Chapter 17 Chapter Five: The Mystery of Jia Yuanchun's Death

The question we want to discuss now is how Jia Yuanchun died, because we can't see Cao Xueqin's description of Jia Yuanchun after the 80th episode.Therefore, we can only analyze from the hints about Jia Yuanchun's fate written by Cao Xueqin in the fifth chapter.In the last lecture, I have analyzed the verdict on Jia Yuanchun, and pointed out that according to Cao Xueqin’s plot design, she did not die in Fengzao Palace peacefully as written in Gao E’s sequel, but because of the appearance of a tiger. In a power struggle, he died a tragic death.In the fifth round, besides the verdict, there is also a song. Now I will explore the song "Hate Impermanence" about Jia Yuanchun.Judgments and songs generally have the same meaning, but each has its own emphasis on explaining some specific events and situations.

The song "Hate Impermanence" is like this: "Happy Ronghua is just right, and I hate impermanence again. I opened my eyes and threw everything away, wandering around, and consumed my soul. Looking at my hometown, the road is far away and the mountains are high. So I asked my parents and mothers in their dreams. : My son’s life is already in hell. Tianlun, it’s time to step back and get out!” How should we interpret this song?How did it herald Jia Yuanchun's death? The name of this song is "Hate Impermanence". Let's think about the song about Qin Keqing again. What is the name of the song?It's "All Things End".Putting the titles of the two songs together is shocking.In my opinion, the two titles reflect the causal relationship I mentioned in the previous lectures.Qin Keqing and Jia Yuanchun are the two wings that affect the fate of the Jia family—Qin Keqing's good deeds are over, and Jia Yuanchun's good deeds will soon come.But Jia Yuanchun's final fate is still not good, so it is called "Hate Impermanence".What is impermanence?If it is always bad, it is called always bad, and if it is always good, it is called always good; the situation is always changing, nothing can last forever, and often the change is unpredictable, so it is uncontrollable and unavoidable. called impermanence.All kinds of states can't last long. If it's a bad state that can't last long, of course it's pretty good, but the tragedy of Jia Yuanchun's fate is that her good luck can't last long, so her so-called "hate impermanence" is actually equivalent to "All good things end".When Cao Xueqin created these songs, he really worked hard.

We have to experience this song line by line. "Hi Ronghua is just right, and I hate impermanence again." I think these two sentences are really in line with the title of Qin Keqing's song. Isn't it appropriate for you to move the title of Qin Keqing's "Good Things End" to the front of these two sentences? . "Prosperity is just right", but "impermanence has arrived again". "Impermanence" is not only a noun that means things are unstable and constantly changing, but also a specific term in Chinese society in the past.What is "impermanence"?Urge ghost.After a person dies, the bull head and horse face come, and impermanence comes. The bull head and horse face refer to a pair of ghosts with the heads of a cow and a horse on the person's body. For souls, they put chains around people's necks, and as soon as they are pulled away, people die and go to hell; impermanence is another image.In one of his works, Lu Xun recalled that when he was a child, he saw this kind of ghost dressed up in folklore activities in the countryside when he watched the game of welcoming the gods, "all white", "a tall white hat", Hold a "broken plantain fan" in your hand, and sometimes hold an abacus, which means to find someone to "calculate the general account".Lu Xun also personally drew illustrations about impermanence in that book, you can find them here.In short, impermanence is also a ghost from the underworld in folklore in the past. He makes the living feel that everything is impossible for long, everything will change, and he will be liquidated and taken to the underworld in the end; and he does not show affection, Mr. Lu Xun In his article, he wrote that in the past Mulian operas, the most impressive libretto of impermanence is, "Even if you are a fortified wall! Even if you are a relative of the emperor!" Therefore, in the song about Jia Yuanchun, it says "Hate impermanence comes again" not only means that the worst unexpected change has come, but also means that the ghost of impermanence who is going to seduce her to the underworld has come.

