At the request of fans, today we talk about an old topic: Baochao fluttering butterflies. This topic, but anyone who has read the Red Chamber once, should remember and even be able to say a few words.
Since the advent of the Dream of the Red Chamber, there has always been no small controversy around the topic of "Baochao Fluttering Butterflies", and the focus of the controversy is nothing more than Baochao. Regarding the merits and demerits of his conduct, whether he is good or bad, there are many opinions and disagreements.
Even many people believe that BaoChao's series of behaviors of not being able to pounce on butterflies, then di Cuiting eavesdropping, and then marrying Daiyu, is both immoral and very clever for a boudoir woman living in Jia Province.
I have also written a lot of small articles analyzing Baochao fluttering butterflies before, but almost every time I re-read the Red Chamber, there will be new discoveries and different understandings, and today we may as well cover the front and back of the Baochao fluttering butterfly from beginning to end, to see if there is really any ulterior conspiracy behind it.
First of all, let's talk about the time of Baochao fluttering butterflies, Baochao fluttering butterflies occurred in the twenty-seventh time in the original text, about the time, the original text explains very clearly: until the next day is April 26, the original text of this day is not the day of the mango seed festival. Shanggu custom: On the day of the Festival of Flowers, all kinds of gifts should be arranged to worship the god of flowers...
That is to say, the Butterfly of Baochao occurs on april 26 of the lunar calendar, according to the solar calendar, it should be the end of May and the beginning of June, this season, it is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the hundred flowers are withering in the second stage, and there are many flowers and plants in the Grand View Garden, and there will naturally be butterflies.
Speaking of the cause, the reason why Baochao can flutter butterflies, Cao Gong gave a reason, is that everyone got up early to play in the garden, but "I didn't see Lin Daiyu alone." At this time, Bao Chao said, "You wait, I will go and make trouble for him." ”
Bao Chao has always been steady and mature, and Cao Gong arranged it this way, naturally to transfer Bao Chao away from the crowd and pave the way for her to flutter butterflies behind her. Because of Baochao's personality, if she did not act alone, she was unlikely to pounce on butterflies in front of everyone.
Bao Chao was originally just to ask Dai Yu to come out to play, but she did not think that Bao Yu had stepped into Xiao Xiang Hall before her, at this time, Bao Chao stopped, because she knew that Bao Dai had grown up together, and there were many suspicions between the two of them, and Dai Yu was also a "vegetarian and suspicious, good for making small sex." Based on these two reasons, Baochao did not enter the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but withdrew.
From here on, Cao Gong began to arrange Baochao's psychological activities in detail, and the intention of such an arrangement was also obvious, naturally in order to explain that Baochao was a thoughtful person, and she was always cautious in her words and deeds, and she would not be nosy, according to Wang Xifeng, "don't do your own thing, don't open your mouth, shake your head when you ask." ”
Bao Chao pulled out, is worried about entering the Xiao Xiang Pavilion, see what should not be seen, heard what should not be heard, and know the nature of Dai Yu, not long ago, Dai Yu did not come because Xiang Yun came, she appeared with Bao Yu, the result made Dai Yu unhappy? The same mistake, BaoChao can't make twice.
At this moment, Cao Gong's pen turned sharply, writing Bao Chao, "Just about to look for other sisters to go, I suddenly saw a pair of jade-colored butterflies in front of me, as big as a tuan fan, and it was very interesting to go up and down to the wind." Bao Chao wanted to pounce on the play, so he took the fan out of his sleeve and pounced on the grass. ”
If it is in normal times, Baochao, who is walking, encounters such a pair of butterflies, there is a high probability that it will not pounce, at most watch for a while, and continue to move forward. Because not only will there be warblers around him, but other places should also be constantly shadowed, BaoChao cannot let go of Su Ri's steadiness, show innocence, or completely disregard the image to flutter butterflies.
But today is different, today is the Mangsang Festival, it is the Flower Festival, everyone is busy over there, the single Baochao, but there is a chance to show their nature in this blossoming garden. Li Yanzhai also made a comment here: But blindly knowing the book and rationalizing the female master's behavior? Writing Baochao is inappropriate.
