Xue Baochao, together with Lin Daiyu and the first of the Twelve Nobles of Jinling, she is the most popular woman in Jia Fuzhong; she not only has the charm of Yang Guifei, but also has an enviable talent.
In the late spring period, because Shi Xiangyun accidentally made a willow poem, which was quite interesting, so he deliberately consulted with BaoChao, Daiyu, etc., and reorganized the poetry society, with liushu as the theme, limited to various minor tones.
Therefore, in the late spring, everyone was in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and wrote a beautiful willow poem.
Liu Shu, originally a rootless thing, light in posture, drifting with the wind, has always been borrowed by poets to express sad feelings, as Tan Chun wrote: It is also difficult to be tied and difficult to bind, and the east, west, south and north are separated; as Dai Yu wrote: Sigh in this life, who gives up who receives? Marry with Dongfeng Chun no matter what, go with Er, endure and drown!
Although these poems are beautiful, the sadness contained in them is overflowing with words; Xue Baochao saw that the crowd was like this, and had the heart to come up with new ideas, so he wrote her famous work:
The bee colonies are in disarray.
Several have passed away with the water,
Will it be dusty?
Thousands of threads will never change,
Let him go with the gathering.
Shaohua Xiu laughed at the rootless.
Good winds borrow power frequently,
Send me to Qingyun!
Obviously, compared with Daiyu and Tanchun, Xue Baochao's willow words are different, and they have no negative feelings of hurting spring. In particular, the phrase "good wind with strength, send me to qingyun" is more like her inner pursuit of fame. In connection with Xue Baochao's pursuit all along, he may only be able to think of "golden jade good fortune".
Therefore, everyone believes that Xue Baochao's willow words contain her pursuit of dreams, contain her attitude towards "golden jade good fortune", righteousness, and courage to move forward.
But we all seem to have overlooked one point, that is, the essence of willow silk, she is rootless, she is incomparably light, even if she is in the clouds, can she always maintain that height?
Therefore, in Xiao Bai's view, Xue Baochao's willow words do not contain her persistent pursuit of "golden jade and good fortune", and her poem is not as magnificent as praised by everyone, but only wears a heroic coat, but cannot hide a trace of sadness.
In the late spring, the willows are scattered everywhere, or floating on the surface of the water; or stopping in the corners; although they are light, they are eventually stopped because of the obstruction of foreign objects; but if the willows, as Xue Baochao said, rush into the clouds, they can naturally jump like the sea and jump with fish, and the sky is high and the birds fly freely.
Therefore, in Xiao Bai's view, Although Xue Baochao's willow words are different from the styles of others, they cannot change the sad mood, and in her poems, she contains her yearning for freedom.
Just like that day near the Di Cui Pavilion, when she saw the two jade-colored butterflies, when they were playing freely, she had always been reserved, and she changed her usual style and couldn't help but take the fan to chase. At this time, this cute and simple woman may be the most real Xue Baochao.
As she said to Daiyu because of the liquor order incident:
Bao Chao saw that his face was blushing with shame and full of complaints, so he refused to ask any more questions. Inrah sat him down to eat tea, and the money told him, "Who are you when I am?" I am also a naughty, from the age of seven or eight, I am also personally entangled. Our family is also a family of readers, and my grandfather also loved to collect books. At the beginning, there were many people, and the sisters and brothers were also in one place, and they were afraid to read the canonical books. The brethren also have those who love poetry, and there are also those who love words, such as these "West Chamber", "Pipa" and "One Hundred Kinds of Yuanren", all of which are everything. They are sneaking behind our backs, and we are sneaking behind their backs. Later, the adults knew, beat, scolded, burned, and then thrown away. So our girls' family, do not recognize the word is good. Men don't read unconscionably, and it's not as good as not reading, let alone you and me.
It can be seen that the seven- and eight-year-old Xue Baochao is also a free, unrestrained, cute and mischievous woman; although Xue Baochao at this time believes that these things are not for girls to do, we can see from her tone of voice that she looks back on the sweetness of the past.
Just like, when Jia Baoyu joked that she was like Yang Guifei, the little girl who lost the fan, Te te looked for Bao Chao to fan, if it wasn't for Bao Chao's usual days, they often played together, how could she be so generous to ask her.
However, today's Baochao's situation has changed; with the death of her father, the Xue family has declined, and her brother has not cared about everything, so for the Xue family, for his mother and brother, Xue Baochao has put away the naughtiness of the past, and always restrains himself, learning female red, reading poetry and books, cultivating temperament, and being a big bridesmaid in the eyes of the world.
Therefore, Xue Baochao took the happiness of her life to participate in the selection of concubines; to pursue the "golden jade good fortune", but all this, for her, may not be what she wants.
It is not difficult to see that Baoyu is not the object of her affection; she often tells outsiders that Xiangyun and Xiangling are two idiots, too annoying, but Xiangling, but she is her, personally brought into the Grand View Garden.
Therefore, it is not difficult to see that the Baochao that is always divided from the point often wears the mask of hypocrisy. I have always longed for the freedom of childhood, just like the willow that soared into the sky, no longer has any shackles, but has a vast freedom.