Text/Poetry Green Phoenix
Mr. Lu Xun said that "Dream of the Red Chamber" is a book of wisdom for people to deal with the world, and Shi Lufeng shares the essence of the Red Chamber with you from the perspective of human feelings and sophistication.
Cao Xueqin once gave the reputation of "Gaoshi in the Mountains" to Baochao, and all the women in the Dream of the Red Chamber had not received such high praise from Cao Xueqin. You must know that those who can be given the title of "High Priest in the Mountains" are those who are otherworldly people with high purity.
Since Baochao came to Jia Province, the limelight has gradually surpassed Daiyu, and everyone in Jia Province likes Baochao very much.
When Cao Xueqin wrote about Bao Chao and Dai Yu, she always liked to write them against each other, during this period, Bao Chao could be described as proud of the spring breeze, and Dai Yu was secretly hurt, it was really two peaks facing each other, and Dai Yu was in the ascendant.
Although he is not much older, he has a good character and a rich appearance, and most people are said to be beyond Daiyu's reach. Moreover, BaoChao's behavior is open-minded, and when he follows the division, he is not higher than Dai Yu and promises himself, and his eyes are not dusty, so he is bigger than Dai Yu and has the heart of the people. It is those little ladies who are also happy to be stubborn with Baochao.
The existence of Baochao made the sensitive Daiyu feel the crisis, and there was some melancholy in her heart.
Bao Chao seems to be unaware of Daiyu's jealousy, still close to Daiyu as a sister, visiting Daiyu in illness, taking the initiative to send bird's nest, sending Out Sima Niu's sigh, touching Daiyu with sincerity, and forming a good relationship with Daiyu.
Looking at the various people in Baochao Yujia Province, the relationship is excellent, and people like Aunt Zhao and other people who have been angry, she has sent some small favors and small favors not forgetting the existence of their vulnerable groups, which has won the hearts of the people.
From this point of view, Baochao really lived up to the reputation of "Gaoshi in the Mountains" given to her by Cao Xueqin.
But as the old saying goes, no one is perfect without gold. Bao Chao is not an otherworldly person without dark diseases, she relies on eating cold incense pills to suppress her heat poison, once the balance of cold incense pills is lost, her heat poison disease will reveal her terrible side.
Yes, Cao Xueqin gave the reputation of a high priest in Baochao Mountain, not that she is a flawless person, throughout the whole book of The Dream of the Red Chamber, although we can rarely pick out Baochao's faults, making people think that she is a god-like awe-inspiring figure.
However, in order not to let the reader misread, Cao Xueqin specially selected two things that happened in Baochao in Di Cuiting to let the reader see that Baochao was not a perfect person, and when she was alone, she would relax herself and expose her true disposition.
April 26 of the lunar calendar is the Mangzhong Festival, but also Baoyu's birthday, once the Mangzhong Festival, the daughters of the Red Chamber always agree to set up various gifts to worship the god of flowers, on this day they are playing in the Grand View Garden, and they do not see Daiyu and Baoyu alone.
Bao Chao is particularly sensitive to this, you know, in the recent period of time, she and Bao Yu frequently exchanged even the night, and even Yu Bao Yu's handmaiden Rectum Qingwen couldn't help but count Bao Chao, "Something has nothing to run and sit, tell us not to sleep in the middle of the night!" ”
At the same time, Daiyu on the other side ate Qingwen's closed door soup, watching Baochao coming out of Yihong Courtyard in the middle of the night and not daring to speak.
Bao Chao found that Dai Yu and Bao Yu did not come, so she decided to go to find Dai Yu, in fact, she wanted to see if Bao Yu was in the Dai Yu House, and sure enough, on the way, she met Bao Yu who was looking for Dai Yu.
Suddenly looking up to see Baoyu enter, Baochao stopped and looked down and thought: Baoyu and Lin Daiyu grew up together, and there were many suspicious places between his brothers and sisters, laughing at moodiness; moreover, Lin Daiyu was accustomed to suspicion and was good at making small sex.
At this moment, he also followed in, one baoyu was inconvenient, and the other was suspected of daiyu. Well, it's wonderful to come back. I want to pull back.
Bao Chao thought about the problem thoroughly, saw Bao Yu go to find Dai Yu, in order to avoid Dai Yu jealousy, wisely chose not to go to Dai Yu, on the way back, Cao Xueqin wrote two things exposing Bao Chao's true disposition that could not be suppressed.
First thing: Baochao flutters butterflies on the road.
