Chapter 7 Chapter Four: The Mystery of the Relationship Between Dai and Chai

In the novel, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu, for Jia Baoyu, one is the "golden and jade" sister Bao, and the other is the "wood and stone former alliance" sister Lin. What is going on? Now, based on my understanding of this book, I will share with you the emotional entanglements of Bao, Dai, and Chai, and read what is written in the book. The first time the three showed their different character traits should be in the eighth chapter.Cao Xueqin wrote very cleverly, so he put the three of them in one space to write.At that time, Aunt Xue and the others had already lived in a courtyard called Lixiangyuan in Rongguo Mansion.One snowy day, Jia Baoyu went there to see his aunt, and stayed with Xue Baochai. Later, he drank and ate. Fully unfolded the description of the different character traits of the three people.It should be said that in that episode, it was difficult to say who felt what could be called love for whom, basically it was the innocent, lively, unrestrained and natural communication between little girls and little boys.But Cao Xueqin wrote it very well. Through this episode, we can know the strengths and weaknesses of Lin Daiyu's character well.

In this episode, Lin Daiyu showed a completely indifferent attitude towards the norms of feudal ethics. She lived by her own temperament and fully displayed her personality, which was very rare among women in boudoir at that time.Cao Xueqin's description made many readers like her very much after reading it, and also made some readers dislike her very much after reading it-he just created a living character for readers to ponder and judge by themselves.Of course, he also showed the obvious weaknesses and shortcomings of Lin Daiyu's character: bitter, unscrupulous, and embarrassing. As for Xue Baochai, it shows an advantage in her character: Although she is only a little older, she is basically a little girl, but she is calm, reserved, gentle, elegant, and good at dealing with others.This time, Xue Baochai is very cute.As for Jia Baoyu's hope that she would study hard and pursue an economic career, she didn't show it this time, so Xue Baochai basically compared Lin Daiyu this time.This time, the author shows these two women, consciously forming an unbalanced situation, and I hope readers will continue to read.Because people are living people, the artistic image is shaped according to the living people in life, coupled with the author's ingenious artistic techniques, the two characters have left some personality suspense for readers to ponder.Readers will think: Lin Daiyu is so vitriolic, can she live well in Rongguo Mansion?Or, although Xue Baochai is gentle, honest and peaceful, does Jia Baoyu like Lin Daiyu or her?It's interesting to think about it this way.

The plot flows downward, and by the time of the nineteenth chapter, there is already a Grand View Garden.The seventeenth and eighteenth chapters talked about the construction of the Grand View Garden in the Rongguo Mansion, and the concubine Yuan visited her relatives. After the visit, the princes and ladies of the Rongguo Mansion were allowed to live in the Grand View Garden, and Lin Daiyu lived in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.But the story space of the nineteenth chapter is not in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. This time, the plot involving Lin Daiyu is "the lingering tranquility of the day and the fragrance of the jade".This time, it shows the plot of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu being intimate, childhood sweethearts, and getting along happily, but you can hardly tell that there is love between the two at this time.

The signs of the love between the two were shown in the twenty-third chapter.Chapter 23 describes two people reading together in the garden of the Grand View Garden, under the peach tree. Everyone is too familiar with this plot.So through this time, the author has shown that there is a channel for the relationship between the two people, that is, those beautiful and positive things in the traditional Chinese culture before them, those that are against feudal ethics and mainstream values. Something to challenge, both of them accepted. Of course, there were some small conflicts and conflicts between them, but in essence, the two people bonded with each other in such a process. This is beautifully written in the book, and everyone is deeply impressed.

