Chapter 47 Sister Feng

Sister Feng should be a villain in "Twelve Beauties". There are many bad stories about her life in the book, but the author has written her image very well, so naturally she has a terrifying side.When she appeared in the third round, Zhi Yanzhai Jiaxu Benmei criticized: In addition, he ground new ink and sharpened his pen. Xifeng was the only one who did not write his shape. It is described in the book that she has "powdered face that contains the spring power but does not show, and her red lips are heard before she smiles". Spring is warm and autumn is suspenseful. Every time a character appears on the stage, he only uses one or two strokes to draw his image and character in the whole book.For example, when Shi Xiangyun appeared in the twentieth chapter, he narrated like this: "Suddenly someone said that Miss Shi is here." Baoyu and Baochai went to Jiamu's side, "I saw Shi Xiangyun laughing and talking about it." (20 Five pages) Only four characters have been used to describe the heroism of Xiangyun.

Another example is Xiangling, she was the first to appear on the stage, and her original name was Yinglian. In the first and second chapters, she and Jiao Xing wrote opposites, and the homonyms of "yinglian" and "lucky"[31] were borrowed from the story of all the women in the book. Fortunately and unfortunately.These two episodes are fictitious, her image is not clear, and she really appeared in the seventh episode when Aunt Xue called her. Under "Ask grandma what to ask me to do", Zhi criticized and said: "This is Yinglian's natural tone, which is very wonderful."

I saw Xiang Ling walking towards with a smile.Zhou Rui's family took him by the hand, looked at it carefully, and smiled at Jin Chuan'er: "It's a good look, and it's a bit like the character of our grandma Rong in Dongfu." Jin Chuan laughed and said "That's what I said." Zhou Rui's family asked Xiangling again: "How old were you when you joined here?" Then asked: "Where are your parents now? Are they in their teens this year? Where are they from?" When Ling heard the question, she shook her head and said, "I can't remember." (Page 72 of the school book)

Taking Keqing as a comparison, the method of one blow and two blows is also seen in Zhibian.According to Keqing's beauty, the fifth chapter borrowed the beauty of Baoyu's dream, saying that "it is bright and charming like Baochai, and its graceful and romantic is like Daiyu". People say that she has the character of Grandma Rong. , that is, Xiangling can be known.The word "Xiangxihe" written on it is also very expressive. Let's talk about Sister Feng.There is a characteristic of Sister Feng in reading books, that is, she is often compared with men.According to Baoyu's words, a man is turbid and a daughter is clean, but Baoyu does not necessarily dislike Sister Feng. See below for the explanation.In the second chapter, Leng Zixing said of her: "She looks extremely beautiful, her speech is extremely sharp, and her mind is extremely deep and meticulous. She is actually a man who can't match her." Introduce her: "You don't know him. He is a well-known rogue here. He is called 'Lazi' in Southern Province. You just call him 'Feng Lazi'." (page 27) Jia Mu introduced A living Feng sister, but Daiyu didn't know what to call her.Later, it was explained that she was Lian's second sister-in-law, and the book also narrated: "She was raised as a man since childhood, and her scientific name was Wang Xifeng."Zhiping also analyzed it: "It is strange to say that a woman has a scientific name. However, those who have a scientific name are illiterate, and those who do not have a scientific name are like the other." Even more strange.Sister Feng is illiterate, so she prefers to talk about the upbringing of men, and her scientific name is so-and-so. It can be seen that this way of writing is not because of the facts in the book.This idea is also seen later.Chapter fifty-four:

(Wang Zhong) "...there is only one son under my knee, named Wang Xifeng." Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Jia Mu laughed and said, "It's not too serious, we Feng girl!" The daughters-in-law rushed up to push him, " This is the name of the second grandma, please tell me." Mother Jia laughed and said, "Say it, say it." The lady stood up with a smile and said, "We should die, I don't know if it's Grandma's taboo." Sister Feng laughed and said: "What are you afraid of? Just talk about it. There are many people with the same name and surname." (588 pages)

It is not unusual to use "Feng" as the name of a daughter.The third time I said that Xifeng is a scientific name, I don't think it's necessary.And the second time, Li Jia Yucun never said: "What's even more wonderful is the customs of the Zhen family. The daughters are all named after the man's name, unlike other families who use other colorful characters such as spring, red, fragrance, and jade. Why did the Jia family fall into this cliché?" (Page 21) It can be seen that the name of the daughter is not limited to "Wanyan Fragrant" and so on.Then why did he insist on saying that Xifeng was the man's name, and cite this son's name as Wang Xifeng as proof here?Although there are people with the same name and surname in the world, and Sister Feng herself said so, it is not easy for us to understand the author's intention.Why did he make a detour to lure Sister Feng to a man?It's no wonder that the Suoyin sect made various speculations later.An extreme example is Cai Zimin's interpretation of nationalism, which compares Man and Han with men and women; in such a comparison, the women in the book become men one by one.A statement like this is an exaggeration.We should still look for answers from this book.

