Chapter 18 Chapter 1 Miaoyu's entry into the official volume and the mystery of sorting

Through the previous lectures, I made a detailed exploration of the life prototypes of the two characters whose personal destiny and politics are most closely related among the twelve beauties of Jinling——Qin Keqing and Jia Yuanchun.A red fan friend asked me: What you said is basically justified, but according to your analysis, so many political factors are implied in the text, can it be concluded that it is a political novel?I told him that my opinion is that there are politics in the book, and Cao Xueqin has political inclinations. However, Cao Xueqin finally surpassed politics and wrote a wonderful book that transcends politics.For example, in the first chapter, the author clearly pointed out through the experience of Taoist Kong Kong's review: "Although there are some words in the book that accuse adultery and belittle evil, it is not the purpose of cursing the world at the time." "The main purpose is to talk about love. ""Never interfere with the world". Cao Xueqin and his family were deeply stimulated by "treacherous and evil". Cao Xueqin's feelings in difficult times are rich and strong. When he wrote this book, he was tortured by these factors in his heart. Regarding these, we should understand.However, Cao Xueqin sublimated his ideals from the pain with his great artistic power. He did not write it into a book expressing his political opinions, but expressed his personality towards people through the images of Jia Baoyu and many women in Jinling Twelve Beauties. The affirmation of dignity declares that individual life has the sacred right to pursue poetic existence.This is very remarkable, especially in the social environment of the feudal dynasty two hundred years ago.

In my opinion, the design and shaping of the character Miaoyu in the Jinling Twelve Beauties, especially highlights Cao Xueqin's transcendence of politics.If it is said that Qin Keqing and Jia Yuanchun are too politically charged, then Miaoyu's political color is very light.Politics is mainly a matter of power. The so-called political orientation is your inner view of what kind of power you like and who you like to hold power.Going beyond politics means that you are no longer interested in the distribution of power. It means that no matter what political force you belong to, as a powerful person, you cannot use power to overwhelm others.This kind of thinking is of course a higher level than the political views of who supports who and who opposes.The character of Miaoyu reflects Cao Xueqin's sublimation from political consciousness to attention to independent personality in society, which is worth exploring.

In the fifth chapter, Cao Xueqin devised such a plot: Jia Baoyu wandered in the illusory realm and saw the album of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, which contained a main volume, a secondary volume and a secondary volume, and each volume contained twelve characters.There are eleven paintings and eleven poems in the main book, and now everyone knows that the first painting and the first poem are about two women, and every painting and poem in the future indicates a woman in the book. The fate of the female characters.Among the twelve women, their rankings are Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai tied for the first place, Jia Yuanchun the third, Jia Tanchun the fourth, Shi Xiangyun the fifth, Miaoyu the sixth, Jia Yingchun the seventh, and Jia Xichun the eighth , the ninth is Wang Xifeng, the tenth is Qiaojie, the eleventh is Li Wan, and the twelve is Qin Keqing.This ranking, at a glance, seems to be nothing unusual, but have you thought about it?If you think about it a little more, you will have doubts.

I read it later, and after reading it carefully, I found that the arrangement order of the Jinling Twelve Beauties is a bit strange.As you know, there are twelve women included in the Jinling Twelve Hairpins. Eleven of these twelve women are either women from the four major families of Jia Wang Shixue mentioned in the fourth chapter, or they are married. Among the daughters-in-law of the four major families, there is only one, and two are not.Who is it that these two are not?It is Miaoyu.This is a bit strange, if you think about it now, is it true that in the official book of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, the other eleven belong to the four major families?Among them, Yuan, Ying, Tan, and Xi are four women from the Jia family; then there are three very important women, one is Lin Daiyu, and the other two are Baochai and Xiangyun.Although Lin Daiyu's surname is Lin, who gave birth to her?Born to Jia Min, Jia Min is the daughter of Jia's mother, so she also has the blood of the Jia family; Xue Baochai is a descendant of the Xue family in the four major families; Shi Xiangyun is a descendant of the historian in the four major families.Therefore, they are all women from the four major families.

