Dream of the Red Chamber, a dream-like text. As the first person in the Book of Tongbu, Baoyu is even more elusive. He always looked stupid and silly, seemingly incomprehensible.
At the third Second Jade Initial Meeting, there was the so-called "Xijiang Yue" of the descendants, and the criticism of Baoyu was extremely cooperative. Its words are:
"Looking for sorrow and hatred for no reason, sometimes it seems silly like madness." Even if it is born with a good skin bag, the abdomen is originally grassy. Sloppy and ignorant of worldly affairs, foolish and stubborn to read articles. Behaving in a perverse manner, that is slandered by the world.
The rich do not know their jobs, and the poor are unbearable and desolate. Poor to live up to the good Shaoguang, Yu Guo yu home hopeless. The world's incompetence is the first, and the ancient and modern are not unparalleled. Sending hakama and anointing sorghum, do not imitate this shape. ”
These two poems also devalued Baoyu to nothing, but the lipogram pointed out: "The shape of the cream is interesting." When imagining its image, the origin of the treasure jade is the same, and the party is not fooled by the author. "The last two words are the most important. It's just a slug, and it may not be laughed at yuqing. It can be seen that energy efficiency is not stupid. Therefore, only by starting from the text as a whole and looking at the back of the Treasure Book of the Wind and Moon will we not fall into the literary trap that the genius author had to carefully set when he trekked through the jungle densely packed by the "prison of words".
If, as set out in the text of "full of absurd words", everyone has his own predecessor, but regardless of the predecessor, after the next, there are seven passions and six desires, and they must also eat, drink, and sleep, that is, the so-called "cannot be exempt from the vulgar ear". In addition, people as social animals, shuttled in the rolling red dust, always live in their own times, the times have a profound impact on everyone, anyone who wants to get out of the times, just like pulling their hair out of the earth as ridiculous, therefore, although Baoyu was formerly a divine attendant, the times also affected Baoyu's life.
When Baoyu came down, it was already the end of the "hot days" (fat criticism), and the so-called end times in the text really meant that the unorthodox came to power and the orthodoxy declined, which led to the era of accelerated decline of the dynasty. Feudal society pays the most attention to orthodoxy, and the unorthodox is strong, which means that the feudal system has been fundamentally shaken, the "heavens" of the times have been broken, and Baoyu's extraordinary predecessor has been destined to take on an extraordinary mission in this life, that is, to "make up for the heavens".
"Jade seeks a good price in the tree", Baoyu is actually like all the talented and benevolent people in feudal society who embrace the ambition of "Reaching and Helping the World", longing for the Ming Jun, and the sorrow of Baoyu is that it alludes to the Jia Jing of Yongzheng, as a symbol of the unorthodox in the text, it is obviously not "Shanjia", how can he achieve his mission? In the end, he could only laugh at himself and sigh that "there was no material to make up for the heavens" after "falling into the red dust for a long time".
What is even more tragic is that the unorthodox end times are broken, and the vast majority of people regard survival as the first priority, only seek to maximize interests, and do not talk about right and wrong, "the world is turbid, and the unorthodox mud is carried forward; everyone is drunk, feeding the unorthodox bad and ruining it", and he embraces the miracle of "making up for the heavens", adheres to the orthodox belief, "the whole world is turbid and I am alone, everyone is drunk and I am awake", naturally becoming "the people outside the world's 'will'", therefore, the sixty-third time Baoyu's evaluation of Miaoyu is not a master's own way.
Baoyu, in the eyes of the intoxicated and unconscious world, as one of the few truly sober people, of course, looks foolish and stupid, and it is difficult to understand, and the text of "Zhen Shiyin" performed by genius with "Jia YuCun Yan" is unique, but it is to present Baoyu from the perspective of the world.