I think it has two or two layers of answers, both found in the thirteenth chapter, one at the beginning of this chapter and one at the end of this chapter.Let's talk about the first layer first.In Sister Feng's dream, Qin Shi said to her: "Auntie, you are a hero in the makeup team. Even those men with crowns can't beat you." Heroine" is nothing more than a bit vulgar, but this book is not vulgar.The reason why she can compare with men is neither in her appearance, nor in her knowledge of books (the reason why Sister Feng is illiterate does not prevent her from having a scientific name), but in her knowledge and ability.Sister Feng can not only be compared with men, but may also be better than men, as Leng Zixing said.

Taking the Grand View Garden of the Second Mansion of Rongning as the typical environment, and Baoyu and Twelve Hairpins as the typical characters, the object of his criticism is not limited to the feudal family. It seems that his writing style is beyond the limit of the family.In the first chapter of the Jiaxu edition, Zhi Critic said, "You can see that the skirt hairpin still encounters such a number, what's more, the men in the world are not." "Excuse the meaning".If we seek too deeply today, we will inevitably have the disease of penetrating and attaching; if we ignore it completely, we may miss it.

In the book, the Ningrong Second Mansion is luxurious and grand, not only surpassing the average wealthy families in the feudal society, even the mansions of Manchuria in those days would not be so grand.It can be interpreted as a manifestation of romanticism, exaggerated brushwork, etc., but the scenery of the world's illusion appears in the book, which may not only show off talent, or have a deeper intention.It can also be said that "taking the money from the emperor's family and sending it to the emperor" when writing about returning to the province in Yuanchun (Chapter 16, p. 156). The first big scene in the movie fully demonstrated their extravagance and arrogance.Moreover, although the author has deleted the chapters and this article of "Xianmian Tianxianglou", it has not canceled this fact.Now there are many undeleted pens left in the thirteenth chapter, and the fifth chapter Qin still hanged himself.She died of adultery, but she did things in such a "luxurious way" after her death.As far as the coffin is concerned, Xue Pan, one of the four major families in the book, said: "I'm afraid there is nowhere to buy it for a thousand taels of silver." Others can be known. (Or imitate buying a coffin[32]) This is not only a common luxury, but also such an extremely unreasonable waste.Its sharp irony and ruthless criticism, because Tianxiang Tower has been changed to a dark scene, you may not feel it when you read it now; if the original manuscript is preserved, this thirteenth chapter should be said to be the most prominent, fiery, and sharpest in the whole book. once again.We feel that it is a pity to delete it like this, but for Ke Qing, her image is more subtle, cleaner, and more in harmony with the style of the following text, or it is not completely lost.

Sister Feng's first major event after she appeared on the stage was "Associate Ningguo Mansion", which was also the proudest stroke of her life.The thirteenth and fourteenth chapters are written with smooth ink and ink, which is full of biography, and the fourteenth chapter writes the section "accompanied by accommodation", which is particularly concise.Jiaxu Benzhi criticizes the so-called: it is also true to write about Sister Feng's preciousness, heroism, momentum, scheming, and arrogance [33].And Gengchen's general commentary said: "Writing about the prosperity of Qin's death and the luxury of Jia Zhen, it is really written about a sister Feng", which is not bad, but it is a bit exaggerated.To cover these two sentences, the meaning is very deep. Writing about Sister Feng is certainly a major event, but it is not the only major event.