Looking back, it is said well that "Di Cui Ting Yang Fei plays colorful butterflies", a sentence explains the character events and locations, that is to say, Bao Chao flutters butterflies and finally arrives at Di Cui Ting, and Bao Sister, who is "like Yang Fei" and "body is rich and timid", because she crept all the way after the butterflies, has long been "sweating and sweating, delicate and delicate." "That's it.
As the saying goes, come with pleasure, come back with pleasure. Baochao fluttered butterflies, originally did not have to pounce on the butterflies to be happy, she was also accidentally excited, wanted to play butterflies, and since she pounced for a while, people were tired, and the excitement was exhausted, naturally there was no intention to pounce again. Therefore, Li Yanzhai commented that Baochao Fluttering Butterfly "was originally indispensable." ”
You see Cao Gong wrote that people are "cunning", Bao Chao called Dai Yu unsuccessful, so he went to flutter butterflies, and then he pounced on butterflies, but he happened to be near Di Cui Ting, so there was a section of Di Cui Ting eavesdropping on the marriage, and each stroke was interlocked but unexpected.
What is even more amazing is that Bao Chao's trip was originally to call Daiyu, and when he arrived at the Di Cui Pavilion, because he eavesdropped on the dowry, the result was that this subsection was finally attributed to Daiyu! The twists and turns of the plot, the accident of the ending, no other novel.
Regarding the section on Baochao Fluttering Butterfly, Di Cuiting Eavesdropping, and the so-called Marriage of Daiyu, there are roughly several theories, we may wish to look at them one by one.
Metaphorically said. Bao Chao did not succeed because his name was Daiyu, and when he pulled out, he saw "a pair of jade-colored butterflies." "Some people think that the front foot BaoChao just quit because Bao Yu went to Xiaoxiang Hall to find Daiyu, and the back foot saw a pair of jade-colored butterflies, isn't this pair of butterflies a metaphor for Bao Dai and the two of them?"
There seems to be some truth to this, but some people also believe that Baochao wants to play with butterflies, which implies that the Jin Yu liang marriage she represents has intervened in the mushi former alliance, or that she has destroyed the mushi former alliance, which is somewhat untenable.
Although the Dream of the Red Chamber is a writing technique of "grass snake gray line, thousands of pulses", this kind of foreshadowing can be seen everywhere in the original text, but if the grass and trees are soldiers, they will misread the Red Chamber and misinterpret Cao Gong's original meaning.
This pair of jade-colored butterflies can be seen as a symbol of Bao Dai, just like Liang Zhu of the butterfly, but the Bao Chai of the fluttering butterfly is inferred to be a third party to intervene, and dare not agree. Cao Gong would not be so bloody, and Bao Chao would not be so immoral.
In this section, we do not see him say a word of Baochao's "no", but praises him for fluttering butterflies, eavesdropping, and even so-called "marrying trouble".
The mind said. Some people say that at this time, Xiaohong is just a rough servant in Yihong Courtyard, Baoyu does not know her before she pours tea, and Baochao is a guest, and she can hear that it is Xiaohong of Yihong Courtyard by sound, she must not have inquired about Yihong Courtyard, it is simply too clever.
I do not object to this, but I oppose using the "heart machine" as we understand it today to interpret the dream of the Red Chamber, in the era of the Dream of the Red Chamber, to say that a person has a heart machine, not necessarily to say that she is bad, the original intention of the heart machine is mind and scheming, is a neutral word, but today people do more derogatory use.
When Dai Yu first entered jia mansion, Li Yanzhai also had a comment that "watch him write Dai Yu's heart machine since childhood", can we say that Dai Yu is bad? Bao Chao knows Xiao Hong and Bao Yu does not know, we can say that she has a heart, that is, she is smart enough, the master of each room is clear, and even understands the temperament and personality of each person, this is not wrong, is there anything wrong with this?
Even if she said that Xiaohong is a first-class tricky and strange thing, it is nothing, a Miss Qianjin can't say such a little girl? TanChun also said that Fangguan's little dramas were just gadgets. In ancient times, when there was a clear distinction between rank and inferiority, it was all too normal.
Virtue says. Some people also grabbed Bao Chao to eavesdrop on this matter, saying that a boudoir woman, or Miss Qianjin in the four major families, actually did something like listening to the wall root that did not lose her identity, is it not virtuous?
To say this, I have to give a few examples. Others can eavesdrop, but can't Bao Chao eavesdrop? In the original text, there is more than one baochao who has eavesdropping.
