When it comes to the most arrogant girl in "Dream of the Red Chamber", I believe that the first thing that many people think of should be Miaoyu. Because when Grandma Liu visited the Grand View Garden, her loneliness and arrogance really left a deep impression on everyone. But in fact, the most arrogant girl may not be Miaoyu, but Xue Baochao, who is very familiar to everyone.
Speaking of Xue Baochao, if you only look at the original work, I believe that many people will find it difficult to associate her with loneliness. Because from the beginning of Baochao's appearance, the author Cao Xueqin told everyone how Knowledgeable and Approachable Baochao was, and all the ladies and ladies were willing to communicate with Baochao, so that they aroused Lin Daiyu's jealousy, so how could such a person be arrogant? But let's not forget that the author Cao Xueqin only wrote that everyone is willing to associate with Baochao, but never wrote about who Baochao is willing to associate with.
The twenty-first time in "Dream of the Red Chamber", "The Virtuous Raider Jiaojiao Zhen Baoyu Pretty Ping'er Soft Words To Save Jia Lian" There is a passage that writes that Baochao went to baoyu early in the morning, and caught up with Baoyu to go to Daiyu, and it was Baochao who attacked people to receive. Hence the following passage:
Suddenly, Bao Chao came up, and Because he asked, "Where did Brother Bao go?" The attacker smiled and said, "Brother Bao still has work at home!" "Bao Chao heard about it and understood in his heart. He also heard the attacker sigh, "The sisters are kind, and there is also a measured etiquette, and there is no black family who makes trouble in the daytime!" According to how people persuade, it is all in the ears. Bao Chao listened, and secretly thought in his heart: "Don't look at this girl wrong, listen to him, but there is some insight." Bao Chao sat down on the kang.
If you look at these words alone, the average person will not feel that there is anything, but feel that the insight of the attacker has been recognized by Baochao. But a sentence by Li Yanzhai reveals the way Baochao gets along with people.
'Bao Qing treats people and things, not alienated, not close, not far away. The disgusting one does not see the coldness, the form of the voices, and the pleasing person, nor the secret feelings, the shape of the voices. Today, "I sat on the kang", and Gai Shen attacked Qingyi. ’
It can be seen that Baochao's treatment of people is far from being as simple as we think. In other words, Bao Chao had been in Jia Fu for so long, on the surface she was in harmony with everyone, but the only person who could really make her look good was to attack people.
So why doesn't Baochao associate with other sisters or servants? One is because Baochao is older than others. Regarding the factor of age, I have mentioned it in many articles. Because among the many girls in Jia Province, only Jia Yingchun is the same age as Baochao, and the rest are 4 years younger than Baochao, so do you think Baochao will confide in a group of little sisters? Second, because on the character and insight, the only thing that can be compared with Baochao in the whole book is the raider and the later Tanchun. On this point, many people may not agree, and I also know that everyone wants to say Daiyu, Qingwen, Purple Crane and so on. But I can tell you with great certainty that the only three people in the first 80 times of "Dream of the Red Chamber" who can be called both moral integrity and ability are Xue Baochao, Raider and Jia Tanchun, and the attacker's identity is low and his education level is limited; Tanchun's age is small. Therefore, from the sentence that things are clustered in groups and people are divided into groups, it can be seen that Baochao is lonely and arrogant in Jia Province.