1. Jia Baoyu

The protagonist Jia Baoyu is a strange and vulgar character. The main trait that makes up his character is rebellion. His behavior was "remote and eccentric" and he was a rebel in feudal society. He despised fame and wealth, and was unwilling to pursue an official career of "learning and becoming an official." He hated "eight-legged stereotypes" and insulted those who studied and became officials as "national thieves and cowards" and was too lazy to contact and visit them.

He does not like so-called "serious books", but prefers "miscellaneous books", especially "The Peony Pavilion" and "The Romance of the West Chamber". He also boldly questioned Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, believing that "except for the Four Books, there are too many fabrications." This fully demonstrated that he was a "treason" of the feudal monarchy system.

He believed that "the beauty of mountains, rivers, sun and moon is only appreciated by daughters, while men are nothing but dregs and turbidity." Under the guidance of this shocking thought, Baoyu "hangs around in the closet" all day long, and loves and pities girls, loves their beauty, purity, overflowing vitality, extraordinary intelligence, and pities their misfortunes. Having pity on the man who is about to marry into a filthy man has lost their holy beauty. Jia Baoyu said: Before a woman gets married, she is a pearl. After she gets married, she loses her light and becomes a dead pearl. No matter how old she gets, she will join the ranks of dirty men and become a dead fish-eye. He even felt irreparable regret that he was born a man.

In his life, the most important thing was undoubtedly his love with Lin Daiyu. This love, on the one hand, started with his rebellious character, and on the other hand, it contributed to the final formation of his rebellious character. This was the greatest and most important act of rebellion in the history of his life. Bao and Dai not only demanded independence in marriage, but also deviated from the feudal society's way of life in their love. They went further and further on the road of rebellion, which eventually led to their tragic ending.

2. Lin Daiyu

Lin Daiyu is a talented but aloof woman. "It is a pity that she has a virtue of idleness and pity for her talents. A jade belt hangs in the forest, and a golden hairpin is buried in the snow." , is her portrayal. She lost her parents when she was a child and lived in Rongguo Mansion. Although Jia Mu loved her very much, she often felt sad because of her aloof and self-respecting personality.

She is sentimental and often sheds tears over small things that others don't notice. As described in the novel, the scene of "Daiyu burying flowers" highlights this point. The blooming and fading of flowers is a natural scene, but it reminded her of the joys and sorrows of life, as well as the impermanence of gatherings and separations. She sighs for the falling flowers, takes Baoyu as her confidant, reads "The Romance of the West Chamber" together, and places all her hopes in life on Baoyu. She loves Baoyu deeply, but finds it difficult to get her wish. As a result, she felt sorry for herself because she tried to fight for her position but failed many times, and cried secretly in a place where no one was around.

Her inner world seems elusive, but she often reveals it to the outside. If Baoyu "offended" her, she would be angry, burst into tears, and even fall ill because of him. On the surface, she looked like this, but in her heart, she still missed him and made an excuse to go see him. When Baoyu became ill, she was sad and cried for him. However, due to the constraints of feudal ethics and ethics, she was not allowed to express her feelings and had no choice but to do so. Eventually, she died of depression on the day Baochai left the cabinet, unable to fulfill her wish.

Cao Xueqin deeply loves Lin Daiyu in his novel, everything about her, her smiles and tears, her joy and sorrow. It is precisely because of this deep-rooted love that he performed Daiyu's infatuation for Baoyu so beautifully and deeply, creating a dazzling character for the world who has "more heart than body" and is anti-feudal ethics. image.

3. Wang Xifeng

There is another unique character in Rong Mansion, she is Wang Xifeng. Everyone knows Wang Xifeng's insidious nature. As the "general manager" of Rong Mansion, she wields power and is duplicitous. She used poisonous tricks to kill Jia Rui, and also conspired to force Sanjie You to death. She had a mean and mean nature, which ended up harming the whole family. She has a fierce personality, which is highlighted in every part of the article. For example, on her birthday, she fought desperately with the prostitute and asked the old lady for help, which is enough to show. But after all, she is very capable, and she has the final say in all matters in the Rong Mansion. She is also good at catering to Jia Mu, and is deeply favored by the old lady. And he was jealous because of it.

In the end, she made a couplet with the girls, using vulgar language, which showed that she had little education, which made everyone laugh.

