In the twenty-first episode of the Dream of the Red Chamber, there is a fat criticism that explains the final outcome of Jia Baoyu, and this comment is like this: Baoyu has such a poison that the world cannot bear to be poisoned, so the later text can have a "cliff to give up"; if others get Baochao's wife, the wife of musk moon, how can they abandon him and become a monk?
That is to say, Jia Baoyu eventually became a monk on the cliff, and this is what happened after marrying Baochao. So the question is, is Jia Baoyu's cliff-laying really an epiphany, or is he forced to become a monk?
The lyrics of "Lifelong Mistake" say that the air is opposite, the mountains are crystal clear snow, and they will never forget, and the worldly immortals are lonely and lonely. Sighing in the world, the beauty is not enough to believe in the present, even if it is a case of eyebrows, in the end it is difficult to calm down.
From this point of view, Jia Baoyu's renunciation seems to be related to the two of them, he does not like Sister Bao, but he married Sister Bao, he likes Sister Lin, but Sister Lin died in tears and left him.
Baoyu Baochao's marriage, in the eyes of the world, is a golden and jade marriage, a perfect match for talented people, and another perfect political marriage of the four major families, but for Baoyu, his marriage is unfortunate, even if he raises eyebrows with Baochao, but his heart is still difficult to reconcile.
Therefore, Baoyu finally chose to give up on the cliff. If we understand it this way, Baoyu does not seem to be truly enlightened and renounced, but forced by reality to become a monk, but this inference is not unreasonable.
According to The Commentary of Li Yanzhai, after eighty times, there is still a retrospective of "Xue Baochao's borrowing words contain ironic advice", what is the purpose of Baochao's borrowed words with ironic advice? Naturally, baoyu is advised to read the canonical books and devote himself to the career economy, so that he can establish a career and support his family in the future, and he can also make a name for himself.
But we also know that Jia Baoyu had three major diseases in his life, the first major illness was bad persuasion, mainly because he hated others to persuade him to study, Xiangyun persuaded him to give Xiangyun a look, and Baochao advised him to lift his feet and leave, without giving people any mercy. This point, the first eighty times have a specific plot, will not be repeated.
Therefore, after eighty times, when Bao Yu Baochao gets married, bao chao after marriage is a long-term plan for the family and plans for Baoyu's future, it is bound to persuade Baoyu to read more than once, and at this time Baoyu, who has lost his beloved Lin sister, does not say, and his ears are still full of Bao's sister's persuasion all day, so how can he not be angry?
In the face of Baochao's borrowing words and irony, what action will Baoyu make? For ordinary people, it may be that the husband and wife will also mix their mouths, but for the Chaos Demon King, who has no day for a while and has a sweet mouth like honey, he sees that his wife attaches so much importance to the career economy, and a good girl is so poisoned, it is normal for him to make a move of running away from home.
Therefore, Baoyu's cliff abandonment, it should be said that there is an element of force, for him, marrying Bao's sister, it is not his own willingness, and now that he has just married, Baochao has begun to persuade him to study all day, and he is naturally more intolerable. Instead of that, it's better to walk clean.
Of course, Baoyu's cliffhanger, although there is an element of force, should also be related to his epiphany.
In the first eighty times, Bao Yu had many epiphanies, such as Bao Chao's birthday, because he listened to Bao Chao's "Parasitic Grass" drama text, he had some understanding, and then wrote a whirlwind, Bao Chao could not help but say after reading it: "This person is enlightened." ”
Of course, at this time, Baoyu had not yet truly realized, and he was in the middle of seeming enlightenment. This time it was to listen to quwen Baoyu's enlightenment Zen machine, and when he asked Ling Guan to sing a play, he mentioned Baoyu's epiphany, this time it was the recognition of the love of Li Xiangyuan.
Baoyu was tired of playing in the Grand View Garden, and suddenly remembered the song of "Peony Pavilion", and knew that Xiao Danlingguan of Lixiangyuan sang best, so he wanted to listen to her singing, but he did not expect that Lingguan not only did not sing, but even did not look at him with his eyes, which made Jia Baoyu, who had been loved, very puzzled.
It turned out that he was a phoenix egg who was loved by Jia Mu and Lady Wang in every way, and everyone in Jia Fu couldn't get the rich family who served him around him, and some people didn't take him seriously at all.
Later, Jia Baoyu understood that not everyone was around him, there were always girls like Ling Guan, who belonged to him and regarded him Jia Baoyu as a floating cloud. Therefore, Baoyu came to the conclusion that "from now on, it will only be a tear for each person." " conclusion.
Once enlightened, Bao Yu realized that the red stripe came and went without concern, in fact, it was similar to what a monk said before carrying a stubborn stone into the red dust, although the red dust had some pleasure, but it was the first dream, and all the worlds returned to emptiness. Therefore, Bao Yu said, "Wanton behavior comes and goes without hindrance, and there is great sorrow and joy in the vastness, and they all say that they are very close and close." Cao Gong also mentioned in a poem in the ordinary example of the Dream of the Red Chamber: Floating life is very hard and busy, and the grand feast will eventually end.
Once he realized that the love of life has its own destiny, and it is impossible for one person to get everyone's tears. Therefore, Daiyu's tears only flowed for Baoyu, while LingGuan's tears only flowed for Jia Qiang. This emotional realization should have had a great shock to Jia Baoyu, an amorous prince.
First realized that the floating dreams come and go empty, and then realize that the love of life has its own destiny, from the great realization of life to the emotional understanding, the treasure jade with hui root is on the road to enlightenment little by little, and when the family is scattered, his former floating dreams and life love have been verified, and one day, he has no nostalgia for the world, and the cliff is a matter of a moment.
Author: Xi Si Shao, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.