Bai Jiaxuan is the soul of Chen Zhongzhong's novel "White Deer Plain", and he is also one of the more complex characters among the many characters. His life can be divided into two phases, the first half is enterprising, and the second half is constantly suffering various shocks.
Next, from three perspectives, interpret the character of Bai Jiaxuan in the novel.
1. Multiple identities and roles
Bai Jiaxuan is a father, a parent, a wealthy owner, and a patriarch. He is also Mr. Zhu's brother-in-law. He is also himself, a living person.
(1) Parents of the Bai family
Bai Jiaxuan not only wants to reverse the decline of the family, but also lead the family to prosperity.
。 The men of the Bai family have always lived short, and they have been "single" for several generations. After Bai Jiaxuan experienced six marriages and six funerals, he married Xiancao and finally had three sons and one daughter.
。 Bai Jiaxuan found a plant in the snow, and Mr. Zhu said it was a "white deer". After that, Bai Jiaxuan pretended to deceive Mr. Leng and the Lu family father and son in exchange for a "treasure land". He also lied that the ancestral grave had entered the water, and began to move and repair the grave. Since then, the Bai family has begun to prosper in both human and financial resources.
。 In order to repay his kindness, Wu Changgui, the father of Xiancao, gave Bai Jiaxuan poppy seeds. Bai Jiaxuan relied on poppy cultivation to enrich the family business that was becoming increasingly empty due to many wives.
。 Completely renovated ancestral old houses, especially the elaborate remodeling of the gatehouse. The Bai family's house became a complete courtyard house (the Bai family's house was built and demolished, demolished and rebuilt, much like Bai Jiaxuan's psychological structure that underwent a blow and rebuilt).
。 The Bai family has a story about the money box, which is to teach future generations to be diligent and thrifty.
(2) Patriarch
Bai Jiaxuan especially valued his identity as a patriarch.
。 He realized that "his name will be as immortal as the ancestral hall".
。 As a result of this, his authority as patriarch "became more confident."
。 Punish smokers and gamblers and improve the atmosphere in the village.
(The background is that Heiwa led people into the ancestral hall to destroy "Bai Jiaxuan's set of things".) However, they dared to target the wealthy gentry, corrupt officials, and corrupt officials, which Bai Jiaxuan could not do). According to Mr. Zhu's meaning, repair on the basis of destruction, not replace it with a new one. However, Mr. Xu's sentence "Can people's hearts still be embellished?" expressed concern about Bai Jiaxuan's move.
。 Bai Jiaxuan wants to warn others by punishing villagers who make mistakes, but for the real bad guys such as Lu Zilin, he can't hurt the roots. And his methods are too ruthless, and it is easy to provoke hatred.
In punishing Xiao'e, Bai Jiaxuan is suspected of communiqué personal vendetta. Xiao'e and Lu Zilin have both offended Bai Jiaxuan. Bai Jiaxuan may want to take this opportunity to punish Xiao'e and knock Lu Zilin by the way. But Bai Jiaxuan did not understand the truth, did not do justice, and the punishment was too heavy.
This incident laid the groundwork for the double blow he suffered in the future. The double blow is that Bai Jiaxuan's waist was broken by the Heiwa brothers, and Xiaowen fell. This was a devastating blow to his life, and Bai Jiaxuan was almost "ruined".
。 The scene was spectacular and magnificent. But it didn't rain after the ceremony.
。 Xiao'e died, Heiwa avenged her, mistakenly thinking that Bai Jiaxuan was the murderer, and Bai Jiaxuan's life hung by a thread. Xiao'e took revenge and forced Bai Jiaxuan to build a temple for her, and Bai Jiaxuan listened to Mr. Zhu's opinion and built a hexagonal brick tower.
。 As the patriarch, Bai Jiaxuan finally admitted his powerlessness.
(3) Father
Bai Jiaxuan wanted to control the children's lives, but the result was constantly out of control. After losing control, he ruthlessly severed the relationship and tried to retain his prestige. Bai Ling withdrew from the marriage without permission, and Bai Jiaxuan declared that "there is no such person as Bai Ling in the surname Bai". Xiaowen made Bai Jiaxuan lose face, and Bai Jiaxuan quickly separated from him.
Bai Jiaxuan loves children, but in the process of disciplining children, he hides his love, showing his strength and ruthlessness as the head of the family.
Bai Xiaowen and Heiwa returned to the original one after another. Bai Jiaxuan said confidently: "Anyone who is born on the ground at the foot of the kang in Bailu Village, as long as it is a human being, will sooner or later kneel down in the ancestral hall. He didn't know that Xiaowen had no feelings for the Bai family, and he returned to the original just to erase the disgrace of the past with today's glory. When Xiaowen left, he also said, "Whoever can't get out of this original will have no success in his life."
