Zhang Dai recalls his life:
"Less for the stupid children, love the prosperity, good house, good beauty, good child------ good pear garden, good advocate, good antique ------"
The "child prostitute" he mentioned refers to a beautiful teenager who was treated as a woman by the high-ranking officials and nobles. This was extremely common in feudal societies.
Therefore, the ancient literati did not shy away from it.
In "Golden Plum Bottle", there are also these boys.
They come from lowly backgrounds and have no long belongings, so they can only devote themselves to the families of the rich and noble and be at the mercy of others.
The so-called dignity of being human beings is gone in them.
Some of them were tortured to death, some were resold many times, and some ran away in anger------
Lan Ling Xiaoxiaosheng used these men without human dignity to satirize the absurdity and hypocrisy of the patriarchal world.
Ximen Qing was the first person in "Jin Ping Mei" who did not learn no skills, and in order to attach himself to elegance, he specially named the four beautiful boys in the house "Qinqi Calligraphy and Painting".
There were two piano boys, the first of which was brought by Meng Yulou's dowry.
"When I was about sixteen years old, I only grew my hair, and my eyebrows were clear and beautiful, and I was well-behaved and clever."
Because Meng Yulou and Pan Jinlian were good friends, every time Pan Jinlian came, the piano boy was waiting by the side.
After a long time, both of them had a love affair.
Just at this time, Ximen Qing wandered the Qinglou and snubbed Pan Jinlian.
As a result, Jin Lian and the piano boy secretly became a good thing.
Where in the world is there an impermeable wall, after the East Window Incident, Ximen Qing did not care about three seven twenty-one, beat the piano boy and drove him out of the house.
Thanks to Yu Lou and Chun Mei's intercession, Pan Jinlian was able to escape.
The second piano boy was a small house brought by Li Zhen'er when she married into Ximen Mansion.
Li Zhen'er was the richest of several wives and concubines, and later she also gave birth to a son for Ximen Qing, all of whom she was the most favored in Ximen Province.
The status of the people who took Li Zhen'er with them was also relatively high.
This piano boy's style is more bold.
In order to tease the book boy, he actually hid the silver pot privately at the official brother's birthday celebration banquet.
Moreover, it is not without pride to show off to Li Zhen'er's Yahuan Yingchun.
Afterwards, he went back to the Lion Building and went to sleep.
Yingchun handed over the pot and supposedly said that such a thing would happen, and the piano boy would be very unlucky.
Pan Jinlian also seized this point and beat Ximen Qing to cure the piano boy fiercely.
However, Ximen Qing gently took it with him and did not pursue it.
The author portrays these two piano boys with the intention of showing Ximen Qing's different attitudes towards Li Zhen'er and Meng Yulou.
The first piano boy, Ximen Qing, did not even inform Meng Yulou and drove him out.
And the second piano boy, Ximen Qing, gave the greatest tolerance.
From this point of view, the favor of the master directly affects the status of the servant.
The second piano boy, after Li Zhen'er's death, still won the trust of Ximen Qing, and would let him do anything important.
The chess boy was a small squatter recommended by Ximen Qing's brother Zhu Shinian, who was only fourteen years old.
Very little is written about him.
He only wrote that his daily job was to give Ximen Qing "an endorsement bag, a prayer box and a horse."
After Ximen Qing's death, Wu Yueniang dismissed many servants, and the chess boy naturally had the fate of being betrayed.
The painting boy is the most miserable boy among the four children.
The seventy-sixth time in the book, "Painting Children Crying and Hiding from Wen Kuixuan", tells in detail about the tragedy of painting children.
Wen Kuixuan is a talented person who is in charge of handling paperwork in Ximen Mansion and is deeply respected by Ximen Qingqi.
This man has a bad character, is the best at being vain and vicious, and has a bad habit of focusing on young and beautiful boys.
Wen Xiucai often moved in the study, and the painting boy became his prey.
With Ximen Qing's trust, he violated the painting boy.
The painting boy did not dare to speak up, but just hid from crying.
"Today's little pain, hiding out, did not dare to go." He only cares about making peace cry, and he fights small. ”
This matter reached Wu Yueniang,000, and Ximen Qing only knew about it.
He dismissed Wen Xiucai.
