Jia Yuanchun can be said to be the most honorable person in the novel "Dream of the Red Chamber", because her identity is a noble concubine in the palace and a person close to the emperor. As we all know, being able to rise to the throne of a concubine in the midst of a harem battle is not an easy task for many people. Because of this, the entire Jia family also enjoyed a supreme appearance with her promotion, which can be said to be a true royal state relative, and also truly became the head of the four major families of "Jia Wang Shi Xue".
However, although Jia Yuanchun was honored as the Shangshu of fengzao palace and was later named a virtuous concubine, her life in the palace was not happy. There are several places in the story that can actually be seen, so let's analyze it.
Jia Yuanchun said in a word whether the days in the palace were happy or not
Jia Yuanchun is Jia Baoyu's sister, and should be a talented and good-looking person. She was initially selected to enter the palace to do the "Female History", and then because she was favored by the emperor, and because of her talent, she was named a virtuous concubine, and the story uses the chapter of Jia Yuanchun's provincial relatives to illustrate this matter. And Jia Yuanchun's provincial pro section is also the most prosperous scene described in the whole book, the Jia family specially built the Grand View Garden for her, which is exceptionally luxurious, that is, the provincial pro villa. However, that story also foreshadows the decline of the Jia family after that, how prosperous it was once, how depressed it will eventually be. Jia Yuanchun once cried and said a word in that appearance, and I think those who have read the novel will be impressed. "On that day, since I was sent to a place where no one could be seen, it was easy for the ladies and children to go home today for a while, and instead of laughing and laughing, they began to cry." After a while I went, and I didn't know how early or late I would come! The dialogue here also fully illustrates that she is unhappy and unhappy in the palace, but also full of helplessness.
The reason why Jia Yuanchun was not happy in the palace
The passage she said above should have several layers of meaning, the first of which was that the palace was not so comfortable than her own home. "No place to see people" shows that she does not have any good feelings for the palace, and it can also be seen that she is not happy in the palace. In addition, we know that she is involuntary most of the time in the palace, just as the so-called "once she enters the palace door is as deep as the sea", even if you are a concubine, you can't come back to your mother's house, and you can only miss your relatives. Moreover, there were more rules and more fights in the palace, in contrast, perhaps she was more envious of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochao, as well as Tanchun Xichun and others in the Jia Mansion. When she was provincial, she spoke privately with Jia Mu and others and also said that she was "not interested in the end" in the palace, which once again showed her unhappiness.
In the film and television works, the more classic Yuan Chun is interpreted
Among the many "Dream of the Red Chamber" film and television works, my favorite is Yuan Chun, played by Cheng Mei in the 87 version of the TV series. I feel that her image is the closest to the prototype in the book, with a graceful and luxurious appearance, an extraordinary temperament, with a kind of nobility and majesty, and more like a noble concubine who comes out of the palace. After she met with Lady Jia Muwang and other relatives of Jia Fu, whether it was the sad look she showed when she spoke, or the admiring gaze of Bao Chao and Daiyu, it was also a classic. This version of Yuan Chun does make people see that her temperament is different from that of everyone, but at the same time, she also feels the difficulty and helplessness of her being alone in the palace away from her family, and that unhappiness is written on her face.
epilogue
Although Jia Yuanchun is a virtuous concubine, it can also be seen through the details in the book that she is not happy in the palace. From the moment she entered the palace, she was doomed to lose her freedom, and it was not easy to survive the various battles in the palace, but she could be promoted to a concubine position that ordinary people could not reach. However, her final end was also sad and her life was lost in the palace. In the novel, Jia Yuanchun's character does not have much ink, but she is the core character of the rise and fall of Jia Fu, and her existence can be said to maintain the rise and fall of the entire Jia Fu.