"Only flesh and blood in the world are true", when Bai Jiaxuan said this, it was more than ten years after Bai Ling's death. At that time, he may just want to be a good father, but it was too late.
(4) Caidong
Bai Jiaxuan is known as the "master of benevolence and righteousness". Like his father, he regards Lusan as his own family. He provided for Heiwa to study. When he was young, he said to Lusan, "If you have me, you will eat."
Lu San was very moved, but Heiwa didn't eat this set (Heiwa saw through the truth under Xiao'en Xiaohui.) But Heiwa's ability is limited, and she can't shake Bai Jiaxuan for a while).
(5) The brother-in-law is Mr. Zhu
Mr. Zhu's prototype is Niu Zhaolian, the last descendant of Cheng Zhu Liguan Middle School. Bai Jiaxuan was deeply influenced by Mr. Zhu in both his conduct and moral cultivation.
Instead of planting poppies, building hexagonal brick towers, repairing damaged inscriptions, and dismissing long-term workers, Bai Jiaxuan followed Mr. Zhu's advice in many of his practices.
。 The author Chen Zhongzhong wrote, "The last patriarch in the "White Deer Plain" I want to express, according to the psychological structure and character constructed by the "Township Covenant" that he adheres to, is facing challenges from various forces", Lu Zilin is a competitor, Heiwa and Xiao'e are intolerable to Bai Jiaxuan, Zhaopeng and Bai Ling have impacted his psychological structure, Bai Xiaowen has hurt him greatly, but "it can't mess with his psychological order".
The ambition and enterprising spirit in the early years belonged to Bai Jiaxuan himself, showing all the enthusiasm and ambition of a fresh person. In the face of several shocks, the psychological order is still stable, which is the result of the historical and cultural accumulation on Bailu Plain, and it is a responsibility and mission imposed on him by Bai Jiaxuan.
"Bai Jiaxuan is Bailuyuan. One person holds a plain. Bailu was originally Bai Jiaxuan. An original figurative image is a person. ”
(6) Individuals
In addition to the above identities and roles, he is also a squire, an ordinary person, the husband of Xiancao and the son of Bai Zhao.
He is committed to making a good name. The young man surnamed Lu sold his land poorly, Bai Jiaxuan bought it quickly, and was willing to "add three more buckets" on the basis of the main price.
He had a sense of justice, and in order to oppose the excesses of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, he once initiated the "handing over to farmers" incident. He loves Qin dialect and is the leader of the gong and drum team in the village. He likes to shoot thunder cannons.
In the family, he was a dutiful but not pedantic son, and a loyal and responsible husband.
The above many identities and roles come together to form the rich character image of Bai Jiaxuan.
2. Ideology
Bai Jiaxuan has his own ideological system behind his way of being in the world. His various ideas and concepts were mainly influenced by the family rules and family precepts and Mr. Zhu. In addition, he has some more conservative and backward ideas, which reflect his limitations.
。 On the gatehouse of the Bai family, there is a plaque engraved with the words "ploughing and reading heirlooms" written by Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu let his two sons work as farmers with peace of mind and become self-respecting and self-reliant farmers. Bai Jiaxuan also arranged for one of them to farm and the other to take over the medicinal herb business after Xiaowen and Xiaowu stopped studying.
。 He once said, "I want to learn to be a good person." self-cultivation and self-cultivation, self-weaving and clothing, unwilling and will not be an official", which is also deeply influenced by Mr. Zhu.
。 This is influenced by the ancestors of the Bai family and Mr. Zhu. Lu Zilin was imprisoned, and Bai Jiaxuan also tried to rescue him. In order to "establish a spirit in Bailu Village and even the entire plain", in order to conquer people with unhealthy intentions, and let the world see "how real people behave in the world and how to be strict with themselves".
Many of his identities are like collapsing high-rise buildings, but at the same time, he relies on the charm of his personality to stand tall in the world in another way, which is the magic of Bai Jiaxuan's character.
。 After Bai Xiaowen's scandal was discovered, Bai Jiaxuan said that if he forgot to establish discipline, the Bai family would be ruined.
5. He said that he "killed his wife", but let Xiancao "risk death to break the ban". Bai Jiaxuan believes that "the key to whether a man can succeed or not is a woman". He felt that the woman who put his feet was not good. He also attributed the prosperity of the Bai family in the early years to the relocation of graves.
