Dream of the Red Chamber: What is Cao Xueqin's intention in writing that Liu Grandma fell?
For the fortieth time in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Liu Grandma entered the Rongguo Mansion for the second time, and Jia Mu feasted on Liu Grandma in the Grand View Garden, and before eating, she also invited Liu Grandma to walk around in the Grand View Garden. After that, Jia Mu took Grandma Liu into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and just after entering the door, Grandma Liu accidentally fell, which caused her to laugh.
When I first read this paragraph, I did not realize Cao Xueqin's intention of arranging Liu Grandma's wrestling, and when I re-read it later, especially when I read Liu Grandma's age, I suddenly understood Cao Xueqin's intention of arranging Liu Grandma to wrestle in Xiaoxiang Hall.
So what is Cao Xueqin's intention in writing that Liu Grandma fell?
First, it was not easy to write out that It was not easy for Grandma Liu to save Sister Qiao in the future.
Amber pulled her and said, "Grandma, you come up and walk, carefully the moss is slippery!" Grandma Liu said, "Irrelevant, we are familiar with each other, the girls just have to go." It's a pity that your embroidered shoes don't get dirty. She only cared about talking to people on the top, but she didn't expect the fruit to slip underneath, and she fell down. Everyone clapped their hands and laughed.
Liu Grandma was already seventy-five years old when she entered the Rongguo Mansion, and at this time, Liu Grandma's body was still quite tough, otherwise a seventy-five-year-old man would fall on the road, even if he did not fracture, there would be sprains. However, in the novel, after Grandma Liu fell, there was no situation that worried Jia Mu, on the contrary, Grandma Liu also laughed at herself, "Where did I say that I was so delicate." Which day does not fall twice.".
It can be seen from this that although Grandma Liu is seventy-five years old, her body is still very good. These should be related to the fact that Grandma Liu used to do farm work at home. Grandma Liu's good health also provides a possibility for her to save Sister Qiao in the future. After returning to Jia Mansion for the next forty years, the age of Sister Qiao when she was sold speculated that Grandma Liu should be more than eighty years old when she saved Sister Qiao.
It is reasonable to say that an elderly person like Grandma Liu should sit at home and enjoy the pleasures of heaven and dare not travel a long distance, but after Grandma Liu later heard the news that Jia Fu was raided, she did not hide like other relatives of the Jia family, but took her grandson Ban'er to the prison temple to visit.
It was this visit that changed Liu Grandma's life, she promised Wang Xifeng to save Sister Qiao, in order to complete this entrustment and promise, Grandma Liu disregarded her elderly body and rushed to Guazhou with Ban'er to inquire about Sister Qiao's news. Later, Grandma Liu finally found Sister Qiao and ransomed sister Qiao with all her family wealth.
Back to the topic, Cao Xueqin arranged for the seventy-five-year-old Liu Grandma to wrestle, which also laid the groundwork for Liu Grandma's persistence and inability to save Sister Qiao in the future. Just imagine, an old man in his eighties, if her body is not tough, she will not have the opportunity to travel a long way to Follow Ban'er to Guazhou to save Sister Qiao, and there will be no story of Liu Grandma's Zhi'en Tu Bao.
Second, it highlights Cao Xueqin's wisdom and Liu Grandma's high emotional intelligence.
Jia Mu laughed and scolded, "Little hooves, don't pick them up yet!" Just stand and laugh. When she spoke, Grandma Liu had already climbed up, smiled herself, and said, "Just when I said it, I hit my mouth." Jia Mu asked her, "Have you twisted your waist?" Tell the ladies to punch. Grandma Liu said, "Where do you say that I am so delicate?" Even if you don't fall twice a day,
It can be seen from this that Cao Xueqin wrote about Liu Grandma wrestling, and there is another intention, that is, to enliven the atmosphere and show Liu Grandma's high emotional intelligence.
Although Grandma Liu is only an old lady in the countryside, her emotional intelligence is very high, she speaks witty and interesting, and she knows how to mobilize the atmosphere. This wrestling, originally Liu Grandma was old, walking accidentally fell down, but in order to enliven the atmosphere at that time, to create some points that make people laugh, Liu Grandma was very emotionally intelligent and self-deprecating.
Seeing Grandma Liu wrestling, the ladies laughed. These ladies rarely have the opportunity to see such a funny person as Grandma Liu, so they can't help but laugh when they see Grandma Liu wrestling.
In fact, liu grandma entered the Rongguo Mansion this time, although she was warmly entertained by Jia Mu, she played a laughing clown in her identity. Before thinking that Liu Grandma's behavior in Rong GuoFu was very funny and ridiculous, she was a funny beam-jumping clown, and later after graduating from college, she stepped into social work and suddenly understood Liu Grandma's behavior and practices in the midst of human feelings. Grandma Liu's hard performance in Rong Guo Mansion is nothing more than hoping to get a gift from Jia Fu, so as to feed her daughter's family and let her grandson have books to read.
It can be seen that Liu Grandma is also a very difficult old man, Cao Xueqin arranged for Liu Grandma to wrestle, in addition to highlighting the difficulty of Liu Grandma's future rescue of Qiao Sister, but also wrote the helplessness and heartache behind Liu Grandma's high emotional intelligence. After all, Grandma Liu was already a seventy-five-year-old man in forty times, and she fell, even if her body was still quite tough, but for a seventy-five-year-old man, there was indeed a great risk, but this fall enlivened the atmosphere, causing the ladies and ladies to laugh.
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