The next sentence goes on to say that Jia Yuanchun "opened his eyes and threw everything away", which is very tragic.She "distinguishes who it is in the past twenty years", what a painstaking effort!Who is the woman who pledged allegiance to the emperor and reported on the Ningguo Mansion, right?She managed a lot of painstaking efforts, and made the emperor feel that she was loyal, and obtained a pardon for the Jia family, but let Qin Keqing commit suicide, did not expose the truth to the society, and saved the face of the royal family and the Jia family.Moreover, under the circumstances at that time, Qin Keqing's elders also reluctantly sacrificed Qin Keqing in order to seek temporary political balance, and because of this, she was praised by the emperor, so she was selected for Fengzao Palace, named a virtuous concubine, and went home to visit her relatives, greatly The scenery once again.Even in order to cover everything, she also specially arranged a funeral ceremony at the Qingxu Temple. On Qin Keqing's father's birthday, she held a funeral ceremony for him to show that her report was a last resort and she insisted on principles. Of course, she also hoped that after the matter was over, he would If she can understand her and forgive her, she also seeks peace of mind.And it is very likely that she is pregnant, "the place where the pomegranate blossoms shine in the palace", the pomegranate trees are all in bloom, what kind of situation will it be if they bear fruit?However, she didn't expect that all these things turned out to be passing clouds. Just as Qin Keqing predicted to Wang Xifeng before she hanged herself in the Tianxiang Tower, "It's just a momentary prosperity, a momentary joy."

Note that in the second sentence of the song "Hate Impermanence", Cao Xueqin has already told us very clearly that this person's death was not due to fat, phlegm, or cold, but because of illness, she died suddenly.What do you mean by "open your eyes and throw everything away"?A person who is unwilling to die, who is not biologically ready to die, but "throws everything away" as a result, is an abnormal death. If you are not satisfied with my explanation, please read or call it, please listen to the next line that Fairy Jing Huan asked the singers to sing, "Wander around, consume the soul." This sentence is very scary.A fan friend discussed with me, saying that after a long time, she also hanged herself?Her method of death is the same as Qin Keqing's trouble for a long time?He sighed.But now I want to solemnly tell you that her method of death is different from that of Qin Keqing.Qin Keqing hanged himself to death, which is "painting Liangchun and falling fragrant dust".How did she die? "Wandering around, consumes the soul", she was probably hanged to death by others, hanged to death by others with silk scarves and jade.Moreover, she was in great pain during this process. Her "soul" disappeared one by one "danglingly", which was very tragic. Her death should be more terrifying than Qin Keqing.

Where did she die? The song "Hate Impermanence" is very clear.Did he die in the palace as Gao E wrote?Is it in Fengzao Palace?No, it's called "Looking at my hometown, the road is far away and the mountains are high". Where do you think this is?Some people debated with me, saying that she is not Jinling Twelve Beauties?Her "hometown" should refer to Jinling.If she was by the emperor's side, in Beijing, wouldn't she look at her hometown as "the road is far away and the mountains are high"?This also sounds logical, but I think it's far-fetched to explain it this way.Because we can know from the description in the novel that the Jia family left Jinling very early. In the novel, it is written that Jia Baoyu traveled to the realm of emptiness, and when he saw the album of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, he asked Fairy Jinghuan: "Often listen to people. It is said that Jinling is huge, but why are there only twelve women?" Jia Baoyu in the novel has no memory of Jinling at all.Of course, Fairy Jing Huan has an explanation, saying that the unimportant ones will not be recorded, and the recorded ones are all important.This shows that the Jia family in the novel has left Jinling's hometown for a long time, and Jinling is just a place of origin.Everyone in the Jia family died in a place far away from Jinling. It is impossible for Cao Xueqin to write here a sentence that can be applied to many characters in the Jia family, so I think "the road is far away and the mountains are high" Does not refer to country of origin.In the song "Hate Impermanence", Yuan Chun's death is written in this way. It should refer to Yuan Chun's death in a wilderness. Fengzao Palace is also very far away, of course, it is also far away from Rongguo Mansion where her parents live, it should be a place like Huanghai Tiewangshan. "The road is far away and the mountains are high" means that.

