Chapter 19 Chapter Four: The Mystery of Shi Xiangyun's Golden Kirin

If we want to clarify Shi Xiangyun's "beautiful and handsome man" and her future fate, the matter of Jin Qilin cannot be bypassed. What happened to the golden unicorn?Everyone remembers that in the story of the ritual ceremony in Qingxu Temple, Daoist Zhang came out with a tray, saying that he wanted to invite Jia Baoyu’s psychic jade and show it to his disciples and grandchildren, because it is a very rare treasure. It is something that is held in the mouth from birth, and there are auspicious words engraved on it, which is worth opening the eyes of all the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, and at the same time absorbing some auspicious breath.Jia's mother agreed, and Jia Baoyu took the psychic jade from his neck, and Taoist Zhang took it out to show.When Taoist Zhang came back, there were not only psychic gems in the tray, but also many other things.It turned out that after Taoist Zhang’s disciples and grandchildren saw the psychic gem, in order to express their congratulations and respect, they put some of their precious adornments—the Taoist priests don’t wear these things to decorate themselves, they are magic tools for preaching, and they have religious aspects. The special meaning of - offer it, put it on that tray.After Jia Baoyu took back his psychic jade and put it on, he fiddled with the things offered by the Taoist priests, and noticed that it was written in the book: Among those things, there was a golden unicorn with red gold and emerald greens, which first aroused Jia Mu's attention. Interested, Mother Jia took the golden unicorn in her hand, and she had an association—whose child is also wearing such a one, and who?Jia's mother couldn't remember it for a while, so Xue Baochai told Jia's mother that Shi Xiangyun had one, which was smaller than this one.Jia Baoyu expressed surprise, saying that she often came to live there, but he had never seen it before.

Tanchun said next to her, Sister Bao is careful and remembers everything.This is a word of praise, but Daiyu followed up, saying that her mind is still limited in other things, but she pays more attention to these people's accessories.This was obviously a sarcasm, Baochai pretended not to hear.At this point, the matter should have passed like a gust of wind, but Baoyu heard that there was a golden unicorn in Xiangyun, and immediately increased his interest in that golden unicorn. Of course, Daiyu saw him, and this led to more and more conflicts between Daiyu and him. Why did Cao Xueqin write Golden Qilin?There have been many readers and critics who have conducted heated discussions and analysis, but the differences are not small, and it is difficult to form a consensus.

We all know that there is a popular version, and the title of the book is "Jin Yu Yuan". The name "Jin Yu Yuan" has nothing to do with Cao Xueqin.In the ancient editions, Cao Xueqin listed many different names of this book, including "Love Monk Record", "Fengyue Baojian", "Jinling Twelve Beauties", etc. There is no mention of "Golden Jade Fate", and most of them are called it in the end.Cheng Weiyuan, Gao E and the others saved the 120 chapters of the book, named it, and the title of "Jin Yu Yuan" has nothing to do with them.As a popular version, "Jin Yu Yuan" appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. Although it was once popular, judging from the title of the book, it is known that it is far from the original intention of Cao Xueqin.

Of course, in the book, Jia Baoyu's psychic jade and Xue Baochai's golden lock are two very important props that run through.However, regardless of the 40 chapters continued by Gao E and the first 80 chapters of Cao Xueqin, the book has clearly stated that despite the so-called monk's prophecy and the efforts of Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue , and even Yuan Chun expressed his intention to marry, and Xue Baochai couldn't suppress it and clearly showed his love for Jia Baoyu, but Jia Baoyu resolutely resisted "golden and jade marriage". : "How can you trust the words of monks and Taoists! What marriage of gold and jade, I would say it is marriage of wood and stone!"——In the 120 chapters of the passbook produced by Cheng and Gao, although they tampered with some of the first 80 chapters of Cao Xueqin However, they still kept Jia Baoyu's clear-cut "dream stories", and there were also some in the current version of the book titled "Jin Yu Yuan".From the perspective of Jia Baoyu, the main protagonist in the book, his life, to some extent, is a life of resisting and getting rid of the "golden and jade marriage".Even in Gao E's sequels of "Mu Huang En" and "Yan Shi Ze", after Jia Baoyu was tricked into marrying Xue Baochai, he still broke free from the cage of "golden jade marriage" and became a monk.It can be seen that it is inappropriate to use "Golden Marriage" to summarize this novel.