。 After Bai Jiaxuan repaired the ancestral hall destroyed by Heiwa, Lu Zilin said, "What has become of the world, and I still read these old antiques." Bai Jiaxuan's constant response to all changes is a kind of great wisdom, but it is also a bit complacent.
3. Personality traits
。 Bai Jiaxuan's heart is as deep as the sea, to the point that it is difficult to guess, which is a relatively distinctive feature of his character. There are at least three things that can be reflected.
First, when the land was exchanged and the graves were moved, he lied and pretended to be pitiful, and first said that the land was sold, and then the land was exchanged. He didn't even reveal the truth of the whole process.
The second is that he complained that Lu San was not upright and harmed Xiao'e, and told Lu San that he couldn't regret it. His words were more difficult to understand, but in fact, he meant to complain that Lu San acted recklessly and almost killed his innocent people. And as long as Lu San bears the responsibility, Heiwa will no longer find excuses to harm him.
The third is that filial piety has no children, Bai Jiaxuan thought of a plan, on the surface let Mr. Leng prescribe medicine, and behind the scenes, let Xiaoyi's daughter-in-law conceive a rabbit baby's child. In this way, everyone will think that Xiaoyi was cured by Mr. Leng.
。 Lu Zilin deliberately exposed Bai Jiaxuan's face and waited to see the joke. Bai Jiaxuan said to his family: "If you want to live in our plain, you have to be able to stick a knife in your heart." He deliberately pretended to be nothing, and thanked Lu Zilin for demolishing the ruined family's house for him, so that he could build a new house.
。 Bai Jiaxuan repaid his grievances with virtue, especially to Heiwa. When Heiwa was captured by Xiaowen, Bai Jiaxuan also went to intercede for him. This move was praised by Mr. Zhu, saying that Bai Jiaxuan "You are as broad and profound as Bailuyuan, and you will never die."
However, he is not ambiguous when others deliberately do evil. Lu Zilin hired someone to demolish the Bai family's house, and Bai Jiaxuan insisted that Lu Zilin also tear down the wall to prevent the bad guys from being too proud.
。 Bai Jiaxuan's mother once said that his heart was a stone in the river. Cutting off partial food for children and cutting off relations with children, Bai Jiaxuan is as hard as iron to his family, villagers, and even himself.
。 He likes filial piety, but never shows it. It is only to the spirit that he shows his fatherly side.
。 When Bai Jiaxuan had three sons, he would secretly compare with Lu Zilin. He has high demands on himself.
。 Not afraid of power, he launched the "Jiaonong" incident. The crow soldiers forced Bai Jiaxuan to ring the gong to collect grain, but Bai Jiaxuan refused, saying that the people had only received imperial grain since ancient times. Tian Fuxian returned to Bailuyuan, and Bai Jiaxuan was "the only one among all the leading figures in the original who did not greet him".
。 was broken from his waist, and after recovering from his illness, he lost his image of standing up like a rafter, "living like a dog", but he could still plow the land and sing the Qin dialect. He has experienced many disasters and blows in his life, but he has a kind of "unhesitating spirit to fight against fate".
。 Bai Jiaxuan's eldest sister once said to Bai Ling: "Your father is bitter on one face. Xiaowen peeled off a layer of skin on his face, and you then peeled off another layer. ”
。 Heiwa doesn't like Bai Jiaxuan to hold his waist "too hard and straight", probably because Bai Jiaxuan is not easy-going, too upright, and too serious. Bai Jiaxuan showed a smiling face when he persuaded Heiwa to go to school, and Heiwa was even surprised because he had hardly seen Bai Jiaxuan smile.
However, after Xiaowen became the county magistrate, Bai Jiaxuan changed a kind of "personality" and became different from before.
Bai Jiaxuan didn't feel the strong and awe-inspiring momentum in the past, but felt that it was completely unnecessary, especially as the father of the county magistrate Bai, he should show a great humility in the township, which was the final result of his repeated reflection in the month when he lay on the kang to recuperate his eye injury. ”
This may show that seriousness and indifference are just the images that Bai Jiaxuan, as the patriarch, has carefully created for himself.
。 He has said several times that he never does anything unseemly. In fact, exchanging land and letting filial piety borrow seeds are not above board.
In the past two years, I have read "White Deer Plain" many times. At first, he understood the characters and stories in the novel from Bai Jiaxuan's perspective. Later, he became suspicious of Bai Jiaxuan, and he also saw a little selfishness in him. Later, by combing Bai Jiaxuan's identity and role, ideological concepts, and personality characteristics, I got to know this character more comprehensively, and I didn't care whether I liked or hated him, I just felt that the author really put a lot of effort into shaping this character, which was admirable.
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