Chapter 33 Xue Baochai's embroidered spring pouch?

In "Seventy Years of Xu Ji's Biography" (the first edition of Zhonghua Book Company in May 1985), there is a passage "Xu Jisou Talks about the Dream of Red Mansions" that caught my attention.Xu Jisou is the grandfather of Xu Jichuan. He served as a bachelor in the Imperial Academy in the Qing Dynasty. Because Shangshu recommended Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others to Emperor Guangxu, he was sentenced to "strangling and beheading" after the failure of the 1898 coup. death reprieve"), he was released from prison during the Gengzi Incident, and then lived in seclusion in Hangzhou.This is a well-learned man, proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, he can also sing Kunqu opera, and he is even more proficient in medicine.He is familiar with it and has unique insights.According to Xu Jichuan's recollection, when he was young, he saw and heard his grandfather Xu Jisou talking with guests.

Yuan, Maoheting, Xia Jiancheng and others. Xu Zhisou pointed out: "Cao Xueqin wrote books from the front, from the back, or from the cracks. Some people are described in the book as gentle, virtuous, dignified and stable, but they have hidden secrets in their bones. You can study the mystery in the book." Then he asked: "Whose embroidered spring pouch that the silly elder sister picked up?" Xia Jiancheng said, it was written in the book that at Yingchun's place, he searched for it from the chess box of the eldest girl. Pan You'an's love letter came out, it mentioned a sachet, and this embroidered spring pouch is clearly a chess player.But Xu Zhisou said: "This is Cao Xueqin's suspicion. If you believe it, he will have concealed it..." After about a cup of tea, everyone couldn't answer, so Xu Zhisou threw out his answer: "Embroidered The spring pouch belongs to Xue Baochai!" The audience was amazed.

Regardless of whether you agree with Xu Zhisou's opinion or not, one thing must be affirmed-he reads very carefully.In the first round of copying and inspecting the Grand View Garden, I wrote that I copied a small package from a chess box. When I opened it, I found a letter with a heart and a wish inside. After you came home, your parents have already noticed your and my intentions. But the girl has not left the cabinet, and you and I cannot fulfill your wish. If we can meet in the garden, you can ask Zhang Ma to give me a message. If we can meet in the garden, It’s better to come home to talk. Ten thousand. Ten thousand. The two sachets I gave you have been confiscated, and I sent a string of fragrant beads to express my heart..." This note is certainly a sign of misconduct. "Crime", but the mentioned concentric and fragrant beads were not embroidered spring pouches, and the pouches were given to Pan You'an outside the garden by Siqi, and they were solemnly confiscated.In ancient times, both men and women had the custom of wearing various small and odd items on their belts. All belongings, including purses, fan bags, etc., should be removed.It also wrote that Lin Daiyu was angry about this and cut a sachet made especially for Baoyu but not yet finished.Although the embroidered spring sac is also a kind of sachet, it is very special and is commonly known as the assorted spring sachet. Not only is it embroidered with pornographic pictures such as "two people hugging each other naked", but also, the inside contains , are also pro-estrus things such as incense and aphrodisiacs, rather than general spices, betel nuts and other items; such sachets are sometimes hidden in the bosom and will not be exposed easily.In the book, it is written that Siqi and Pan You'an had a tryst in the garden, they were bumped into by a mandarin duck, and later Siqi was worried and fell ill, etc. After receiving the "stolen evidence", she didn't feel afraid of being ashamed.Since there is no explanation from the text that the embroidered spring bag must be Siqi, it is understandable for readers to guess based on their own understanding.

It is written in the book that when Mrs. Wang saw the embroidered spring bag sealed by Mrs. Xing, she first thought that Jia Lian got it from outside, and Sister Feng took it as a "boudoir's private intention" and accidentally lost it in the garden.Anxious and ashamed, Sister Feng suddenly blushed, and knelt down on the edge of the kang, pleading with tears in her eyes. In addition to clearing herself up for peace, she also directed suspicion to Jia Amnesty's concubines, Yanhong and Cuiyun. Jia Zhen's concubine Peifeng, and even the "not very old" Youshi... But it is worth noting that whether Mrs. Wang or Sister Feng, their first-choice suspects are married and have "sexual intercourse" By.

As a careful reader, Xu Zhisou, based on the taste of "acceptance aesthetics", derived his ideas from the text, and finally projected the "answer" to Xue Baochai.His grounds are roughly as follows: It is written in the book that when the Grand View Garden was copied, Lin Daiyu was a relative of the same family, but Xue Baochai could not; Said strange words like "you never sold out and let the thief go"; Xue Baochai was usually seldom talkative. There is a pawn shop, and she recognized the pawn ticket. Her brother mistook Tang Yin, who painted erotic paintings, as "Genghuang". Naturally, there are many such things. Afterwards, he used power to suppress others and wanted to interrogate Daiyu, saying that when he was young, his sisters and brothers lived together, and they were also "afraid of reading serious books" and had seen things that were not "serious". No big deal, I must have "appreciated" the erotic paintings of my brother; based on Dicui Ting's behavior of framing Daiyu without hesitation in front of Xiaohong and Zhui'er, we can "infer other things from one instance", and infer that she will have the right from her brother. The "market" embroidered spring bag she got, she is the most unexpected and complicated person who makes you "know people, know face, but not heart".

I disagree with Xu Zhisou's speculation.In fact, he should refine his thinking. For example, thinking that Xiangling once lived in the garden with Xue Baochai, and she had the behavior of fighting grass and changing skirts. As Xue Pan's concubine, she has the possibility of embroidering spring bags It is bigger than Xue Baochai, but Baochai has seen her embroidered spring bag, so it is possible that she will not be surprised; this can also explain why Xue Baochai wanted to leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible after the inspection. The meaning of Xu Zhisou's family's words does not lie in the answer to the riddle itself, but proves from one side how wonderful Cao Xueqin has reached in character description and plot setting.Those published a long time later than Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina written by Western writers all have complex and three-dimensional personalities, but it is still possible to tell what kind of people they are, and Guang It is Xue Baochai, she is so vivid and complicated, and she is so three-dimensional that it is difficult to explain clearly, so that the understanding of her by the benevolent and the wise can be divided so sharply, and a plot about who lost the embroidered spring bag can be understood. Give readers such a rich room for speculation, can we not praise it?