In the eighth chapter of the book, the Tongling Baoyu and Jinsuo are officially written, with very detailed descriptions and graphics.Unexpectedly, in the twenty-ninth chapter, another golden unicorn associated with the psychic gem appeared.This golden unicorn is even more highlighted in Chapter 31.There is only one golden lock, but there are two golden unicorns, a small one, which should be female, worn by Shi Xiangyun; and a large one, which should be male, which was obtained by Jia Baoyu.Jia Baoyu carried the golden unicorn in his bosom in Qingxu Temple, in order to give it to Shi Xiangyun, so that the male and female golden unicorns could make a pair.

So, Jia Baoyu left the golden unicorn and wanted to give it to Shi Xiangyun. Does it mean that Jia Baoyu wants to show love to Shi Xiangyun?of course not.It is clearly written in the book that the appearance of this golden unicorn first disturbed Daiyu's heart. Originally, Baochai's golden lock always hurt her heart. The relationship seems to have become a four-corner relationship.In addition, in Qingxu Temple, Taoist Zhang proposed marriage to Baoyu in front of everyone. Although Jia's mother refused Taoist Zhang's marriage proposal, and there was something in her words, which was aimed at "marriage between wood and stone", Daiyu didn't understand.The golden unicorn came from Taoist Zhang again, making the shadow of "Golden Jade Marriage" more intense.Daiyu felt that both Chai and Xiang had gold, and they could match gold with jade, but she had nothing to match with jade, so she quarreled with Baoyu, saying that she should not hinder Baoyu's good marriage, and Baoyu was in a hurry. Yes, swear and swear, and there is a lot of trouble.There is such a passage in the book: "It turns out that Baoyu was born with a kind of obscene dementia since he was a child. Since he was a child, he and Lin Daiyu have been in love with each other. Now that he is a little aware of current events, he has read those evil books and out-of-the-way biography. None of the boudoirs in the homes of distant relatives and close friends has touched Daiyu, so I have something on my mind, so it’s hard to say it??” It’s hard for him to say it, we readers can say it clearly for him That is, he loves Daiyu and wants to marry Daiyu as his wife. On this point, he never considers Baochai and Xiangyun.Therefore, he kept the golden unicorn he got from Qingxu Temple and planned to give it to Shi Xiangyun to make a pair. It had absolutely nothing to do with love. At that time, he just thought it was fun.

Daiyu paid attention to the golden unicorn after the ceremony at Qingxuguan, and Baochai had noticed long ago that there was a smaller golden unicorn in Xiangyun.Cao Xueqin wrote very detailed and accurate.Mother Jia only had a vague impression of Xiangyun's golden unicorn. Firstly, she was old and dim-sighted, and secondly, she didn't have to pay attention to what the girls around her were wearing.Baoyu has lived with Jiamu for a long time. In the past, when Xiangyun came, he also lived with Jiamu. They played in the same space, but the golden unicorn was usually worn under the coat and was not conspicuous. Baoyu would not show it occasionally. pay attention.It is not mentioned in the book that Daiyu has long been concerned about Xiangyun wearing the golden unicorn, but it is written that the two of them slept in the same bed, of course Lin Daiyu had seen it, but before another golden unicorn appeared in Qingxu Temple, Daiyu might think it was just a piece of gold unicorn. It's just an ordinary accessory, not inlaid in her consciousness, she does have a pure heart.But Baochai is a man of the city. At that stage of the story, Baochai hadn't lived with Xiangyun before, but when the girls were in close contact with each other, she noticed that Xiangyun was wearing a golden unicorn in his coat. When another golden unicorn appeared in the Qingxu Temple, she would immediately have a comparison in size. Of course, this does not necessarily mean that she has long been wary of the golden unicorn on Xiangyun, but at least it also shows that she is wary of the golden unicorn on any young lady. All gold ornaments have extraordinary sensitivity.

