The Xue Baochao portrayed in "Dream of the Red Chamber" is so knowledgeable, beautiful, stable, dignified, elegant, and extraordinary, which fascinates us readers deeply.
However, after careful analysis, it is not difficult to find that Xue Baochao is simply the representative of miss dahu under the feudal etiquette. She is virtuous, dignified and beautiful, and has a gentle personality. Compared with Lin Daiyu, it is not inferior at all. In terms of literary style, she can be described as an all-rounder, and she is proficient in poetry and song. In the world, in the Grand View Garden, she clearly understands that she is a guest of honor, so in interpersonal communication, she is "not concerned about herself, do not open her mouth, shake her head three times do not know." We look at this kind of Xue Baochao, although she is perfect, but it is inevitable that there are some traditions and stereotypes.
Xue Baochao, a perfect woman taught by feudal society, always remembers her meritorious name. In the complicated Grand View Garden, she can be alone, complex relationships and free to move forward and backward, "smart" reflection on her own practices, smooth in the world, "enveloping" people's hearts, thinking about her own interests, never letting herself be in a situation of failure or sadness. She is good at grasping the timing, but also good at making contacts, exquisite in all aspects, intelligent and calm handling of various interpersonal relationships, not to be impressed.
At the same time, her words and deeds are so restrained that sometimes we feel a little "cold". She never easily revealed her true feelings, never cried loudly, never laughed, and always restrained her feelings. A true heart seems to have been ashes in the earthly world, suppressing itself, and incarnating into a "decent" image under feudal etiquette.
The image of Xue Baochao, in the pen of red studies researchers, has long been the embodiment of suppressing women's self-awareness. There is a time in the book when Xue Baochao teaches Lin Daiyu not to do these men's things—to chant and write, but to do what a woman should do as a woman. In the face of Jia Baoyu, he was also bent on persuading him to study and obtain meritorious names and tutor the governance of the country.
Her life clearly shows the performance that the next woman in feudal society should perform best. She seems to be the most reasonable, the noblest, the best, the most perfect, however, she is the least like herself, she seems to be unable to live herself, her joys and sorrows are deeply hidden in her heart, is love the love she wants? However, in the meantime, her youth has long passed.