The fifth text mentions that Baoyu "regards his sisters and brothers as one mind, and there is no difference between relatives and brothers" because of his "stupidity and remoteness", and The fat batch also points out: "So it is said that the fool is written from the world's will"; the same text also mentions: "Xian Gu knows that he (Baoyu) is highly talented and has a brilliant temperament", and the fat criticism also points out: "In the middle of the general department, the pen deprecates Baoyu, everyone mocks Baoyu, and the language slanders Baoyu, but now he has accidentally written these eight characters in the warning illusion." This method is also not found in the book. ”
This unique way of writing makes it very easy for readers to misread Baoyu, so the fat Yanzhai who "knows the bottom of the book" has to come out from time to time to click it, for example, it is also the fifth time, the text also mentions that Baoyu is "a piece of foolishness and remoteness that comes from nature", and the fat batch reminds: "The four words are extremely bad, but they are wonderful, just don't be hidden by the author."
In the text, there are many more treasures that are "written from the world's will". The so-called Baoyu hates reading, and even opposes reading, in fact, it is "written from the will of the world" Baoyu.
Unorthodox is to rely on distorting the way of Kong Meng, pointing out that Lu Weima insists that he is orthodox, that the upper liang is not right and the lower liang is crooked, and that those who pursue fame and profit will vote for the favor of those in power, and that they will "know the poetry cloud" every day, and read those so-called sage books that are deliberately "compiled out of their own minds" (the nineteenth time), forming the so-called "study of fashion" in the mouth of Jia Yucun. The so-called "study of fashion" such as the Rain Village, they read books in order to do a good job in the eight strands, as a "bait for the name of the fishing order", there is no country or people in their hearts, everything is only for fame and fortune, there is no courtesy, righteousness and shame to speak of.
In the big aspect, he usurped the world and brought calamity to the country and the people; from a small aspect, he was knighted and knighted, and harmed one side, which was exactly the "national thief Lu Yin" that Bao Yu hated, so he "deeply hated this way (Shiwen Eight Shares), originally not the author of the sages, and was able to expound the subtle mysteries of the sages, but as a bait for posterity, the rank of Fishing Lu" (the seventy-third time).
The eighth time, when Jin Yu first gathered, Aunt Xue advised Bao Yu not to eat cold wine, and Bao Chao smiled: "Brother Bao, thanks to your daily miscellaneous school, don't you know that wine is the hottest?" Lip critic pointed out: "Looking at it, if it were not for Bao Qing's words, I would not know what Yu Qing's day would be." "Saying that Yu Brother is studying in Baoqing's mouth is to make a slight dew to unload the spring hanging ear." It is fortunate that the book does not look at the front. Baoyu's reading is outside the way of Confucius and Mencius, "miscellaneous learning", such as Taoism, Buddhism, etc., with the purpose of "reading books to be reasonable and help the country govern the people" (the forty-second Baochao language).
Therefore, Bao Yu is not opposed to reading, let alone not reading, he is against "wrong reading", he is a clear stream in this dirty reading atmosphere.
In addition to reading, most of the other "written from the will of the world" in the text also have "great meaning", such as Baoyu's so-called slander of monks and monks, and they are not against the teachings of Buddhism and Taoism, and against the leper monks and lame monks who "point out that there are several people in the sea of psychedelic illusions" (the third fat criticism). In the last days, the people of the world are generally in a state of extreme insecurity, and they are more eager to seek spiritual comfort and help from religion, and it is easier to superstitiously believe in the Buddhist way, so a large number of so-called monks and nuns have been produced in society, who have taken the opportunity to engage in the business of defrauding people of money and even harming people's lives under the guise of Buddhist taoism.
For example, in the thirty-fifth time, Fu Tianjia sent two "extremely unlearned" mother-in-law to the Rongguo Mansion to ask for peace, and after seeing Baoyu, they privately discussed Baoyu. This one laughed: "Strangely, some people say that his family's treasure jade is like a good inside, and he can't eat it in the middle, and he is really a bit dull." He burned his own hands and asked people if they hurt, is this not a nerd? The one laughed again, "The day I came back a while ago, I heard many people in his family complaining. Like a waterfowl in the rain, he told others: 'It's raining, just avoid the rain.' 'You say ridiculous?' Often when no one is around, he weeps and laughs; when he sees a swallow, he talks to the swallow; when he sees a fish in the river, he talks to a fish; when he sees the stars and the moon, he either sighs long or short sighs or cries. And there was not even a little rigidity, even the anger of those hairy heads was affected. Cherish things, even a thread is good; bad step, even if it is worth thousands of dollars, it does not matter. It is difficult for the world to understand, even misunderstand, simply because "it is profound, how can it be held" (fat criticism).