The twenty-ninth episode of Qingxu Guanjiao is a big scene in the book, second only to the concubine Yuan's visiting relatives, and the space of the story expands beyond the two mansions of Ning and Rong, but Shi Xiangyun does not appear in these two big scenes .I have analyzed in the last few lectures that the concubine Yuan's visit to relatives is very fictional, and the author writes Shi Xiangyun completely from the reality of life, and in any plot that is too fictional, she is not arranged to appear; I don't think there are many purely fictional elements in the plot, and it should be very realistic. The absence of Shi Xiangyun is because there was no prototype of this character involved in the real funeral ceremony.In the descriptions of Concubine Yuan's visiting relatives, Shi Xiangyun does not appear, nor does she have any information about her, but in the plot of Qingxu Temple's funeral, Shi Xiangyun himself does not appear, but through Jin Qilin, information about her is added.

The matter about the golden unicorn did not end there.In the thirty-first chapter, Shi Xiangyun came to Rongguo Mansion again. When she and her girl Cuilu were walking in the Grand View Garden, there was a conversation about yin and yang. Cuilu asked her what is yin and what is yang, and she cited Many examples illustrate this problem. As we talked, at last, under the rose trellis, I found a golden unicorn lost by someone. Cui Ling picked it up and showed it to Shi Xiangyun. The one I wear is exactly the same, only bigger and better.So who dropped this golden unicorn there?Readers who have read the previous episode can easily guess that it was dropped by Jia Baoyu accidentally.After getting the golden unicorn from Taoist Zhang, Jia Baoyu carried it in his bosom, and later he might put on a rope and wear it for playing; in the last episode, the thirtieth episode, there was a scene in which he stood on a rose On the side of the flower stand, through the flower stand, I saw a girl squatting there, continuously drawing the word "Qiang" on the ground. At that time, Baoyu felt strange, and vaguely recognized the girl as a little opera raised by the mansion—— —One of the so-called "Twelve Officials of the Red Chamber"-but which "official" it is cannot be determined. Why did she repeatedly draw the word "Qiang" with the hairpin?It's really puzzling.Then suddenly it started to rain, Baoyu persuaded the girl to take shelter from the rain, and the girl over there reminded him in turn, so he felt that he was drenched by the rain and ran away in a panic.Cao Xueqin did not explicitly mention that Baoyu dropped the golden unicorn in a panic, but when readers read that Xiangyun and Cuilu found the golden unicorn under the rose trellis, they should be able to understand that it is the golden unicorn that Baoyu obtained from Qingxu.

Because of Jin Qilin, Daiyu and Baoyu had a big fight, but through Baoyu's "pleading guilty", the two communicated and basically reconciled.Daiyu was not so wary of the golden unicorn anymore, and Baoyu didn't feel that the golden unicorn was causing any trouble, so she wore it casually.Baoyu lost the golden unicorn in order to avoid the rain, which shows that he was wearing it for playing and didn't cherish it very much. Maybe the rope he wore was not very strong. When he turned around to avoid the rain, it broke and fell there. When he returned to Yihong Courtyard, he didn't notice either.Shi Xiangyun came again, he was planning to give her the golden unicorn, but when he saw her, he didn't think of it right away. He didn't think of it until he had already picked up the golden unicorn, and he thought he was attacking her. The person kept it there, and the attacker said, didn't you always carry it?Baoyu realized that he had lost it.That's why Xiangyun knew that the golden unicorn that Baoyu picked up was intended to be given to him by Baoyu, so Xiangyun showed the golden unicorn, and Baoyu saw that it was indeed the one he got in Qingxu.This plot continued until the beginning of Chapter 32. There is one detail that everyone must remember clearly, that is, after Xiangyun showed the golden unicorn that he picked up, Baoyu reached out to take it.Didn't he keep it and want to give it to Xiangyun?Now it happens to be in Xiangyun's hands, so he should say don't pay me back, I was going to give it to you in the first place.But this place in the book is a bit strange. Baoyu did not realize his original intention of giving Xiangyun as a gift, and he still kept the golden unicorn.Of course, during this process, Bao and Xiang had some teasing conversations. Shi Xiangyun said, fortunately, this is the case. If Minger also loses the seal, is it all right?Baoyu said, I lost Yin Ping. If I lost this, I should die.

