One is the Langyuan Immortal, and the other is the Jade Flawless. If we say that there is no strange fate, but in this life we meet him again; if we say that there is a strange fate, how can we finally lose our minds? One is self-defeating, one is empty. One is the moon in the water, and the other is the flower in the mirror. I wonder how many tears can be in my eyes, how can I prevent autumn from flowing to the end of winter, and spring from flowing to summer!
A song "Frowning" sings about a hundred turns of emotion, swinging back to the intestines. There are many people who say that this song is about Xue Baochao and Lin Daiyu, and some people say that it is about Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, in fact, I think this song really describes Shi Xiangyun and Miaoyu.
Let's analyze this piece. Langyuan is an abbreviation of Langfeng Garden, which is said to be at the top of Kunlun Mountain, where the Queen Mother of the West resides. The Eastern Jin Dynasty Ge Hong's "Biography of the Immortals" has: "Kunlun Pu Lang Feng Yuan, there are twelve jade buildings, nine floors of the Xuan Room, right Yao Pond, left Cuishui, and nine heavy rings of weak water." The flood is mighty, and the feather wheels are not reached, and the queen mother lives. "Used in poetry, it mostly refers to the residence of the gods, or the imperial palace. So what does Langyuan Xianbao mean? 葩 refers to flowers, which can also be extended to mean gorgeous. The Langyuan fairy generally refers to the begonia flower. For example, Jia Tan rated begonia as "immortal among flowers" in his "Hundred Flowers Spectrum", and then just as Li Sheng, who wrote in the Tang Dynasty's "Begonia Poems", "Strange trees on the seaside are full of strange colors, knowing that the immortal mountains have been planted, Qiongrui books are heard in Langyuan, and Penglai is seen on the Zizhi map", and for example, in the Song Dynasty Shen Li's "Begonia Hundred Songs", there is also a sentence of "ignoring LiangYuan prostitutes and deeply doubting Langyuan immortals". In addition, in the whole Dream of the Red Chamber, Bao also appeared only once, in the seventeenth time, in the "Grand View Garden Examination Questions, Yihong Courtyard Lost and Exploring the Deep", which wrote that "on that side is a Xifu begonia, its momentum is like an umbrella, silk hanging green wisps, and Pau Dan sand". From this point of view, there is no doubt that Langyuan Xianpao is a begonia, so who does the begonia flower represent?
"Dream of the Red Chamber" seventy-two times "Shouyi Red Qunfang Open Night Feast" is written one by one. Xue Baochao is a peony, Lin Daiyu is a hibiscus, Tanchun is an apricot blossom, Li Feng is an old plum, etc., and a begonia is Shi Xiangyun. Xiang Yun shook out a sign, "When everyone looks at it, one side is painted with a begonia, inscribed with the four words "Fragrant Dreams Are Deep", and the poem on that side is: Only afraid of going to sleep late at night." This poem is excerpted from Su Shi's "Begonias" poem "Only afraid of sleeping in the middle of the night, so burn high candles to illuminate red makeup". At this point, we can infer that a Langyuan Immortal is said to be Shi Xiangyun.
Langyuan Xianbao is Shi Xiangyun, so who does The Jade Flawless refer to? It couldn't be Jia Baoyu, because Jia Baoyu was the attendant of the Red Flaw Palace God Ying. Li Yanzhai annotation: According to the "flawed" character note, "Jade, Xiao Chi ye, and jade have diseases also." "A flaw is a small spot on the jade, so Jia Baoyu can't be called a beautiful jade flawless." Similarly, it could not be Lin Daiyu. Throughout the book, you can see that Lin Daiyu has many small problems, Shi Xiangyun said that she is "a small child, and her actions love annoying people"; Ya Gui Xiaohong also said that "that Lin girl loves mean people in her mouth、、、" Lin Daiyu may be because of these small shortcomings that she looks real and cute. A large part of the "Golden Jade Liangyuan" in "Dream of the Red Chamber" is written by Lin Daiyu. Moreover, I think that "beautiful jade flawless" is not a small fault, but more of a personal admiration and exclamation. The only person who can match is Miaoyu.
Speaking of Miaoyu, we must first make it clear that there are only eighty rounds of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and the last forty times are continued by Gao Hu. Not to mention the level of high or low, the original meaning is also very different from the author, so in Cheng Gao's version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the ending of Miao Yu and many people has been tampered with.
In the book, Cao Gong's evaluation of Miao Yu is very high. Miaoyu's sentence is "poor golden jade, finally trapped in the mud" is "a piece of beautiful jade, falling in the mud"; in the song "The World Is Difficult to Tolerate" that describes Miaoyu alone, the evaluation of Miaoyu is "the temperament is as beautiful as an orchid, and the talent is more than immortal", and only Qin Keqing can be compared with Miaoyu throughout. The point is that at the end, "It is like a good thing, the immaculate white jade is mudded, and why bother, the prince of the prince sighs that there is no reason", it is clearly pointed out here that the miao jade is the immaculate white jade.
At this point, we can better understand this song. So why is it "a flower in the mirror" and "a moon in the water" and why do you have to "worry about empty labor" and "waste yourself"? Why did Miao Yu rank sixth in the Twelve Nobles, only after Shi Xiangyun? Why did Cao Gong have such a high opinion of Miao Yu? Then we will analyze and speculate on the ending of the two of them through the entire "Dream of the Red Chamber".