As for Wang Xifeng, her identity is even more special. She is not only a daughter of the Wang family among the four major families, but also married to the Jia family of the four major families as a daughter-in-law. With the blood of the Wang family, it goes without saying that both their mother and daughter are within a certain range.Although Li Wan's surname is Li, she is not a daughter of the four major families, but she married into the Jia family of the four major families and became a daughter-in-law, and she also gave birth to a child for the Jia family, right?About Qin Keqing, I have already explored a lot before. Later, she lived in Ningguo Mansion as Jia Rong's wife, so she is also one of the daughter-in-laws of the four major families.So after calculations like this, in the official book of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, Miaoyu is the only woman who does not have the blood of the four major families and has not married into the four major families as a daughter-in-law.

At first I thought it didn't matter, but after thinking about it later, I found it a bit strange: Why did Cao Xueqin have such an artistic idea?I have also discussed with some friends, and some of them said that there may not be enough other female characters in the book, and they may not be qualified to be added to the Jinling Twelve Beauties.Because everyone knows that Cao Xueqin still has a concept of hierarchy in the design of the Jinling Twelve Beauties' main volume, side volume, and sub-volume. Those who can be included in this main volume, in simple terms, are from the master's generation according to the standards at the time. A girl like Qingwen, no matter how beautiful, smart, and worthy of recognition, can't be included in the official book.Is it because the role of the master in this life is not enough?There aren't enough people, so we're pulling together, so after much deliberation, I managed to find a Miaoyu to put in it?So if you think about it carefully, is this the case?Obviously not.Let’s exclude the girl now, because we know his artistic conception framework—what do you think of Cao Xueqin, we won’t discuss it now—he just has the concepts of upper, middle, and lower levels.In it, he wrote that when Jia Baoyu went to the illusory realm to peek at the pages of the album, what he took out first was not the original volume, but the supplementary volume. After taking out the supplementary volume, he flipped through it. And I read all the supplementary volumes, and Cao Xueqin wrote them all?No, I only wrote two pages, introducing two paintings, and each painting was accompanied by a poem called Judgment. Of course, readers guessed it later, one was about Qingwen, and the other was about Xiren.So in this album, who are the other ten people?We don't know, so we need to discuss. Maybe after the eighty chapters, the author will have a clear explanation, but we can deduce that the remaining ten must be of the same level as big girls based on the two written.Then he wrote that Jia Baoyu was bored playing the gourd there, but he couldn't understand it, and he wasn't interested, so he didn't continue to read the second volume, but took out another copy, which was the second volume.In the supplementary volume, we found that Cao Xueqin’s idea was like this. He only introduced one painting and one poem, that is to say, he only revealed one person in the supplementary volume. Then we guessed this person later, It is Xiangling.Although Xiangling came from a good background, after she was kidnapped, she came to Xue Pan's house and her status was relatively low, lower than that of people like Xue Baochai, so Cao Xueqin arranged for such a person in the side book.But after all, Xiangling became Xue Pan's concubine for a time, and her rank was slightly higher than that of the eldest girl, so she was not in the secondary book. It is estimated that the ones in the same book with her should be women like secondary masters.Then we will not discuss about women with identities like Xiangling, or women with identities like Qingwen and Xiren. We will just scan it now. In the novel, those who are serious as the master and lady are eligible to enter Jinling Do you still have the official book of Twelve Hairpins?Obviously, there is at least one, which is said to be indisputable, and she is Xue Baoqin.Think about it, everyone, is there a lot of drama in this role, is the author meticulous in his pen, is there a lot of praise for her through the mouths of other characters?So, this is a very important role.However, Cao Xueqin made adjustments and adjustments in the end, that is, he was thinking about who should be included in the official book of the twelve beauties of Jinling. Which twelve women should I take as my most important group?After much deliberation, he finally gave up Xue Baoqin and arranged for Miaoyu.Xue Baoqin is a daughter of the Xue family of the four major families. It is said that if Xue Baoqin is put in, wouldn't the twelve beauties be neat?Neat and complete, they are all the daughters of the four major families in Jinling, or those who married into the Jia family as daughter-in-laws.But he would rather be untidy, he chose Miaoyu and gave up Xue Baoqin.Why is that?I think it's worth looking into.