Even if she only writes about Sister Feng, her significance may not be limited to individuals. When she sorted out the Ningguo Mansion, she summed up the chaos of the mansion in the thirteenth chapter: The first one is that the population is mixed and things are lost; the second one is that there is no single-handedness in things, and committees are dismissed at the end of the day; the third one is excessive use of fees and excessive expenses; The fifth thing is that the family is arrogant and indulgent. Those with face refuse to obey the rules, and those without face cannot make progress. ——These five items are indeed the customs of Ningguo Mansion. (133 pages) In addition to these five articles, there are two more general comments on the poem at the end of this chapter: "Whoever governs the country with thousands of gold and purple, one or two skirts and hairpins can keep the family together." These two sentences further answer the questions raised above.Although it refers to Sister Feng, it is not limited to Sister Feng.It has two meanings: first, skirt hairpins are better than gold and purple, that is, women are better than men, which is in line with the general comment at the beginning of this book: "After careful examination and comparison, I feel that his behavior and knowledge are superior to mine; I am a handsome man, It's not as sincere as that skirt hairpin", which is also in line with Baoyu's statement in the second chapter that "the daughter is made of water, and the man is made of clay".It turns out that Sister Feng is often compared to men in the book, and men are the standard. She always seems to be respecting men, but she is actually respecting women;How to know it is known from taking Sister Feng as an example.If you respect and praise a woman who has both the four virtues, then you can call her a respectable woman in that era.Now, she cites a woman, Sister Feng, who has many shortcomings and is sinful, as an example; how can a husband be respected, but to respect him, wouldn't it be to demean these "thousands of gold and purple", noble men!His article is very light and subtle, and I am afraid that what I say is too obvious, and it may be careless or not wrong, and it is too suspicious to believe it. Second, here we bring up the old saying in "University" that "Qi family governs the country". In ancient feudal society, the ruling class had such a system. ;The head of the family is the emperor who closes the door, and the emperor is the head of the whole country.Since the family and the country belong to the same family, the way of regulating the family can naturally be connected with the way of governing the country, which is completely different from the later situation.Today it is said that "whoever governs the country with gold and purple, the skirt and hairpin can keep the family in order", which means that the family and the country are against each other, and it is not just about suppressing men and promoting women.The scale of the East and West Erfu written is very large, and we can get a little clue from here. The author's subtle intentions are due to non-general extravagance and exaggeration.The ancients said, "Subtle but obvious, ambitious but obscure, tactful and comprehensive" [34], or can we use it as a comment? Here it is also said "skirt hairpin one or two". "One or two" and "thousands" are opposites, and Gaifei has other intentions; but there are more than one women in the book who have the ability to manage a family, and the second one is Tanchun.She should not be ignored among the twelve beauties.It's not as good as a monograph here, so I can only talk about it with Sister Feng.I feel very sorry for the two of them. There is a little connection, and they are both talents in the last days.Here we have to go back to the beginning of this book.It turns out that the two prefectures of the East and the West were written at the beginning of the book as the end of the world, not their heyday. The second chapter contained a dialogue between Leng Zixing of Jia Yucun, which made this point very clear (pages 17 and 18). Cited.The third time when Daiyu entered the mansion, I saw that Rongfu was already in decline, because the writing was so luxurious and magnificent, readers could easily mistake it for a prosperous age; besides, the concubine returned to the province in Yuanchun soon, this is what the Qin family called "" The blazing fire cooks the oil and the flowers bring the prosperity of the brocade" (13th chapter, p. 127), but in fact it is just a reflection of the light, and Qin also said that "the prosperity of the moment is the joy of the moment".Therefore, no matter Tanchun, Sister Feng, or Pinger, they all use a piece of wood to prop up the building that is about to collapse. This way of writing is itself a tragedy.Give an example to clarify.The fifth booklet "Tanchun Ci" said: "Talent comes from shrewdness and ambition, and luck is lost when born in the last days." One painting and an iceberg is about to fall[35] (page 51). Tanchun's major event in the book is of course family management, and we will talk about this.The original plan was only about one hundred and ten chapters, and it reached its peak by the fifty-fourth chapter, and then it will go downhill.As early as the first time, the mad monk said to Zhen Shiyin: "It's good to prevent the festival after the Lantern Festival, when the fire will disappear." (Page 7) Now let's do the math for him. The first Lantern Festival is in the eighteenth chapter, and the second The Lantern Festival is in the fifty-fourth time. I don’t know how many such festive Lantern Festivals will be in the future; but after the second Lantern Festival, although the sunset