There are similarities between her and Qin Keqing.After Qin Keqing hanged herself, when she was still alive, she ran to Sister Feng in a dream, saying that I was leaving, what should you Jia clan do.When Jia Yuanchun was in "Fragrant Soul", she also entrusted her dreams to her parents, or at least her ghost wanted to entrust her dreams and express a meaning.What does one mean? It is clearly written in the song "Hate Impermanence", that is, "so I asked my parents to tell each other in their dreams". This sentence shows that she is also dreaming.There is no time to write about her death within the eighty chapters of the novel. Cao Xueqin's original writing has not been seen for the text after the eighty chapters, so it is estimated that she is also dreaming.What did she say to her parents in the dream?What does it mean?She said, "My son's life is dead," which made it even more certain that she was dead.If you think that "swinging around, consuming the soul" does not necessarily mean death, then this sentence is too clear, which means that she died in the end.What kind of dire warning did she issue?She said, "Tianlun, you need to step back and get out early!" "Tianlun" is her call to her parents, and of course it is not only parents. The Jia family "needs to step back and get out early."What is "regression and withdrawal"?Do you remember the second time you wrote about Jia Yucun?When he was out of work, he went to a ruined temple called Zhitong Temple. There was a couplet in this temple. How did you write it? "I forget to shrink my hands behind me, and I have no way to turn back." These meanings are interlinked in it.That is to say, don't always think that prosperity and wealth can last forever, and don't always try your best to grab a piece of meat and a share of the power on the battlefield.Life is in front of the temptation of prosperity and wealth, don't want to look back when you have no way out, and forget to hold back when you have more time behind you.You see, such a sentence appeared in the second round.In the song "Hate Impermanence", the author made such a voice again in Jia Yuanchun's warning to her parents and her family, that is, to "regress and withdraw".From where?From where?It is to step back and withdraw from the pattern of imperial power struggle of "double hanging sun and moon illuminating the universe".Of course, this kind of persuasion may not be effective, because the four major families described in the novel, noble families like the Jia family, especially the main members of this family, are unlikely to truly benefit from the struggle for power. To regress and withdraw, and that is the source of the whole tragedy.

Although due to the loss of manuscripts, we can't see the real original work after the 80th chapter, but through Jia Yuanchun's "Hate Impermanence", we can still draw a clear conclusion, that is, Jia Yuanchun will eventually escape the tragic fate of death .Well, Cao Xueqin, who is known for "grass snake gray line, stretches thousands of miles", is good at setting up big foreshadowings, has there been any design in this regard in the first eighty chapters?Yuan Chun's only public appearance was when he was visiting his relatives. Will there be any clues about this?

Regarding Jia Yuanchun's tragic ending, it is not only revealed in the verdict and the song "Hate Impermanence". Although the first 80 chapters did not directly write about Jia Yuanchun's later encounters, they also hinted at her unfortunate ending many times.For example, when Jia Yuanchun was visiting relatives, he had to act after other activities, so he ordered a play at that time. What kind of play did he order?Ordered four plays.These four plays are very important, because Zhiyanzhai reminded us that "the four events in the plays mentioned are the major festivals and the key points of the whole book".Although we can only read up to eighty chapters in novels now, and Cao Xueqin’s original intention is only up to eighty chapters, but in the eighteenth chapter, when the concubine Yuan concubine is visiting relatives, in the four plays, the eighty chapters are actually included. Some of the future situations have already been hinted at.

Which four plays?The first one is called "Family Banquet", which is an excerpt. What kind of excerpt is there in it?It's called "A Handful of Snow".What does the name of the play mean?A handful of snow is an antique, and the name of a jade cup is a jade article, a jade article like white snow, which is very precious like a handful of snow in the hand.This is a man named Li Yu in the Qing Dynasty, who wrote the script "Legend of a Handful of Snow".I won't go into details about the plot of this play.All in all, a handful of snow, an important prop, runs through the play from beginning to end, causing the unfortunate fate of many people.Zhi Yanzhai's comments were very detailed, next to "Family Banquet" in "A Handful of Snow" in the first play "Family Banquet", it said "the defeat of Fu Jia's family".The appearance of this play during the concubine Yuan's visit to relatives is a foreshadowing, which shows that after eighty chapters, it is estimated that the final demise of the Jia family is related to an important antique.There is a handful of snow in the play, but the novel will not be so stupid to write about a handful of snow, so it is estimated that other antiques will be written.What kind of antique should be related to Yuanchun?I think my opinion should be able to arouse your interest.