For example, in the sixty-sixth time, Xing'er gave a speech to You Erjie and You Sanjie about Rong Guofu, about Baoyu, he said, "He has grown so big, he has not attended the canonical school." Our family from the ancestors to the second master, who is not a cold window for ten years, but he does not like to read. The old lady's baby, the old man first managed, and now he does not dare to manage it. The family is crazy and upside down, and no one understands what they say, nor does anyone who does it. Everyone outside looks at the good Qingjun look, the heart is naturally smart, who knows that it is clear on the outside and turbid on the inside, seeing people, there is no word. All the benefits, although he had never been to school, it was difficult for him to recognize a few words. He does not learn literature every day, nor does he learn martial arts, and he is afraid of seeing people, and he only loves to make trouble in the group of servants. Moreover, he was not rigid and soft, sometimes when he saw us, when he liked us, he did not go up and down, everyone was stubborn for a while; he did not like to go their own way, and he did not pay attention to people. We sat and lay down, and when we saw him, we ignored him, and he didn't blame him. Therefore, no one is afraid of him, just casually, and go over. "Degrade Baoyu to nothing."
Only You Sanjie, who can "recognize Xianglian" with the wisdom of the eyes and has been in the sixty-fifth time of "great transformation and great enlightenment, a washing away of evil obstacles" (fat batch), can discern the eyes to "distinguish baoyu" (the sixty-sixth time back to the end of the general batch), "Sister believes in his nonsense, we are not seeing one side and two sides, acting and talking about eating and drinking, there are some daughters who are angry, that is only in the habit of it." If you are confused, those are confused? My sister remembered that we were all together when we were wearing filial piety, and that day the monks came in to go around the coffin, and we all stood there, and he only stood in the head to block people. People say he is rude and has no eyes. After that, he didn't quietly tell us: 'Sister doesn't know, I'm not blind.' Thinking that the monks were dirty, I was afraid that the smell would smoke the sisters. Then he ate tea, and his sister asked for tea again, and the old woman took his bowl and poured it down. He hurriedly said, "I ate the dirty ones, washed them and brought them again." On these two pieces, I looked at them coldly, and it turned out that he had gone anyway in front of the girls, but it was not very suitable for outsiders, so they did not know. ”
Of course, in the eyes of the world, Baoyu's madness and stupidity may not be deliberate, because in the brutal and unorthodox world, "white bones are like mountains forgetting surnames, nothing but princes and red makeup", it is difficult to adhere to orthodoxy, "it is difficult to go to the qingtian", and even have to pay a price far beyond life, therefore, those who adhere to orthodoxy have to pretend to be crazy, and only occasionally reveal their true faces when they meet their confidants, such as "Jia Baoyu Road Gurudwara King of Northern Jing", "The language is clear, the conversation is good", and the fat criticism points out: "The eight characters are the best jade brothers, so that the party is the portrayal of the jade brother's text." Nongwu Jichun", "Lu Gurudwara Northern Jing King, Baoyu Zhengwen", "Baoyu Gurudwara Northern Jing King" resigned to the look, Fang revealed his original face, which was not the shape of the boudoir. ”
The twenty-second time, "Listening to the Quwen Baoyu Enlightenment Zen Machine", Bao Chao introduced the "Parasitic Grass" in "Dotted Lips" to Bao Yu, which made Bao Yu praise, triggering Daiyu's jealousy, and took the opportunity to satirize "Before Singing "Mountain Gate", "Makeup Madness", it is also implied that pretending to be crazy and selling stupidity is the only station that Jia Baoyu, who is "the world without a talker", must go through on the road to the love monk.
"Sometimes it seems silly like crazy", Baoyu is not really stupid, it is a unique way of writing, coupled with the protective color that Baoyu had to disguise in the special era, making Baoyu look stupid and stupid. Baoyu's stupidity is similar to Tang Yin's "Others laugh at me too crazy, I laugh at others can't see through" and Zheng Banqiao's "rare confusion", just as the 19th hui final general approval cloud, Baoyu is "a person of superior wisdom, into the devil without enlightenment, willing to degenerate." ”
Author: Guo, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.