Chapter 13 The second floor of "Red Mansion" (5)

It happened by coincidence that when Jia Yun came to visit Baoyu, she had a chance encounter with Xiaohong, and was lucky enough to have a few conversations.As soon as Jia Yun saw and heard it, she had already realized that this was an outstanding girl. Since ancient times, there has been a saying in storytelling and opera, which is called "love at first sight".Some people disagree with this sentence, and some people like to use it very much.How did Xueqin, who wrote "Red Mansion", comment on this? This matter is very complicated, and it cannot be explained and resolved by a simple "category" of "yes, no", "good and bad".Now listen to me--

Love at first sight in the world can't be said to be unique, but there are not too many people who can meet the original meaning of these four words.When carefully assessed, "love at first sight" is mostly a lie.Xueqin's book is skeptical or joking about this.Because, once a woman sees a "handsome man", she immediately thinks of her "lifetime events", isn't it ridiculous?Is the core quality of "love at first sight" a real and reliable "love"?I'm afraid not necessarily.A closer look reveals a lot of problems. And don't forget the historical reality, the reason for the unreal love at first sight is "understandable" - at that time, women lived a closed life, bored in the boudoir, not allowed to go out, let alone see strangers with foreign surnames For men, don't say that "social activities between the sexes" were "strange stories" that people could not even dream of at that time, and even "one-sided fate" was extremely rare or possible.However, it is precisely under such circumstances that men and women of the right age are fortunate enough to meet face to face, which is naturally far easier to leave a "deep impression" than people in the modern "enlightened evolutionary world"-and thus lead to "love love". "The situation goes up.Therefore, the "seeing" that is "commonly seen" by men and women today is indeed an extremely important "condition for love" in the "Red Mansion Era".

That's exactly what happened: Jia Yun came to Rongfu's study to wait for the delivery, and wanted to go into the garden to see Baoyu, just at this time Xiaohong came out to look for Mingyan—so the two of them had a "meet at first sight".This "first sight" was a big deal, and Jia Yun naturally attracted attention to this unusual little girl's demeanor.As for Xiaohong, to be fair, she was not a "lewd" person. When she heard a male voice at first, she was about to "avoid" (quickly avoid), but later found out that she was a child of the head of the family (nephew's generation) , and then he was willing to talk forward.The words are caring for Jia Yun, and I don't want him to waste time and energy waiting in vain. There is no "love" at all here.

However, if you read Xueqin's book, it is more vivid than ever!How did he write Xiaohong's "performance"?His wonderful pen wrote-- (Hongyu, that is, Xiaohong) Knowing that she is a man of the same family, she didn't avoid it like before, and stared at Jia Yun twice... Xueqin's pen, choice of words and characters are already penetrating. A sentence contains the mystery of infinite mentality.But so far, it still cannot be said that Xiaohong is already "love at first sight", it is just the first time she noticed it. What will happen in the future will not be "straight-line development" or "seeing to the end".It was difficult for Xiaohong to get a good opportunity in Yihong Courtyard, but she was angry, so she suddenly changed her mind to the person she met in the study that day.Then, after passing handkerchiefs, planting trees in gardens, and guarding Baoyu (who was almost killed by Ma Daopo's witchcraft), the "love" between the two of them was really established secretly.

In this case, if you say it is "love at first sight", it seems too simplistic and superficial; and if you say it is absolutely not, it seems too crude-this is exactly what Xueqin was able to do two hundred years ago. A good example of the love between a man and a woman written so superbly and wonderfully.It should be noted that at the very beginning of writing the book, Xueqin explicitly opposed the "love at first sight" of the "hack" and "mode". If you want to know the difference between Xueqin's original book and the current Gao'e pseudo-continuation, just look at the love story of Xiaohong Jiayun to show it clearly.It turned out that Jia Huan was "upbred" by his biological mother, Aunt Zhao, since he was a child. He hated Sister Feng and Baoyu so much that he wanted to put them to death and then hurry up. The accident of Ma Daopo has already seen clues, but it was not him himself. When he grew up, he first framed Baoyu for "raping his mother and maidservant", which angered Jia Zheng, and beat Baoyu to death by just a few seconds; later, he simply colluded with Rongfu's The foreign enemy and the internal enemy conspired to murder Sister Feng and Baoyu, so that both uncle and sister-in-law were imprisoned.At this time, Yun and Hong were already married. With the help of the drunkard Ni Er, he bribed the jailer and went to visit and rescue them. The two of them were deeply grateful and sympathetic to their former benefactor's wrongdoing. and tragic.These afterwords, in fact, Xueqin set the foreshadowing as early as the eighth chapter - why is the house where Baoyu lives called "Jiangyunxuan"?You are a smart person, if you think about it for a while, you will suddenly realize: the word Xuan's name is just the "combination" of "red" (红 is a synonym for red, and has the same ancient pronunciation) and "yun"!