These words, some theorists always put Shang Gang on the line, saying that you see Baoyu sneered at the official seal, which shows that it is anti-feudal.What about Xiangyun?But the official seal is so important, it can be seen that Xiangyun is backward in thought.In fact, there is no need to look at it this way. I think this is just a joke between boys and girls.After these two jokes, in the first eighty chapters, there was no plot involving the golden unicorn. What do these words about the golden unicorn really mean?The golden unicorn was included in the book review, and the second half of the thirty-first chapter is called "Because of the Qilin Fu Baishou Double Star" - in the existing ancient books, except for Yang Zang's book, the rest of the books all emphasize the golden unicorn in the book, so it can be seen that the golden unicorn It is very important, and it is not the same as the golden star that Jia Mu gave to Qin Zhong in the eighth episode, the kind of props that flashed by in the cutscene. What is "double star"?In the past, it mostly refers to the stars Altair and Vega in the sky, but by extension it refers to a pair of lovers or a couple.Then the meaning of "Because of a unicorn laying on the white-headed twin stars", when broken down, should be "because of a pair of golden unicorns, ambush a pair of white-haired couples". This is a lot of thinking. Indeed, when the story develops from the twenty-ninth back to the thirty-second chapter, a pair of golden unicorns appeared in the plot, one is Shi Xiangyun's original, smaller, female; the other is Jia Baoyu's from Qingxu concept , bigger, male.Then, the most ready-made explanation is that Shi Xiangyun married Jia Baoyu later, and their husband and wife lived together forever.That is to say, Shi Xiangyun was "worthy of a talented and handsome man", and that "talented and beautiful man" was Jia Baoyu. However, it is precisely from the twenty-ninth back to the thirty-eighth chapter that it focuses on Baoyu's unchanging love for Daiyu, and Jiamu's escort for their "marriage of wood and stone".In the 30th and 31st chapters, it is written that Aunt Shi Xiangyun has made an engagement for her, and the husband she betrothed is definitely not Jia Baoyu. Originally, Cao Xueqin had already designed a golden lock on Xue Baochai's neck corresponding to Jia Baoyu's psychic jade, forming the shadow of "golden jade marriage".It is not easy to write the tug-of-war between "Golden Jade Marriage" and "Wood and Stone Marriage". Unexpectedly, he wrote a pair of golden unicorns, gold on top of gold, which constitutes the fate of Shi Xiangyun—and it also involves Jia Baoyu— - a large group of doubts.It is even more difficult to write in this way. The so-called "why not be afraid of difficulties like this"?Zhiyanzhai called Cao Xueqin's writing method "intermediate color method". The "secondary color method" was originally a technique in Chinese classical painting.What is secondary color?As we all know, a color can be subdivided, such as red, red can form a very long pedigree from light to deep: light red, reddish, light red, pink, silver red, carmine, peony red, Polygonum red , deep red, bright red, positive red, vermilion, purple red, golden red, black red? ?When painting, dare to superimpose colors of the same pedigree on the same color. For example, my base is already red, but I use another red color to paint on it. This is very difficult and dangerous. I am not a great painter. , Generous, dare not try easily.It’s the same with writing novels. You’ve set up a shadow of “Golden Jade Marriage”, and then a pair of golden unicorns suddenly appear, forming a cloud of suspicion. For a while, interpersonal relationships become extraordinarily complicated, with triangles, four corners, and even five corners, going back and forth. If the plot is unfolded in this way, if it seems very strenuous and confusing, then readers will not be able to continue reading.But Cao Xueqin wrote very calmly, the plot flows like a meandering stream, with gurgling sounds, even though he doesn't know the end of the story for a while, it is very natural and comfortable to read.This is the victory of using the "second color method". Shi Xiangyun wrote that she was engaged in the thirty-first chapter, and did not write about her marriage in the eighty chapters, but hinted at her marital status in the fifth chapter. Maung Xianlang, won forever, must have lost the bumpy shape when she was a child.”