Chapter 17 (7) Do not complain about all hardships

There are a few sentences in the couplets of Mid-Autumn Festival—— "... Baowu is lonely and clean, and Yintang is full of breath. The medicine was smashed by the spirit rabbit, and people ran to Guanghan. Invite the bull girl to fight and wait for the emperor and grandson. The wheel of emptiness and surplus is uncertain, and the dark soul is empty. ..." On the surface, this is Yongyue, but in fact it is the upcoming accident of Baochai, Daiyu, and Xiangyun.What was mentioned in the above section, you should understand first, and then revisit the "medicine classics, spirit rabbit pounding, people rushing to Guanghan", and you will feel that Xueqin's original work is a large whole with precise planning, with a well-structured structure, a well-thought-out plan, and a well-thought-out pen. word.Then, it's time to hear you ask: If you understand it this way, what are the meanings of "Baowu", "Zhoudou", and "Chengcha"?

First of all, we must understand that Xueqin's writing is not the cliché of wives, concubines and maids who are jealous of each other, and it is also different from the "contradictory struggle" mode that is common in Chinese and Western novels in later generations. We have to start with Daiyu again.What is said above is just a fatal layer of medicine, but things are not that simple.What makes Daiyu mentally unable to support her is that Aunt Zhao framed her and Baoyu for having "incompetent affairs" and spread the "private secrets" and "scandals" between them.Some of Mrs. Xing's perpetrators in the East Court were happy to echo this unwarranted crime, adding to it.Created a situation of "you can't believe it or not".At that time, once a young lady was given such a bad reputation, she couldn't argue with her mouth, and had to use her life to wash away her injustice and humiliation.

But Daiyu couldn't die because of this at first, because of Baoyu alone.For Baoyu's safety and happiness, she did not hesitate to sacrifice everything she had, even if she had to bear all kinds of hardships, she was willing to do so, and nothing else was considered. This is what a critic of Xueqin’s original book pointed out: "What can't be mended is Lihentian; the remaining stones are not Lihen stones? But the tears of the crimson pearl do not fall because of Lihen--to cherish the stone. It can be seen that when you cherish the stone, you must cherish it." This person. This person does not cherish himself, but how can a confidant not do everything possible to cherish it? With the tears of crimson pearls, he will not do it until he dies, and he will not complain about all hardships! The so-called "seek benevolence and get benevolence", why do you complain? Sad husband!"

After reading this painful speech, one can know that Daiyu was in a difficult situation and suffered a lot in her heart. However, she sacrificed everything for her confidant, without the slightest resentment—this is the essence of "returning tears" to repay her kindness The original meaning of the heart.But this kind of special and lofty spiritual realm and emotional sublimation are beyond the imagination of people, so that they don't believe and don't "accept" that there is such a state of temperament in the world that "some people have no self"[Note].

Baoyu's lack of self-pity is because his behavior and words are becoming more and more incompatible with the world, more "eccentric" and "crazy", and even tends to be in crisis from time to time, which makes people worry and anxious.It is a pity that he does everything possible to keep Baoyu's safety at the expense of his own life. Therefore, Daiyu's self-destruction is not a superficial problem of "can't survive" in the world, but the tragic character of her story is very different from the clichés of all novels and plays. Daiyu buried herself in the cold pond, in the cold moon, when the autumn air was sad and the golden wind was bleak.She wrote poems during the "Two Banquets in the Grand View Garden", and the title "Chrysanthemum Dream" belongs to her alone.

This is to talk about chrysanthemums, and also bring their own "dream awakening", which is also a portrayal of Qiu Jing.The "resentment" here is that I have experienced all kinds of hardships, no one understands, and I am also notorious-this is not really bothered; what I want is still only the "infinite love", which has long been It has greatly surpassed the so-called "love" that the world competes for.When Baoyu came back and went back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he saw "fallen leaves rustling, cold smoke and desert", and the old "phoenix tail dense, dragon chant softly" (the style of green bamboo) has long been like a world away, two kinds of worlds.