Then, in the twenty-sixth chapter, there will be a plot of "Xiaoxiang Pavilion is sleepy in spring and has a quiet love".In the last lecture, I mentioned that during that process, Cao Xueqin used sublime portrait descriptions and descriptions of the body language of the characters to show the deep friendship between the two characters.In that case, the friendship between the two of them began to develop in the direction of love.Because they read it and were inspired, one compared herself to Zhang Sheng, and the other disagreed with the other party comparing her to Cui Yingying, but they actually accepted such a positioning in their hearts, so they began their beautiful first love.This kind of first love in adolescence, in such an era, in such a noble mansion, its development is very difficult, there are many obstacles.The biggest obstacle is that Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue have spread a public opinion-"Golden Jade Marriage".According to them, a mysterious monk made a prophecy long ago: Xue Baochai, a beautiful and intelligent woman, must marry a son with jade because she wears a golden lock.It seems that this is a jade law that has been set by God and cannot be changed.Many people in the Grand View Garden and Rongguo Mansion knew about this public opinion, which put a lot of pressure on Lin Daiyu.In addition, as mentioned above, because Lin Daiyu did not get the inheritance that belonged to her after her father died, she was helpless and became a woman with no financial foundation and depended on others.

As for Xue Baochai, although their family's situation is much worse than when her father was alive, her brother still receives money from the palace and works as a royal comprador. The family has a house, a land, and a pawn shop, so it is very economical. strong.In addition, although Xue Baochai herself "pretends to be stupid, she keeps herself clumsy"—that is, she is never willing to reveal the real things in her heart directly, and always deals with them in a concealed and reserved way. relationship with others.But her love for Jia Baoyu is still revealed from time to time in one way or another. Others may not pay much attention to it, but Lin Daiyu will.Therefore, Lin Daiyu was always suspicious of what kind of emotional relationship between Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu.As for Jia Baoyu himself, although he loves Lin Daiyu very much, he is very interested in all young women and is willing to maintain a happy relationship with every young woman, not only for the ladies, but also for the maids. This also brought certain psychological obstacles to Lin Daiyu.She generally doesn't care about others, but for Xue Baochai, she is always thinking about the relationship between her and Jia Baoyu.Therefore, Lin Daiyu faces many difficulties in love autonomy, not only because of the feudal ethics, she feels that she has a rival in love, and suspects that Xue Baochai is hiding an adulterer. There are many delicate descriptions in this aspect in the novel.

Then, when the plot developed to the twenty-sixth chapter, the relationship between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu became clearer on both sides, and they both expressed to each other the kind of hint or express that can be called love.The plot flows further down, and at the twenty-seventh chapter, it is also about the situation in the Grand View Garden, that is, on April 26th, the Grain of Grass Festival, to bid farewell to the God of Flowers.At this time, Xue Baochai had a very famous act of fluttering butterflies; Lin Daiyu also had a very famous act of burying flowers.While burying the flowers, she recited "The Burial of Flowers", which reflected her tragic prediction and sigh of her own fate.Further down, in the thirty-second chapter, Bao and Dai shared their hearts. At this time, the love between the two of them reached a peak, Jia Baoyu broke the words, and Lin Daiyu completely understood. The relationship between them is no longer the friendship and hazy love between a boy and a girl, but a mature love.Jia Baoyu made it clear that in today's language, I only love you, and I want to marry you.Under the polygamous system at that time, I wanted to marry you as my main wife; although I didn’t get you now, I think about you day and night, and I get sick because of you.It expresses such a meaning.Lin Daiyu knew it well.Therefore, Cao Xueqin wrote about the development of Baoyu and Daiyu's relationship step by step, gradually developing from a relatively low stage to a high stage.However, the road of love is not smooth after all.Around the twenty-ninth chapter of their love, that is, before and after the ceremony at the Qingxu Temple, there was a big disturbance and serious conflicts.why?Cao Xueqin is really good at writing.In the flow of the plot of the ritual ceremony at Qingxu Temple, he wrote such a detail: Taoist Zhang of Qingxu Temple invited Jia Baoyu’s psychic jade out and showed it to his disciples and grandchildren. The Lingbaoyu was very excited and revered, so they offered their treasures one after another and put them in the tray, so when Taoist Zhang took the tray back, there was not only this psychic jade in it, but also many other treasures presented by the Taoists. Wearing items, including a golden unicorn.No one else was interested in this golden unicorn, but Jia Baoyu liked it very much when he saw it, so he grabbed it and kept it.

