Why did Baoyu suddenly change Fangguan's men's clothing and change his name to a male name?
The day before he celebrated his birthday lively, and the next day he sent back a post to Miaoyu, "because I saw Fang Guan comb his hair again, pull up his bun, bring some flowers, and hurriedly ordered him to change his makeup." He also ordered to shave the short hair around him, revealing his blue head, and the back should be a big top, and he said: 'In winter, you must wear a mink and a rabbit belt, and a tiger's head and clouds of multicolored velvet shoes on your feet, or loose trouser legs, and use only clean socks and platform shoes.' He also said, 'The name of the official is not good, but he changed the man's name to be unique." 'Because he changed to a male slave, Fang Guan is very satisfied...'
The reason for this is probably that the day before, when drinking together, Fang Guan's "rambling" moved him - "with loose trouser legs, a small braid on his head at the forehead, always coming to the top, knotting a total braid the thickness of a goose egg, dragging it behind his head... The crowd laughed and said, 'He is two like two brothers of twins.' ’”
This sentence should be very much to Baoyu's heart. Although the man was a "dregs and turbidity" in his eyes, saying that Fang Guan and him were like brothers was as if the two suddenly became close, and all the manners and humility that should have been there disappeared. This fits with the idea of equality of law in other worlds. He has an obsession with equality and hates all inequality.
Propriety should be derived from respect, which is both an act (deed) and a feeling. But in fact, when you are polite, you may not be merciful, and when you are "rude", you are not necessarily ruthless.
Just like Jia Zheng and Jia Rong still worried about the You sisters during their mourning, etiquette is only a form and a scene for these two, and they have to do it, and they have no intention of doing it.
Baoyu's birthday let everyone "not be restrained", a room of girls and girls were drunk, and they slept casually at night, and Fang Guan shared a bed with Baoyu... It seems to break through all boundaries, encroach on all etiquette, but it is full of harmony and warmth.
Lin Zhixiao's family also explained that they should pay attention to etiquette when getting along, and here Baoyu should break through the shackles of gender, master and servant, and class when she is with them. This contrast seems to show no traces, but it shows that Baoyu has her own deep-rooted ideas about the so-called ritual law. He did more than enough with his ancestors, grandmothers, and parents, but for the lower classes of society, the marginalized people were "most afraid of these stereotypes."
Since everyone said that Baoyu and Fangguan were like twins, Baoyu may want to continue this joy brought by the boundless, as well as the joy and satisfaction of breaking through the shackles of etiquette, and simply let Fangguan change his male makeup. Fang Guan said that dressing up as a boy would go out with Baoyu, in order to avoid being seen and behaving badly (which actually reflects his thoughtfulness), so Baoyu gave her a nickname of "Yeluxionnu". Everything is logical.
