"Dream of the Red Chamber" has a lot of content that Cao Xueqin does not have to write, and it is also very interesting to think carefully, which can be used as an extended interest of readers to think more.
Junji Yakan Red Chamber has a "Dream of the Red Chamber" did not write a series, specifically to talk about Cao Xueqin did not clearly explain, but must exist those contents. For example, this article is where someone asks, "After Qin Keqing's death, why didn't Li Feng attend the funeral?" ”
After Qin Keqing's death, Jia Zhen organized a grand funeral in order to cover up the real cause of Qin Keqing's death.
At that time, Mrs. Jia Shuxing, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, and even the elderly people of the clan such as Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu all mentioned the appearance, and did not attend because Qin Keqing was a junior.
In the original text, there were three people who did not explain their attendance, but they were concerned by the readers: Jia Mu, Li Feng, and Jia Xichun.
Although Jia's mother's generation is high, she is only the same generation as Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu. The old lady also liked Qin Keqing as a person, and there were also some in the past.
Jia Xichun is Jia Rong's aunt, although she is young, she is a real relative, and there is no reason not to go back.
Li Feng is Jia Rongtang's aunt, widowed at home, but whether she attends or not is debatable.
The ancients had many restrictions on widows, such as going out and going to public places. Li Yi's chances of actually going out are very few. There is only one introduction, that is, to beat the qingxuan and go out with Jia Mu. Like going to Ningguo Mansion, it doesn't count as going out.
After Qin Keqing's death, it was certain that Li Feng would definitely rush over, after all, it was a relative's family, and her mother-in-law, Lady Wang, was also there, and she couldn't not go. Including Daiyu, Baochao and others will also go.
The reason why the author did not explain is that attendance is a common sentiment of people, and there is no need to explain more. Writing a random stroke of Li Yi is really unnecessary to appear abrupt. All because she was not the protagonist of the article at that time, Wang Xifeng was.
It's like after Wen Jia Jing died, and there was no mention of Jia Xichun. As a daughter, I will definitely participate, and there is really no need to repeat it.
But whether it is Xi Chun or Li Feng, attending the funeral should only be divided, and there is really no article to record, and it is impossible to have the same sense of existence as Wang Xifeng assisted Ning Guofu. Therefore, it is no accident that the author omits it.
Li Feng must have attended Qin Keqing's funeral, the author did not mention it, and the readers naturally could not see her.
So is it to say that this "problem" is meaningless? Nor is it.
Li Yi would go to pay tribute to Qin Keqing, but he would not be there often. It is not easy for a widow like her to go out, and she will not easily show her face. The most you can do is to shed a few tears before the spirit, say goodbye to the "dead", and then have an important day, go to Youshi to accompany you.
Throughout the funeral process, Li Yi could not and would not be overly involved. She is as low-key as possible after her predecessors, and her "inconspicuousness" is due to her widowhood.
As for the highlight of Qin Keqing's funeral, "funeral", Li Feng would not go to the Tiezhan Temple with everyone to send spirits. At most, he accompanied Qin Keqing's mother-in-law You Shi in Ningguo Mansion that day and fulfilled the friendship of relatives.
As the saying goes, "widows are not many in front of the door", and the jia family's rule is that widows do not run the family, which is a prohibition on showing their faces.
After Li Yi was widowed, his heart was like a withered hammer, and he not only handed over the butler key in his hand to Wang Xifeng, but also "self-imprisoned" in Daoxiang Village in Daguan Garden.
At this time, Li Feng was a marginal presence in the Jia family, and the meaning of her life was to raise her son Jia Lan, and the other was to keep the festival and win glory for the door lintel of the Jia family.
Although the Jia family does not need Li Feng to set up a "chastity archway", if Li Feng keeps the festival and can raise his son Jia Lan to become a talent, after Jia Lan has a career, the glory of Li Feng's observance of the festival will be highlighted. Once he is commanded, he will inevitably be praised, and it is also the glory of the Jia family.
Therefore, after Li Yi was widowed, it was impossible to remarry, or even return to his mother's family to save his relatives.
That year, Aunt Li brought Li Wen and Li Qi from Jinling to Beijing, and the first time she visited Li Feng in Jia Province, she came in place of Li Feng's parents.
After Li Yi became widowed, it was inconvenient for parents to come to visit their daughters, otherwise they would be misunderstood by the in-laws whether the daughter-in-law complained that it was not good at home, so they let their parents come to visit.
Naturally, Li Yi could not go home to save his relatives. The road was long, and it was not convenient for her young widow to go out. The second is that you can't go out during the festival.
In ancient times, the requirements for widows were extremely strict, and there is a story that reflects the "danger" in it. It is said that there was an Anhui woman in the Qing Dynasty who was accidentally swept away by the flood, and a man who passed by at a critical moment saw it and reached out and grabbed her in a hurry and rescued her. It was said that this was a good thing to see the righteous and courageous, but the woman who fell into the water cried loudly, felt that her virginity was defiled, and committed suicide that night.
"Starvation is small, and loss of temperance is great" is the cruelest shackle to ancient women, especially widows.
Under what circumstances can Li Yi go home? Older than Aunt Li can go out. Then after her son started a family, she went home with her son. But that would take a long time. By then, there would be no parents at home, and there would be no point in going back.
Therefore, from qin Keqing's funeral after his death, Cao Xueqin never mentioned Li Feng, and he could know that Li Feng, the widow daughter-in-law of the Jia family, had many restrictions on her behavior and was inconvenient to show her face. Even on such an important occasion as a funeral, she is an "invisible person" with a very low sense of existence.
It was not that Li Feng did not attend Qin Keqing's funeral, but that her identity was destined not to be mentioned.
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