It was later explained in the book that Shi Xiangyun usually wears a golden unicorn.Originally, Xue Baochai's "golden marriage" had already disturbed Lin Daiyu, but now that the "gold" was not removed, another "gold" was added, which completely confused Lin Daiyu's thoughts.For this reason, Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu had a big quarrel, and the quarrel turned upside down, so that Jia's mother was alarmed in the end, and Jia's mother even cried because of this incident. Cao Xueqin's writing has multiple meanings. He didn't mean to tell readers: Jia Baoyu didn't love Lin Daiyu at that time, and the reason why he left Jin Qilin was because he transferred his love to Shi Xiangyun.Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun are indeed very close. He thinks Shi Xiangyun is a very good boudoir friend of his, and the two of them are very happy together.However, there are differences between him and Shi Xiangyun on major issues.For example, they had serious conflicts over issues such as improving his studies, whether he should participate in the communication in the power structure of men in that society, and so on.Shi Xiangyun persuaded him, saying that you don't hang out with us all the time, you should also meet those who are officials butchers, and learn about the economics of official career.Then Jia Baoyu was very angry and told her not to get off the stage face to face.Shi Xiangyun is close to Xue Baochai in terms of social value perception, and Jia Baoyu draws a clear line with her on this point.So on the whole, Jia Baoyu gets along very happily with her. Shi Xiangyun's character and Shi Xiangyun's talent all make him feel aesthetically pleasing, but their thoughts can't fully resonate. What he really loves in his heart reaches the level of mutual understanding. The person in question is indeed Lin Daiyu.

But why did Baoyu keep the golden unicorn?If we explore the story after eighty chapters from the perspective of the theory of exploration, we will know that this golden unicorn is a very important line and a very important prop. Zhiyanzhai's comments tell us that it will appear in at least one of the eighty chapters, and that chapter is about Shepu.Shooting garden is to shoot arrows in a garden, which should be an occasion for men's activities.Among the people in Shepu is a nobleman named Wei Ruolan.The name Wei Ruolan only appeared once in the first 80 chapters. It was when the funeral for Qin Keqing was held, and a list was made when it was said that someone would come to participate in the funeral. In the list, it was mentioned that there was a prince and grandson who was Wei Ruolan. .But his story was not written in the first eighty chapters.You may not have expected that such a name appeared as "Grass Snake Gray Line, Fu Yan Qianli". After the 80th chapter, Wei Ruolan will play an important role.Zhiyanzhai has seen some manuscripts written by Cao Xueqin after the 80th chapter, and told us that the golden unicorn that Baoyu obtained from Qingxu Temple will appear in the scene of Shepu, and the one worn by Wei Ruolan at that time The golden unicorn is the golden unicorn obtained from the concept of Qingxu.So, what is going on here?I will reveal the secret when I discuss Shi Xiangyun's fate with you. Now let's go back and talk about the relationship between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu left this golden unicorn at the time mainly because he thought Shi Xiangyun had one, and wouldn't it be interesting to give her another one?I think he is mainly out of such a naughty psychology.But Lin Daiyu quit, and her heart became confused.Of course, Xue Baochai was also in a very bad state before and after this time, that is, before and after the ceremony at Qingxuguan. disturbed?That easy to get angry?His words were sharper than Lin Daiyu's, and he didn't hesitate to get angry at a little girl named Liang'er? Both Daiyu and Baochai were in disarray, and Baoyu was caught in a dilemma under such circumstances, caught in the biggest crisis of his personal emotions and interpersonal relationships.So around the twenty-ninth chapter, Cao Xueqin wrote colorfully, putting together the emotional entanglement and character friction between the three people, together with other characters and other stories, to form a very vivid text.

