The servants in the Rongguo Mansion are divided into three, six, nine and so on, the most senior is the monthly salary of one or two silver, such as Mandarin Duck, Raider, Amber Caixia and others, such a servant Jia Mu has eight, Madame Wang also has four, the younger generation such as Li Feng, Feng Jie, and Gongzi Miss, their personal servants are one class lower, the monthly salary is a hanging money, which is from the salary treatment. Of course, there are many factors that affect the dignity of slaves, not only in terms of wages.
As far as the actual situation of Rong Guofu is concerned, Qingwen is a not very important servant, but in Cao Xueqin's eyes, it is different, to be precise, it is different in Jia Baoyu's eyes, in terms of the importance of the girl, from the thirty-first time in the novel, that is, after Qingwen tore the fan, Qingwen is already the first important yahuan in Jia Baoyu's life. Bao Yu regards her as his confidant, which is the reason why Qingwen is listed first in the "Twelve Books of Jinling", and it is also the reason why Li Yanzhai said that Qing was Daiying.
Cao Xueqin specially used a long article "Furong Daughter Recitation" to do a biography for her. Such a special honor could not even be enjoyed by the twelve characters of the book. It can be seen how important Qingwen is in Cao Xueqin's mind.
The reason why Qingwen is important, Qingwei Is Daiying is the first factor, and many of them cannot be reflected in Daiyu and cannot be said explicitly, and are replaced by Qingwen. The same is true of Baochao, who attacks people.
Many readers who like "Dream of the Red Chamber" do not like Qingwen too much, saying that she has a big temper, will not be a person, too high-profile, arrogant to even the master Baoyu dares to offend, and is relatively lazy, this is the evaluation of Qingwen mentioned two or three times in the novel, even tearing the fan for a thousand gold and laughing has also been interpreted as a waste. Same as her situation in Vinh Quoc Province. If it is understood in this way, it is obviously contrary to the positioning of Qingwen in "Hibiscus Daughter Recitation". How to interpret these seemingly unpleasant personalities and behaviors of Qingwen in order to perceive Cao Gong's deep meaning?
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Qingwen not only had a big temper, she couldn't hold her breath. The most typical example is the attitude towards the little girl who stole the shrimp whisker bracelet. After learning the origin of this matter, Ping'er quietly confessed to Musk Yue, saying that Xiang'er's hands and feet were not clean, and stole his bracelet, you should not be silent, one is that Baoyu's face is decent and important; the other is that you must not let Qingwen know about this matter, just because of Qingwen's violent temper. Find a stubble to send this guy out, try to deal with it as low-key as possible. You see, Ping'er looks at people very accurately, and handles problems at a very high level.
These words made Baoyu outside the window listen to a clear understanding, and Baoyu was also, and immediately "reported" to Qingwen, who was recuperating in the house.
There was a thief in Yihong Courtyard, and this was repaid, and Qingwen did not care that she was in the middle of her illness, so she immediately let people call The Fallen Er over, even scolded her, and poked this girl with a hairpin to beg for forgiveness. Immediately, someone called her mother in and asked her to take her out. The Lord threw the fall out.
In the absence of the attackers, Bao Yu ignored such trivial matters, nor could he call the daughter-in-law who came to take care of the affairs. Qingwen did make many readers feel that she was crazy, in fact, Cao Xueqin's attitude was very clear.
This is the valuable quality and respectability of Qingwen. Qingwen is Baoyu's slave, what is her first priority? It is to do their duty and maintain the dignity of Baoyu. Now yihong courtyard actually appeared people with unclean hands and feet, if this matter is spread out, the reputation of Baoyu is not small, such as Aunt Zhao and the like will be proud and even make a fuss, outsiders will also say nonsense, is to attack Baoyu's handle. Therefore, the most correct thing to do is to deal with Xiang'er immediately and snuff out this matter at the very initial stage, at this point, Ping'er and Qingwen are very sober-minded people. For example, if this matter is handled by the attacker, it will be much softer, the principle is not to offend people, establish a good image of their own "sage", starting from their own gains and losses, looking thoughtful, in fact, Baoyu does not appreciate the smoothness.
Readers feel uncomfortable with Qingwen, one is that the attacker is not there, so that people have the suspicion that the tiger is not at home, and the monkey is the king; the second is that the girl Qingwen is too sick and evil. In fact, to say mean, this pendant is Qingwen and Musk Moon together to take away, Musk Moon's words are more mean. It's just that Musk Yue is not very brilliant, which makes people feel that Qingwen is strong.
