The young master in the Rongguo Mansion was the most inferior child in the dream of the Red Chamber
Jia Huan is the son of Jia Zheng and Aunt Zhao, and is also the unpopular young master in the Rongguo Mansion. It is reasonable to say that Jia Huan is the third son of Jia Zheng, the status is not low, and it should also be a child who is favored by the elders of Jia Province, but in fact, this is not the case, because there is a difference between Concubine Shu, coupled with the fact that Jia Mu and Lady Wang do not attach importance to this child, the slaves naturally do not put Jia Huan in their eyes, resulting in Jia Huan being very inferior and sensitive from an early age.
First, Jia Huan was ignored by Jia Mu.
Jia Muyin asked, "Just have some porridge to eat." "You Shi has already held a bowl and said that it is red rice porridge. Jia Mu then took half a bowl and ordered, "Give this porridge to Feng Ge'er to eat," and then pointed out, "This bowl of bamboo shoots and this plate of wind pickled civets are for Ying Er and Bao Yu to eat, and the bowl of meat is for Lan Xiaozi to eat." ”
From this passage, it can be seen that Jia Huan was directly ignored by Jia Mu, who loved her grandson Baoyu the most, this child was her lifeblood, and later came Lin Daiyu, and even the three springs of Jia Fu were leaned back, not to mention Jia Huan.
In the book, it is written that Jia Mu hates Aunt Zhao, and it is estimated that Shun carries and does not like Jia Huan, the grandson of Jia Huan. Many people say that Li Yi's son Jia Lan is the shadow of Jia Huan, and usually Jia Lan always appears with his uncle Jia Huan, just like his shadow. In fact, this is not the case, Jia Lan is Jia Zhu's son, is the little young master from the RongGuo Mansion, Jia Mu pitiful Li Feng mother and son orphans and widows, jia lan this child is also very loving, but ignored the existence of Jia Huan.
Because of Jia Mu's neglect and dislike, those masters and slaves in the house who have rich eyes do not pay attention to Jia Huan, and the two kinds of differential treatment make Jia Huan's heart very uncomfortable, and he becomes sensitive at the same time while inferiority.
Second, Madame Wang's indifference made Jia Huan inferior.
Originally, according to the ancient system, Jia Huan should be raised by Lady Wang, the mother-in-law, but Cao Xueqin's Jia Huan grew up with her birth mother, Aunt Zhao, who did not care much about his growth, and most of the time she was indifferent, and Lady Wang's indifference made Jia Huan lack of care and become inferior.
Aunt Zhao raised Jia Huan by her side, generally there are two situations, one is that Aunt Zhao is favored by Jia Zheng and gets Jia Zheng's consent to raise her son Jia Huan by her side. Another situation is that although Lady Wang is a concubine, because she dislikes Aunt Zhao and is not willing to worry too much about Jia Huan's affairs, she puts Jia Huan next to Aunt Zhao and raises her.
Obviously, combined with the storyline in the novel, these two situations exist, but Madame Wang hates Aunt Zhao and hinders her reputation as a virtuous person, so she has to let go of the favor of Aunt Zhao. Although Jia Huan was a child born to Aunt Zhao, she was nominally The son of Lady Wang, and Lady Wang had her own children to raise, so she gave Jia Huan to Aunt Zhao to take care of.
The only time in the book that Lady Wang cares about Jia Huan is in the twenty-fifth dream of the Red Chamber, when After Jia Huan went to school, Lady Wang asked him to copy the scriptures. As a result, Jia Huan was annoyed that Baoyu was talking to Cai Xia, a child who had not been valued for a long time and was ignored, and jealous of Baoyu's love for Madame Wang, and deliberately pushed the candle oil down on Baoyu's face.
Jia Huan burned Baoyu, and he himself was scolded, and he also caused trouble for his birth mother, Aunt Zhao. This child's heart has undergone a distorted process from the low-esteem of being ignored for a long time to jealousy and revenge, and people have also become bad. Jia Huan thought that everything he had been taken away by Baoyu, including Cai Xia, the only one with whom he had a good relationship, and he couldn't swallow this breath and broke out.
In fact, this outbreak is terrible, inferiority and lack of attention have made Jia Huan's heart become distorted, he does not care about scalding Baoyu's face, or destroying Baoyu's face. It can be seen that for Jia Huan, an inferior person, the long-term lack of attention and neglect has made him inferior and has hatred at the same time.
Third, Aunt Zhao's rough education methods made Jia Huan lack of care.
When Aunt Zhao saw him like this, she asked, "Where did you kick the nest again?" When he asked and did not answer, when he asked again, Jia Huan said: "Playing with Bao's sister, Ying'er bullied me, relying on my money, And Bao Yu's brother picked me up." Aunt Zhao read: Who told you to go up to the high platform? Obscene faceless stuff! Where can't I play? Who told you to run away to please no fun! “
It can be seen from this that Aunt Zhao's way of educating Jia Huan is rough, and although she has the opportunity to take Jia Huan with her and raise her, she has not given his mother the love. Jia Huan did a little wrong thing, or did not meet Aunt Zhao's wishes, and he would be scolded by Aunt Zhao.
Jia Huan has long been not valued by Jia Mu and Lady Wang, and even ignored by Jia Mu, and the only thing he has is the desire for love from family affection has also disappeared from the rough education of his birth mother Aunt Zhao.
Jia Huan is still just a child in the end, even if he was influenced by Aunt Zhao in his growth, he is not a bad person in essence, he just becomes inferior because his identity has not been valued for a long time and lacks love. If Aunt Zhao is a gentle and kind mother, she can give her son enough love, I believe that even if she is not valued by Jia Mu, Madame Wang is indifferent to him, Jia Huan can also get warmth from the love of family affection. In fact, all of this is difficult for Jia Huan to get, and these many factors add up to make Jia Huan the most inferior child in the dream of the Red Chamber.
It can be seen that Cao Xueqin's writing of the character of Jia Huan is not a simple brush stroke, nor is it such a simple evaluation of good and bad, he writes about the character of Jia Huan with a sympathetic eye. In Cao Xueqin's pen, Jia Huan is a humble person, he is inferior and sensitive, and belongs to the kind of child whose uncle does not hurt his grandmother and does not love. The reason is very simple, he is not the son of Jia Zheng, but the young master of the Rongguo Mansion, which means that he will be treated differently. He was ignored and looked down upon, and even his status in the Rong Guo Mansion was inferior to that of some decent slaves, so Jia Huan was inferior and sensitive.
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