In short, the feudal, poor, and ridiculous image of Grandma Liu is fully reflected through the author's pen and ink.

7. Qingwen

Qingwen is another rebel in the Jia family who established ethics. His natural rebelliousness, straightforwardness, willfulness and unscrupulous words present another distinct character image to readers.

Qingwen was not humble because Baoyu was her master and tolerated his unreasonable curses, but argued with reason. Example: "I usually don't feel bad if I break many treasures, but today a fan caused such a big problem." "That's all I have to do with a fan today." "Why bother to come? If you don't like us, just send us away and then adjust the envoys." "I'm an idiot, why should I eat fruit with you? What if I smash the plate, even worse!" All I saw was her defiant spirit. And Xiren's kind-hearted persuasion was refuted by her sarcastically, which shows her straightforwardness. And she used to tear apart fans for fun, regardless of other people's opinions, just enjoying herself, and he would not care about any comments she would make afterwards or the impact she would have. There are also a few sentences: "I don't dare to mess with you", "Since you say so, just take the fan and I will tear it apart" etc. All these harsh words clearly demonstrated her willfulness and rebellious spirit of going her own way!

It is also this series of language that makes Qingwen's distinctive character image vividly appear on the page.

8. Ping'er

To say that the most beautiful maid in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is Ping'er. Since she was taken in as a second wife by Jia Lian, her status is different from the She may be an ordinary maid, but the fact that she came from a humble background will never be erased in her life, which also determines that Ping'er's status in the Grand View Garden will not be too high.

Ping'er is talented and intelligent, but the master-servant relationship with Wang Xifeng seems a bit "little compared to the big witch". However, Ping'er has helped Sister Feng a lot in handling daily affairs, so It is said that Wang Xifeng is also very kind to Ping'er.

However, although she is very popular with Wang Xifeng and drinks spicy food, there are also some disadvantages. For example, Ping'er actually fell in love with Jia Lian when she went there, but with Wang Xifeng around, she did not dare to reveal it too much, and because Sister Feng's long marriage and infertility made her even more careful about Jia Lian, preventing him from getting too close to other women. Of course, none of this can be seen from the surface. So sometimes Jia Lian and He'er took advantage of Wang Xifeng's absence to secretly make out, but Sister Feng found out and made fun of her.

But Ping'er is still relatively kind-hearted. When Jia Lian was flirting with women outside and hooked up with Second Sister You, Wang Xifeng pretended to go to take Second Sister You back, but secretly made trouble and made Second Sister You miserable. The elder sister's already-formed fetus was aborted, and the second elder sister couldn't bear the shame and hanged herself. During this period, the only person in Jia's family who was kind to her was Ping'er. The two hundred taels of silver given to Jia Lian were handed over to Jia Lian. This shows that Ping'er is very kind-hearted. Who could not be tempted by such a cute girl?

Ping'er became a nun after the decline of the Jia family. She escaped into Buddhism all her life and has no connection with the world. Alas, Ping Di'er, pitiful, sad and deplorable. It's Ping'er!

Impressions after reading "Journey to the West"

When I finished reading this complicated "Journey to the West" for the third time, I had a lot of feelings in my heart. The first time, I thought Sun Wukong was very powerful, good at fighting, and could change into many shapes; Tang Monk was incompetent; Zhu Bajie was like a lazy "worm"; and Monk Sha was a dispensable character. The second time, I thought Sun Wukong was cute; Tang Monk was very silly; Zhu Bajie was a silly thing; and Monk Sha was a loyal disciple. But this time, I feel that Sun Wukong is very smart and very loyal (especially to Tang Seng); Tang Seng is very kind, simple and kind; Zhu Bajie is cute and silly; Monk Sha gives people a kind of loyalty and honesty impression. In "Journey to the West", there are ninety-nine and eighty-one tests. In the end, the four masters and apprentices went through all kinds of hardships and obtained the true scripture. Of course, there are many hardships told in the story, so I won’t go into details.