Xue Baoqin is Aunt Xue's niece. She is an exceptionally beautiful and intelligent woman. She became an active member in the Grand View Garden as a guest of Jia's house.Although she is also a member of the four major families, she was not included in the Jinling Twelve Beauties, and Miaoyu, who has no blood or marriage relationship with the four major families, was not only included in the official list, but also a major protagonist in the book. , Before Wang Xifeng, who was known as the hero of the powder.Why did Cao Xueqin make such an arrangement?Could it be that Xue Baoqin doesn't have many roles?Or what other reason?

We can compare the length of the description of Miaoyu and Xue Baoqin in the book. There is a gap in this length. Miaoyu only officially appeared twice in the first 80 chapters.Think about it, how many frontal appearances does Miaoyu have?There were only two times, one was the forty-first chapter, when we tasted tea in the Cui Temple, Miaoyu officially appeared on the stage at this time, this is the main story of the first 80 chapters of Miaoyu in the book, and it is a scene centered on her play.Since then, she has almost always appeared in the dark.It was relatively late for her official appearance again, in the seventy-sixth chapter, which was a joint poem between Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun in the Aojing Pavilion. This time the focus was on writing about the two women Lin and Shi. A person came out, it was Miaoyu.In the end, Miaoyu led the two of them to changcui nunnery, and wrote a large piece of their unfinished poem in one breath, and continued the poem.This is Miaoyu's second appearance.

In the first eighty chapters, Miaoyu made direct appearances just twice.Of course, there are many other hidden writings. For example, when the Grand View Garden was built, the servants of the family reported to Mrs. Wang whether such a woman could be invited. It was Jia Baoyu's birthday, and Shouyi Hongqunfang held a night banquet. The next morning, when everyone woke up from Heitian, Jia Baoyu found a post under the inkstone, which was a post from Miaoyu to congratulate him on his birthday. Introduce some plots, so that Miaoyu will come out again. There are still some plots that are more vague.For example, when it snows, everyone enjoys the snow very happily, remembering that the plum blossoms in Quicui Temple are in full bloom, and the red plums are very beautiful.Li Wan said, I hate Miaoyu's personality, and I don't want to send someone to ask for it, but her red plum blossoms are very good, we should ask for some red plum blossoms, and then punish Jia Baoyu to come forward and beg for red plums. plum.Later Xue Baoqin also went, and Miaoyu first gave them a very strange and beautiful red plum, and later gave Xue Baoqin a red plum, and at the same time sent red plums to every lady, including Li Wan who hated her, He also gave her red plums.You have to calculate carefully, for example, when Jia Yuanchun was visiting her relatives, she wrote here and there, and finally said that she suddenly saw a Buddhist temple in Shanhuan, so she washed her hands separately—because entering the Buddhist temple must be very pious—then burn incense and worship Buddha, A plaque was also inscribed, which even if Miaoyu was alluded to, but it was very vague.In fact, we carefully read Miaoyu's words in the first eighty chapters. If the statistics are accurate, she said it twice, and she said it secretly. Counting what I just said, it is only four or five times.Although she is very important, she doesn't appear very many times, and she is not at the point where she has to be included in the Twelve Beauties.According to the general thinking, this conclusion should be drawn: unless there are not enough people, she is also considered one if there are not enough people.But in fact, I just pointed it out, Xue Baoqin is very qualified, her status is qualified, and she is also compatible with the other eleven women, isn't she?