"I saw that pair of butterflies rose and fell suddenly, coming and going, wearing flowers and willows, and they wanted to cross the river." The upside-down Baochao crept and crept all the way to the dripping pavilion in the pool, drenched in perspiration and delicate breathing. ”
Is it really the pair of jade-colored butterflies that flutter up and down in the wind, which is very interesting, causing Bao Chao to want to pounce and play? Non-also, here Cao Xueqin used the Spring and Autumn brushwork to write out Bao Chao's jealousy when he saw Bao Yu go to find Dai Yu.
Last night with Baoyu to talk warmly, this morning Baoyu forgot to go to find Daiyu himself, Baochao's jealous heart is difficult to control, a pair of butterflies love each other scene at this time appeared in front of Baochao is particularly eye-catching, Baochao imagined that after Dai Yu and Baoyu met like this affectionate butterfly, it was hot and poisonous, intending to use a fan to stop them, the result could not destroy them, but he was tired and panting.
The second thing: Di Cuiting eavesdropped.
Saying that Baochao eavesdropped on her a bit wronged her, Baochao should have overheard Xiaohong and Xiang'er's unseen whispers, and Baochao then took emergency measures.
Just when I wanted to come back, I only heard someone talking in the Di Cui Pavilion. "Whoops! We just talked and watched someone come and quietly hear it outside. It is better to push this hammer away, that is, some people see us here, and they only talk about us. If we come to the front and we see it, don't say it. ”
Bao Chao heard this outside and thought, "Strange dao, from ancient times to the present, those who raped and stole dogs have a good heart." When they saw me here, they were ashamed. The voice of the situation was similar to the words of Hong'er in Baoyu's room. He had big hollow eyes and was a first-class trickster. Today I listened to his short son, for a moment people rebelled, the dog jumped the wall, not only was there trouble, but I was not interested. Now they are in a hurry to hide, and they can't hide, so they have to make a 'golden cicada out of its shell'. ”
Before he could finish thinking about it, he only listened to the "creak" sound, and Bao Chao deliberately put his feet down, laughing and shouting: "Er, I see you hiding there!" He said, while deliberately rushing forward. The red jade pendant in the pavilion had just pushed the window, only to hear Bao Chao say this and rush forward, and both of them were frightened. Bao Chao smiled at the two of them, "Where did you hide Lady Lin?" Xiang'er said, "He once saw Lady Lin." Bao Chao said, "I was just on the other side of the river watching Aunt Lin squatting here to make water." I was going to scare him quietly, and before I could get to him, he saw me, and when he looked east, he disappeared. Don't hide your head here. As he spoke, he deliberately went in to look for it, pulled out and left, and said, "I must have been drilled in the mountain cave again." When you meet a snake, you can just take a bite. As he spoke and walked, his heart was amused: this matter was covered up, and I don't know how the two of them were.
Bao Chao pretended to be looking for Daiyu who was hiding here, and he didn't hear their conversation at all, and as a result, the scene of self-directing and self-acting was too realistic, and it was solid and fooled Xiaohong and Xia'er.
According to this, many people believe that Baochao took the opportunity to marry Daiyu.
Shi Lufeng believes that Baochao's behavior is indeed criticized, and the means are despicable and spurned, which tarnishes Cao Xueqin's reputation as a high priest in the mountains.
Because Cao Xueqin wrote about the two things that Baochao did in Di Cuiting, the average person could not see that Cao Xueqin was devaluing Baochao.
In fact, Cao Xueqin wants to tell the reader through these two things, don't look at Baochao on the surface, she doesn't care much about the relationship between Dai Yu and Bao Yu, but in fact, secretly she is extremely jealous of Dai Yu.
Women are subconsciously jealous of each other, and once they perceive the threat of each other, they will stimulate their long-suppressed jealousy, and through the excessive performance of certain people and things, they will expose her true disposition.
No matter how indifferent you pretend to be, as soon as you encounter a trigger, you will tear off the disguise of not caring and expose your true disposition in front of everyone.
Bao Chao's overall good behavior in the world, but her marriage to Daiyu in Di Cuiting exposed her true disposition, which was indeed criticized.
Cao Xueqin wrote this to tell us:
Jin has no feet and no perfect person, and even the most perfect person in life will have her flaws, but the flaws do not hide Yu, BaoChao is generally worthy of the reputation of Gaoshi in the mountains, and cannot kill people with one shot just because of her small mistake, erasing all her highlights.
The information in this article is mainly quoted from: "Fat Yan Zhai Reappraisal of the Stone Record Jia Shu Ben", "Dream of the Red Chamber 120 Returns to the Passbook"
Three thousand red dust, do not ask about the wind and rain, only the truth.
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