Wang Xifeng overheard it, more than once, once passing by aunt Zhao's window, and heard aunt Zhao reprimanding Jia Huan, so she stopped and reprimanded Aunt Zhao through Jia Huan through the window. Once it was his birthday, he found jia lian stealing at home, and he also crept in front of the window to eavesdrop...
Jia Baoyu overheard it, Ping'er threw the bracelet once, and after finding out that the little girl in Baoyu's room was a thief, she did not make a sound, but called Musk Yue to tell her how to deal with it. Qingwen suspects that the two have something to hide from her, but Baoyu still volunteers to eavesdrop...
Even Lin Daiyu had also overheard and peeked at it. When Shi Xiangyun entered Jia Mansion once, he advised Bao Yu to study and take the meritorious name, and the raiders also echoed the words about how Bao Chao was dai yu, but he did not know that at this time, Dai Yu was eavesdropping outside.
Dream zhao Yunxuan once, it is also Dai Yu came to the baoyu window, looked through the screen window, saw Baoyu sleeping on the bed, Baochao was doing needlework on the side, and he was going to shout Xiangyun to see...
In the dream of the Red Chamber, the eavesdropping between these princesses and even the ladies is caused by the writing, and the love naturally happens, if you have to lean on the woman's Derong Speech Gong, if you have to go on the line, it is not the Dream of the Red Chamber.
The dream of the Red Chamber is to talk about love, from beginning to end, it says a love word.
Blame said. The most controversial is probably to blame. It seems that as long as someone says that BaoChao is good and explains for Baochao, they will fall into a whitewashed "crime", as long as they say that Baochao is bad, they have the intention to let Daiyu fall into the vortex of right and wrong, which is right.
In this matter, we can't think with adult thinking, because the law of the adult world is always to see the pros and cons, and at this time, Bao Daichao and others are still young girls who are not out of the cabinet, and the golden cicada shedding strategy caused by a small eavesdropping is far from having the intention to marry or even splash dirty water.
In the past, I also held this view, thinking that Baochao was not kind, and when he encountered something, he actually threw the pot to Daiyu, but later I felt that it was not Baochao who had the heart, but myself, many people in the world, and we were used to wearing colored glasses, standing on the commanding heights of God's perspective and morality, to easily judge a person.
Bao Chao Dai Yu originally walked close, often playing in one place, the relationship is not bad, in a hurry, Bao Chao in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, the Dai Yu pulled down the water is too normal and too natural. Whether it is plastic sisterhood or deliberate, I can only say that this is the instinct that everyone can do to seek advantage and avoid harm.
Of course, this is also BaoChao's consistent behavior, Mingzhe protects himself, does not provoke right and wrong, this matter, if it is replaced by Daiyu, she will definitely not do this, or gently walk away, or directly recognize this matter.
In the end, Bao Chao and Dai Yu are just teenage girls, jokes about each other are common things, don't say Bao Chao, is Bao Yu, in order to save a play, also took Dai Yu top bag, can you say that Bao Yu is bad? Can you say he doesn't love Daiyu?
From another point of view, Bao Chao is facing only two inconspicuous little maidens, and Bao Yu is facing just a somewhat decent old woman, one is the master and the other is a slave, in front of a group of slaves, one master pulls another master into the water, who can say anything? Who can turn it back? Maybe it's just a joke?
Li Yanzhai commented on Baochao's "marriage" in this way: The weak woman in the boudoir has become so convenient and urgent. No matter how this comment is understood, it does not show any derogatory meaning.
Baochao's "blaming" Daiyu is a fact, in order to get rid of herself, we do not deny it with Daiyu, but we cannot say that Baochao is vicious in heart or how bad she is and how bad she is, right? This is a common thing in boudoir, just like Dai Yu has been intimidating many times, can we say that she is bad and can we say that she is intolerant?
Using the standards of the adult world to read the Red Chamber, it is easy to identify and understand the human feelings in it, but it is also easy to go to an extreme, to see what is analyzed with human feelings, it is inevitable to misread the Red Chamber and misinterpret the author's original intention.
Saying this, there is no intention to whitewash Baochao or any of the characters in the Red Chamber, although the characters of the Dream of the Red Chamber are not perfect, but there is no need to wash white, because the real human nature is like this, nothing more.
Author: Xi Si Shao, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.
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