In fact, Xueqin's brushwork is more than that.In the whole book, no one is "qualified" to visit Yihong Courtyard, except Jia Yun who has to enter once, and Grandma Liu who wanders in once by herself.What is all this for?It turned out that Baoyu was extremely poor in the future, and lived in a dilapidated house with almost no food or clothing. At that time, it was Jia Yun and Grandma Liu who came to rescue those who were in distress. .In their eyes, Baoyu's dazzling and exquisite house in the early days and his impoverished situation after his disaster constitute a strong contrast that shocks the soul!

It can be understood from this that the seemingly prosperous and prosperous front of Xueqin's book is just to contrast the desolation and desolation behind. But in Gao E’s puppet continuation, all of these disappeared, and Sister Feng (who was originally a deadly enemy with Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan and who tried her best to protect Baoyu) became the villain who destroyed Baoyu’s happiness; Jia Huan partnered with the villain who harmed Qiaojie!What lung intestine is this? !If you don't want to confront Xueqin and completely distort it, what is it for? Another extremely important "task" that Xueqin arranged for Jia Yun was to send white begonias, which led to the Haitang Poetry Club and the title of Chrysanthemum Poetry—the "poetry pattern" of the whole book started from this.Moreover, both begonias and chrysanthemums symbolize Shi Xiangyun.Xiangyun and Baoyu finally meet again in hardships and hardships, which is the real "golden and jade marriage", that is, there is a golden Lin in Xiang, and a jade pendant in Bao. (The Xue family's "Golden Lock" is indeed a fake.)

From this we can see how great and important Jia Yun's role is, but this has been lost in the "love story" between Yun and Hong, and it can be left to be told in the future. Define "Love" I like to think about things and think about the truth. Although I am not a "thinker", I am also prone to making fallacies and making people laugh.These thoughts and ideas are not enough for training, but since it is a "self-introduction", it should be stated truthfully, there is no need to worry about boasting, and there is no need to whitewash and avoid it. My "way of thinking" doesn't like the mechanical division, the theory of A and B opposing the ancients' way, I think it is the fault of not being able to really understand other people's meaning and not being able to "sensate".

Is this "eclecticism"?Or claim that good and evil, good and evil, right and wrong, right and wrong can be ignored, and it doesn't matter at all?That's not my intention.It’s not about annihilating distinctions, or “reconciliation.”What I am thinking of is a question of the opposition between "emotion" and "reason" that people have always discussed. People gave me a high hat called "Red Scholar", and I have a reason to push the boat along the way - take this as an example to describe my humble opinion. In my opinion, the fault of Cao Xueqin lies in his "way of thinking".for example:

Stones, jade, and people are different things, but in his view, they can communicate with each other and be transformed—communication and transformation have a basic factor, which is "spirit" and "emotion".Therefore, it is said that "the main purpose is to talk about love" and "spirituality has been understood".Therefore, stone turns into jade, and jade turns into man, and the essence has something in common (disposition, function, effect, meaning...). "Stone-jade-human", this "formula" even reminds me of Darwin's theory of evolution. Cao Xueqin is an "Oriental Darwin" and also has his original "evolution theory".

Mr. Xueqin not only does not oppose "things" and "people", but also adjusts "righteousness" and "evil" for a while, giving birth to a shocking and deviant "weird theory": that is, the one hundred and one things he wrote The eight strange women are all geniuses and heterogeneous "come from the two endowments of good and evil", and their "smart and smart spirit is above tens of thousands of people"! Is there any value in this?Has such a chapter-by-section monograph been listed in the major works on the history of Chinese thought?"Redology" has been talked about for a hundred or two hundred years. If we don't talk about this fundamental topic, what is "Redology" for?Is it necessary for it to exist?