Dream of the Red Chamber: Cao Xueqin wrote about the high status of Jia Fu through the matter of the Doctor who treated Jia Mu
The forty-second time in the Dream of the Red Chamber, because she took Grandma Liu to visit the garden, Jia Mu was sick by the wind, and it was Wang Tai Doctor, a six-pin Tai doctor from Tai Hospital, who came to see Jia Mu. In this return, Cao Xueqin wrote out the high status of Jia Fu through the three details of wang tai doctor's treatment of Jia Mu.
First, Dr. Wang Tai saw that Jia Mu did not dare to look up.
I saw Jia Mu wearing a sheepskin gown of green wrinkled silk and a bucket of beads, sitting on the bed, and the four little beards on both sides who did not leave their heads were holding brooms and gargling cups and other things; there were five or six old grandmothers with goose wings on either side, and there were faintly many people wearing red and green jewels behind the bisha cabinet. Dr. Wang did not dare to look up, and hurriedly came up to ask for Peace.
Wang Taiyi was a six-pin taiyi and also a royal doctor in the palace, and he came to Jia Mansion to see Jia Mu and did not dare to look up. Here Wang Taiyi did not dare to look up, there are two reasons, one is that the ancient rules are big, the place where the internal relatives live, there are many inconveniences, although Wang Taiyi is a doctor, he does not dare to look around, and the rules are broken. Moreover, there were many female relatives dressed in red and green standing behind the bisha cabinet in Jia Mu's house, and he did not dare to look up.
Wang Taiyi did not dare to look up, and there was another reason, that is, the rules of rongguofu to see a doctor were strict, not as casual as Ningguofu. Even if Jia Mu is old, she usually sees a doctor, but she also hangs a curtain. This time, Jia Mu did not let people hang up the curtain, she joked, "I am also old, there is no way to raise that Ah Wu'er, and I am afraid that he will not succeed!" No need to put a curtain, just look at it. ”
From Jia Mu's words, it can be seen that she usually hangs a curtain for medical treatment, which also indirectly shows that the rules and power of the Rong Guo Mansion are large, and the frightened Wang Taiyi does not dare to look up.
Of course, if placed in an ordinary family, it is impossible to invite a doctor to see the disease, Wang Taiyi is a six-pin offering in the palace, through the fact that he treats Jia Mu, it is conveyed that the power of Jia Fu in the dynasty cannot be underestimated, and even the imperial doctors in the palace are so humble.
Second, Jia Mu asked, and Dr. Wang Taiyi bowed his head and replied with a smile.
When Jia Mu saw that he was wearing six-pin clothes, she knew that the imperial doctor had arrived, so she asked with a smile: "Good offering?" Inuyasha asked Jia Zhen, "This worshipper has a noble surname?" Jia Zhen waited busily and replied: "Surname Wang." Jia Mu said, "There was a Wang Jungong in the main hall of the Tai Hospital that day, and he had a good pulse." Dr. Wang Taiyi hurriedly bowed his head and replied with a smile, "That is the uncle of the late-born family." Jia Mu listened and smiled: "As it is, it is also a world friend." ”
When Jia Mu asked, the Wang Tai Doctor hurriedly bowed his head and replied with a smile, and when he treated Jia Mu, he also sat down on his knees. These small details write the humble performance of a six-pin tai doctor when he treats Jia Mu, and also writes the majesty of Jia Mu in the eyes of this imperial doctor.
Jia Mu is the widow of Jia Daishan, the Duke of Rongguo, the highest generational ruler of the two provinces of Ningrong, and also the Lady of the Imperial Court, whether her health is related to the safety of Jia Province, but also related to the rise and fall of Ningrong Androng, so even if Jia Mu occasionally feels cold, the descendants of the Jia family are also very worried, Jia Zhen and others invited the imperial doctor in the palace to diagnose and treat, which is enough to show this.
Cao Xueqin wrote these details, not simply to show the life of Jia's mother's honor and honor, but to write about the high social status of Jia Fu.
Third, after the diagnosis and treatment of Jia Mu was over, Dr. Wang Taiyi bowed his head and withdrew.
Dr. Wang sat down on one knee, tilted his head for half a day, and then examined the hand again, and hurriedly bowed his head and withdrew. Jia Mu smiled and said, "Labor." Jane, let's go out and watch the tea. ”
In this passage, Dr. Wang Taiyi has two very humble movements, one is to sit down on his knees, and the other is to bow his head and withdraw. The message conveyed by these was that the aristocratic family of Jia Fu was in a strong position at that time, and it was not only the imperial relatives and relatives of the wang taiyi who could not afford to offend, but also the place where he needed to establish good relations.
In addition, Jia Mu also mentioned a sentence, that is, the uncle of this Wang Taiyi, Wang Junxiao, he was previously the main hall of the Tai Hospital, the medical skills were smart, and more importantly, he was a family friend with the Jia family, no wonder the Jia family invited this Wang Tai Doctor to see a doctor.
Wang Taiyi is not an ordinary taiyi, he is the palace of the six products of worship, that is, the palace of the imperial doctor, generally only in the palace to see a doctor, rarely to see people outside the palace, unless it is the emperor's appointment or food grade high-grade imperial relatives. Jia Fu can often ask Dr. Wang Tai to see a doctor, in addition to the relationship between the two families, it can also show the high social status of Jia Fu.
In summary, Cao Xueqin wrote that Wang Taiyi used one dare not and two bows to Jia Mu to see a doctor, and these three details not only wrote out the prestige of Jia Mu in the eyes of LiuPin Tai Doctor, but also wrote out the high social status of Jia Fu through a series of humble practices of this imperial doctor to Jia Mu, and even the imperial doctors in the palace had to serve so carefully.
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