By the thirty-sixth chapter of the novel, I personally think that Cao Xueqin has basically concluded the love entanglement between Bao, Dai, and Chai, and basically does not write too much about the relationship between the three of them in future chapters. Emotional friction and collision. The first half of the thirty-sixth chapter is called "Embroidered Mandarin Duck Mengzhaojiang Yunxuan". It is written that after Baoyu was severely beaten by his father, he has recovered from his injuries and lived a leisurely life during the recuperation period.One day Xue Baochai went there.Xiren originally sat beside Baoyu's couch embroidering mandarin ducks, but later went out temporarily. Xue Baochai couldn't help but sat beside Jia Baoyu's couch. The needle continues to embroider.Well, during this process, Jia Baoyu fell asleep, and after falling asleep, he talked in his sleep. This dream talk was thrilling, and everyone could recall it when he thought about it. He said: "How can you trust the words of monks and Taoists! What Marriage of gold and jade, I prefer marriage of wood and stone!" For this episode, readers have always been divided into two camps.One group said that Jia Baoyu was not actually asleep, at least not completely asleep, and that he was in a light sleep state, and he could hear everything around him.Because Xiren said she was going out for a while, she was talking to Baochai. Baochai was sitting next to the couch, and Jia Baoyu could feel Baochai from various angles, including the sense of smell.He said that on purpose so that Baochai could hear him.One of my two "Red fans" friends mentioned earlier insists on this view.This is his personal experience of reading this episode, and we can't refute him, because the text written by Cao Xueqin is not dead.Another "red fan" friend thought that Jia Baoyu would not be so absurd, why did he stab Baochai like this?Therefore, those words should be completely nonsense, he didn't know that Baochai was by his side at that time.But if you think about it carefully, Baoyu was thinking about this question in his dream, which is even more terrifying, isn't it?So from Xue Baochai's point of view, if Baoyu was sober, it would be embarrassing for her to say such words, but if Baoyu really yelled in her sleep, it would be even more unbearable for her.Fortunately, Baochai is a self-sufficient person, if it were someone else, he might faint at that time. So, in fact, when Cao Xueqin wrote about this place, he had already told readers that Jia Baoyu's idea could not be changed, that there could be no change.Through some contact with him later, Lin Daiyu also understood in her heart: Jia Baoyu really loves her, and she is going to marry her as his official wife, and there is only one official wife.So when Cao Xueqin wrote about this, it was tantamount to putting an end to the love relationship between Bao, Dai, and Chai. This is my opinion. Let's look further down. After that, Cao Xueqin openly wrote about the reconciliation and reconciliation between Dai and Chai. At this time, Zhi Yanzhai, Cao Xueqin's close collaborator, clearly told us in the commentary: one.We have no way to deny this text phenomenon, we have to admit that it is indeed the case.At the forty-second episode, I remember that I was very nervous when I watched this episode, why?Because Xue Baochai asked Lin Daiyu to talk to her, saying that she would be interrogated. I thought at the time, one is a female fighter against feudalism, and the other is a negative character who obeys feudalism and abides by feudal norms.There must be a good show.I'm just waiting to see how these two men will fight each other and have a big debate about whether they should abide by feudal norms. It must be a very hot scene!The result was beyond my expectation, I read it carefully, hey, that's not the case, the two reconciled!At that time, because I had a rigid subjective concept in my mind, I used the plots and characters in that set of novels, and the result was incongruity and dissonance with the information conveyed by the novel text.We should first throw away the subjective and a priori rules and regulations, read carefully, read the text itself, and then experience it in detail.Later, when I read it in this way, I understood the truth. Of course, my personal experience may not accurately reflect Cao Xueqin’s writing intentions, but I am willing to wholeheartedly dedicate my experience to everyone, and we can discuss it together.I think Cao Xueqin just wanted to write about Dai and Chai reconciling in the end. Why?Because he wrote a very beautiful side of Xue Baochai's character. Why did Xue Baochai want to interrogate Lin Daiyu?Because before that, Grandma Liu came to Rongguo