Chapter 39 Jia Cong with Black Eyebrows and Black Mouth

When Leng Zixing gave a speech on the Rongguo Mansion, he said plainly: "If you ask Mr. She, he also has a second son, named Jia Lian, who is in his twenties..." Since the Jiaxu edition, there is no doubt that the book is like this, but the book In the later development of the situation, Jia Lian was called the second master of Lian. What's going on? One explanation is that the two prefectures of Jia's Ningrong and Ningrong implemented a large ranking. Judging from the daily appellations of Yuan, Ying, Tan, and Xisichun, it is indeed a big ranking. For the four girls.But Jia's girls are like this, sir

They are not necessarily. For example, Jia Baoyu is also called the second master. How can there be two second masters in the big rankings?He is called the second master, because there was another uncle in front of him, namely Jia Zhu, who died unfortunately; if the big ranking is implemented, he should be the fourth master, because there are Jia Zhen, Jia Zhu, and Jia Lian in front of him; Jia Zhu It seems that he was born earlier than Jia Lian. It is not difficult to infer from the fact that Li Wan and Jia Lan are older than Sister Feng and Sister Qiao respectively. It's Jia Zhu, if a person dies, the next one can be promoted, which is not in line with the rules of the big family, and if it is possible, then Baoyu is not the second master.

It is indeed strange that Jia Lian is called the second master. But it is also written in the book that Jia She has another son named Jia Cong. He first appeared in the thirteenth chapter. After Qin Keqing ordered the whole family to die in surprise, all the men in the family almost came out of the nest. I ran to Ningguo Mansion to attend the funeral, and there was a list in the book, with Jia Chi, Jia Xiao, and Jia Dun as the leading characters, followed by Jia She and Jia Zheng. It can be seen that they should be ranked by age, otherwise it would be difficult to understand. As for the Yuzi generation, except for Baoyu's single narrative, there are seven people listed in total, and the top one is Jia Cong. It can be seen that he is the oldest among the seven people. If Jia Lian was there at that time, you can pay attention to whether the ranking is in front of him or behind him. After that, if you follow him right after him, you can know that he is the uncle. No wonder Jia Lian is called the second master. Leng Zixing's speech earlier may have been a slip of the tongue; So it's still hard to say; although it's hard to say whether Jia Cong is older than Jia Lian, there is no doubt that he will not be too young.

From such clues, we can infer that at least when writing the thirteenth chapter, Cao Gong had a very small Jia Cong in his mind, and even in terms of life prototype, that is the prototype of Jia Lian as an artistic image brother. Fiction is not equal to history, it must be fictionalized according to the needs of art. A finalized novel will inevitably remove the transitional "burrs" from the life prototype to the artistic image, but a novel that is not finalized, and, The order in which it was finalized can be seen from Zhiyanzhai's comments, and it is not in accordance with the existing order. Therefore, there are "glitches" from time to time. Jia Lian is artistically set as the eldest son of Jia She, but when writing some chapters, the author It also failed to completely erase the subconsciousness of its life prototype and an older brother, so it left behind the "big horse foot" that other characters called him the second master. I think that's the way it is.

But Jia Cong not only appeared in the thirteenth chapter, but also appeared as a supporting character again and again. In the twenty-fourth chapter, it was written that Baoyu was ordered by Jia Mu to go to Jia She's house to say hello: Seeing Jia Amnesty, but occasionally feeling a little cold, first told what Jia Mu asked, and then invited Ann... Baoyu withdrew, came to the back, entered the upper room, Mrs. Xing... pulled him to sit on the kang... a bell of tea Before I finished eating, I saw Jia Cong come to ask Baoyu how he was. Mrs. Xing said, "Look for a live monkey there! Your nanny is dead, and she won't clean up you. It's black-browed and black-mouthed. It looks like a monkey there." The children of everyone studying!" Just as they were talking, Jia Huan and Jia Lan's uncle and nephew also came...

Obviously, the Jia Cong here and the Jia Cong who went to the Ningguo Mansion to attend Qin Keqing's funeral, the two characters are too inconsistent. "Monkey", the latter of course constitutes an artistic image, although it is only a few strokes, it is very impressive, and it outlines the living conditions and subtle interpersonal relationships of various people in the big family in a more three-dimensional way. After that, Jia Cong and Jia Huan often appeared together, probably because they were not only similar in age, but also both were concubines, and both were rejected by the aunt. Such a description is a successful design in art, and it may be true in reality. In his daily life, Jia Lian also had an elder brother, so he ranked second, and he was called the second master. However, in order to write Jia Lian well in the novels, he deleted this elder brother from the artistic conception and wrote a Jia Cong who was much younger than Jia Lian. .

When writing about the New Year’s Eve sacrifices to the ancestral hall in Ningguo Mansion, the author pays much attention to Jia Cong’s status, saying that he and Jia Lian were in charge of presenting silk during the sacrifice. After the banquet was over, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian also deliberately "ordered people to send Jia Cong and Jia Huang home", taking care of them in the writing, very thoughtful, but the strange thing is that the seventy-fifth chapter wrote Jia Jia's reunion in the autumn, and the whole family gathered around Round table, "Mother Jia sits down in the middle, with Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Rong on the left, and Jia Zheng, Baoyu, Jia Huan and Jia Lan on the right. They sit in a circle, only half of the wall is seated, and there are others below. Half of the room is left." Mother Jia lamented that there were so few people, and wished she could bring a few more to join in the fun, but the family reunion, but Jia Cong was nowhere to be seen, nor did she explain the reason for his absence, it couldn't be because of "black eyebrows "Black mouth", let's get rid of it, you can offer silk when offering sacrifices to ancestors, can't you sit around the table and eat moon cakes together during the Mid-Autumn Festival?We all know that the seventy-fifth chapter "Missing Mid-Autumn Festival Poems, Qi Xueqin (Fill)" (Zhi Yanzhai language) is not the final draft. Obviously, when writing this chapter, Cao Gong probably has not yet included the Jia Lian in his life. The elder brother of Jia Cong turned into Jia Cong, a younger brother with similar status to Jia Huan. Later, he gradually formed the artistic conception of Jia Cong with black eyebrows and black mouth.

In Chapter 60, Jia Huan and Jia Cong came to greet Baoyu. The book clearly stated that "Baoyu has nothing to talk to Cong Huan about." It can be seen that Huan and Cong are similarly "trivial in character and sparse in behavior" and of low quality. . Until the eightieth chapter, although Jia Cong appeared many times, there was no "drama". We only know that he has black eyebrows and black mouth, and can be called a "live monkey". Is the author designing such a character just to let him Be a bitch?I don't think so. For example, Wei Ruolan's name only appeared two or three times in the first eighty chapters, but according to research, it can be inferred that he is probably Shi Xiangyun's first husband. Some characters "haven't much drama", so they are suddenly considered to be dragons, not only Wei Ruolan, Er Yatou, Wang Duanleg, Fu Qiufang...etc., it is very likely that they will become "Ken Festival" in the next dozens of episodes. In the process of the decline of Jia's family, the characters in "Ser" played the roles of "those who are gracious, escape from death";

We dissect the status of characters like Jia Cong in the text, which is conducive to a deeper understanding of the evolution process of this wonderful book from life to art. I think it is of certain significance. Does Jia Cong have any dramas after the 80th chapter?If so, what kind of play is it?I don't know anything else, but it is inevitable that he and Jia Huan will harm others as well as themselves!