"Dream of the Red Chamber" is one of the four famous works in China, and there are many details in it that are worthy of people's scrutiny. People familiar with "Dream of the Red Chamber" know that Jia Mu is very sorry for Lin Daiyu, and it can even be said that she is partial, but why did she not even look at the night of Daiyu's death? What made Jia Mu go from loving Dai Yu to not asking now?
How much does Jia Mu really care about Daiyu? From the time Dai Yu first entered Jia Province, Jia Mu once said such a sentence:
"These sons and daughters of mine, the only one who hurts you, your mother, once you leave me first today, you will not even be able to see me, but how can I not be sad when I see you now?"
It can be seen that Jia Mu is very fond of Dai Yu's mother, that is, Jia Min, and Dai Yu looks very much like Jia Min, so naturally Jia Mu has the psychology of loving Wu and Wu in her heart. Coupled with the fact that Dai Yu lost both parents when she was a child, Jia Mu pitied this lonely granddaughter even more.
Lin Daiyu, who entered jia province, although not an inner grandson, enjoyed a lot of privileges, and the raider once said:
"She doesn't do it!" Around this, the old lady is still afraid that she has worked hard, the old year of good year of kung fu, made a sachet, this year and a half year, has not yet taken the needle and thread. ”
Here she refers to Lin Daiyu, that is to say, after Lin Daiyu entered the Jia Mansion, Jia Mu was not even willing to let her do needlework, such a preference, no wonder others will be somewhat jealous.
Moreover, Jia Mu was very optimistic about the feelings of Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu in the first half of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and she always had the meaning of wanting the two to get married, and also called the two of them a pair of small wrongdoers. But later, Jia Mu not only did not stop Bao Chao and Bao Yu from marrying, but even when Dai Yu died, she did not look at her, which made many readers of "Dream of the Red Chamber" very unacceptable and incomprehensible.
Some people think that Jia Mu's attitude behind "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the direction of the plot are not Cao Xueqin's original intentions. Because we also know that Cao Xueqin died before she could finish writing "Dream of the Red Chamber". The last forty times and the first eighty times of "Dream of the Red Chamber" are different in terms of ideological will, Bao Dai's personality, and artistic style, and Jia Mu's attitude towards Lin Daiyu also began to change in the last forty times.
Therefore, the plot of the last forty times does not represent Cao Xueqin's own wishes, which is why Jia Mu did not even look at Lin Daiyu's death. Of course, this is just the reader's guess.
Another possibility is that Jia Mu is thinking about the big picture. After all, Lin Daiyu is delicate and sensitive by nature, and although she is Baoyu's favorite, she is not the best candidate for Baoyu's wife.
A family as big as Jia Fu needs people like Bao Chao who are dignified and virtuous and good at handling interpersonal relationships. So even if Jia Mu knew that Lin Daiyu would be heartbroken when she learned that she could not marry Bao Yu. But Baoyu's future is still the first in Jia Mu's heart.
It can only be said that compared to Daiyu, Baoyu's position in Jia Mu's heart is slightly superior. Because on the night of Lin Daiyu's death, it was the time when Jia Baoyu became a relative, if Jia Mu went to visit Lin Daiyu, Baoyu's wedding could not continue. For the sake of Baoyu, Jia Mu had to give up her granddaughter Daiyu.
Of course, no matter how we speculate, we can't know what Lin Daiyu's true ending will be if Cao Xueqin finishes writing "Dream of the Red Chamber". I don't know how you, who read this article, think about Jia Mu not visiting Lin Daiyu, who died?
Reference: Dream of the Red Chamber