——It can be seen that after eighty chapters, she will write about her going from engagement to marriage.Judging from these three sentences, she is very lucky. Although she can't control her own destiny and let her uncle and aunt do it for her, she married a "talented and handsome man", and they are very satisfied with each other, and they plan to last forever. It seems that this marriage has made up for all the ups and downs and misfortunes in her early years.But the song does not end here. The following sentences describe the final result: "In the end, the clouds will disperse in Gaotang, and the water will dry up in the Xiangjiang River. This is the ebb and flow of the world. Why bother to be sad?" The last two sentences are fatalistic sighs. Leaving aside, "Yunsan Gaotang" and "Gaotang" used an allusion from "Gaotang Fu" by Song Yu of Chu State in the Warring States Period, referring to the life of husband and wife, so, obviously, their good wishes when they got married were in vain , There is still no married life for a long time; "The Xiangjiang River dries up" uses the allusion that Shun's two concubines died in Cangwu and finally drowned in the Xiangjiang River.So it can be seen that Shi Xiangyun not only separated from her husband after marriage, and lost her husband and wife life, but also her husband died at all later. "Yun San Gao Tang" and "Water Dry Xiangjiang River" have her name embedded in them. This originally innocent, hearty and open-minded woman was finally included in the album of "Bo Ming Si".Shi Xiangyun was engaged to her, and the husband she married in the end, that is, the "talented and handsome man", the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was definitely not Jia Baoyu.In the thirty-first chapter, Mrs. Wang mentioned her betrothal, using the tone of talking about other people's family. If her betrothed was Jia Baoyu, why would Mrs. Wang talk to her like that?Mrs. Wang is Jia Baoyu's mother.The thirty-second time, when Xiren congratulated her, he also used a tone that had nothing to do with Jia Baoyu. Since the "talented and handsome man" is not Jia Baoyu, who could it be?In the first eighty chapters, is there any trace of this young master? We are unable to see the post-eighty chapters written by Cao Xueqin now, but fortunately, Zhiyanzhai left us two valuable comments, which made us see the distant glow in our confusion.One comment is the back comment of the 31st chapter, which says, "In the next ten chapters, the unicorn that Ruolan matched in Shepu is exactly the same unicorn. The outline is in this chapter. The so-called grass snake gray line is thousands of miles away. That is to say, Cao Xueqin finished writing it, and Zhi Yanzhai read all the manuscripts, so when Zhi Yanzhai read this part again, he added such a comment, praising Cao Xueqin's skill in setting up foreshadowing, revealing Come out, after the eighty chapters, there is a plot of Shepu, in which there is a person named Ruolan, Ruolan is an abbreviation, we will find that in the first eighty chapters, in the fourteenth chapter, When writing about the princes and grandsons who came to participate in Qin Keqing's funeral, Wei Ruolan appeared in the list, and Ruolan was obviously referring to Wei Ruolan.This Wei Ruolan wore a unicorn in the episode of Shepu. This unicorn happened to be the one that Cui Ling picked up to show Shi Xiangyun, and it was also the big one that Jia Baoyu obtained from Qingxu Temple. Male unicorn.Shi Xiangyun has always been wearing a small female unicorn. The big male unicorn was not worn on Jia Baoyu in the end, but on Wei Ruolan. It can be seen that the "talented and handsome man" Shi Xiangyun married and married was not Jia Baoyu was Wei Ruolan. In fact, before the words Jin Qilin appeared in the main text, there was a comment long ago in the twenty-sixth chapter, saying: "It's a pity that Wei Ruolan's Shepu text is lost and has no manuscript, sigh." This comment is shorter, but there is no Using the abbreviation to write the full name of Wei Ruolan, it can be seen that after the eighty chapters, Cao Xueqin had already completely written the story about Wei Ruolan's Shepu, but the written manuscript was mysteriously "lost". Zhi Yanzhai couldn't help sighing helplessly. Then, someone will definitely ask: What is Shepu?Shepu has the same meaning as learning archery, school archery, and archery.In the Qing Dynasty, the Manchus seized power through armed forces, so later emperors, especially Emperor Kangxi, emphasized Wenzhiwugong, that is, since the whole of China has been ruled, of course Wenzhi must be emphasized, but it must not be abandoned. Therefore, the emperor took