"Yingchun and alone in the shade of the flower with a flower needle to wear jasmine flowers." —— "Dream of the Red Chamber", the 38th time, "Lin Xiaoxiang Kui Wins the Chrysanthemum Poem, Xue Yuwu Irony and Crab Song"
"Jasmine was originally from Persia, transplanted to the South China Sea, and now planted by the People of Yunnan and Guangdong. It is cold-intolerant and not suitable for Middle-earth. Weak stems are branched and green leaves are pointed. In early summer, small white flowers bloom, heavy petals are without buds, and autumn is over, not fruitful. There are Chiba, Red, and Vines. Its flowers bloom at night, and the fragrance is lovely. ”
Yingchun, like a plain and delicate jasmine flower, blooms on the Purple LingZhou in the Grand View Garden, and is lost among the purple and red of the group.
First, the birth: self-opening and self-fragrance
Yingchun was born to Jia Shu's aunt, and when Yingchun was a child, her mother died. Although Lady Xing is a concubine, she is not concerned about her, Jia Yu is a selfish father, who does not care about her daughter, although there are Jia Lian and Feng Jie, a pair of "hehe Yangyang" brothers and sisters-in-law, in the end are half-mothers, and they do not see that the two have taken care of this only sister.
Although Jia Mu loves girls, but most of her thoughts are placed on Baoyu alone, coupled with the love of her granddaughter Daiyu, there are not many left for her granddaughter, not to mention that Tanchun is excellent, Xichun is the smallest, and Yingchun has become the least valued one.
The neglected spring, under the aura of the sisters, is like a jasmine flower in the corner of the wall, blooming alone.
Second, appearance: talent immortal posture, jade bone ice muscle
Although Jasmine does not have a beautiful crown, it is advisable to decorate the room. It is fragrant and white, elegant and pleasant, only quietly blooming, emitting a fragrant fragrance. That fragrant fragrance is refreshing, just like yingchun, no matter how low-key it is, it is finally the second lady of Jia Fu, without losing the elegant temperament of the golden boudoir willow.
She was born with "slightly plump skin, a medium body, a new cheek, and a greasy nose". She does not have the unique posture of Daiyu Hibiscus, nor the national color of Baochao peony, she does not have the radiance of the spring rose, nor does she have the delicate charm of the Xiangyun begonia flower, but she has her own jasmine-like "talent fairy posture, jade bone ice muscle". Her beauty is fresh and elegant, not stunning or ostentatious, but it is also heart-wrenching.
Third, personality: light and light fragrance far away
Jasmine was indifferent, "Ring Pei Qingyi, Ying Ying Su Jing, Linfeng Infinite Tranquility." Jasmine is pure, "Xiang Yanwei, Du QiFangfei." Light and elegant, the first fragrance of the boudoir". Jasmine's simplicity is also like welcoming spring.
When Dai Yu first entered Jia Province, the Yingchun in her eyes was "gentle and silent, and the view was amiable". This is a warm sister image, at that time Daiyu was a little girl who had just lost her mother and father, and it was really appropriate to use her eyes to write Yingchun's "amiable". Yingchun is gentle and smooth, and is kind to people everywhere. Xiang Yun was a small guest of Jia Mu's mother's family, and at first came to live in Yingchun. Jia Huan, an unpopular "little frozen cat", does not go to his sister to visit the spring, but loves to play in the spring, which shows the gentleness and tolerance of the spring.
She doesn't like to talk, and is most silent when people are often. "Its flowers bloom at night", which is in line with the introverted and implicit character of Yingchun. Only that time to spit on Xiangyun, people were impressed: "She is naughty, I think she loves to talk." I didn't see sleeping there or squawking, laughing and talking for a while, and I didn't know where those words came from. Xiangyun is lively and cute, and his character who loves to talk and laugh jumps on the paper, and Yingchun's taciturn and taciturn is in stark contrast.
Dai Yu and Bao Chao are good at poetry, Exploring Chun is good at calligraphy, Xi Chun is good at painting, and Ying Chun is good at chess. Playing chess is the most calm and calm, watching chess without speaking, this specialty is also very consistent with Yingchun's personality. In addition to playing chess, I don't see any other hobbies and interests in Yingchun. Although she had also read books, she lacked poetry.
On the important occasion of the Yuan Princess's provincial relatives, she reluctantly followed the crowd with a song "Open Sex and Pleasant Feelings". Tanchun set up the Begonia Poetry Society, she is only in response to the scene, Ming is the "vice president", in fact, it is just a matter of making up the number. The only thing that left a deep impression on me was the riddle she made at the end of the abacus: "The luck of heaven is not endless, and it is rare to have merit or luck." Because of the chaos in He Zhen day after day, only the number of yin and yang is different. ”
Although Yingchun made an abacus riddle, he never planned for his life. Jasmine is also known as "Late Lee", which means to put fame and fortune in the last place, and its indifference is also similar to the indifference of Yingchun. The riddle of the lantern that Princess Yuan came out was only that she and Jia Huan guessed wrongly, and Jia Huan's chagrin and Yingchun's smile passed, which was a huge contrast.