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Compared to the clumsy mouth, Qingwen is indeed much smarter. Bao Yu himself said that if you want to talk about cleverness, you have to count Sister Feng and Sister Lin, the same cleverness, how to be positive to the master, put on the slave, it immediately became a derogatory meaning.
Qingwen's cleverness was recognized by Jia Mu. She gave Qingwen to Baoyu, among the three important reasons, articulateness is a plus, and in Jia Mu's case, lingli is a very beautiful aspect of a girl. Madame Wang does not like clever people, she likes to attack people like this, he said that although this is stupid, it is called holding a heavy understanding. No way, the master is mediocre, you are too dazzling and clever, this is the biggest sin.
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Qingwen tearing fan is cute and delicate in Baoyu's eyes, and in the eyes of many people, it can also be a bad thing. But don't forget the premise that this incident happened in Yihong Courtyard, not in Grandma Liu's house.
"Dream of the Red Chamber" is about things after eating enough to wear and warm. In Jia Lian's place, it is full of warm thoughts and lust, and when it comes to Jia Baoyu, it is the resonance of the harmonious soul of the spirit. If you have to cherish the blood and sweat of the working people as your responsibility, then don't look at "Dream of the Red Chamber", there are too many places where the heavens and things are destroyed. "Dream of the Red Chamber" is just a novel, pinning on the special emotional needs of special classes, it cannot solve all problems, and we cannot ask it to take into account the demands of political correctness and the like.
Not only the spirit and soul, Qingwen's act of tearing the fan was because she and Baoyu had a conflict on this day, and Baoyu almost wanted to throw her out. Quarrels are not all bad, sometimes it is a way to resolve contradictions, and this contradiction between Baoyu and Qingwen has played such a role. Why did Baoyu let Qingwen tear the fan just for Bo Qianjin to laugh? It was because he found that Qingwen was his confidant, he was so happy that he was overwhelmed, he felt the most beautiful character of his daughter, compared with the high purity and spiritual beauty of his daughter in his mind, the world was eclipsed, how could a few fans be compared? This is an important scene of Jia Baoyu Yihong. You can't simply stay at the material level.
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Is Qingwen lazy? Fifty-three times had never been before, and when it came to the back, the raider said that Qingwen did not help her with needlework, and When Madame Wang reported to Jia Mu, she directly said that she was lazy, and even Musk Yue joked that Qingwen was a young lady who posed the score. Why did Qingwen get lazy later? There are two reasons for this:
First, the illness made up for the finches and golden fur, and Qingwen in the illness was greatly damaged. Since then, Qingwen's body has always been sick. You see qingwen being expelled seventy-seven times, she is sick and has not eaten well for several days. A person is not in good health, and the most important manifestation is that he is lazy.
Second, Qingwen has long been seriously sleep deprived. Fifty raiders went back to their mother's house to mourn, originally musk moon replaced the raiders to accompany Baoyu at night, but musk moon slept too dead, Baoyu shouted in the middle of the night musk moon slept too deeply, Qingwen was very alert, from then on, the work of accompanying Baoyu at night was undertaken by Qingwen.
Sleep is not good at night, of course, during the day to make up for sleep, often stay up late people know that no matter how to make up during the day, this biological clock is no way to adjust well. Moreover, Qingwen is just a, who will understand her to supplement sleep and deliberately create a quiet environment for her? Long-term sleep is not good, of course, the body loss is serious. Cao Xueqin often reminds readers that the reason why Lin Daiyu is weak is because she does not sleep well. In fact, Qingwen also does not sleep well, because she is a subordinate, is the result of serving the master, do not think about this logic, readers will often ignore.
In fact, there is another important reason, not only Baoyu and Qingwen, almost all the people who know about the girls around Baoyu understand that Qingwen is the aunt-to-be designated by Jia Mu for Baoyu, and she does not need to be diligent, she is to take good care of herself first to please the master, and the second is the dignity of the Gonggong Palace. Baoyu's slave team had dozens of people, and there was no need for her to be diligent at all. When the doctor gave Qingwen a look at the disease, the deliberate description of Qingwen carefully maintaining a nail or two inches long could explain everything.
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Reference to the original works: Jia Shu Ben, Gengchen Ben "Li Yan Zhai Reappraisal of the Stone Record", The People's Literature Publishing House 120 times the popular version of "Dream of the Red Chamber"
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