The story of "Journey to the West" tells us something: Everything is always very difficult at the beginning, but as long as you can build up confidence and courage, and through hard work, I believe you can achieve success! It also confirms the old saying: Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as you persevere at the beginning and make unremitting efforts, I believe that success will be yours soon! When I opened the story of "Journey to the West", one of the four great classics, I was immediately attracted by it. In the story, the stubborn, upright, witty and brave Sun Wukong, the lazy Zhu Bajie, the hard-working Sha Seng and the upright and simple Tang Seng are all vividly portrayed by the author. This book mainly tells the mythical story of Tang Monk and his four disciples who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Along the way, they climbed over the Flame Mountain, fought against the Bone Demon, experienced numerous difficulties and dangers, and overcame obstacles one after another from demons and ghosts, and finally obtained the true scripture and became immortals. Through these stories, this book reflects Sun Wukong's pursuit spirit that will not give up until he reaches his goal. This story profoundly tells us that justice will definitely defeat evil, because the truth always exists. In everything we do, we must never give up until we achieve our goals, and we must not be discouraged. This spirit is exactly what our teenagers need. Moreover, it is not enough to be lazy and lazy. Only by being resourceful, brave and decisive can you get twice the result with half the effort. When we are studying or in life, we should not give up when we encounter some setbacks and difficulties. Frustrations and difficulties can be overcome. If you use your brain, work hard, and grit your teeth, it will be over, right? Once difficulties and setbacks are overcome, will victory be far behind?

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Luo Guanzhong (1330-1400)

Ming Ben, courtesy name Guanzhong, nicknamed Huhai Sanren. Taiyuan people are said to be Qiantang people (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) or Luling people (now Ji'an, Jiangxi). A famous novelist and dramatist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, he was the originator of Chinese chapter novels. He wrote quite a lot throughout his life, and his main works include: the plays "Chao Taizu's Dragon and Tiger Meeting", "The Loyal and Dutiful Son's Continuous Admonitions", "Sanping Zhang Die Cries Fei Hu Zi"; the novels "The Chronicles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The Romance of the Remaining Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties" ", "The Legend of Sansui Pingyao", "Fengzhuanglou", "Water Margin" co-authored with Shi Naian, the representative work "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", etc.

Based on historical records and folk stories, he combined The rise and fall of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu was written into the long historical novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The book creates a number of popular typical characters, such as the resourceful Zhuge Liang, the brave and rugged Zhang Fei, the witty and competitive Zhou Yu, etc. Although the content is not entirely consistent with historical facts, it is very vivid and attractive as a literary work. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a masterpiece of Chinese classical novels and has been widely circulated.

"Water Margin": Shi Naian (1296～1371)

Named Zian (one name is Ming Er), also known as Zhaorui, with the courtesy name Yanduan and the nickname Naian.

Birthplace: Originally from Suzhou, he lived in Shijia Lane outside Changmen, and later moved to Baijuchang, Hailing County at that time (now Baiju Town, Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province).

Identity: A famous writer in ancient China, born in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, and the author of the long classical novel "Water Margin".

Life:

There is very little information about Shi Naian's life and deeds, and some of the records collected are also quite contradictory. Since the 1920s, some materials related to Shi Naian have been discovered in Xinghua, Dafeng, Yandu and other places in present-day Jiangsu Province, including the "Shi Family Genealogy", "Shi Family Genealogy", etc., and others The addendum to volume 13 of "Xinghua County Chronicles" contains one "Biography of Shi Naian", and the addendum to volume 14 contains one "Epitaph of Shi Naian" written by Wang Daosheng in the early Ming Dynasty.

According to the analysis of these materials:

Shi Naian is a descendant of Shi Zhichang, one of the seventy-two descendants of Confucius. The descendants of Shi Zhichang made their home in Suzhou in the late Tang Dynasty. His father's name was Yuande, who was a boat operator, and his mother was the Bian family (descendants of the Bian family also moved to Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province today).

Shi Naian was smart, studious, talented, filial and righteous since he was a child.

He was a scholar at the age of 19, a scholar at the age of 28, and a Jinshi at the age of 36 with Liu Bowen.

"Journey to the West": Wu Chengen (1500-1582)

His courtesy name is Ruzhong, his nickname is Sheyangshan, and he is a native of Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture (now Huai'an, Jiangsu Province).