the lead in practicing martial arts, and one of the important items was to practice archery. There was also a trend in noble families, that is, men often practiced archery on horseback.Of course, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, the rule of law was no longer good, and martial arts declined even more. Emperor Guangxu was so weak, how could he still ride and shoot?The disciples of the Eight Banners also only know how to eat, drink and play, they can't write in literature, and they can't use martial arts-this is a later story, and I won't say much.In the era Cao Xueqin lived, the emperor and the men of Manchuria's Eight Banners still practiced martial arts.So, is this situation reflected in it?some.If you recall, there is such a detail in the twenty-sixth chapter: Baoyu came out of Yihong Courtyard, "I saw two deer arrows running towards the hillside over there. Baoyu didn't understand what it meant. Puzzled, I saw Jia Lan chasing him with a small bow from behind." Baoyu asked Jia Lan, "Why shoot him well?" Jia Lan replied grandly, "Practice riding and shooting." Disapprovingly, he said: "I planted my teeth, so I didn't practice at that time." This is a reflection of the Manchu martial arts atmosphere at that time.At the same time, it is also a foreshadowing——later on the decline of Jia’s mansion, other people can be said to be "annihilated", but Li Wan and Jia Lan were preserved. Zigui died of joy.The other is the seventy-fifth chapter, which writes that Jia Zhen summoned a group of noble children to set up a scorpion in the arrow path downstairs of Tianxiang Building in Ningguo Mansion, and practice archery there-a swan is an arrow target.Of course, Jia Zhen is ridiculous. At the beginning, he talked about practicing arm strength, and then started a gambling game under the name of "resting his arms and strengthening his strength", causing a mess.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng didn't see Jia Zhen's absurdity, and thought that their family "belongs to Wuyin", that is, the titles of Ningguogong and Rongguogong that their ancestors got, and they were all a way to set up the emperor's charge on the battlefield. The glory obtained through hard work is passed down. Whether it is Jia She's first-class general or Jia Zhen's third-class mighty general, they all belong to the rank of "Wu". Traditions should be inherited, so they all supported Jia Zhen's organization of shooting swans and forced Baoyu to learn archery. Of course Jia Lan went, and even Jia Huan, who was the laziest and least willing to do serious things, had to go.The so-called shooting garden should be a similar shooting activity, except that the venue is in a "garden", which may be a "flower garden" or a "vegetable garden".Wei Ruolan and some people are practicing archery in the "garden", it may not be the kind of fake trick presided over by Jia Zhen, but a serious exercise before the actual battle, and in that episode, Wei Ruolan On his body, he was wearing that big red gold and emerald male unicorn. Wei Ruolan is a grandson of a prince. His family background and economic foundation should be very good. Judging from the homonym of his name, "the smell is like bluegrass", and his appearance and temperament are also very good.It may be that Wei Ruolan has reached the age of marriage. Through the official media, the Wei family met the historian who was about to find Shi Xiangyun's husband's family. The two sides compared the birth dates of Ruolan and Xiangyun. Later, the Wei family sent a woman to the historian's house for a blind date. They had a good impression of Xiangyun himself, so the parents of both parties arranged for them, and they made a marriage first, and then they got married formally.Wei Ruolan may be an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs, with an air of celestial being, so it is not unreasonable to describe her as a "talented and handsome man".Some people insist that only Jia Baoyu can be called "Xianlang", because it is written in the book that he is a servant of Shenying from the heaven, but in fact, a mortal without the status of heaven, if he is really good, he can also be described as "immortal". In fact, Miaoyu is a mortal on earth, and in the book she is praised as "talented than immortal", which means that she surpassed the immortals in heaven. In the fourteenth chapter, Wei Ruolan's name is arranged together with Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun. The names of Chen Yejun and Wei Ruolan only appeared once in the first eighty chapters, but they