As you all know, in Chapter 72, there is a sudden incident, that is, because of some incident, Yuanyang ran to the place where Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng lived. The two of them lived in a separate small courtyard behind Jia's mansion. in.Jia Lian suddenly asked Yuanyang, to the effect that there was one thing I forgot. On the old lady’s birthday last year, a monk from outside the country respected a bergamot jelly in wax oil. Because the old lady liked it, she immediately put it on display. .He said that because of the old lady's birthday the day before yesterday, I see that there is still this amount in the antique account, but I don't know where it is now.Jia Lian, as a housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion, personally took care of this matter.Every antique must be archived after use. The Jia Mansion has a special organization to manage the affairs of the mansion. It turns out that there is a wax jelly bergamot recorded in the antique account. There is no such thing in the archived object, so he thinks it is It is a matter of great importance to be investigated.Yuanyang got angry, Yuanyang said, the old lady got bored after a few days, and gave it to your grandma long ago.That is to say, it was given to Wang Xifeng.Jia Lian still wanted to inquire, but when Ping'er came out, Ping'er said it was given to Wang Xifeng, and then complained to Jia Lian, asking why you couldn't remember such a thing clearly, asking back and forth.Jia Lian later sighed, saying that my memory is getting worse and worse.The general idea is this.When Cao Xueqin wrote articles, he had almost no waste of pen and ink. He used hundreds of words to write wax oil jelly bergamot. Why did he write it?Is it nonsense again?Is it not worth reading carefully? What is wax oil jelly bergamot?I have consulted relevant antique experts, especially jade craftsmen, about the wax jelly. They said that the wax jelly actually refers to its color and texture, which is as smooth as the fat part of the southern bacon. , do you understand what this means?It is a bergamot carved from such a kind of stone.This information I got, I think is very important.As far as the matter is concerned, why did Jia Lian ask this question?The output of wax oil jelly stone is very small, and the bergamot carved with this thing is very characteristic, and it is also very rare and valuable.This thing is in the antique account, but it is not on the shelf where the antiques are checked. Of course, it constitutes an incident, and it is reasonable to inquire about its whereabouts.Why is there such a plot in the first eighty chapters?There are quite a lot of words.I estimate that after eighty chapters, this antique will be a trigger for the decline of the Jia family.Because when I ordered a play when I was visiting relatives, the first play was "A Handful of Snow".And please pay attention, what is bergamot?Bergamot is a Rutaceae plant, and Bergamot is the variation of the fruit of this plant. If it does not vary, what is it called?It's called Citron.You should be familiar with the word citron in it. In the last lecture, I talked about Jia Yuanchun’s verdict. How did you draw the painting that matched the verdict?remember?The painting is a bow, the bow of the bow and arrow, of course it is a homonym, which reminds you of the meaning of the palace. She entered the palace in Yuanchun, right?What is hanging on the bow?Hanging a citron, the "citron" of citron is of course the "Yuan" of Xie Yuanchun. Is there such a painting?The wax oil jelly bergamot can also be said to be a deformed citron carved out of wax oil jelly stone, which is also a symbol of Yuanchun himself.Of course, since I can't see the specific story about Jia Yuanchun written by Cao Xueqin after the 80th chapter, I can only make some guesses.But I can't say that this guess is absolutely unreasonable, right?Someone told me that it is a coincidence again, and your lecture is full of coincidences.I also saw it that way at the beginning, I said it was a coincidence, that was a coincidence, but the first time was a coincidence, the second example was a coincidence, and the third example was still a coincidence. In the end, my personal opinion is to remove this "coincidence". "The word is not "coincidence", it is "fit", it is "combination", it is that these places are obviously not scribbled, meaningless.Therefore, the play "A Handful of Snow" that I ordered when visiting relatives, the defeat of the Fujia family, and it was still lying on Yuanchun's body, may have something to do with the wax oil jelly bergamot. This should be a reasonable guess. So what's the second play?The second play is.This, Zhi Yanzhai's commentary behind the title of this play is even clearer, Zhi Yanzhai clearly wrote "Death of Concubine Fu Yuan".It is about Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang. What happened to Concubine Yang?The three armies mutinied, and Concubine Yang Guifei was given to death, and she didn't want to hang herself, so she was hanged to death with silk, that is, "swinging around and consuming her soul".right?So Jia Yuanchun obviously died tragically afterwards. She didn't want to die, but she had to die. Slowly hanged to death, very miserable. The third play is the excerpt "Xian Yuan", what is it about?It is about Huangliang Yimeng.Zhi Yanzhai's comment