People familiar with "Dream of the Red Chamber" are not unfamiliar with the emotional entanglement between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochao, among which "Mushi Qianmeng" and "Golden Jade Liangyuan" have always influenced the relationship between the three people, explicitly or implicitly. So what is the "golden jade good relationship" in it? I would like to share here a little limited interpretation and understanding.
Although the "golden and jade good relationship" was vigorously promoted by Madame Wang and Aunt Xue, it was not the order of Zhengda Guangming's parents, and it was more likely that the two deliberately did it in order to promote the marriage of Baoyu and Baochao, and it was a lie that Baochao had "jin" since childhood.
The so-called "golden jade good edge" refers to the jade jade born of the jade, the jade has the inscription "Do not lose the immortal life Hengchang", the treasure has a golden lock, on which is engraved "do not leave the Fang Ling Yong ji", these two sentences are like a couplet of the upper and lower links, suggesting the marriage of the two people. The love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu is a main line in "Dream of the Red Chamber", and the "golden jade good relationship" has brought a lot of pressure to the feelings of the two people, and also plays an important role in the entanglement of the relationship between the three people. What is going on with the "golden jade good fortune" must start from the analysis of its origin.
First, talk about the origin of the "golden and jade good fortune". As we all know, the jade of Baoyu is born, which is no secret for the relatives of Jia Fu and daguanyuan, this is born with jade and there are words on jade, such an anecdote has formed in people's minds what "destiny" should be on the owner of the jade. The words on the golden lock of Baochao are exactly a pair with this jade, which of course attracts attention and quickly spreads in the Grand View Garden and several major families, and will be mistaken for a hint of "Mandate of Heaven".
However, there is a very important doubt, that is, when did baochao's golden lock exist? It was in the seventh time of the work that it was officially unveiled, and at that time Baochao and Baoyu were already in their teens, Baoyu was born with jade, everyone has always known, if the gold of this Baochao is really given by the monk laitou when he was a child, how can it take many years to tell people, Baochao has a golden lock that matches Baoyu, and even the closest Jia Fu has been in the dark, isn't it too suspicious?
This has to start from the background of the appearance of the golden lock. Since Dai Yu was sent to Jia Mansion at the age of six, she has been deeply loved by Jia Mu, eating and living with Bao Yu, enjoying treatment higher than other sisters, it can be said that she is with Bao Yu Qingmei Bamboo Horse, and is recognized by everyone as the future granddaughter-in-law recognized by Jia Mu. But Lady Wang did not like Daiyu, whether from family relations or out of appreciation of character, she was satisfied with her niece Baochao, but she had to make a good plan to cross a lever between Baoyu and Daiyu.
Let's talk about the Xue family, an important participant in the "golden jade good relationship", why the Xue family did not say that Baochao had a golden lock in the fourth time in the novel, and it was not until the seventh golden lock that it appeared, and the primary purpose of the Xue family's entry into Beijing was to send Xue Baochao to "wait for election", or "hire a concubine", or "serve as a talented person to praise the good office". However, later there was no explanation for this, and it was very likely that Baochao had failed. Then after Baochao's "serious illness", the seventh time Bao Yu visited Bao Chao, Bao Chao proposed to look at the piece of jade of Bao Yu, and when the words on the jade were read out, the well-behaved Ying'er said "It is like the two sentences on the girl's lock are a couple", Bao Chao pretended to reprimand the warbler for talking too much and said that there was no word, but it aroused Bao Yu's curiosity to see the golden lock. Bao Chao's mouth showed reluctance, but the action was very neat to take out the lock, and Bao Yu read the words on the lock and exclaimed that they were a pair of words on his jade. From these details, it can be seen that the appearance of the lock is like a deliberate but undesirable arrangement that does not want people to see the motive. Baoyu was not the most satisfactory target candidate for the Xue family, but retreated to the second place after entering the palace and losing the election.
Also, Bao Chao only mentioned that the laitou monk gave the word, saying that it must be hammered on the gold vessel, and the lock should most likely be built by the Xue family themselves. But later, Aunt Xue directly said that the lock was sent by the monk Laitou, and the inconsistent statements before and after also made people suspicious.
Second, let's look at Jia Mu's attitude towards "golden jade and good luck". Although the "golden jade good relationship" was vigorously promoted by Lady Wang and even the imperial concubine Yuan Chun, Baoyu's marriage still had to be approved by the supreme parent, Jia Mu. In the description of Jia Mu leading the crowd to fight in the QingXuan Temple, Zhang Daoshi originally proposed to Bao Chao at the behest of Lady Wang and Concubine Yuan, and jia mu said that Bao Yu was still young and inappropriate to say kiss, Bao Chao's lock was sent by the monk, and Jia Mu also moved the monk out as a shield; don't you Zhang Daoshi say that there is a door-to-door match, then I will say that it does not matter if the girl is poor, as long as the appearance and personality are appropriate. Jia Muwan refused Zhang Daoshi's proposal, which expressed her disapproval of the "golden jade good relationship". Moreover, after Zhang Daoshi presented a plate of items, Jia Mu picked up a golden qilin from it, and said that this thing saw whose child also carried such a one, and Bao Chao said that Shi Xiangyun had one. Shi Xiangyun is equipped with a golden qilin, would Jia Mu not know? Why did she deliberately ask? There is a big reason to tell everyone that Baoyu's "jade" is brought in the "life", it is true, gold or whatever, can be "made", is "anyone's child" can have, such as Shi Xiangyun also has. The golden lock of Baochao can also be made by anyone, and it is not surprising that it is the same as Shi Xiangyun's golden qilin. The artificial "gold" pei natural "jade", in the case of knowing the upper link, it is not difficult to a lower link. Jia Mu's move implies that the "golden jade good relationship" is a lie concocted by some people, in order to compete for Bao Yu to provide rationality in the case of Bao Yu and Dai Yu's affection, and Jia Mu herself will not approve of it.
As the highest elder, Jia Mu has superior wisdom, and her destruction of the "Golden Jade Good Relationship" should not only be out of love for Lin Daiyu, but also have her own wise judgment of its authenticity. It can be seen that it is not true to say that the "golden jade good fortune" is the fate of the two people, or the fate of the parents.