are by no means superfluous. , I analyzed in the previous lectures that Chen Yejun may have a relationship with Miaoyu, and Wei Ruolan has a relationship with Shi Xiangyun, Zhi Yanzhai said it clearly in the comments.Since Chen and Wei are juxtaposed with Feng Ziying, it can be seen that their living conditions are similar.Feng Ziying appeared secretly and publicly many times in the first 80 chapters. I analyzed in the previous lectures that he was a staunch member of the "Moon" faction's political forces under the banner of "Prince Yizhong and Lao Qiansui". The political forces of the "Japanese" faction represented by Wang are fighting each other openly and covertly. Therefore, the Shepu activity that the 80th back guard Ruolan participated in should be the military exercise of the "Moon" faction before going all out.The so-called "double star" broadly refers to a loving couple. Strictly speaking, it refers to Niulang and Zhinv who love each other but are difficult to reunite. In this state, the forward guard Ruolan wears a large male unicorn on his body, and does not take it off when conducting military exercises.Of course, the "Moon" faction failed in the end, Wei Ruolan sacrificed, "the clouds scattered in Gaotang", "the water dried up in the Xiangjiang River", and the good wishes of "winning forever and forever" came to nothing. Speaking of this, the problem of "talented and handsome man" seems to be solved, and the problem of "because of the unicorn and the white head double star" seems to be almost solved. However, if you think about it carefully, the problem of "because of the unicorn and the white first double star" has not been solved, and the difficulty of the problem has even become greater.I have said so much above, I can only say that "Yin Qilin Fu double star" was explained, and "Bai Shou" was not explained.When Shi Xiangyun and Wei Ruolan got married, both of them were still very young. The story flowed down, and when the two factions of "Moon" and "Sun" came to a showdown, it was nothing more than a few years. How can it be "white head"?If the "white head" does not refer to the two of them, then who is it referring to?Eileen Chang is an excellent novelist and a red scholar. In a book, she puts forward one of her explanations.She believes that Cao Xueqin constantly adjusted and even changed his thinking during the process of writing this book. At the beginning, he wanted to write a story about "Because of Qilin Fubai's First Double Star". This story will appear in eighty chapters, and he It was prophesied in advance through the review in the thirty-first chapter, but, as it was written, he changed his mind, and he gave up such an idea.The basis for Zhang Ailing's argument is that she found an ancient book, which is Yang Jizhen's collection, also known as "Dream of Red Mansions".Now that Cao Xueqin has given up the idea of ​​"Because of the Qilin and the White-headed Double Star", it is meaningless for us to explore who the "White-headed Double Star" refers to.However, among the many ancient books handed down from generation to generation, only the thirty-first chapter of this kind is different. Therefore, although Zhang Ailing's statement is self-contained, it is difficult to become a consensus, and I do not agree with it. There is another saying, which sounds bizarre at first glance, but makes sense when you think about it.May I ask where did the golden unicorn appear?In the view of Qingxu, it is related to Taoist Zhang, and the golden unicorn was first seen by Jiamu.So at the scene, is there any old man with white head?Of course, one is Mother Jia, and the other is Daoist Zhang——A Taoist is different from a monk. A monk has to be shaved bald, while a Taoist has to keep his fetal hair. Taoist Zhang should already have gray hair—— Therefore, the "white-headed twin stars" are actually Jia Mu and Zhang Taoist who are lurking. When they were young, they met and fell in love, but later they had lovers who did not get married.Jia's mother——Miss Shijia at that time, she was married to Jia Daishan, and the Zhang family son who fell in love with her became angry and went to a Taoist temple to become a Taoist priest.Please note that Taoist Zhang has a special identity. He is the substitute of Rong Guogong, that is, the substitute of Jia Mu’s husband Jia Daishan. This identity sounds strange to us modern people, but it was actually rare in the past and has a lot of meaning. what!When the book writes about the scene of the ritual ceremony at Qingxu Temple, Jia Daishan had passed away long ago, and Jia’s