is good, it is almost dusk, so there is no doubt.Even if there is a third Lantern Festival, I am afraid that the whole martial arts with gongs and drums will be performed. Tanchun supported the endgame under the precarious situation of Rongguo Mansion, but it was written so lightly that we didn't feel it.I like the one I quoted, so I might as well quote it again here: Continuing from the above, it is just like Huang Zhong Dalu Empress, who switched to the Shang Sheng of Yu Tune, which has a refreshing taste. (There is a general batch of the fifty-fifth chapter of the official Qi preface) After reading it fifty-five times, we really felt this way. If "cool" is changed to "bleak", I think it would be very good.A sad atmosphere really pervades the second half of the book. The Ning Mansion and the Rong Mansion were originally governed by Lu Wei, and their systems were of the same scale, but the Ning Mansion was more dissolute and chaotic than the Rong Mansion.The fifth chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions" "Ke Qing Ci" so-called "Family affairs perish and the first crime is better", that is, the people in Dongfu themselves said: "In theory, we also need him to rectify and rectify. (Chapter 14, pages 1, 3, and 4) Sister Feng assisted the Ningguo Mansion under such public opinion. It was originally of a helping nature, and her arrangement was also temporary. If she did something drastic, the "prestige order" would be done. "I am very proud of myself." (Page 136) As for Tanchun Lijia, the situation is different. Compared with the past, the surface has not changed, but in fact it has declined.As a young lady, she represented Sister Feng, and she dealt with daily trivial housework, dealing with a group of grandmas in charge in her own family. Those people, Ping'er said, although Sister Feng was not afraid of them ○5 pages), it can be seen that it is difficult to deal with.On the other hand, if you manage your own home, you can come up with some regular plans.If it is said that Sister Feng's assistant manager is bold, then Tanchun's manager is meticulous; if the fourteenth and fifteenth chapters are the author's favorite pen, then the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth chapters are even more so. Made it with care. From the fifty-fifth and fifty-six chapters, it can be seen that collusion and manipulation in feudal families, selfishness and fraud, etc., although their scope is small, they are typical in nature.For example, in the fifty-sixth chapter of Tanchun, Li Wan and Heping'er talk about hair oil, powder and money, the text is very long, and only a paragraph is quoted: Tanchun and Li Wan laughed and said, "You noticed it too. There is no way to escape, and I don't dare. It's just a matter of time. I'm in a hurry. I don't know where to get some. It's just a name, but it's really useless. You still have to buy it on the spot. Just use the two taels of silver and ask someone else’s nurse or brother’s son to buy it. If you use officials, it’s still the same. I don’t know what they are The way. It was broken in the shop and they didn’t want it. They got it all and prepared it for us?” Ping’er said with a smile: “That’s what the comprador bought. He also said that he wanted to take the comprador for bad intentions. So they had to do this, if they could offend the inside, they would not offend the people who were doing things outside. The girls could only use nurses, so they didn't dare to gossip ” (page 610) In the past, in the yamen and the court, there were so many abuses, and the situation of procurement is not like this, but it has been expanded many times. Tanchun Lijia starts from three aspects: reducing expenditure, increasing revenue, and eliminating disadvantages.The achievements it has made seem to be small, and the scope is still small, but it is not small in terms of meaning. I remember that it was said in the foreplay that the city of Beijing is like a big circle surrounded by many small circles.Typical environments can also borrow this cascading view.Not to mention the outer layer, the larger circle is the East and West Mansions, and the smaller circle is the Rongguo Mansion, and there is a Grand View Garden in the Rongguo Mansion.Naturally, Tanchun's policy does not have anything to do with the Eastern Mansion, even in terms of the Western Mansion, it is still within the scope of the "inner pot", and the impact is also partial.But in the Grand View Garden where Twelve Hairpins are located, there has been an earth-shaking reform.The retrospective of the book praises this very much, and it is called "being sensitive to the spring and prospering the advantages and eliminating the disadvantages, and knowing the general situation of Baochai and Xiaohui".In Chapter 62, I borrowed the dialogue of the book owner Bao Dai as an important public comment: Baoyu said: "You don't know. When you were sick, he did several things. The garden was divided into other people's management, and now it is impossible to pinch more grass. There are a few more things, just me and Feng. My sister is a raft to ban others, and she is the most calculating person, she is not just good." Daiyu said: "This is the best way. Our family is too expensive. Although I don't care about things, I often do the calculations for you when I am free. , There is a lot of output and little input, if you are not frugal now, you will not be able to take over." (p. 688). According to Daiyu, "this is the best way to do it", and you should also think that this is a good strategy to save the time by knowing the pros and cons.Tanchun thought that a girl wanted to do such a big business that could end her fortune, no matter what, it was always