Daguanyuan is Jia Yuanchun's provincial villa, not the Jia family's private property, but a royal garden. Originally, guifei provincial relatives needed to lock up and wait for the next time guifei provincial relatives came to be lucky.
However, after Jia Yuanchun returned home, he felt that if the huge garden was abandoned, it would inevitably live up to the good scenery, so he ordered Sanchun and other sisters to live in the garden to add color to the beautiful scenery.
Jia Yuanchun: "... But he also thought that Bao Yu had grown up in the sisters since childhood, no better than other brothers, if he did not order him to go in, he was afraid that he would be deserted, and he would not be very happy for a while, so Lady Jia Muwang would be worried, and she would have to order him to live in the garden. After thinking about it, he ordered the eunuch Xia Shouzhong to come to the Rongguo Mansion to issue a decree, ordering Baochao and others to live in the garden and not to be forbidden to seal it, and to order Baoyu to still go in to study.
There is no doubt that the "Grand View Garden" is Cao Xueqin's special habitat for the Jinling Twelve Chao, but it is just a clever name under the pretext of Yuanchun Province.
But since it is a name, it must also be in line with reality, and if people want to stay, they must have some basis.
Therefore, the Grand View Garden demolished part of the Ningfu Huifang Garden, incorporating the original Tianxiang Building, and Qin Keqing entered the garden. Wang Xifeng is the "supervisor" of the Grand View Garden Poetry Society, and she also stayed with Sister Qiao. Together with the other Sanchun, Li Feng, Baochao, Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Miaoyu, they gathered in the name of Yuan Chun.
The "alien" here is Jia Baoyu, just like when he was introduced into the too illusory realm by exception and was rejected by the female fairies as a cloudy matter. Jia Baoyu lived in the Grand View Garden, and was also "strong" stuffed into it.
On the surface, Jia Yuanchun advocated everything. Behind it is definitely Madame Wang's meaning.
Only when Jia Baoyu lived in the Grand View Garden could Madame Wang be able to "snatch" him from Jia Mu's side. As long as Jia Baoyu was still outside, he couldn't do without Jia Mu's side, and Madame Wang couldn't get in.
Therefore, there was an "absurd" scene in the Jia family, and it was clear that Jia Baoyu's half-sized son and daughters lived alone in the Grand View Garden, which did not conform to the etiquette and rules, but it happened in a dignified manner. Although it is the author's intention, it must also be the inevitable rationality of the dispute between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Therefore, "all changes are inseparable from its sect", Jia Baoyu's living in the Grand View Garden cannot be separated from the two realities.
First, Jia Baoyu's entry into the Grand View Garden was caused by Lady Wang's struggle with Jia Mu for control of her son.
Second, Jia Baoyu's stay in the Grand View Garden was not in accordance with the rules and etiquette.
The defense of men and women in the ceremonial society is extremely serious. "Dream of the Red Chamber" is also mentioned more than once.
For example, when men such as Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and doctors were present, all the women in the Jia family avoided it.
For example, Jia Zhen came in to eat with You's family, and daughter-in-law Jia Rong's daughter-in-law Xu Shi had to quickly avoid it.
For example, when Qingwen is sick, the doctor will put down the account when he comes in, and only give one hand to diagnose the pulse, and the ladies are even less likely to let the new doctor see the doctor.
For example, Jia Baoyu went to Daiyu's room in the morning to find her and Xiangyun to play, which was not in accordance with the rules. At that time, Jia Baoyu was only eleven or twelve years old.
For example, if Li Feng loses his handkerchief, he will quickly send someone to find it...
The values of the ancients were constantly evolving under the influence of Confucianism, and the core of the relationship between men and women was mainly embodied in "defense", commonly known as "the great defense of men and women"!
Men and women, in addition to husband and wife, mother and son, father and daughter, brothers and sisters, etc., must be "guarded".
Therefore, when Lin Daiyu first entered the Rongguo Mansion, although she was only seven years old, her uncle was still missing.
And "men and women are not seated at the age of seven" means that boys and girls after the age of seven, even brothers and sisters, can no longer sit together and eat and drink.
The Book of Rites and Internal Rules: "Six years of teaching and the name of the party, seven years of men and women do not eat together at different tables." ”
Of course, the rules are dead. The Jia family's strict etiquette and discipline are not good, and it is not surprising! All because the "defense" of the general family is not external and internal.
The Jia family closed the door themselves, and the brothers and sisters grew up together, so naturally there is no need for too strict boundaries.
Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, including Jia Lan, did not shy away from the sisters and female relatives before they reached adulthood. But adults such as Jia Lian should pay attention to one or two.
And between adults, between elders and juniors, such as Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Lady Xing, Lady Wang, Li Feng, Wang Xifeng... They must strictly enforce avoidance.
Jia Yu could not have seen his sister-in-law, Lady Wang, and Lady Xing and Aunt Xue would not sit with Jia Zheng. Daughters-in-law will not meet elderly men such as father-in-law.
Jia Baoyu grew up with the girls, there is no problem in being together, although it violates the different seats of men and women at the age of seven, but the Jia family's etiquette constraints are not as serious as the "Peony Pavilion" Du Li's mother's family.
The problem is not jia baoyu and the Sanchun sisters, but Xue Baochao, Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun, and later Xue Baoqin, Xing Xiuyan and Li Wen, Li Qi sisters and others.
They are either cousins or in-laws with Jia Baoyu. They are both fifteen or sixteen years old, and they still live together in the Grand View Garden, which is not in accordance with the rules.
If you use etiquette to detain the situation of the people in the Grand View Garden, it will be a scandal to tell it! The Jia family will be talked about, and the girls will not have to marry.
The so-called "collapse of the liturgy" lies in its own in-strict compliance.
Jia Baoyu lived in the Grand View Garden, which was strongly led by Lady Wang, and trampled on the etiquette of the time. It belongs to Madame Wang's selfishness and willfulness.
It is ridiculous that Madame Wang has "zero tolerance" for Jin Jun'er and Qingwen, but instead allows Jia Baoyu's behavior and position inaction, which is far more serious than the mistakes of the servants.
Of course, to understand the author Cao Xueqin's thoughts from another angle, he will let Jia Baoyu live with the girls in the Grand View Garden, which is also his ideal "Datong" society. It is a rebellion and contempt for the harsh feudal rites.
Although the Grand View Garden is not revolutionary. But just like Jia Tanchun's reform of the Grand View Garden, it is a kind of "change method". It is the orientation of Cao Xueqin's spiritual values.
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