How many times has Xue Baoqin played?There are a lot of them, and they all appear positively.How many times has Xue Baoqin played head-on?We can do the math, first of all Chapter 49, about her and Li Wan's two cousins, Li Wen and Li Qi, and Mrs. Xing's niece Xing Xiuyan—all beauties, even the most critical-eyed Qing Wen Du said, "It's like a handful of four water onions"-the four of them went to Jia's house together, and Jia's mother liked them very much, so she kept them all to live.And Mother Jia especially likes Xue Baoqin.Because Li Wen and Li Qi are relatives of Li Wan, they naturally lived in Daoxiang Village; because Xing Xiuyan was a relative of the Xing family, they lived in the place where Mrs. Xing's daughter—of course not her own—was welcoming the spring. .How will Xue Baoqin be treated?Xue Baoqin was treated by Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu at the beginning, that is, she was kept by Jia's mother, and Jia's mother liked her so much.Moreover, Xue Baoqin was radiant as soon as she came out. Jia Mu liked it so much that she gave her a very luxurious cloak. I mentioned it earlier. Remember, it is a cloak made of the hair of wild ducks. For many years, even Baoyu was not given, and Lin Daiyu didn't take it out after she came. When she saw Xue Baoqin, she immediately asked her to take it out and let her wear it; Mother asked Xue Baoqin, Baoyu and Daiyu to sit with her. Xue Baochai went to another table to sit with Yingchun because of Xue Baoqin at this time; and it was specifically written in the book that these young ladies were playing At that time, Mother Jia sent someone to pass on the message that Xue Baoqin could not be wronged, and Xue Baochai was a little jealous because of this.Xue Baochai is said to be the one who never speaks sour words in the book about how generous she is, but in that specific scene, she also said a word sourly, and her narrow-mindedness is no less than the usual Lin Daiyu.Cao Xueqin wrote about Xue Baoqin in this way, and she has an extraordinary bearing as soon as she appears on the stage.

In the fiftieth chapter, the author also wrote that in Luxuean (some ancient books, the word "An" is "Guang", not the simplified character "Guang" in "Guangzhou" now, and the word "Guang" in the category of traditional characters "The pronunciation is "mask", which means the pavilions and pavilions by the mountains and rivers, and the writing "Lu Xueguang" should be closer to Cao Xueqin's original pen.) These ladies began to link poems. Who is the most prominent character in the couplet poems?There are several, the most important of which are Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baoqin.Because linking poems is to compare each other's ability, to see whether you are quick-witted, whether you can immediately continue the next sentence after someone said the previous sentence, whether the following sentence conforms to the rhythm of the poem, whether the meaning is appropriate, and whether it is beautiful and vivid.At this time, the author specifically wrote that several people fought against Shi Xiangyun, and in the end there was only one person left to fight with Shi Xiangyun, which was Xue Baoqin.Her poetic talent surpasses all others, not letting Lin and Xue—the Xue I am talking about now refers to her cousin Xue Baochai—and even surpassing Shi Xiangyun. She is such a lovely and intelligent woman.She wrote "Red Plum Blossom Poem" again, went to Changcui Temple to ask for plum blossoms in person, and created the most beautiful scene in the novel, that is, on the snow-capped hillside, a very pretty person in the painting suddenly appeared, It was Xue Baoqin; after she appeared, another girl came out, and her girl Xiaoluo stood obliquely behind her, holding a bottle with red plums in it.Think about it, there were no films or TVs at that time, but Cao Xueqin's artistic thinking is simply amazing, this is the thinking of film and television!In the book, Jiamu said, why is this person so beautiful? Some people said that this is too similar to a painting in your house of your ancestors. Jiamu has a very famous Ming Dynasty painter Chou Shizhou hanging in her room. His painting is called "Shuang Yan Tu".What did Jia's mother say next? Jia's mother said that the painting was not as good as the person we see now.Jiamu and the others are all characters written by Cao Xueqin. When a writer writes novels, although he has a basis for life and life materials, after he writes, this character is dominated by his pen, right, he will dominate his Jiamu. Praising Xue Baoqin like this, I have never seen Mother Jia praise Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai like this, no female Mother Jia has ever praised Xue Baoqin like this, and the plot he wrote below is even more intriguing. Later, Mother Jia asked Aunt Xue about it. What did she ask?Ask Xue Baoqin about Nian Geng's horoscope and family situation.Think about what this means, to actually like her so much.Jia's mother moved this mind, and it is clearly stated in the book that Aunt Xue is also a smart person who understands what Jia's mother means, and it seems that she wants to ask Baoyu to be betrothed to Baoyu in the