens of thousands of people; Bizarre, absurd, inhuman, and under the tens of thousands of people. If born in a rich and noble family, you will be an infatuated person; Yu Bozuo's poor family, he must not be a pawn and servant, willing to be controlled by mediocrity, he must be a famous prostitute." There are many excellent ones in the book, including Jiang Yuhan and the Twelve Officials, but what about famous prostitutes?If there is not a single prostitute with both talent and appearance in the whole book, wouldn't "Jinling Twelve Beauties" lack classics? Of course there are not enough Yun'er who flirted with Xue Pan, Qiao Jie, who was "reduced in Fireworks Lane", was a child prostitute when she was a child, and was soon redeemed by Grandma Liu, and she still can't afford to be a "famous prostitute" , Therefore, this important role can only be played by Miaoyu, only she can afford it, and only letting her fall into such a fate can be more regrettable, it can be called "flawless white jade trapped in mud" . So, is it true that the life trajectories of Miaoyu and Xichun never intersect?Did these two monks who were "special offenders and non-offenders" just make a contrast of identities with each other, forming a sharp contrast, or did they have some more ingenious and necessary connection? I have a guess.It was when Jia's mansion was raided that it was Miaoyu who rescued Xichun and gave her her identity certificate to Xichun, allowing her to escape as a nun and escape from the prison of confiscating her home, but she was dragged into a crime and was on the street. Sell ​​it and become a prostitute. The details of this will be discussed in detail when discussing the fate of Xichun.But this at least solves another question: Although Miaoyu is in the Rongguo Mansion, she was invited by Mrs. Wang's post, and she is in Buddhism. The situation is at best to be expelled from the mansion, and it is better to go back to her Muni courtyard to register, but why would she be implicated? And if Miaoyu hadn't been burdened by Jia's family, then as a disciple of Buddhism, she had some personal belongings, and even had two wives who waited on her, and at worst, she would go back to Jinling with a servant with money, so how could she be "poor" The quality of gold and jade will eventually sink into the mud"? Unless, she lost her nun status, that is, she lost her amulet.In this way, her fate will be closely related to the Jia family, and she will be eligible to be included in the official volume of "The Twelve Beauties of Jinling", and the position is quite high. At the same time, the relationship between Miaoyu and Xichun is even more intriguing, and he stops and sighs.