Princess Nan'an came to Jia Mansion, and Jia Mu asked Chao Dai and Tan Chun to come out to meet, and Lady Xing was indignant, but YingChun herself did not care. She has lost her mother since childhood, no one loves her, and she can live with her sisters in daguan garden, and it is her greatest happiness to live in a few years of "pure heart" life. She had no envy or jealousy for her sisters, and she did not have high expectations for the future. However, she is also cowardly because of this.
She is "two woods" in the mouth of the little one, and she doesn't know how to prick it. Her big sister-in-law dared to smash the small kitchen for a bowl of egg soup, and her grandmother dared to privately gamble on her precious jewelry, and after the matter was revealed, her grandmother dared to argue with her in her room. Tanchun couldn't look at it and calmed the matter for her. Dai Yu couldn't look at it either, and smiled and said, "The tiger and wolf are hoarding on the stairs, and they are still talking about cause and effect." However, Yingchun also laughed: "'Taishang' said it well, saving people is urgent, and it is the most sinister thing." Although I cannot save people, why should I go in vain to make a grudge against them and do such a useless and harmful thing? ”
Jasmine is native to the West and is a Buddhist mascot. The Song Dynasty king Shi Peng has a poem cloud "No profit, Jia Hua Yi Jia, far from the Buddha Kingdom to China." Old man was ashamed to chase the fly head profit, so he went to the Zen room to find this flower. And yingchun's often read "Taishang Induction" is mixed with the Buddhist theory of causal reincarnation. Yingchun's "rule by doing nothing", although it is detachment and compassion, has also led to her inability to control the next person, let alone control her own destiny.
Fourth, fate: always blown away by the rain and wind
Jasmine was "cold-cold, weak-stemmed", pale and powerless, unable to resist the invasion of the Wind Blade and Frost Sword. Its flowering period is very short, and each flower is only open for a day or two. Such a fragrant life, but fragile and fleeting. Just like the life of Yingchun, it is difficult to escape the doom of "golden boudoir willow, a load to the yellow sorghum".
Jasmine is also a common ornament, "who bathes and leaves the makeup woman, loves to put idle flowers all over her head." Yingchun was like an ornament and was randomly promised by Jia Pardon, which was her greatest tragedy.
And the reason why Jia Yu married her to Sun Shaozu was that he owed five thousand taels of silver to others and did not want to pay it back. He was absurd and unscrupulous, and he wanted mandarin ducks to fail, so he spent eight hundred taels of silver to buy a girl named Yan Hong as a little wife. Such a comparison is chilling to watch. Jia Mu was not optimistic about this family affair, but she did not say anything to stop it. Jia Zheng bitterly persuaded his brother, but Jia Yu was not concerned. Marriage is a big thing, but only by "the fate of the parents of the concubine's words", Yingchun is such a person who is accustomed to resigning herself to fate and passive acceptance, she is powerless to protect herself and has no intention of fighting.
Yingchun has no quarrel with the world in her life, and in the darkness, the riddle she once made has become a slur, which is a tragic encounter after her marriage. Sun Shaozu was not a good match, on the contrary, he was a zhongshan wolf, a ruthless beast, who saw the decline of Jia Fu, saw Jia pardon him for five thousand taels of silver, and saw that Yingchun was weak and could be deceived, so he wantonly trampled and humiliated.
When the storm of fate mercilessly rushes towards Yingchun, how should this little jasmine flower protect itself? She was used to being kind to people, she was used to silence, but at the end of her life, she also cried out: "I don't believe my life is so bad!" From the child, he did not have a mother, fortunately, he passed by his aunt's side, and he lived a few years of pure heart. Now it's the result again! ”
This was the only rebellion in Yingchun's life. She is also a living life, she is also a flesh and blood person, she is not a "second wood", she will be sad and indignant in the face of the fate she has long foreseen. It's just that this resistance seems so pale and powerless.
In feudal society, there are not only "parents' fate and concubine words", but also "the daughter who marries out spills water", Yingchun was cruelly abused, but there is no way to cry. Although Lady Xing was a concubine, she was insensitive and indifferent, just "face feelings"; although Lady Wang sympathized and persuaded her, she could not save her from the water and fire, and even ordered Baoyu not to tell Jia Mu about Yingchun's tragic situation.
"Dream of the Red Chamber" is not finished, but we all know that Yingchun can not escape the tragic ending of "golden boudoir willow, a load to huangliang". Just like the little jasmine flower that blooms in the shade of the tree, in the face of the storm, unable to protect itself, no one can help, can only let the rain blow down...
Author: Du Ruo, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.