rare.The author's praise is certainly appropriate. —Having said that, did she succeed?I don't see it either.Moreover, many things in the back garden were born out of this "New Deal".For example, in the fiftieth chapter, "The warbler and the swallow at the side of the willow leaf, and the flying talisman in the Jiangyun Pavilion", conflicts arise over picking flowers and plants, that is, because one flower and one grass can produce profit and someone manages it.Another example is the seventy-third chapter in the Grand View Garden, where "there are big wins and losses of 30, 50, and 300 ounces" (page 818), which may not be due to the increase in the income of the women.After the Grand View Garden has been reorganized, it has a new look, but it is no longer the same as it was in peace.The author's pen changes shape step by step, and the letter procedure is over, and it is almost the end before you know it. Both Sister Feng and Tanchun presided over the housekeeping of the Rongguo Mansion in such an atmosphere.Ordinarily, Sister Feng's character and knowledge are not as good as Tanchun's, and her talent is too much. However, the book says: "Tanchun's fine points will not let Sister Feng" (page 598), which is also in the ears of brothers.In the book, it is right to praise Tanchun and derogate Sister Feng.We feel that the criticism of Sister Feng is not enough.Sister Feng's misdeeds range from usury with public funds to abetment of murder, which is clearly stated in the book.At the beginning of the sixteenth chapter, I always mentioned: "Since then, Sister Feng has become more courageous, and she will do it arbitrarily when she has such a thing, and there is no need to remember it." (150 pages) Many crimes are Included in the five words "don't need to remember too much", is this enough?The book uses the most excellent pen and ink to describe her, why is there any reason?This is due to the fact that the author's sadness is more than blame, which may be his limitation.But if it is generally called a limitation, it does not make much sense. Based on the theme of "Mourning the Jade with Gold", the author is not the only one who forgives more words for the twelve beauties, but Sister Feng's situation is quite special, so it is particularly prominent.The so-called insufficient criticism means that the scale of grasping criticism is too wide, which is another way of saying that there are too many words.I think that if the scale of criticism conforms to the reality of the feudal society and family at that time, there will be no problem of width or limitation; if the scale is relaxed based on the author's personal feelings, then there will be the possibility of being too wide and the problem of limitations. .It seems that this kind of analysis should be adopted, and it is not appropriate to write it down in a general way. Basically speaking, women in feudal society were oppressed and sacrificed; but there were still strata among them, and each of the upper class passed part of the high pressure to the lower class, the so-called "Nine Springs" There is still a way to go down."This book shows that this situation is very clear. For example, Qingwen has been oppressed, but she is oppressing those little girls, just like she is for Zhui'er.Sister Feng is the second grandma of the Rongguo Mansion, and her domineering power is no match for Qingwen's. As for her status as a woman, she is also oppressed.It is not wrong to put her in the list of "concealing gold and mourning jade" in this book. If her emotions are too deep, it would be lenient.For example, the tenth branch of "Dream of Red Mansions" says: The organ calculated too cleverly, and sent Qingqing's life instead.The heart is broken in life, and the sex is ethereal after death.The rich family is peaceful, and eventually there is a dead family who are scattered.It's wasted half a lifetime of thinking.It's like a dream in the middle of the night, suddenly la la like a building falling, dizzy like the lights are about to run out.ah!A moment of joy and sorrow, lamenting that the end of the world is uncertain. (Chapter Five, Pages 56 and 57) Singing and sighing three times like this, the sentimentality is indeed too much.If you feel so sorry for Sister Feng, what about Brother Jin, Sister You and others who are wronged?Besides, it seems reasonable for the author to use Sister Tanchunfeng as the talent supporting the endgame.In fact, this sense of ups and downs and the concept of "end times" are obviously contradictory to critical realism and anti-feudal tendencies. This is generally the case with Sister Feng.Since the book is not finished, the author has no idea how to describe her at the end.As far as eighty chapters are concerned, the criticism may not be enough, and one hundred and ten chapters of criticism may be enough—or is it still not enough?Zhi Critic said that she "looked back on the misery, but was lucky", and looked back on "Wang Xifeng is a hero who knows his fate and is strong"[36]. Is there the style of Zhuge Wuzhangyuan? Secondly, as far as the process of writing the book is concerned, first there was "Fengyue Baojian" and then there was "Jinling Twelve Hairpins".Of course, Sister Feng is one of the main characters in "The Precious Mirror of Fengyue"; because she is involved with Jia Rui, and Jia Rui is clearly holding a mirror engraved with the words "Precious Mirror of Fengyue" in his hand.But at the same time, she is also listed as one of the "Twelve Hairpins", and her situation is similar to that of Qin Keqing, so the reason why the praise and criticism seem inappropriate may be related to these situations in this book. The book "Baojian" is not passed on, so it can only be preserved.