Although the Dream of the Red Chamber is based on Lin Daiyu Xue Baochao Jia Baoyu three people as the bright line, the three of them are the protagonists, if the frequency of appearing in the article, Wang Xifeng appears the most, followed by Jia Mu, from this point of view, Wang Xifeng should be regarded as the first person in the Dream of the Red Chamber. From the perspective of character shaping, someone did a survey "Who do you think is the most successful character in the dream of the Red Chamber", Wang Xifeng is far ahead of the vote, from this point of view, Wang Xifeng is also the first person in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
The character of Wang Xifeng is very complicated and contradictory, from the time Leng Zixing spoke about Rong Guofu, he used a lot of language for her, saying that she was "a peugeot, a smooth talk, a deep heart, and a man who is not one", such a man is not one woman, in such a patriarchal society, it is naturally a strong character. Although Wang Xifeng does a lot of evil, he is a character that people can't hate.
Wang Xifeng worked as a housekeeper in the Rongguo Mansion, with Jia Mu on top, Lady Wang in the middle, and then she. It seems that it is she who is beautiful, and it is she who is worried about offending people, but it is Madame Wang who is really in power. From Lin Daiyu's entry into the Jia Mansion, Lady Wang's sentence "The monthly money has not been spared", as soon as Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng waited for Lady Wang to speak before she came up with the idea of how to receive Grandma Liu, and it can be seen that no matter how big or small things are, she must go through Lady Wang's approval before she can decide. We only see her first appearance in assisting the Ningguo Mansion, but we must also see her anxiety in running the Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Fu has reached jia lian's generation, it is already the fourth generation, yang yang jia fu is going downhill, can not escape the cycle of "three generations and decline, five generations and beheading". A large family is declining, Wang Xifeng, as a woman, is also powerless, although Qin Keqing had given Wang Xifeng a dream before her death, pointing out the direction of the future, Wang Xifeng is also difficult to unfold, she can only maintain the status quo.
From luxury to frugality, Wang Xifeng once complained to his assistant Ping'er that "more frugality saves outsiders and jokes, the old lady is also wronged, and the family is also mean and complaining, if you don't take care of the frugality plan early, you will lose it in a few years."
From these words, we can see that Jia Mu, as the old ancestor, is accustomed to eating and drinking and enjoying pleasures, and when she is old, she does not worry about the affairs of the family, and Jia Yu faints, and she is even more hedonistic. Jia Zheng is a Taoist who is sitting in a precarious position, and he can't manage his housekeepers, nor can he manage his children. Mrs. Xing is a famous embarrassment, with long hair and short hair, and goose plucking. Lady Wang eats and prays to the Buddha, Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu just can't do without her own, in this big family, who can care about the whereabouts of this family, pay attention to the family's hundred-year plan, there is no one at all.
For this situation, Wang Xifeng is also worried, or complains to Ping'er, "I am worried that there is no arm, the grandmother is a Buddha, not used, the second girl is even more useless, nor is the person in this room, the fourth girl is young, Lan Xiaozi and Huan'er are little frozen cats with burning hair, just waiting for a fire to drill."
This is a person in this family, even can not pick a helper, extending outward to Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochao, but it is "one is a beauty lamp, the wind blows broken, one is to make up his mind, do not do their own things, do not open their mouths, shake their heads three do not know", such a large Jia Province, only Wang Xifeng alone to support, one hand cooking. No wonder she herself says she's "riding a tiger" now.
It is mentioned in the original text that Lady Xing wanted Jia Lian to use two hundred taels of silver as a fee for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Jia Lian said that she could not borrow it, and was robbed by Lady Xing, and Wang Xifeng sent Ping'er to bet two hundred taels of her gold jewelry to coax Lady Xing first. Her starting point was "I'd rather let's be shorter than be bored, and send my wife away first." Lady Xing is a mother-in-law, and she cannot afford to be guilty, in order to maintain the face project, Wang Xifeng also has to pawn jewelry.
It seems that when he was managing the Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng did not do less to dismantle the eastern wall to make up for the western wall. In the process of passing the god of wealth in this way, Wang Xifeng was also indispensable to cheating on false power and enriching his own pockets. Among them, lending and accepting bribes are two important means, and in the process of raiding jia fu's house, she copied the "borrowing volume of heavy profit exploitation" in her house, which was not allowed by law, and Wang Xifeng was the direct sinner of Jia Fu Mansion to pour. Her sentence "One from two to three people wood, crying to Jinling matter more mournful" is also more interpreted as she was hughed back to her mother's home, Jinling.
That is to say, after Jia Fu was raided and Jia Mu died, Wang Xifeng, who lost his protection, became a sinner of the family, "causing misfortune and shame" and "losing people's hearts", all the wronged creditors were counted on her head, Jia Lian in order to avenge You Erjie, and she turned against her, Wang Xifeng finally could not even save his wife's status, which was more defeated and insulted than dying in Jia Fu, such an ending, it was really the most tragic, but the character shaping received a very beautiful artistic effect.
Wang Xifeng is a very typical image, greedy and perverted the law, she dares to do, borrow a knife to kill people, she dares to do, lend money to get interest, she dares to do, blame and complain about things, she dares to be. In this family, her appearance rate is the highest, good things and bad things, big things and small things, are inseparable from her, she can be called the first person in the dream of the Red Chamber, her personality will also force her to the point of riding a tiger, and she is also lucky.