Some people commented on the Mandarin Duck in "Dream of the Red Chamber": Only the Mandarin Duck, from her, makes people feel the whole of the life atmosphere of the Grand View Garden. She has the affection of Daiyu Qingwen, but she does not have Daiyu's lingering pity, and Qingwen's arrogance is domineering. There is FengJie's ability, not Fengjie's hot hand; and Fengjie's general brightness, but she is more implicit. She serves like an attacker, but she is more expensive than an attacker.
She was a, but she didn't look like a, and naturally she wasn't a lady, grandma, or lady, but she was all of them. In her body, you can almost find the composition of Miaoyu, but Miaoyu is clean, and her is clean. Among all the people, none of them could compare with her beauty, a very pure and pure beauty. I couldn't find a single morbidity in her.
Such a perfect Mandarin duck, not only Jia Mu likes, but even her eldest son, who is already an old man, also looks at it, and wants to beg mandarin ducks to be concubines, so there is a famous bridge in the book - Mandarin ducks resist marriage.
There are many people in "Dream of the Red Chamber" who have the spirit of resistance, but not many people really persist to the end. Only Mandarin Duck, her resistance was not only painful but also thorough, leaving no room for herself or saving face for anyone. She resisted completely and resolutely, which impressed everyone and forced everyone to be careful to ease the atmosphere.
Some scholars said that the Mandarin Duck's resistance to marriage is not just a refusal to be Jia Yu's concubine, but more like using this incident to show his attitude: the future is not as good as I want, I would rather not! Therefore, she must cry in front of Jia Mu in front of everyone, let Jia Mu be shocked, and then give this matter an irrevocable ending with thunderous anger.
What Mandarin Duck wants to maintain is her dignity as a person, she can see the chaos inside Jia Province, she does not want to sink into the subordinates, does not want to be like most servants for a little fame and fortune, and eventually become the eyes of the dead fish in Baoyu's mouth. In front of Jia Mu, although the Mandarin Duck is a slave, he is more like an indispensable assistant. Jia Mu trusted her, relied on her, and followed her advice, treating her as a spiritual reliance and giving her the greatest respect.