After Qin Keqing's death, why did Jia Zhen hold a lavish funeral for her? Cao Xueqin: Jia Zhen has a complicated heart
After Qin Keqing's death, Jia Zhen ignored Jia Zheng's persuasion and insisted on using the coffin of Prince Yizhong, who had ruined the matter, and also said that he would devote everything he had to the funeral for his daughter-in-law Qin Keqing. Jia Zhen's out-of-the-ordinary behavior will naturally be discussed by the clan. Originally, Qin Keqing's sudden death made "everyone in the family know that everyone is not han", and Jia Zhen's unusual practice of mourning a concubine after Qin Keqing's death naturally made people suspicious. The Tianxianglou incident, although it was deleted and modified in the first eighty times, Jia Zhen's out-of-the-ordinary approach exposed this hidden affair.
So after Qin Keqing's death, why did Jia Zhen hold a luxurious funeral for her? Cao Xueqin: Jia Zhen has a complicated heart.
First, after Qin Keqing's death, Jia Zhen made up for the luxurious funeral she held out of guilt.
Jia Zhen was crying like a tearful person, and was saying to Jia Dairu and others: "The size of the family, relatives and friends near and far, who doesn't know that my daughter-in-law is ten times stronger than my son!" Now that the legs are stretched out, it can be seen that there is no one in this long room. He said, and began to cry again. The crowd hurriedly exhorted: "The man has passed away, it is useless to cry, and it is important to discuss how to take care of it." Jia Zhen clapped her hands and said, "How to cook, but do everything I have!" ”
From this passage, it can be seen that after Qin Keqing's death, Jia Zhen's state was very bad, and it can be said that he was very sad, and Li Yanzhai once commented that Jia Zhen's performance was like a mourning concubine.
There are not many people who originally know about the Tianxianglou incident, coupled with the fact that the author Cao Xueqin deleted this paragraph when revising, if there is no Jia Zhen's out-of-the-ordinary grief, perhaps readers will not easily find the clues of the Tianxianglou incident from the story, it is Jia Zhen's out-of-character sad behavior, which not only makes the clan suspicious, but also makes the reader suspicious.
In discussing Jia Zhen's purpose in doing so, it was found that although Cao Xueqin's Jia Zhen met the standards of a bad man, she was beyond affection in the matter of Qin Keqing's death, and completely inconsistent with his identity.
It is reasonable to say that Qin Keqing died, and the most sad person should be Jia Rong, but the strange thing is that the author Cao Xueqin did not describe Jia Rong's expression, nor did he describe any grief of Jia Rong after Qin Keqing's death, which made the reader suspicious. In fact, this is also a contrasting writing method of Cao Xueqin. Cao Xueqin's use of Jia Zhen's out-of-character grief and Jia Rong's description of no grief at all formed a sharp contrast, which can more intuitively show that there is a certain special feeling between Jia Zhen and Qin Keqing, which has long surpassed their original identity, and only in this way can tongjia zhen's out-of-character behavior be explained.
The Tianxianglou incident was discovered, resulting in qin Keqing's death. Jia Zhen knew that Qin Keqing's death was to preserve his face and the dignity of Ning Guofu, so Jia Zhen felt guilty from his heart, and out of compensation, he wanted to give Qin Keqing a luxurious funeral. In addition, Jia Jing became a Taoist monk and paid no attention to the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion, giving Jia Zhen the opportunity to hold a lavish funeral for his daughter-in-law.
At that time, Qin Keqing's funeral came up with many people with status status, and some people speculated that Qin Keqing's identity was a princess, in fact, these people came to attend Qin Keqing's funeral, not because of Qin Keqing's special status, but the status of Ning Rong and the two houses in the imperial court. In addition to these imperial relatives, there were also relatives of the four major families, as well as eunuchs in the palace, who had come to attend Qin Keqing's funeral. There is another reason, that is, Jia Zheng's eldest daughter Jia Yuanchun was crowned a concubine shortly after Qin Keqing's death, and news like this should not be a secret in the palace, and the eunuchs who came to Jia Mansion to attend Qin Keqing's funeral also just showed this.
Second, after Qin Keqing's death, Jia Zhen was willing to give her the best funeral.
