What flower is Lin Daiyu?

Liu/Wen's "Thousand Red Cave (Crying), Same Cup (Sadness), The daughters in" Dream of Red Mansions "are all made of water and flowers. Twelve Women in Jinling can be regarded as "Twelve Women in Jinling". For example, Xue Baochai is a peony, Tanchun is an apricot blossom, Li Wan is a plum blossom, Xiangyun is a begonia, and so on. These can be found in Twelve Women's Judgments and Shouyihong Fang Qun's Night Banquet. So, what kind of flower is Lin Daiyu? It is also clearly stated in the book: "Lotus", which I used to take for granted, is "Lotus". After reading it for the fifth time, take a closer look and the problem comes. Is this "lotus" water lotus (lotus) or hibiscus? Wait a minute! What is hibiscus first? Hibiscus mutabilis is a shrub or small tree, also known as Manglietia, hibiscus and frost-resistant flowers. Flowers bloom in late autumn, and the color is noble and beautiful, hence the name "as bright as lotus". "Historical Records" said: "Hibiscus should be planted on the bank of the pond and close to the water", so it is called "Yishui Hibiscus". Li Yu said in the article "Send Mufurong with Love": "Although (Mufurong) lives on the shore, if it is in the water, it can be called Hà Thu or Xiahe." It can be seen that water hibiscus and hibiscus mutabilis are sisters with similar temperament. After the Five Dynasties, Mrs. Hua Rui, the concubine of Meng Changjun, the Emperor of Shu, especially liked Mu Furong. In order to please the beauty, Meng Chang planted hibiscus flowers all over Chengdu, the capital, and named it "Furong City". After the death of Shu, Mrs. Hua Rui was exiled. Because she misses Meng Chang, she often peeks at Meng Chang's hidden portraits. When Zhao Kuangyin found out, he ordered her to hand it over. Mrs. Hua Rui refused to accept and was killed. Later generations called the hibiscus flower "love flower" because Mrs. Huarui was faithful to love, and Mrs. Huarui was known as the "God of Hibiscus". Let's look at the sixty-third episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, "Shouyi Hongfang Group gave a banquet". Everyone abstracted the name of the tooth flower. Xue Baochai smoked a peony, Tan Chun smoked an apricot flower, Li Wan smoked a plum flower, and Xiangyun smoked a begonia. It was Lin Daiyu's turn to "think silently:' I don't know what else is good for me.' He reached for it, only to find a hibiscus flower painted on it, with the words "wind dew clears sorrow" written on it, and an ancient poem saying: "Don't complain about the east wind. "... everyone laughed and said,' This is great. No one deserves to be hibiscus except her. "There is no indication that' Lotus' is a lotus or a hibiscus. However, the two points revealed seem to support Mu Furong's theory. 1, the word "wind dew and clear sorrow" gives people a feeling of wind and frost and white dew, but how can there be "clear sorrow" when the lotus blooms in midsummer? Only in autumn, and hibiscus flowers bloom in late autumn. Moreover, Daiyu's temperament is not the enthusiasm in midsummer, but the grace, sadness, bitterness and beauty in autumn. 2. "Don't blame Dongfeng bring disgrace to oneself", from Ouyang Xiu's poem "Fei Mingqu and Wang Zhonghe", "Beauty is better than life, don't blame Dongfeng bring disgrace to oneself." Wang Zhaojun's tragic fate was lamented, and Cao Xueqin quoted this poem, apparently to hint at Daiyu's tragic fate. Lv Benzhong, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said in a poem: "The hibiscus on the south bank of Xiaochi is red before the frost after the rain. It's better for the old peaches and plums not to say anything, but to spend their whole lives in the east wind. " It's about Mufurong. From a distance, the sentence "East Wind" seems to echo Ouyang's "East Wind". Another description in the Red Chamber also seems to support Mu Furong's theory. Back to the seventy-eighth, I wrote that Jia Baoyu remembered the maid Qingwen and wrote "the daughter of Furong", clearly saying that "Furong" refers to Mu Furong. "jathyapple ordered the little girl to hold to the front of the hibiscus flower. Salute first, then hang the obituary on the hibiscus branch. "Hibiscus" means hibiscus mutabilis, "on the branches of hibiscus". Lotus is a herb with only leaves. Where can there be branches? Only the woody plant hibiscus mutabilis has it. At the beginning of the obituary, it said, "The moon in Fang Jing, Rong Gui is a helpless day." It can be seen that hibiscus and osmanthus are both autumn flowers. In addition, the phrase "Qiu Yan Hibiscus Daughter" points out that this Hibiscus is undoubtedly Hibiscus. Jia Baoyu offered a sacrifice, "... but a figure came out of the hibiscus flower and shouted," No, there is a ghost. " . Qingwen really came to show her soul! ""It was Lin Daiyu. If it is a lotus flower, isn't Daiyu a ghost when she comes out of the water? This hibiscus flower can only be a hibiscus flower on land. Qingwen is the shadow of Daiyu, so writing Qingwen is also about Daiyu. The "hibiscus" painted by Lin Daiyu in the sixty-seventh chapter and the "hibiscus" written by Jia Baoyu in the seventy-eighth chapter should all be the same kind of flower, namely Muhibiscus. So, can hibiscus be comparable to lotus? What is its matching personality with Lin Daiyu? Not to mention the legend of Mu Furong's "love flower" and "flower god", just look at Jia Gongzi's obituary: "Its quality is not enough to describe its preciousness, its sex is not enough to describe its cleanliness, its spirit is not enough to describe its essence, and its appearance is not enough to describe its color. "Lotus's daughter turned out to be Lin Daiyu!