However, his reason for dismissing Wen Xiucai was not for the sake of painting children, but because Wen Xiucai leaked the business information of ximenjia.
The tragic experience of the painting boy reflects the tragic situation of some poor teenagers in that era who were violated by evil people.
The book boy is the one with the most ink among several boys.
He was a little older than the others, and he was older.
After Ximen Qingsheng was added to the official, Li Zhixian sent a young man to tie the knot.
"Eighteen years old, a native of Changshu County, Suzhou Province, named Xiao Zhangsong. Originally born in the county, he was born qingjun, with a face like Fu powder, white teeth and red lips. ”
The book boy once put on women's clothes, which was almost indistinguishable.
Ximen Qing saw that he was born so beautiful and clever, and he could also sing songs, so he placed him in the study to serve.
Once Ximen Qing was drunk and resting in his study. When he saw the book boy, he pulled him aside and possessed him.
With this relationship, the status of the book boy in Ximen Qing's heart is even heavier.
This caused dissatisfaction among the other subordinates in the house.
The thirty-fifth time in the book, "Ximen Qing avenges the male pet, and the book boy is the female makeup charmer", it carefully portrays the intimate relationship between Ximen Qing and the book boy.
A few in Qinghe County were arrested for committing crimes, and they asked the book boy to help intercede with Ximen Qing.
The book boy wanted to earn this intermediary fee, and he was afraid to say that Ximen Qing would not agree, so he prepared a gift and wanted to beg Li Bottler.
However, when he entered Li Zhen'er's room, he was found by Ping'an.
Ping An informed Pan Jinlian that the book boy had an improper relationship with Li Zhen'er.
Pan Jinlian provoked Ximen Qing, who knew that Ximen Qing was not at all moved. He fully believed in Li Zhen'er and the bookboy.
Not only that, he also found a reason and beat up the peace, which was considered to be revenge for the book boy.
The arrogance of the bookboy has reached the level of the sun.
Although the book boy became Ximen Qing's male favorite, he himself liked women.
For a long time in the inner house activities, the book boy and Wu Yueniang's handmaiden Yu Zhen had a love affair as soon as they came and went.
Unfortunately, the two were dating in the study and were discovered by Pan Jinlian.
The book boy pleaded with Pan Jinlian, and Pan Jinlian took the opportunity to ask Yu Zhen to help her commit adultery and report Wu Yueniang's every move.
Yu Zhen was so frightened that he quickly agreed one by one.
In fact, Pan Jinlian did not think of reporting them to Ximen Qing at all.
Because of the previous incident, Pan Jinlian clearly realized the status of the book boy in Ximen Qing's mind.
And even if she denounced it, it wouldn't do any good.
However, the bookboy was still afraid. He knew that his life was pinched in the hands of Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing.
Even if Pan Jinlian didn't say it now, if one day she was unhappy, he was still in danger.
Ximen Qing liked himself again, but he was moody and uncertain that one day he would be rejected.
Therefore, the book boy lied that he wanted to buy silk for Ximen Qing, cheated twenty-two pieces of silver, and escaped from Ximen Mansion.
The situation of the bookboy in Ximen Mansion is very embarrassing.
On the surface, he has unlimited scenery, but the pain in his heart can only be understood by himself.
He is clever and cunning, endures insults and dirt, and meets the love of his heart, but he cannot keep it.
In desperation, he chose to run away bravely and preserved the last dignity of being a human being.
The four children of qinqi calligraphy and painting are just an embellishment of Ximen Qing's vassal style.
Their fate is entirely in the hands of their masters.
The piano boy was expelled, the chess boy was sold, the painting boy was insulted, and the book boy fled.
Lan Ling Xiaoxiaosheng borrowed these small people to hint at the gradual decline of Ximen Province.
Especially the character of the book boy, his relationship with Ximen Qing is particularly close.
He came with the help of Li Zhen'er and Brother Guan, who died one after another, and he immediately fled, and the scattered fall of Ximen Qingjia Road had also begun.
At this time, the characters in the book are all ignorant, still drunk and dreaming, living in a foggy nightmare.
Through these four small characters, the author not only shows the reader the social customs and customs of that time, but also reveals the sinister and sinful nature of the human heart.