on this particularly alarmed red studies researchers, and no one can guess this.Zhi Yanzhai said, what is lurking in this play?What is the foreshadowing?It is "Fu Zhen Baoyu sends jade".That is, after the 80th chapter, there will be an important plot. The character Zhen Baoyu will officially appear, and one of his behaviors is to give jade. What kind of jade did Zhen Baoyu give?Why send jade?What happened after sending the jade?I don't know anything now, and I won't speculate anymore, because there is really no clue about this. The fourth play is also an excerpt, it is "Liu Hun", which is in it.Zhi Yanzhai's comment made it very clear that it was "Fu Daiyu's death", because we are mainly exploring Jia Yuanchun now, we will not discuss the matter of Daiyu for the time being. In addition to the hints of Jia Yuanchun's ending in Yuanchun's visit to his relatives, there are related descriptions in the novel, which also play a hinting role.In the second half of the twenty-second chapter, "Making Lantern Riddles and Jia Zheng's Sorrowful Prophecy", the story of how everyone in Jia's mansion made riddles and guessing riddles during the Lantern Festival hinted at the respective fates of these characters.Among them, the lantern riddles made by Jia Yuanchun can arouse people's interest the most. I mentioned it in the last lecture, and now I will analyze it in detail. On the Lantern Festival after visiting relatives, Yuan Chun took the lead in writing lantern riddles, which led to the Lantern Riddles Conference in Rongguo Mansion.She wrote a lantern riddle, and the answer to this lantern riddle was firecrackers.This lantern riddle is written like this: "It can make the demon's courage completely broken, and the body is like a bundle of silk, and the energy is like thunder. One sound makes people frightened, and when they look back, they have turned to ashes." The meaning of this riddle is very simple.She compares herself to a firecracker, "can make demons terrified", why does she have such a feeling?It is because of what I said in the last lecture that she herself "identified who she was in the past twenty years", and she discovered that there was actually a thousand-year-old daughter of a loyal prince hidden in her family. It's illegal, it's a monster's practice, it's wrong; especially because she herself is also set as a person from the Rongguo Mansion in the novel, she may not have a good impression of the Ningguo Mansion, especially for Jia Zhen. She doesn't like people, so she feels that she "can make the demons terrified" and is very courageous.She is "like a bundle of silk and has a thunderous spirit". The reason why she was able to expose Qin Keqing was that she felt that reason and justice were on her side.She "shocked everyone with a loud bang", what happened in the end?Qin Keqing had to die.And what about herself? "Looking back at the Prime Minister, it has turned to ashes."When others look back, you will soon turn into ashes.Just such a riddle.Zhiyanzhai has comments next to this riddle, and the comments explain the connotation of this riddle more clearly.She said this, "This Yuanchun mystery is just a fluke. It's a pity that Nai's life is not long!" What is a fluke?That is to say, the reason why she was favored by the emperor is not entirely because of her own qualities, but also because she has made some kind of contribution. One contribution may be because she exposed something that the family should not do, and there is "Liuhua" Open the office to illuminate the palace", she may be pregnant.So she was lucky enough to gain the full trust of the emperor.However, "Nai's life is not long", her life is too short.So Gao E said that she lived to be forty-three years old, which not only did not match Cao Xueqin's previous description, but also did not match Zhi Yanzhai's comment.You always say that my current analysis is a coincidence, coincidence, then if you like Gao E so much, why is Gao E so unlucky?Why are you so clumsy?Why can't we get along?If you continue the book, you have to agree!Gao E's writing style is inconsistent, isn't it? Jia Yuanchun died tragically, so at whose hands did she die?Because we can't see the text after the 80th chapter, it's hard to make very specific and detailed guesses, but generally speaking, we can also understand that Jia Yuanchun's death should be before the complete decline of the Jia family.That shouldn't be the last few episodes after the 80th chapter, it should be what happened before the entire Jia family collapsed. As a prelude, her death should have happened at that point.I analyzed it in the previous lectures. By the eightieth chapter, the true background of the story has been written in the third year of Qianlong, and it was late autumn in that year. The sentence of "芰荷红红玉影"; after eighty chapters, it should soon write about the four years of Qianlong.In the spring of the fourth year of Qianlong, the so-called "Hongxi Rebellion Case" occurred, that is, Hongxi's faction took advantage of Qianlong's leaving palace to go out for spring hunting, and carried out an assassination against him; Great luck", Hongxi's faction was completely "great misfortune" this time, Qianlong quickly cut through the mess and dealt with the case decisively.To the outside world, he tried to remain as calm as possible. It seemed that there were no major problems in the