Chapter 36 What does "Jinlan" mean?

"Jin Ranqi Dissects Jin Ran Language", this is the first half of the forty-fifth chapter. "Jinlan" said: "When two people are of the same heart, their sharpness will cut through gold; if they are of the same heart, their stink is like orchid." Later, people called the close relationship between two people of different surnames who became brothers or sisters "Jinlan".When I read the first half of this episode, I naturally thought that "Jin Ranqi's Mutual Analysis of Jinlan Language" was a description of a large section of Li Wan and Wang Xifeng's frank conversation in public, and I never hesitated.But recently, after giving the manuscript of a volume of "Spring Dreams Scattered with the Clouds" to the publishing house, Lian Ping, the editor in charge, is a newly appointed Ph.D. in classical literature at Peking University. text, and pointed out to me,

Most people understand "Jin Lanqi's mutual analysis of Jin Lan language" as a conversation between Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.She asked me: Are you trying to be different by explaining that?I didn't realize that my understanding was quite unique. I thought everyone understood it that way. It wasn't until I faced her question that I deliberated carefully. The result of my deliberation was that I was stubborn. The first half of Chapter 42 is "Hengwu Junlan's Words to Solve Doubts", which has already used the allusion of "Jinlan".It is written that Xue Baochai caught Lin Daiyu slipping her tongue when she said the drinking order in the public, exposing the fact that she had peeked at such "miscellaneous books" that "transformed her temperament", and called her to the Hengwu courtyard for "interrogation" and taught her She said, "You and I should only do something about weaving and weaving." Lin Daiyu bowed her head to drink tea, her heart secretly crouched, and she only agreed to the word "yes" (note that Cao Xueqin's original text is "under the heart." "Fu", Gao E tampered with "convincing secretly", "Fu" means being temporarily given up by the opponent, and "submitting" is completely conquered by the opponent and loses himself, which is very different; Nuanced textual research is essential to the understanding and appreciation of this classic).This episode has been used by critics to prove that Xue Baochai is a follower, advocate, and defender of feudal morality.However, Cao Xueqin’s portrayal of characters is definitely not about the theme first and then praise and criticism. He always writes the characters vividly, making you feel that a living person with such character in such a situation thinks, says, and does so, so it is difficult to evaluate. It is difficult to label positive and negative.This episode can also be understood as Xue Baochai's special care for Lin Daiyu, with a feeling of sympathy for his sisters.

Since the forty-second chapter has already referred to the relationship between Xue and Lin as "Jin Ranqi", there is no need to repeat it after only two chapters.After reading the forty-fifth chapter carefully, the plot of the whole chapter is clearly divided into two parts. The first half mainly focuses on the unique straightforward dialogue between Li Wan and Wang Xifeng in the whole book, and the second half mainly focuses on Lin Daiyu's heart after talking with Xue Baochai. It is difficult to solve the depression. When I read the ancient Yuefu under the lamp, I felt something in my heart, and I couldn't help writing chapters and sentences, "On a rainy night, make wind and rain Ci" (this is the second half of the purpose of this chapter).If "Jin Ranqi Mutual Dissection of Jin Ran Language" also refers to the second half of the plot, then the setting of the purpose this time is too inclined to the second half too much.When I look back, I always use eight characters to summarize the main plot of the first half of the chapter, and then use another eight characters to summarize the main plot of the second half of the chapter. If the previous sentence emphasizes someone's play, the latter sentence will be replaced with Emphasis on another person's drama, such as "Love is sweet, beautiful night, flowers explain words, meaning is lingering, and jade is fragrant in the sun", "Bee waist bridge sets up rumors to convey heartfelt thoughts, Xiaoxiang Pavilion, spring sleepiness and deep love", etc.

Although the role of Li Wan is the eleventh hairpin of the "Twelve Beauties of Jinling", she has played a lot of times, but in the first eighty chapters, in most cases, she is the foil on the scene, always someone else plays the leading role , she played the side drum, just helping out. Yingchun and Xichun in "Twelve Hairpins" are roughly in the same situation in the first eighty chapters.Yingchun only became the protagonist in the half episode of "Miss Cowardly Don't Ask Tired Jinfeng".Xichun only took center stage in the half of "Yagusuke Put an End to Ningguo Mansion".General commentators in the Qing Dynasty called the two and a half chapters "The True Story of Yingchun" and "The True Story of Cherishing Spring".In my opinion, the first half of Chapter 45 should be regarded as the true story of Li Wan.Li Wan made his debut for the fourth time, and was said to be "living in a beautiful place, like a dead wood and dead ashes, completely unknown." The frequent appearances in the future basically maintained such a widow's unemployment, gentleness and honesty. Although her eloquence is not as stupid as "the cured gourd", she always speaks little and is characterized by compromise and peace. Forty-five chapters ago it was hard to impress readers.But in the forty-fifth chapter, she opened her mouth wide, took the initiative to attack, and had a violent language collision with Wang Xifeng. Please see these heartfelt words she threw to Wang Xifeng in public: "You are really a crystal heart glass person." "Listen Listen, I said a word, and he went crazy. He said that two cartloads of rogues with mud legs and secular colleges would make careful calculations and split the money. This thing is thanks to him being born as a young lady in a famous family of poets and books. Marriage is like this... If you were born in a poor and small family, and you are a boy, you still don’t know how to be a bad tongue! Everyone in the world has been plotted by you! Yesterday was even, thanks to you! Do it! The yellow soup has been poured into the dog's belly!... You don't need to pick up Ping'er's shoes, you two should only change one!" It is the most intense and ruthless.It was really shocking, and it hit my heart.Li Wan's character and inner world immediately surpassed that of "dead wood".

The "conclusive conclusion" of "Grey" has become three-dimensional, plump, complex, and intriguing. The most wonderful thing is that Wang Xifeng not only did not show surprise and indignation at Li Wan's occasional appearance, but instead "smiled" and retreated in public, which shows that she and Li Wan In fact, Li Wan knows each other's deepest thoughts, and they are tolerant and digestible. The relationship between their sister-in-law and sister-in-law is compared to "Jin Ranqi", and their language collision is described as "mutual "Splitting Jinlan language", isn't it very appropriate?