Jia Zhen saw that her father did not care, and she also wantonly luxurious. When looking at the board, several pairs of fir boards are not used. But Xue Pan came to hang himself, because he saw Jia Zhen looking for a good board, he said: "There is a piece in our wood shop, called what kind of wood, which is out of the Huanghai Iron Net Mountain, and made a coffin, which is not bad for ten thousand years." This was still brought by his father that year, and the original Prince of Yizhong, Old Chitose, wanted it, because he had a bad thing, so he never took it. It is still sealed in the store, and no one dares to bid for it. If you want it, just carry it. Jia Zhen listened, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to carry it. When you look at it, you can only see that the bottom of the gang is eight inches thick, the pattern is like betel nut, the taste is like sandalwood musk, with the hand buckle, and the mastiff is like gold and jade. Everyone was strangely praised. Jia Zhen smiled and asked, "What is the value?" Xue Pan smiled, "Take a thousand taels of silver, but I'm afraid there's nowhere to buy it." What is not the price, reward them with a few or two wages. Jia Zhen heard that he was busy and thanked him, so he ordered to undo the saw paste paint. Jia Zhengyin advised: "This thing is probably very enjoyable to people, and it is a high-grade fir tree." At this time, Jia Zhen hated not being able to die on behalf of the Qin clan, how could he listen to this.
When I first read this paragraph, I felt that Jia Zhen gave Qin Keqing the coffin of the old prince who had done something bad, which was also a kind of pomp and exquisiteness. Later, when I re-read this paragraph, I felt that Jia Zhen's feelings for Qin Keqing were not as casual as for Eryou, and he had some special feelings for Qin Keqing.
Because of this, when Qin Keqing died, You Shi thought that Jia Zhen should avoid suspicion and avoid it, but Jia Zhen not only did not avoid suspicion, but cried like a tearful person, and hated that he could not die for Qin Keqing, and wanted to give everything he could to hold a luxurious funeral for Qin Keqing.
Jia Zhen's out-of-line behavior can only explain one point, that is, the bad man Jia Zhen's inner feelings are complicated. His feelings for Qin Keqing were not ordinary, at least different from the treatment of You Sanjie and You Erjie. Jia Zhen is a well-known bad man in the dream of the Red Chamber, but in the case of Qin Keqing, he shows an extraordinary affection, giving people the feeling that Jia Zhen's heart is particularly complicated.
This is also another special technique of Cao Xueqin's character shaping, bad people are not all bad, and good people also have shortcomings. According to Jia Zhen's various performances after his appearance, he is a typical bad man, but after meeting Qin Keqing, Jia Zhen is not as abusive as before, but has become affectionate.
Originally, Qin Keqing was a weak person and a victim, after the Tianxianglou incident was discovered, it was Qin Keqing who died, and this matter may be a good ending in You's view, which not only saved Jia Zhen, but also saved the Ning Guo Mansion. But Jia Zhen's heart is unbearable, he is full of guilt for Qin Keqing, in order to give Qin Keqing a decent and luxurious funeral, he does not care about other people's strange eyes, does not care about other people's views on him, such Jia Zhen is indeed difficult to understand.
If this matter was changed to someone else, it would be too late to avoid it, and absolutely would not come together to help Qin Keqing hold a funeral. Jia Zhen's behavior also shows that he has guilt and uneasiness in his heart, and also has a different kind of affection for Qin Keqing, but this deformed feeling will not be blessed, as long as it is known to the world, it will make Jia Zhen discredited, and Ning Guofu will be difficult to stand on.
The strange thing is that Jia Zhen has no scruples about these things, nor does she care about other people's opinions, and is willing to devote everything to holding a funeral for Qin Keqing. Later, when Jia Zhen and You Erjie and You Third Sister engaged in ambiguous relations, there was no longer such affection. He only gave his affection to Qin Keqing, but unfortunately this was a deformed feeling, even if Qin Keqing did not die, they would not have any results.
Coupled with the fact that the society at that time had very strict requirements for this kind of etiquette, once there was a scandal like Jia Zhen, it would not only make Jia Zhen lose his reputation, but also make the entire Jia Province humiliated and humiliated, Qin Keqing was even more certain to die, and Jia Zhen would find it difficult to gain a foothold in the imperial court.
I am Xiao Meng, telling you the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Reference works: Cao Xueqin, Fat Yanzhai commentary on "Dream of the Red Chamber" Fat Collection