The man from Kejia was the most affectionate husband to his wife in the dream of the Red Chamber
Jia Jing was the grandson of Jia Yuan, the first generation of the Duke of Ningguo in Ningguo Province, and the only person from the Second Ningrong Province. It is written in the book that Jia Jing was not interested in his career, ceded his hereditary official position to his only son, Jia Zhen, and gave Jia Zhen the power of stewardship of ningguo mansion, and became a Taoist monk after the death of his wife.
Jia Jing has only one wife, that is, the birth mother of Jia Zhen and Jia Xichun, and this woman is also Jia Jing's wife. Judging from the elderly birth of Jia Xichun's mother, Jia Jing's relationship with his wife is very good, at least he did not take a concubine like Jia Shu or Jia Zheng, but only had two children with his wife.
The strange thing is that the age difference between Jia Zhen and Jia Xichun is very large, when Dai Yu first entered Jia Province, the author Cao Xueqin had a description of Jia Xichun, which mentioned eight words of "insufficient weight, described as still small", these eight words also wrote that Jia Xichun's age was relatively small.
According to the age of six years when Dai Yu first entered Jia Province, Jia Tanchun was younger than Dai Yu, and Jia Xichun was younger than Jia Tanchun, which showed that Jia Xichun's age at that time was at least under six years old. And Jia Zhen's age, from Jia Rong's sixteen years old to speculate, Jia Zhen's age is at least more than thirty years old, that is to say, Jia Jing's wife at least gave birth to Jia Xichun in her forties, based on the fact that the women at that time married relatively early, and there were thirteen niangs in some places, according to this speculation, Jia Zhen's mother was already an elderly mother when she gave birth to Jia Xichun.
With the current medical conditions, there are risks for elderly women to give birth, not to mention the era when medicine was not developed. It is speculated that Jia Zhen's birth mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to her daughter, which is also the reason why Jia Xichun lacked the love of her parents since childhood. His wife died in childbirth, Jia Jing was heartbroken, regardless of his young daughter Jia Xichun, nor did he care about the feelings of his son Jia Zhen, he pushed everything in Ningguo Mansion to Jia Zhen, and became a Taoist monk by himself.
From the perspective of his children, Jia Jing is not a qualified father or a qualified parent, but from the perspective of the feelings of the husband and wife, Jia Jing is a husband who is affectionate to his wife.
Jia Zheng and Jia Zheng, who were the same generation as Jia Jing in the dream of the Red Chamber, belonged to a more decent old man, and he took two concubines, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao, and also gave birth to a son and a daughter with Aunt Zhao. Not to mention, after the death of his wife, Jia Huan continued to marry Lady Xing' stepmother, and judging from the identity of Yingchun and Jia Chun's biological mother, Jia Yu took at least two concubines, and there were countless people in the house. Compared with these two brothers of the same lineage, Jia Jing is a man who is more dedicated to feelings, and he is also a husband who is affectionate to his wife.
Because of this, Jia Zhen's mother died in childbirth while giving birth to Jia Xichun, and this incident hit Jia Jing very hard. After grieving, Jia Jing did two things, the first of which was to cede the hereditary title to his son Jia Zhen, including the administration of Ningguo Province. The second thing was to abandon Jia Xichun and choose to become a Taoist monk.
Jia Jing may not know that it was the choice he made in grief that not only destroyed the Ning Guo Mansion, but also ruined the life of his daughter Jia Xichun. After Jia Zheng became a Taoist priest in his father's house, he lost the restraint from his elders and became lawless, happy to be able to turn the Ningguo Mansion over, and no one dared to take care of it, becoming a clumsy disciple who destroyed the Ningguo Mansion. Daughter Jia Xichun has lost the love of her parents since childhood, as well as the care of her brother, she is raised by Jia Mother, although there is no shortage of food and clothing, but Jia Xichun lacks the love and warmth from the original family.
These also affected Jia Xichun's personality, making her become cold and lonely at a young age, which also laid the groundwork for Jia Xichun's later renunciation. If Jia Jing did not become a Taoist monk, did not indulge in alchemy, but personally raised his daughter Jia Xichun, then Jia Xichun's childhood would no longer lack love and care, she would not be indifferent and ruthless, and she would not break with her original family.
Xi Chun sneered, "Although I am young, I am not young in this remark." You don't read books, you don't know a few words, so you are all stupid, look at people who understand, but say that I am young and confused. YouShi said, "You are the Champion, the Eye of the List, the Tanhua, the first talent in ancient and modern times." We are confused people, why don't you understand? Xi Chun said, "Aren't there any confused things like Champions and Eyes?" It can be seen that they can't understand more. Yu Shi smiled and said, "You're fine." It was the talented son, who would become a great monk again, and talk about enlightenment again. Xi Chun said, "I can't understand it, and I don't want to be in the painting anymore." You Shi said, "I know that you are a person with a cold heart and a fierce heart." Xi Chun said, "The ancients also said, 'If you don't be a cruel person, it is rare to be a Han.' 'I am an innocent man, why teach you to bring me tired!' ”
From this passage, it can be seen that Jia Xichun wants to break with his original family. The reason was simple, that is, she was afraid that the filthy Ning Guo Mansion would tire out her own reputation and affect the reputation of Miss Jia Fu.
It is precisely because Jia Zhen usually does not care about this only sister, after copying the Grand View Garden, Jia Xichun sent someone to call his sister-in-law YouShi and forced her to take YaHuan into the painting. You Shi originally thought that Jia Xichun was making a big fuss and entering the painting was just a momentary confusion, not making too many mistakes, but Jia Xichun insisted on getting rid of her. Although You Shi was angry in his heart and could not hang on his face, he still decided to take it away into the painting.
From this point of view, although Jia Jing is a good husband who has deep affection for his wife, he is not a good father. He abandoned his only daughter, Jia Xichun, and left his son Jia Zhen alone, resulting in Jia Zhen's lawlessness in ningguo mansion and laying the groundwork for ningguo mansion to be raided in the future.
It is reasonable to say that Jia Jing is the only person from the two provinces of Ningrong, and also the only jinshi in the two provinces, which is also the glory of the two provinces. But he was not interested in his career, especially after the death of his wife, he was blindly good, completely abandoning the troubles of the world and only loving to live in the Taoist temple.
Therefore, after Qin Keqing's death, Jia Jing did not care about everything in the palace and let Jia Zhen be the master, which gave Jia Zhen the opportunity to hold a luxurious funeral for Qin Keqing.
Back to the topic, from the perspective of Jia Jing's wife's forty-something birth, it is speculated that Jia Jing's relationship with his wife is quite good. Because of this, the death of his wife hit Jia Jing very hard, coupled with his usual good manners, after his wife's death, Jia Jing chose to give up everything to become a Taoist monk. From this point of view, Jia Jing is not only the most talented man in Ningrong and Ningrong, but also the most affectionate man for his wife, but unfortunately This Jia Jing did not pass on to his son Jia Zhen, and Jia Zhen became an amorous man.
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