Mansion for the second time, and left after having a hard time, but before leaving, she fought tooth cards with everyone. Here we only talk about Lin Daiyu's participation in Douya.She is a competitive person and has always been unwilling to lose. In the process of fighting cards, she needs to say some rhyming sentences, and must also conform to the situation on the tooth card at that time, so Lin Daiyu took out the words in it again.Others may not care about it, but Xue Baochai, she has read those things, her ears are sharp, and she memorized them, so she asked Lin Daiyu to go to her place afterwards, and talked about it with Lin Daiyu. It may be difficult for young people today to understand. Although I am older, I am far away from that era, and it was also difficult for me to understand at one time—you can see that the description in this novel is a bit weird, that is, they celebrate their birthdays , During festivals, when holding any big event, we have to arrange actors to perform. Sometimes we let our own actors perform, and sometimes we invite people to perform from outside. All the stories and stories of the novel can be performed on the stage. It's not a problem for young ladies to sit down and listen, but if you find a book to read, it's a big problem, even if you read pornographic songs, it's a crime!Why such an unwritten cultural taboo was formed at that time, I hope everyone can discuss it together. There is no branch here, but I think my summary of it is still accurate, and it is the same from the book. Xue Baochai believes that Lin Daiyu's utterance of such a dental order means that she not only watched the play, but must have read the book, read these obscene words and songs, wrote them down, and blurted them out.Xue Baochai was sure, so she interrogated Lin Daiyu.After some plot flow, we discovered that Xue Baochai's interrogation of Daiyu was not to squeeze Daiyu, but to protect her.Because in such a feudal family at that time, if Xue Baochai wanted to treat Lin Daiyu badly and destroy Lin Daiyu, she would have many ways, and she didn't have to go directly to sue. , It was naturally revealed by joking and joking: This Lin girl, you can see that she has never lost because of her eloquence that day, why?Oh, I didn't expect that she read "Hui Zhen Ji" ("Hui Zhen Ji"), and she still read it. Her memory is so good that she can quote it out of the mouth? ?In a non-complaint tone, she can reveal to her elders that Lin Daiyu read these obscene songs in private.Even if Jia's mother loves Lin Daiyu very much, she will definitely be unhappy.Mrs. Wang originally hoped that there would be some problems with Lin Daiyu so that Jia Baoyu could marry her sister's daughter and form a "golden marriage", so that the power of the Wang family could expand in Jia's mansion and control the financial and personnel power in Jia's mansion. It will be like a treasure.Xue Baochai did not do this, but pointed it out to Lin Daiyu face to face: this is very dangerous.Xue Baochai was very frank, to the extent that she told Lin Daiyu that she had read these books when she was a child, and she had read more and earlier than her.So, can she solve Lin Daiyu's value orientation problem?She didn't solve it, and she couldn't solve it, and Lin Daiyu didn't allow her to solve this problem, but Lin Daiyu understood and was very grateful for her protecting herself.So they made up.Of course, after reconciliation, the value orientation of the two people is still different. When reciting Liuxu Ci in the 70th chapter, you see, the two of them each wrote a poem. From the meaning of the words, it can be seen that their value orientations are completely different and contradict each other. Dai and Chai’s reconciliation, when I read it carefully later, I was still a little surprised, thinking why Cao Xueqin wrote it like that, but when I read Chapter 49, I found that Cao Xueqin was also surprised, and he expressed surprise through Jia Baoyu , have you noticed some descriptions in Chapter 49? This time, many newcomers were added to the Grand View Garden. Xue Baochai's cousin Xue Baoqin also came to Rongguo Mansion, as well as Li Wen and Li Qi, the two daughters of Li Wan's widowed aunt, and Xing Xiuyan, a niece of Mrs. Xing. The Grand View Garden was very lively at the moment.When there are too many people, the question of who is the most favored arises. As a result, under the circumstances at that time, a situation that surprised the readers is that the most favored is Xue Baoqin, a character who just appeared on the stage. Jia's mother fell in love with Xue Baoqin the moment she saw her, and forced Mrs. Wang to recognize her as her goddaughter. She also gave her a luxurious cloak that she hadn't shown