In the first eight episodes of "Dream of the Red Chamber", most of the descriptions are short "social affairs" and "adult affairs" in the sophisticated parents. By the ninth time, Cao Gong turned his brushstrokes lightly, not saying fantasy, not talking about ethics, not talking about officialdom, not talking about love, and turning to the school known as the ivory tower, presenting the classic plot of "naughty boy haunting school" to the reader.
The reason why schools are called ivory towers is that compared with the intricate society, there is no naked variety of interests in society, and it will be simpler. In addition to the children of the Jia family, there are also some "rubbing scholars" such as Qin Zhong, which has caused a mixed situation of dragons and snakes, and the small school also seems to be complex like a small society. After a naughty boy came down from the school, Cao Gong used small views and big people to say things and reason, telling us some social "rules" that cannot be ignored.
The first is Jarry - difficult to level the class quarrel - to be a person first Lide. As soon as Jia Rui came on, Cao Gong seemed to be angry with him, saying that he was "the most cheap and endless person". What is cheap? It refers to the low price of things or undeserved benefits, And Jared is the most "cheap" person, that is to say, he is best to get "undeserved benefits", "every time in school, he uses the communiqué to blackmail his children to invite him."
What's not to like? It means that the behavior is not decent, Jia Rui usually uses the communiqué to be private, and he also stinks without a bottom line, "and then he assists Xue Pan to figure out some silver money, wine and meat, and Xue Pan is rampant, he not only does not care about the contract, but also aids and abetts abuse and flatters." Such a person with no virtue, no principles, and no bottom line of "three noes" naturally has no influence in the academy.
When he maintained classroom discipline as a temporary "class leader", he could not mediate a verbal dispute between students, and it also developed into an "armed struggle", and even the servant Li Gui laughed at him in front of everyone: "I am not afraid that your old man will annoy me, su ri your old man is a little improper, so these brothers do not listen."
The main reason why Jia Rui is difficult to convince the public is that he has no "morality", which shows that to be a man, he must first be virtuous, and if he is not worthy of the position, there will be disasters, so that later he coveted the beauty of Fengjie, repeatedly provoked and finally did not measure up to eat the evil consequences, and he was sick and whimpered at a young age.
Second, Jin Rong -- taking the initiative to provoke a fiasco -- strength determines the forces. Jin Rong is the instigator of this school farce, because he has "sneaking intentions" for his "charming" classmate Xiangpi, and he is dissatisfied and jealous, and then tracks and eavesdrops on Qin Zhong and Xiangpi's whispers, and humiliates them verbally.
Qin Zhong and Xiang Pi sued the temporary "class leader" Jia Rui, who handled the unfair handling, which then triggered a "martial struggle" between students and students, between students and Xiao Wei. This "martial struggle" was finally quelled by the provocateur Jin Rong "only having to come in and kowtow to Qin Zhong", which can be described as "stealing chickens and not corrupting rice".
Why did Jin Rong fall to the point of lifting a stone and dropping it on his own feet? The reason is that strength is not good. Like Qin Zhong, Jin Rong is also a rubbing reader of Jia Fu's private school, because his aunt is married to a person named Jia Huang of the Jia family, and Jia Huang's family situation should not be much better than that of Jia Rui's family, otherwise how can Grandma Huang "only play the grinder and give us Grandma Lian's second grandmother kneeling to borrow the head", and Qin Zhong is the younger brother of the young grandmother qin of ningguo province.
That is to say, outside the academy, Qin Zhong has the younger grandmother sister of Ning Guofu, while Jin Rong only has an aunt who "lives in the East Hutong Zi Huang Da Grandma"; in the academy, Qin Zhong is the companion of Rong Guofu's most favored concubine, Baoyu, and Jin Rong only borrows the "qi brother" of the playboy Xue Pan who lives in the Rong Guo Mansion.
From the outside to the inside, from far to near, Qin Zhong's background can obviously dump Jin Rong a few alleys, the stupid Jin Rong actually took the initiative to provoke, without strength there is no right to speak, without strength there is no power, jin Rong lifted the stone can only fall on his feet in the end.
The third is Jia Qiang - clever risk avoidance - think twice before doing things. If Jin Rong is the instigator of the school farce, then Jia Qiang is the booster of this farce. At first, there was only a verbal dispute between Qin Zhong and Jin Rong, and later Jia Qiang "pretended to be Xiao Gong, walked outside, and quietly summoned the name of the book boy with Baoyu to his side, and so on, and dispatched him a few words." Then, the young and vigorous Ming Yan rushed to the academy to grab Jin Rong and cause a physical confrontation and weapon fight.
Who is Jia Qiang? ---- "is also the grandson of the upright sect in Ning Province, his parents died early, and he lived with Jia Zhen from an early age." It can be said that Jia Qiang and Jia Rong of Ningguo Mansion are of the same age, grew up together, and have a very good relationship. When he saw Jia Rong's brother-in-law being bullied, he was already angered.
According to the theory, he should have helped, but the "internal and intelligent" he did not do this, but pondered, "Jin Rong Jia Rui and his cadres are all uncle Xue's acquaintances, and I am good to Uncle Xue, if I come out, they tell Old Xue, are we not hurt and angry?" Leave it alone, such rumors, everyone is not interesting. Now why don't you think about subduing and suppressing your mouth, and you can't hurt your face."
Jia Qiang's degree of "thinking twice before acting" is to "think twice before acting", putting aside the sophistication and sleek elements in this degree of thinking, as far as the matter is concerned, Jia Qiang's practice of "thinking twice before acting" is also very desirable, if he directly comes forward as a noble prince with the surname of Jia and "upright Xuan sun", it will not only be difficult to "stand alone", but also affect the relationship with Xue Pan, a relative of rongguofu; if he remains indifferent to the matter, it is inevitable that he will lose his affection with Ning Province.
Therefore, after thinking twice, he was able to weigh the pros and cons, borrow the power of the tea smoke, not only put himself in the matter without staining, but also help Qin Zhong, which shows that he is indeed "internal and smart".
Fourth, only by doing something can we have a good job. Before looking back, Ming Yan did not appear, even before Bao Yu went to school, he reported to Jia Zheng, and when Jia Zheng asked "who is with Bao Yu", it was Li Gui who responded recently. And when he heard that his master, the young master, was bullied, Ming Yan stepped forward and grabbed Jin Rong and reprimanded him, not only did the angry Jin Rong's yellow face and arrogance breathe a lot, but also "the children in the whole house were afraid of their delusions", which showed the momentum of Ming Yan at that time.
Although this series of actions of Ming Yan was reckless, from the perspective of performing the duties of the Protector as a servant, Ming Yan was dutiful and dutiful, and did not live up to the evaluation that "it was the first thing that Bao Yu had to use", and even Bao Yu said that "Ming Yan he also bullied me for someone to bully me."
Since then, Ming Yan has often appeared around Bao Yu, more intimate and intimate, Bao Yu is very private and important things are entrusted to Ming Yan to do, the most typical example is the Narcissus Temple memorial in the forty-third time, that is, Bao Yu avoids Li Gui and lets Ming Yan prepare horses to accompany him.
Just like now we often say that only those who have a good job can have a position, and only by doing their duty can they be promoted, if they are not conscientious and dedicated to protecting the Lord, Xiang Bi Baoyu will not trust Ming Yan so much, so that he can become the most worthy servant.
Author: Warm Forward, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.