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When Jiao Da cursed in A Dream of Red Mansions, what did he mean by "covered in ashes"?
The word "climbing ash" is widely used among the people. It first appeared in A Dream of Red Mansions. In the seventh episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, Jiao Dacheng of Jiafu got drunk and cursed the dude of Jiafu: "I don't know anything about giving birth to these animals, stealing chickens and beating dogs every day, raising my brother-in-law!" Cao Xueqin skillfully used common sayings to portray Jiao Da vividly. In A Dream of Red Mansions, there are countless such examples. Then Jia Baoyu asked Wang Xifeng. What does climbing ash mean? Wang Xifeng scolded me. Wang Youguang, a Shanghainese in the Qing Dynasty, explained this in the Collection of History of Northern Qi and Soviet Union. Under the heading of "picking up ashes", it says: "Weng privately marries a daughter-in-law, commonly known as picking up ashes, and his meaning is very little known. According to the past, there was a temple with a strong incense. In the tinfoil burning furnace, the accumulated dust is increasing day by day, tin is scoured out, and the market is profitable. After the neighbors in the temple knew it, it was common to pick up its ashes and steal its tin. Picking up dust and stealing tin. Tin, the wife is homophonic and thinks it is a code word. " Wang Youguang also said: "Wang Jing, the son of Wang Jing, died young, and his wife built a small building to live in, so Gong Jing went to see it. If the daughter-in-law is wrong, it is the general will. Poetry is written on the wall, which is