"Dream of the Red Chamber" depicts a prosperous era that is about to decline, before the fall, Jia Fu has several carnivals from top to bottom, among them, the big miss Jia Yuanchun, who entered the palace early in the Jia family, was arranged to go home after being a concubine, and the Jia family who learned the news prepared to build the Grand View Garden early, and bought small dramas to establish a drama class, and then packed up the family temple and prepared to welcome the Yuanchun provincial relatives.
Yuan Chun was of course the first phoenix of Jia Province. She flew out of Jia Mansion, became a concubine in the palace, and made a trip home, up to Jia Mu, the elderly grandmother, Lady Wang, Jia Zheng, Lady Xing, Aunt Xue and other elders, all had to bow their heads and bow to her, down to Baoyu Baochao Daiyu and other sisters, they all had to pay homage to her, and Baoyu could not go to see her without permission.
Supposedly, this is a great honor. But in Yuan Chun's eyes, she obviously did not take pride in this: "The farmhouse house, although it is salty and clothed, can finally gather the joy of heaven; although it is extremely rich and noble now, all sides of the flesh and bones have no interest in the end!" ”
In her opinion, although those peasant families eat coarse tea and light rice and wear coarse cloth clothes, they can always enjoy the happiness of the world. Although the Jia family is very rich, it is always meaningless because of the separation of flesh and bones!
It can be seen that the word rich and noble, in her opinion, is nothing, and family affection is the most important. A girl like Yuan Chun is indeed not suitable for entering the palace, and if she can live again, maybe she would rather be the daughter of a small family.
But as the eldest daughter of Rong Guofu, she naturally shouldered many responsibilities on her shoulders. Jia Mu raised her and must have had great expectations of her, otherwise she would not have been sent to the palace. Jia Mu did not know that the wealth of the Jia family is difficult to continue, since the man is unreliable, then send the girls in the family into the palace as a political investment, although it may not be able to survive, but it is always an opportunity to save the entire family.
Yuan Chun's luck lies in the fact that she has the life of a rich man, and her misfortune also lies in the fact that this rich man has to pay a price. Yuan Chun, this phoenix, is a phoenix that can't help itself.
The second phoenix should be Tanchun.
Tanchun is Yuanchun's sister-in-law. In terms of identity, she is certainly not as good as Yuan Chun. However, judging from the information revealed in the original text, Tanchun also has the life of a concubine:
The crowd laughed and said, "What did I say?" This sign was originally taken from the boudoir, except for these two or three roots that have these words, there is no nonsense, what is the harm! We already have a princess in our family, are you also a princess? Great joy, great joy! (Sixty-third time)
In ancient times, it was difficult for girls to be valued, and whether they could live well depended on their own creation. Tan Chunyin drew a flower lottery on Baoyu's birthday, and the signature said, "Whoever gets this signature will get your son-in-law."
Although Tanchun refuses to admit it in his mouth, it is the girl's reticence, but it is inevitable to have some expectations in his heart, after all, in ancient times, in addition to reincarnation, the biggest prospect of a woman is almost to marry a good husband.
From the fact that Princess Nan'an greatly appreciated Tanchun, it can be seen that she is very likely to use Tanchun as a righteous daughter and marry a relative. If he marries the king of the small country of Fanbang, then she is the princess, but this is not necessarily a good thing, and marrying far away means to be separated from the family for life, and it is basically difficult to see each other again.
Tanchun is a phoenix, when she was at home, she had great ambitions, had a strong sense of home and country, after marrying, she may be able to be reborn, although it is difficult, but after all, she can start a life again, and more importantly, she does not have to worry about her identity.
The third phoenix, of course, was Wang Xifeng.
In Wang Xifeng's sentence, there is a sentence that "all birds come from the last days", which refers to Wang Xifeng. Unlike Jia Mu or Madame Wang, she was not born in the heyday of the four major families, but only caught up with the final hilarity.
In this bustle, she fully demonstrated her ingenuity, every day thousands of silver and tens of thousands of dollars, all dispatched from her heart and mouth, housekeeper for many years, but never in front of Lady Jia Muwang made a mistake, it can be seen that she has a clear mind, smart and capable, and high efficiency.
With the word "phoenix" as her name, she deserved it.
She is both talented and eloquent, not only can she coax Jia Mu around, even the little girl likes to listen to her, the only fly in the ointment is that she and her sister-in-law Li Feng are completely opposite.
Li Feng is a Shangde who is not yet talented, and Sister Feng is still talented and not Shangde, her ability is spicy and refreshing, all for the sake of showing off her talents, she is not afraid of even karma.
The ancients were superstitious, how many people dared to be so generous and unobstructed in front of outsiders or did not believe in the retribution of yin and hell? Still in the Temple! Besides, Sister Feng couldn't read at all, and she didn't know much truth!
Perhaps it is also because of ignorance and fearlessness, but the Heavenly Dao is good reincarnation, she finally woke up, but this repentance came too late, she had a lawsuit for human life in her hands, whether it was You Erjie, who was forced to die by her, or Zhang Jinge and the son of the garrison, did not cause a ripple in Feng Jie's heart, until she learned that her daughter's whereabouts were unknown, how did she feel at that moment?
ShouldN't you regret it?
The last phoenix was actually Lin Daiyu.
In the Xiaoxiang Pavilion where Lin Daiyu lived, at the beginning when Jia Zheng took Baoyu and others to write the right forehead, Baoyu inscribed the four words "There is a phoenix to yi", and later Yuan Chun renamed it "Xiaoxiangguan", and later, Lin Daiyu lived in. This name both refers to the Yuan Fei descending daguan garden, alluding to the fact that Yuan Chun is a phoenix, and later implies that Lin Daiyu, who lives here, is also a phoenix.
The author has always liked Lin Daiyu, she lives in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion "Phoenix Tail Sensen, Dragon Yin Fine", these eight words alone, not only write the noble elegance of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but also hint that the environment here is good, both wrote "Dragon" and "Phoenix", but with the phoenix metaphor Lin Daiyu, not refers to which prince Dai Yu will marry as a princess, but refers to Daiyu's high character, noble status, but more set off the author's love for Daiyu.
On the other hand, the character image of Lin Daiyu has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and since the advent of "Dream of the Red Chamber", many readers have a special love for the literary image of Lin Daiyu, which shows that Lin Daiyu deserves the metaphor of phoenix.
References: "Dream of the Red Chamber Fat Collection", by Cao Xueqin, Comments on Fat Yan Zhai, Yuelu Book Club.