for others to wear for a long time. (She was so kind to Lin Daiyu that she didn't show it to Lin Daiyu to wear).And at that time, other people who had just arrived were arranged to live in other people's residences in the Grand View Garden, but Xue Baoqin enjoyed the highest treatment and stayed with Jia Mu.If you read this text carefully, you will find that Mother Jia loves Xue Baoqin so much that Xue Baochai can't bear it, and she is jealous.It turned out that everyone thought that Lin Daiyu was the easiest to be jealous, the easiest to envy others, and the easiest to speak harsh words, right?But this time Cao Xueqin wrote about Xue Baochai, who has always been open-minded, with a wonderful pen, and he became jealous—he wrote about human nature very thoroughly and deeply—people are alive, complex, and abnormal.Later, Jia Mu sent someone to the Grand View Garden to inform everyone, saying that Baoqin is still young, and you all have to let her go.Xue Baochai said very dissatisfied words at that time: "You don't know where this blessing came from. You can go there. Be careful and we will persecute you. I don't believe it. I am not as good as you." Although he said it with a smile Yes, but her jealousy is no less than that of Lin Daiyu in many episodes before this one.However, it is not written in the book that Lin Daiyu reacted with jealousy.Completely different from Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu was very calm when she saw that Jia's mother liked Xue Baoqin so much.When she saw Xue Baoqin herself, she also thought it was pretty good, and she treated her like her younger sister, very affectionate, without any jealousy.No matter how much Jia's mother likes Xue Baoqin, Lin Daiyu thinks it's normal, she doesn't care.This situation was seen by Jia Baoyu, so there was a very interesting description: Baoyu saw the three of them huddled together, and began to be unhappy. Shouldn't he be happy?It turned out that there was a Xue Baochai and a golden lock, which made him very troubled. He would shout out words in his dreams, and Lin Daiyu was still worried; now, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai have reconciled, and even Xue Baochai's cousin came She won't be jealous of being so favored by Jia Mu after she was born. Isn't this world peaceful?However, young men and women in love are like this. If the other party is jealous, suspicious, or playful, he is of course very anxious; but if the other party suddenly calms down one day, it doesn't matter at all. Do you think he thinks it is a good thing?He will be sullen!Cao Xueqin wrote: Baoyu "was puzzled, because he thought: 'He was not like this two days ago, but now he looks ten times better than others'?? Baoyu looked at it, but secretly wondered." He found it very strange, so he seized an opportunity to ask Daiyu, using a single sentence: "When did Meng Guang take over the case of Liang Hong?" Liang Hong and Meng Guang are two people from the Han Dynasty. Liang Hong is a man and Meng Guang is a woman. They are husband and wife.After Meng Guang married Liang Hong, there was a very famous body language, that is, every time the meal was prepared and served in front of her husband, she did not dare to look at her husband at the same level, but raised the meal high to the level of her eyebrows , It's called raising the eyebrows. Then this "case", according to some scholars' textual research, it is " ", which is equivalent to the "bowl" of the rice bowl.Originally in life, it was Meng Guang who filed the case and Liang Hong came to pick it up, but the sentence in it was very playful, so I had to say it the other way around.Why did Jia Baoyu quote this sentence?It's because the situation is abnormal.When did Meng Guang take over Liang Hong's case?That is to say, it's too strange and makes people wonder: You were so jealous of her, I can't explain it anyway, well, now you have reconciled with her.Jia Baoyu said a sentence very vividly: "At first you only doubted me, but now you have nothing to say, and I am on the order instead." Young men and women in love are most afraid of being alone, and they are very happy when there is someone next to them who is a little awkward, stingy, and tricks, or they are also angry and stingy with each other, and they are stingy with each other. A lot of fun.Suddenly, everything was gone, and everything became very ordinary. At this time, I felt alone.Jia Baoyu felt that without Lin Daiyu's rival in love, he would be extraordinarily lonely, and he would lose a lot of complicated tastes in life, especially the pleasure of tasting Malatang.When he asked this question, Daiyu replied very seriously: "Who would have thought that he is really a good person, I usually