Character idioms in Dream of Red Mansions
1. Jia Baoyu
Jia Baoyu is a strange and vulgar character. The main characteristic of his character is rebellion. His behavior is "remote and perverse", and he is a rebel in ancient society. He despised fame and wealth, and was unwilling to pursue an official career of "learning and becoming an official." He hated "eight-legged stereotypes" and insulted those who studied and became officials as "national thieves and cowards" and was too lazy to contact and visit them. He doesn't like so-called "serious books", but prefers "miscellaneous books", especially "The Peony Pavilion" and "The Romance of the West Chamber". He also boldly questioned Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, believing that "except for the Four Books, there are too many fabrications." This fully demonstrated that he was a "treason" of the monarchy. He believes that "the beauty of mountains, rivers, sun and moon is only appreciated by daughters, and men are just scum. 2010 New Edition of Dream of Red Mansions Jia Baoyu (Small)
No more than turmoil." Under the guidance of this shocking thought, Baoyu "hangs around in the closet" all day long, and loves and pities girls, loves their beauty, purity, overflowing vitality, extraordinary intelligence, and pities their misfortunes. Pity them for marrying filthy men and losing their holy beauty. Jia Baoyu said: "A woman is a pearl before she gets married. After she gets married, she loses her light and becomes a dead pearl. No matter how old she gets, she will join the ranks of dirty men and become a dead fish-eye." He even felt that he was born a man. Irredeemable regret. The most important thing in his life was undoubtedly his love with Lin Daiyu. This love, on the one hand, started from his rebellious character, and on the other hand, it contributed to the final formation of his rebellious character. This was the greatest and most important act of rebellion in the history of his life. Bao and Dai not only demand independence in marriage, but also deviate from the traditional social way of life in their love. They went further and further on the road of rebellion, which eventually led to their tragic ending.
2. Lin Daiyu
Still photos of Lin Daiyu from the 1987 edition of Dream of Red Mansions (7 photos) Lin Daiyu’s characteristics can be summarized as “poignant and beautiful”. "Break" is mainly reflected in Lin Daiyu's "miserable life experience, delicate and sickly", while "beauty" is reflected in the aspects of "extension, connotation and art". The two together form Lin Daiyu's "poignant" tragic image. (Daiyu is actually grass jelly) When I first saw Daiyu, the author did not describe her beauty directly, but cleverly used Sister Feng's mouth and Baoyu's eyes to highlight Lin Daiyu's peerless beauty. The outspoken Sister Feng exclaimed when she saw Daiyu: "There really is such a beautiful person in the world! I just met him today!" And in Baoyu's eyes: "The two eyebrows look like frowning but not frowning, and the pair of eyebrows look like weeping but not weeping. Eyes (one saying: Emotional eyes), the state of mind is the sorrow of both sides, the disease of the whole body is delicate, the tears are a little, the delicate breath is slight, the tranquility is like a bright flower shining on the water, the movement is like a weak willow supporting the wind, and the heart is more than dry. Qiao, the disease is as good as Xizi's. "What a "slim and graceful daughter" and "fairy-like sister"! When the pen reaches this point, a living "absolutely beautiful" Daiyu has appeared on the paper. This is Lin Daiyu's "external poignancy". Lin Daiyu is sensitive and kind.