future.But Jia's mother didn't say it clearly, so Aunt Xue told Jia's mother half-heartedly, to the effect that Xue Baoqin had already betrothed to someone else, to Mei Hanlin's family.As soon as Jia Mu heard that she had agreed with others——in a feudal society, if a woman had already agreed with others, she had already been positioned legally and morally. Morality——I didn’t go any further.The author wrote Xue Baoqin to such an extent that she was almost recognized by Jia Mu as a person who could marry Baoyu. The author is not stingy with Xue Baoqin's pen, so to what extent?The forty-ninth chapter wrote about her in this way, the fiftieth chapter wrote about her, and the fifty-first chapter also wrote about her, and this fifty-first chapter simply made her appear in the review, "Xue Xiaomei's new nostalgic poems".Of course, Xue Xiaomei's ten nostalgic poems are still the biggest problem in the study of red studies. Many people have made guesses about these ten nostalgic poems: because she wrote lantern riddle poems, first you have to guess the origin of the poems. What is it? Second, because we all know that the poems in it all have deep meanings, so what kind of deep meanings do these ten poems express?If each poem implies the fate of one hairpin, why are there less than twelve?There are many lawsuits, and we can discuss it when we have the opportunity. Now I want to emphasize that the author really loves Xue Baoqin's character. It's even more surprising when it comes to the fifty-second chapter.Xue Baoqin is amazing. Not only can she write poems by herself, but she also traveled to many places with her father, not only in most of China, but also abroad.She also mastered the Chinese poems of the women of Zhenzhen Country, and she also recited the Chinese poems of the women of Zhenzhen Country for everyone.Her vision is beyond the reach of Lin, Xue, Shi and other talented women. What is more important is the fifty-third chapter. What is the fifty-third chapter about?It's the end of the year again, and the new year is about to begin. At this time, it's time to worship the ancestors and worship the ancestral hall.Some commentators in the past dynasties pointed out that Cao Xueqin wrote this point very strangely, and it was said that it did not conform to the social customs at that time, because foreign surnames could not enter the ancestral hall of the Jia family, and there was no need to enter the ancestral hall, while Cao Xueqin did It happened that there was a person who went to watch the sacrifices in Jia's mansion, remember?Who went in to watch, and which character did the author choose?Xue Baoqin was chosen.This is very strange.A friend said that maybe it was because it was written in the book that Mrs. Wang forced Mrs. Wang to recognize her as her goddaughter because she liked Xue Baoqin, so she was considered a member of the Jia family and could worship the ancestral hall together.But I think this explanation is not enough to explain the problem.For example, Jia Yucun is not a foreign surname. During the second conversation with Leng Zixing, he claimed to be of the same genealogy as the Rongguo Mansion. Later, he ran to the capital and had close ties with Jia She and Jia Zheng. There is no need for him to participate or watch the ancestral hall.I think, if the author didn't have a special emotion or evaluation for the character Xue Baoqin, if he didn't have a very special care for this character in his overall conception, he wouldn't write like this.Because the entire narrative language is basically an objective narrative, that is, a third-person narrative. Occasionally, a little first-person language is inserted in it, which is basically a third-person narrative. Write.Once the living materials are included in the works of art, the artist himself, the writer himself has his creative freedom. The reason why he uses the freedom in this way must be a driving force in his heart. You think how important Xue Baoqin is to Cao Xueqin. I said so much, what do you mean?That is to say, the role of Xue Baoqin is not trivial.After the 80th chapter, it can be seen that she still has a role to play. This is a penetrating character, but Cao Xueqin did not arrange her in the Jinling Twelve Beauties after adjusting and adjusting.She is a real mistress of the four major families, and there are so many dramas, but Cao Xueqin thinks it over and over, and doesn't make arrangements.Who is it arranged for?Miao Yu. Therefore, it is also very interesting to study Miaoyu from this perspective.In the first 80 episodes, Miaoyu only played twice, how many times did Xue Baoqin play?What I said just now, do the math, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, at least six or seven times, right?However, after much deliberation, Cao Xueqin chose a young actor to enter the main book. A red fan friend discussed with me, saying that Xue Baoqin was not included in the book, maybe because she is not a member of Bo Ming, she is very happy, her fate is different from other women in the book, Jia Baoyu turned the pages of the book in the Bo Ming Division, which is too illusory Of course the women are not accepted in the brochure.Let’s discuss Xue Baoqin’s specific