government, but Hong Xi's party was divided and disintegrated. Some participants were dealt with quite lightly. The orchard in Shandong is closely guarded.Later, Qianlong destroyed most of the relevant files, but this counter-case stimulated Qianlong himself very deeply.In real life, the Cao family suffered a devastating blow precisely because they were implicated in the Hongxi rebellion case.Some files can be found about the attack on the Cao family in the Yongzheng Dynasty, but there are almost no official files when the Qianlong Dynasty was completely destroyed this time.But we can estimate that the death of Jia Yuanchun's prototype should be in the assassination incident in the fourth year of Qianlong. Emperor Qianlong was not assassinated and died, and finally put down the rebellion, but Jia Yuanchun's prototype was not spared. Eighty chapters later, the author should soon use this real event as a material to write about Jia Yuanchun's abnormal death, and the place of death is likely to be Tiewangshan in Huanghai.In the novel, after the death of Jia Yuanchun, it is estimated that the emperor not only no longer has any affection for the Jia family, but also hates the Jia family. The new account and the old account are settled together. Originally, Qin Keqing's hiding has been settled, but at this time, he is pursuing it again. The crime of the Rongguo Mansion is even greater than that of the Rongguo Mansion; of course, the Rongguo Mansion deserves death for helping the Zhen family transfer and hide property. The prophecies written down: "It is safe to start a war", "It is safe to commit crimes when the family dies". So, specifically, at whose hand did Jia Yuanchun die?Obviously, her death is related to the "Moon" faction in the novel.Those who hate her the most should be the characters of the "Moon" faction in the novel, especially those from the family of Prince Yizhong and Lao Qiansui.In real life, Hongxi and the others should be the ones who hate the woman from the Cao family the most.Therefore, Jia Yuanchun should have died in their hands in the end, and the plot should be similar to what was written in it. In the case of forcing the palace, the emperor had to sacrifice her in exchange for a temporary truce.She became a victim in the struggle between the two political forces, which is very tragic. In the first 80 chapters, many characters of the "Moon" faction appeared in Yingyingchuochuo, for example, Feng Ziying is one of them.The author has portrayed this character quite a lot. He is impressive after he appears on the stage, his personality is lively, and he has appeared in dark scenes several times.There are also very interesting words in the related comments of Zhiyanzhai. There is a comment that says so, and it calls Ni Er, Ziying, Xianglian, and Yuhan the "Four Heroes".It also said, "Writing Ni Er, Ziying, Xianglian, and Yuhan's chivalrous essays, each has its own facsimile portrayal." "Facsimile portrayal" is not only an aesthetic evaluation, but also a discourse that reveals the prototype of each person's life.The "Four Heroes" it points out are very interesting, with completely different identities and personalities.Ni Er ranks first, who is Ni Er?A rascal in the market, a loan shark, remember?This person is very exciting in the book, among a lot of characters from aristocratic families, this person suddenly appeared.Obviously, this character will not appear only once in the novel, nor will there be only one act of lending money to Jia Yun.And in the description about Ni Er, what did the drunk King Ni Er say to Jia Yun at the end?After giving the money to Jia Yun, he said that he would not go home tonight. What he meant was that you send a letter to my family. If you need to find him at home, you can go to the horse dealer Wang Shortlegs. , Does the title of such a character appear in the book?If you look through the book, there are.I don't think this is idle writing. As a character at the bottom of this political faction, Wang Duanleg should be interesting after eighty episodes.Feng Ziying ranked second, needless to say about this role, he is a nobleman, the son of the martial arts general Feng Tang, he and Jia Zhen are close buddies, and Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan are also very good.The third hero is Liu Xianglian, but this person is another character.Liu Xianglian is a wandering child of a run-down family. This person is versatile, he can also perform in dramas, he is both civil and military, and he is a marginal figure that exists among the people; A very ambiguous person.What surprised me was that Zhiyanzhai listed Jiang Yuhan as one of the Four Heroes.Jiang Yuhan is an actor at worst, and an actor at best.This Jiang Yuhan is not an ordinary person. He originally sang operas for King Zhongshun in the Palace of Zhongshun. The palace found him, and he lived in seclusion in a mansion in Red Sandalwood Castle, twenty miles east of Jingdong.In the first eighty chapters, his image was more than soft and charming. It is estimated that after the eighty chapters, he will definitely reveal the other side of his character, and he will have more amazing chivalrous behaviors. Otherwise, Zhi Yanzhai would not list him in the list. Among the "Four Heroes of the Red Chamber". You think, Zhiyanzhai has read all the written texts after eighty chapters, and she will