Luo Yuming said that the Red Chamber | Jia Yucun appeared

The first two characters to appear in "Dream of the Red Chamber" are named Zhen Shiyin and Jia Yucun. The two names are pronounced "The Truth Is Hidden" and "False Village Dialect", indicating the way the novel is written. Zhen Shiyin is named "Cain", he quickly quit, there are not many stories; Although Jia Yucun is not the core character of the novel, it is through the whole process, which seems to imply that the whole novel is "false language village dialect".

What's the point of setting up these two characters?

First of all, to avoid disaster. Ancient novels are often understood as innuendo. As a work that profoundly reflects social reality, "Dream of the Red Chamber" needs to emphasize that the storyline of the novel is fictional and does not point to real characters and events in life. Many people who are keen on "Suo Yin" interpret "Dream of the Red Chamber" as a text written almost by the underground party in code, and everyone has a special set of methods to reveal the shocking truth behind the story, which is also funny, but it is exactly contrary to the author's original intention.

But Jia Yucun's role is not only a suggestive symbol, he is a character with a distinct personality, and his various performances constantly remind the reader that the appearance of life we see is full of falsehood; or that people actually live under the false appearance they have woven.

When Zhen Shiyin appeared, he was a squire in Gusu Zhangmen, that is, a retired official, although not rich and noble, but also a well-known and decent figure. What about Jia Yu Village? He was a poor Confucian who lived in a small ancient temple next to Zhen Shi's hermitage. He was alone and wanted to go to the capital to take the exam, hoping to seek fame and revive his family business. However, he could not even get together in Shangjing, so he had to live in this small broken temple, living by writing a few words and selling a little article.

When a more important character in the novel appears, he usually has a description of the person's appearance and appearance. Jia Yu Village was a bit desperate at that time. As the old saying goes, people are poor and short-minded, horses are thin and hairy, and the average person should be gray-headed and dirty-faced, a look of shabbiness, right? But Jia Yucun in "Dream of the Red Chamber" is not like this.

In the novel, he is described with the eyes of a beard, saying that although his clothes are worn, he looks very spiritual, "with a thick waist and a thick back, a wide mouth, a sword eyebrow and starry eyes, and a straight nose and cheeks." Probably tall, with a square face and mouth; his eyebrows were thick and straight, and the end was upturned, like the shape of a sword, and his eyes were black and white, and there was light in his eyes; in addition, his nose was very straight, and his cheekbones were a little high.

This kind of appearance is said in the photo book. People who have grown up to this appearance are generally upright and have a great future. According to the tradition of the ancient novel, when a character appears, if he is described in this way, it must indicate that he is a positive character, and a very important character. If he appears in a very bad situation and lives in a small broken temple, it means that the person is in a state of decline, like a dragon trapped in shallow water, and many stories will happen later.

This Jia Yu village is not only good-looking, but also quite talented.

The small broken temple where Jia Yu Village lives is adjacent to Zhen Shiyin's home. Zhen Shiyin was also a literati, and sometimes he would invite Jia Yucun to come and drink together and talk about poetry. Once it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two of them drank wine in Zhen Shiyin's study. There was a bright moon in the sky, the moonlight was like water, the weather was cool, and the more the two drank, the more interested they became. Jia Yucun used the meaning of seven or eight points of wine to loudly chant a poem to express his bosom. The last two sentences of the poem are: "The heavens are only held out in a round, and all the people on earth look up." "A bright moon in the sky has just risen, and thousands of people in the world have looked up at it.

This is called borrowing. It is believed that the mood in poetry is often consistent with the author's temperament and his style of being a person. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, there are many stories and legends that try to prove that even if the big people have not yet succeeded, writing poetry has a great atmosphere and great courage.

Reading further down, we see that Jia Yucun has a bold and cheerful personality.

When Jia Yucun finished chanting his Yongyue poem, Zhen Shiyin immediately became excited, saying that this was a sign of flying yellow Tengda. Hearing that Jia Yucun was distressed by the coiling, he took over the conversation and said, "Oh, as long as your brother can afford me, this coiling fee is a small matter, and the younger brother will buy it for you." After saying this, he immediately ordered the servants to enter the house, sealed fifty-two packs of silver out, and gave two sets of winter clothes to Jia YuCun.

In the Qing Dynasty, a medium-sized family in Beijing had a total income of more than thirty taels of silver a year. Therefore, this is really a lot of money for the poor Jia Yu Village. What's more, he was at the most critical moment in his life, and Zhen Shiyin's practice was to send charcoal in the snow.

People's hearts are very fragile, most people can't stand the big ups and downs, once at this time, it is inevitable that they will be excited, a handful of tears, a handful of snot is also understandable. However, Jia Yucun accepted the silver, but "a little thanks", that is, simply said thank you, as if nothing had happened, still drinking wine, still talking and laughing there.

You may feel strange, and when you think about it, you will understand that he is a person who aspires to do great things, and people who do big things do not like to be sticky.

There is another detail that is similar to this.

When he was drinking, Zhen Shiyin told Jia Yucun that he wanted him to choose an auspicious day of the zodiac and leave for Beijing to catch the exam. The next day, Zhen Shiyin woke up and sent someone to the temple to find Jia Yu Village, but he did not expect that he would leave before dawn. Jia Yucun also left a sentence behind by the little monk in the temple, saying that readers do not care about the zodiac and the underworld, they always take things as the most important thing and do things as important. That's the grandeur of the big guys. Tell him in person, thank him in person, and he will be spared.

Therefore, Jia Yucun's appearance can be roughly summarized as follows: a table of talents, extraordinary spirit, outstanding talent, and boldness.

If you are a Qing Dynasty person, you read "Dream of the Red Chamber" from the perspective of the ancient Chinese novel tradition, and use the customary routine to speculate on the future of Jia Yu Village, it is easy to think that the author is writing a fallen hero.

When the plot unfolds wave after wave, you will see Jia Yucun's various treacherous behaviors, and looking back at the plot of his original appearance, it seems that "Dream of the Red Chamber" deliberately set up a misunderstanding for the reader.

In the ancient commentary on "Dream of the Red Chamber", some people said that Jia Yucun was a traitor like Cao Cao, but in fact, it was not right. This Jia Yucun is actually a despicable and obscene villain, but the posture and tone of his actions are a little similar to Cao Cao in the story of "Three Kingdoms". This seems to be another misunderstanding set by the author.

Perhaps the author did use some artistic means to strengthen people's impression of Jia Yu Village. But in the final analysis, the image of Jia Yucun is completed with realistic brushwork, and his boldness and vulgarity are combined into one, and there is no incompatible contradiction. The reason why people cannot understand him well is because "true is false and false is true", and the luster of human nature is mixed and confused; it is also because most people live in false appearances, and traditional novels only describe false lives. This leads to people feeling strange when they face the truth. (Luo Yuming)