only regard him as a hidden traitor." Lin Daiyu has an understanding of Xue Baochai's basic qualities: we have different value orientations, so we can only go our own way, but I think you are a good person because you don't harm others.Not only do you not harm others, but you also protect them. If you do not hide adultery in your conduct, I will treat you well.The two of them reconciled like this.The combination of Dai and Chai is Cao Xueqin's overall design for the whole book, which can be understood with a little familiarity with the text.For example, in Chapter 5 of the book, in the book of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling in the Taixuan Fantasia, Dai and Chai are combined into a painting and a poem; It is a song; Fairy Jing Huan later gave Jia Baoyu a sexual enlightenment in his dream, introduced him to a beautiful woman, and then said that this is her sister, so the description of this beautiful woman in the text is as follows: "Bright and beautiful Some of them are like Baochai; others are like Daiyu when they are romantic and graceful." "The baby name is both beautiful and the character is lovely." Zhi Yanzhai also repeatedly pointed out to readers in other comments: "Although there are two names for chai and jade, People are all in the same body, this is also a magic pen. Please read Baochai's writing after Daiyu's death, and you can see that the rest of the words are not wrong." She has a basis for saying this. After reading the manuscripts after eighty chapters, she knew that after Daiyu's death, Baochai still had an attitude towards Daiyu. Through this attitude, Zhi Yanzhai believed that these two people were "although they were two people." , but a person is all in one body, this magic pen is also ".This sentence is difficult to understand, because we have not seen the text after the 80th chapter, and Zhi Yanzhai is not completely equal to Cao Xueqin in terms of ideology and artistic pursuit, and some places may be misunderstood, but she is impossible I deliberately said some weird and wrong words, so it is worth referring to.I personally think that the problem is actually very simple.First of all, the reason why Cao Xueqin wrote about the reconciliation of Dai and Chai in such a way that Zhi Yanzhai put forward the view that the two people are actually one person is because Cao Xueqin told us in the fifth chapter that all these women are Bo Mingsi. Inside, although Lin Daiyu pursues individual liberation and lives by her own temperament, the result is a tragedy. Xue Baochai desperately restrains herself and strives to abide by the feudal norms, but in the end she cannot escape the tragic fate.That society is evil, and it will not give these daughters different fates because of their different personal value orientations. In the end, it will deal a heavy blow to their lives, and their endings are all tragic.Cao Xueqin does not want readers to have a misunderstanding, thinking that because of the different emotional value orientations and personalities of these boudoir daughters, some of them will have a good fate.He wants to accuse the society of mutilating young boudoir girls, which is a basic position of his.Therefore, he wrote and wrote and finally told us that neither of these two people escaped the evil palm of fate in the end, and both ended in tragedy. This also shows that Cao Xueqin is not just writing a romance novel. After concluding the emotional entanglement between Daiyu, Baochai and Baoyu, he let go to write a broader life.Later, he used it several times in a row to write about the complex interpersonal conflicts in the Grand View Garden, and about the various things that happened in order to compete for the inner kitchen. There were so many characters on the scene, and the story was intricate; etc.This fully shows that it is inaccurate to simply summarize it as a novel about young men and women fighting for the freedom of love and marriage.I have talked about the political projection a lot before, and some people think that my point of view is a completely political novel, but I don’t think so.All in all, I think it is a social novel that depicts the different destinies of many different characters, shows a broad picture of life, and explores the deepest mysteries of human nature.Zhi Yanzhai's comment reveals that Lin Daiyu is going to die in the end, so what is Lin Daiyu's final ending?If Lin Daiyu herself said that her fate is "forced by wind, knife, frost, and sword", or that her situation is so dangerous that "mantises catch cicadas, and orioles follow behind"—this is of course a metaphor—then if She compares to "Cicada", who is "Praying Mantis"?Who is "The Oriole"?The next lecture will answer this question.