mother had been a widow for many years. When she arrived at Qingxu Temple, she met Taoist Zhang. , why do you write the same manuscript as the Duke of the country that day!" After speaking, tears streamed down her face, and Jia's mother couldn't help but her face was also full of tears.What happened to this pair of white-haired old men?It can be seen that they have been in love, but like Altair and Vega, they are always in love and cannot get together. This situation can be summed up by "because of the unicorn and the white first double star", isn't it perfect?This kind of interpretation was put forward by critics in the Qing Dynasty, and "red fans" throughout the history have also speculated in this way. My brother Liu Xinhua has expressed this view to me many times.Please note that I am only introducing a unique understanding of "Yin Qilin Fu Baishou Binary Star" here, which is not my point of view. Why do I disagree with the above point of view?It is the scene where Mother Jia and Taoist Zhang cry when they meet, and it is in the twenty-ninth chapter. If the author really wants to allude to a tragic history of the two white-haired men, then the chapter "Because of the Qilin Fu Baishou Double Star" should appear in Chapter 29. The twenty-ninth chapter, but this chapter was settled in the thirty-first chapter. In the thirty-first chapter, Zhang Daoshi was completely absent, and Jia Mu also retreated as a background character. The first half of the chapter described Qingwen Torn the fan, the second half is about Cuilu and Xiangyun asking and answering about yin and yang, and finally picking up the golden unicorn.Chapter 31 always serves to summarize the plot of the story, and Chapter 31 cannot summarize the content of Chapter 29 without exception. Although it is not unreasonable and interesting, it cannot explain why the retrospective is misaligned with the content. Then, we might as well go back to Jia Baoyu to think about this issue.The "talented and handsome man" Shi Xiangyun got engaged and married was Wei Ruolan, not Jia Baoyu.However, when Wei Ruolan was in Shepu later, the golden unicorn that Jia Baoyu wore was obtained from Qingxu Guan. At that time, Shi Xiangyun showed Jia Baoyu the golden unicorn he had picked up, and Jia Baoyu took it and didn't give it to her again.The detail written at the beginning of the thirty-second chapter, I remind everyone to pay attention to it, what is the purpose of paying attention to it?It is possible to understand how the big male golden unicorn got to Wei Ruolan's place.The biggest possibility is that it was revealed after the eighty chapters that when Wei Ruolan and Shi Xiangyun officially got married, Jia Baoyu gave it to Wei Ruolan as a congratulatory gift.It was of course a very decent gift, and a very coincidental gift: Shi Xiangyun originally had a small female, but Wei Ruolan now has a big male, and the male and female golden unicorns are a perfect match, witnessing their marriage is really "a match made in heaven" ".Of course, after eighty chapters, it will be written that this happy marriage was destroyed by the hideous real politics after all. So, what happened to Shi Xiangyun after Wei Ruolan died?Wei Ruolan died, where did the big male unicorn he was wearing go? Everyone should notice that in Chapter 31, when Cuilu picked up the golden unicorn, Shi Xiangyun stretched out his hand and held it in his palm.Shi Xiangyun is a talkative person, and she has to croak while sleeping on the bed. There are many descriptions of her chattering in the eighty chapters of the book, and she is silently lost in thought, and this is the only one.Why is that?In my opinion, this shows that Shi Xiangyun was shocked by the coincidence in front of her eyes. She may have vaguely realized that the encounter between the female unicorn she was wearing and this male unicorn was a harbinger of her future destiny.Then, after Wei Ruolan's sacrifice, will the development trajectory of Shi Xiangyun's future fate change dramatically due to the existence of the male unicorn?Although it is said that Jia Baoyu is not the "talented and handsome man" she betrothed and married to, he is likely to meet her in adversity, and the male unicorn came to Jia Baoyu again. double star".If there is such a plot after the 80th chapter, it is very appropriate for this chapter to be placed in the second half of the 31st chapter. Therefore, our discussion must go a step further: after the eighty chapters, will Shi Xiangyun's fate have a plot where he meets Jia Baoyu because of a unicorn?See you next time.