tell you that there are "Four Heroes of the Red Chamber", and these four heroes are actually four with such different identities and such great contrasts. people.what does this mean?I think this means that in terms of the "Moon" faction, you can feel through the novel that it gathers different people from different classes in society, forming a three-dimensional advancing force that cannot be ignored.These four heroes should be the most active figures in the force that killed Jia Yuanchun. However, in real life, the "Moon" faction did not succeed in the end.It is estimated that in real life, Feng Ziying's prototype group, the reason why they went to Huanghai Iron Net Mountain to fight the siege in the spring was to survey the terrain, conduct drills, and prepare for their assassination when the emperor came out to make the siege.The scene about Feng Ziying in the twenty-sixth chapter will definitely echo after the eightieth chapter. It is not surprising for me to speculate like this, because according to the research of Qing history experts, the reason why Qianlong extinguished the "Hongxi Rebellion Case" was indeed not only because Hongxi secretly set up the Seven Departments of the House of Internal Affairs, or because he only showed a little ambition in language , but he had already gathered a group of people, and indeed created an assassination incident when Qianlong was away from Beijing.But they didn't succeed. After putting out this incident, Qianlong destroyed the relevant files to maintain his dignity. Therefore, if such shadowy plots in the novel are actually restored to real life, they are all thrilling things.In the book, Feng Ziying always felt that someone was watching, so he said "great fortune amidst great misfortune", which obviously means that in that premeditated operation, they were almost caught by the emperor, but they escaped.He didn't say what was going on, and he was right to be highly vigilant.Because you have to know that when he was having a banquet, there was Yun'er from the brothel next to him. Yun'er was a prostitute, and the prostitutes associated with very diverse people, so he had to be cautious. If you read carefully, you will also find that when the chief historian of Zhongshun Prince’s Mansion went to Rongguo Mansion and asked Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu for Jiang Yuhan, Jia Baoyu played tricks at first, saying that he didn’t know what the word Qiguan was. The chief historian sneered and said, "Why rely on the existing evidence??? If you don't know this person, how did the red sweat scarf get into the young master's waist?" Baoyu was stunned and stunned when he heard this. In order to prevent the chief historian from saying anything else, he had no choice but to explain Jiang Yuhan's whereabouts.When I read this passage for the first time, I vaguely felt that the chief historian pointed to his waist and said that because Jia Baoyu was wearing a big red sweat scarf that looked like blood spots around his waist, which was seen by the chief historian.After thinking about it and rereading it again, during the day the sweat towel was tied inside the big clothes, so it was impossible for the chief historian to see it; besides, it was clearly stated in the book that after getting the sweat towel that day, when I went to bed at night , Jia Baoyu changed it to Xiren's waist. After Xiren woke up and found it, he was very unhappy and threw it into an empty box.This shows that the chief historian had grasped this information before he came.Then, drinking and singing at Feng Ziying's house that day, Feng Ziying said nothing to explain "great luck amidst great misfortune". His caution is justified.But despite being so cautious, the exchange of tokens between Jia Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan was discovered by the spies sent by Prince Zhongshun.Therefore, behind the seemingly peaceful daily life of eating, drinking and having fun, the power contest between the "Moon" faction and the "Sun" faction is so intense!Qin Keqing's death and Jia Yuanchun's death were all caused by this power struggle. Their fate is equally tragic, and they are also victims of political wrestling. They are all worthy of our sighs, and Cao Xueqin's portrayal of them also has this purpose. Through so many lectures, I talked about Erchai in the official book of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling.One is about Qin Keqing, and I put a lot of effort into it; the last few lectures, I'm talking about Jia Yuanchun.Please note that the research I have done is not character theory.I regard Qin Keqing as a window to look in, the most important threshold, and the most convenient key to explore the mysteries of this majestic palace.What I want to achieve is not just to analyze Qin Keqing for you, or just to analyze Jia Yuanchun, who belongs to the two wings of Jia's fate like her. My exploration will involve almost all the characters in Jinling Twelve Beauties, first of all, Jinling A character in the official book of twelve beauties.Who is in the official book of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling?You know what you are doing.In the next lecture, I will first report to you my own research results on which hairpin?I will tell you what I have learned about Miaoyu's fate, and I hope we will meet happily in the next lecture.