fate later. Here we only emphasize one point, that is, she belongs to the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue. The four families are all connected and related, one is damaged and the other is damaged, and the other is prosperous and all are prosperous. They support and cover up, and they all take care of them.Eighty chapters later, Jia's family was in decline, and it was so miserable that "the family's dead were all scattered", and everyone was hurt. The Xue family must also suffer. How could Xue Baoqin be the only one?I think, in the end, she also suffered a bad life, Cao Xueqin just didn't put her in the official book.Cao Xueqin divided the brochure of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling into several groups, with twelve people in each group, how to divide them?He uses his brains, which is a very important job for him.Because when writing a novel, you have to make an outline. Even if it is too late to determine the title of each chapter, you should have a consideration for what you plan to write each time;This book is mainly for boudoir biographies and biographies for women, so he conceived a Jinling Twelve Beauties. In this way, these women are presented in groups: the most important is the main volume, followed by the auxiliary volume , and then another sub-volume.Now, according to research by some red scholars, the last episode is the love list. There are nine groups of gold hairpins in the love list, and there are a total of 108 women. The author should have such a conception.So if you are in the ancient book, you will find that the evolution of the title of the book is introduced in the first chapter. The earliest book is called because his artistic conception is that a piece of leftover stone from Nuwa who repaired the sky was thrown on the green ridge of the Great Barren Mountain. Feng, it turned into a psychic gem, and traveled around the world; it was very big at first, but after the monks in the fairy world performed illusions, it can be made bigger or smaller, and finally shrunk to the size of a fan pendant, which can fall into the world at the same time as a life , because it can hold the baby in its mouth; the baby in the novel is Jia Baoyu, who holds a psychic gem in his mouth, and was born in a gentle and rich town. Dahuang Mountain, back to the foot of Qinggeng Peak; there, it returned to its original shape, a big stone, with words written all over it, telling the story of its experience when it descended to the mortal world, so this book is the name of the earliest book. It is also said in the book that Taoist Kongkong—this is a character conceived by the author in the book, a somewhat unrealistic character—after reading it, he felt that it could be copied and spread, so he renamed it "The Love Monk" "Records", because after eighty chapters in the book, it is written that Jia Baoyu became a monk, and if he became a monk, he became a monk, and a monk is a monk.Well, in the ancient editions, there are no such titles in many editions. Only the Jiaxu edition has a sentence saying that a person named Wu Yufeng called this book. What happened, we will study it later.It is specifically mentioned here that another person is Donglu Kongmeixi. Donglu is a place name, which means the hometown of Confucius. The name Kongmeixi means that he is a descendant of Confucius. He also called this book "Feng Yue Bao". Jian".We know from Zhiyanzhai’s comments that Cao Xueqin once wrote a novel called "The Precious Mirror of Fengyue" when he was a teenager, so it is obvious that some plots from his early novels are used in the current novel, especially the story of Jia Rui. In that story, there appeared such a thing called Fengyue Baojian.Everyone still remember, something like a mirror, after you hold it, what will happen to the front view, and what will happen to the back view.This story was obviously picked out from his old work "Fengyue Baojian" and melted into the overall story.Of course, it seems inappropriate to use the name "Fengyue Baojian" to summarize it now. Zhi Yanzhai explained it, because when Cao Xueqin wrote "Fengyue Baojian", it was probably when he was relatively young, his younger brother It was called Tangcun, and I wrote a preface to him. Unfortunately, this Tangcun passed away later, so in order to commemorate Tangcun, Zhi Yanzhai felt that the name "Fengyue Baojian" could still be kept.As for Cao Xueqin himself, in the first chapter he wrote, he emphasized that Cao Xueqin reviewed it in Mourning Hongxuan for ten years, added and deleted five times, compiled it into a catalog, and divided it into chapters, so what is the title?Cao Xueqin herself was more interested in naming this book "The Twelve Beauties of Jinling".Of course, in the end his collaborator Zhi Yanzhai persuaded him that this book should still be called, so Zhi Yanzhai later restored the original title when she copied and commented on the book in the year of Jiaxu.Some people don't understand, some people don't understand this passage after reading the ancient book, and complain that Cao Xueqin is really, we call his book now, but his brother is good, he doesn't even call it, he is called "The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling" .Therefore, some people doubt that these words were written by Cao Xueqin himself?I think this is exactly what he wrote, which shows that when an author conceives a novel, he uses his brains very much when considering the configuration of characters.In order to determine the female characters in this novel, Cao Xueqin worked hard, who should be in the main book, who should be in the sub-book, who should be in the sub-book, who should be in the fourth, fifth, and ninth. He adjusted back and forth, It is not formed all at once.He spent a lot of brainwork on how many people were included in the main book and how to sort them. In the process of naming this novel, the author Cao Xueqin was inclined to the name "The Twelve Beauties of Jinling" for a time, which shows how much the author cherishes the twelve women he selected. After thinking about it, I decided.Although Xue Baoqin is almost perfect, Cao Xueqin chose Miaoyu instead of Xue Baoqin in the main book.Why did Cao Xueqin make such an arrangement?What is he trying to explain through Miaoyu? So now we noticed that Miaoyu not only entered the official list, but also ranked very high, she ranked sixth.Do you think Miaoyu is special?Do you remember the order of the Jinling Twelve Hairpins in it?The ranking is very interesting, the first and second place are tied, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.In this illusory realm, the Jinling Twelve Beauties actually only have eleven pictures and eleven poems. Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are combined into one picture and one poem. In the twelve songs, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are also combined together. .Therefore, he used his brains on the ranking authors. He felt that it was difficult to distinguish between these two people, so he let these two people be tied, which is the first two.The third is Jia Yuanchun, because he thinks Jia Yuanchun is very important, she is the oldest and the highest status among the daughters of the Jia family, and you know from the previous lectures that she is an important woman who affects the fate of the entire Jia family, so Jia Yuanchun Ranked third.But you can see that he doesn't use his brain. It is said that after Jia Yuanchun's rehearsal, it should be followed by Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun, right? "Should have sighed"!But he doesn't rank in this way, have you noticed, who is he ranked fourth?Jia Tanchun.Therefore, the character Jia Tanchun is also extraordinary, which shows that she is a very important role in the author's mind.Tanchun's fate is the most special, and we will explore it later. She is neither dead nor a monk, but a distant marriage, and this distant marriage is not a general distant marriage, so it is a very important After thinking about the role, he ranked Tanchun fourth.The fifth row is Shi Xiangyun. It is said that Shi Xiangyun's fifth row is already wronged enough. Shi Xiangyun, what a lovely woman she is, right?A very important role, but after much deliberation, he ranked her fifth.So who should be sixth?When I saw it at the time, I felt that Wang Xifeng should be sixth. Wang Xifeng can no longer be in the back row, right?You look at it from various angles, this is a popular hero, there are too many roles, and she can't count how many times she has played. I ignored it.She's been in so much drama, she's got loads of carloads of words, can't she?People arrived before the call, how impressive everyone was.But this person, Cao Xueqin did not put her in the front row in the main book. After the fifth row, the sixth row was Miaoyu, not her. Divide in half.Why did Cao Xueqin conceive this way?Isn't it worth exploring?After Miaoyu came Yingchun and Xichun, then Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng's daughter Qiaojie.Some people say that Qiaojie seems to be a bit far-fetched in the list of Twelve Beauties, because Qiaojie was very young in the first eighty chapters and had no drama, but I think it makes sense for her to be included, because he wants to show such a Jinling As far as the fate of the women of the aristocratic family is concerned, the rest of the people are basically a generation (Qin Keqing’s actual seniority has been discussed earlier, so I won’t be branching here anymore), so with this Qiaojie, the lineup can be made a little more three-dimensional; and Qiaojie The final fate is very special, and it is related to the story of Grandma Liu, which reflects a very important aspect of Cao Xueqin's thinking, so it makes sense to have sister Qiao in the main book.Then came Li Wan, and finally Qin Keqing.So look at this Miaoyu, she is neither a woman of the blood of the four major families, nor married into one of the four major families as a daughter-in-law, and she has fewer roles in the book than Xue Baoqin, but Cao Xueqin can never give up this role If he cherishes this woman, he must list her as a woman in the Jinling Twelve Beauties, and rank her sixth. So, can we find some clues from the book to decipher Cao Xueqin's creative psychology and reveal some mysteries of his setting up this character?Please listen to the breakdown next time.