Wu Chengen was born into a family that was reduced from a low-level official to a small businessman. His father Wu Rui had an optimistic and open-minded personality and pursued the Changle philosophy. He named him Chengen with the courtesy name Ruzhong, which means that he hoped that he could study. Be an official, inherit the emperor's grace, benefit the people, and be a loyal minister who will leave a name in history. Wu Chengen was diligent and studious when he was a child. He could read ten lines at a glance and recite what he saw. He is good at painting and calligraphy. He likes to write lyrics and music. He is also proficient in Go. He also likes to collect calligraphy and painting stickers of famous people. When he was a boy, he became famous in his hometown for his outstanding literary talent. He was appreciated by people, who thought that he passed the imperial examination, "like picking up a piece of mustard". "Huai'an Prefecture Chronicles" records that he is "sensitive and intelligent, and he is well-versed in books, and he is the author of poems and essays." In addition to being eager to learn, he especially likes to search for strange things and hunt monsters, and he likes to watch gods, ghosts, lemurs, monsters, and monkey spirits. books. Novels and unofficial histories such as "The Record of Hundreds of Strangers" and "Youyang Zazu", as well as these colorful mythological worlds, have subconsciously developed a hobby of searching for strange things. As we grow older, this hobby Unabated. This had a significant influence on his creation of "Journey to the West". After he turned 30, he had already "filled his chest" with the anecdotes he was searching for, and he had plans to create. When he was about 50 years old, he wrote the first dozen chapters of "Journey to the West", but then he interrupted it for many years. It was not until he resigned and returned to his hometown in his later years that he was able to finally complete the creation of "Journey to the West".

"A Dream of Red Mansions": Cao Xueqin (1724-1764)

Novelist of the Qing Dynasty. The name is Zhan, the courtesy name is Meng Ruan, the nickname is Xueqin, and also the names are Qinxi and Qinpu. His ancestral home is Fengrun County, Hebei Province. In the early Qing Dynasty, he entered the Zhengbai Banner in Manchuria. He was born in Nanjing.

Cao Xueqin lives in a big bureaucratic landlord family with a "hundred-year-old family". Starting from his great-grandfather, Jiangning weaving has been hereditary for three generations for 60 years. Grandfather Cao Yin served as Kangxi's "attendant", and his great-grandmother was Kangxi's wet nurse. The Cao family had a very close relationship with the royal family. When he was a boy, he was a "dandy in rich clothes", "satisfied and fat", and lived a luxurious life like a rich man. In the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign (1727), his father Cao Fu was implicated in his affairs and was dismissed from his post and his home was confiscated. Since then, the family's power and property have been lost. His family moved frequently and his life was extremely unstable. Sometimes he had to seek help from relatives and friends to make ends meet. He was often discriminated against and humiliated. Having experienced the vicissitudes of life from being a poor man to a poor man who "eats porridge with the whole family" gave him a personal experience of the declining fate of the feudal ruling class and a comprehensive and profound understanding of the darkness and evil in society

"A Dream of Red Mansions": Gao'e

Birth and death years: about 1738-about 1815, a writer of the Qing Dynasty. The courtesy name is Lanshu, and the other is Yunshi. Because of his passion for the novel "A Dream of Red Mansions", he was nicknamed "The Outsider's History of the Red Mansions". A member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Xianghuang Banner of the Han Army. His ancestral home is Tieling (now part of Liaoning), and his ancestors lived in Beijing in the early Qing Dynasty. When I was young, I loved traveling. I once went to the foreign classroom in middle age. He is familiar with classics and history, works in eight-legged prose, and is also proficient in poetry, novels, operas, paintings, and epigraphy. In the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, the poetry style was close to that of the Huajian School, and the thesis stated that "words must be based on their roots, and cultivation must be based on sincerity", emphasizing the main meaning. He was keen on becoming an official, but failed to pass the exams. In the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign (1788), he became an examiner in the Shuntian Township Examination. Jinshi in sixty years. The secretary of the official cabinet and the minister of the cabinet read. In the sixth year of Jiaqing (1801), he was the same examiner of Shuntian Township Examination. In the fourteenth year, the imperial censor of Jiangnan Province was selected by the attendant. In the eighteenth year, he was promoted to the Criminal Division and transferred to Shizhong. During his tenure, he was known for his "strict conduct, diligence in political affairs, and talent." In his later years, his family was poor and his official position was cold, and his sleeves were full of breeze. Therefore, although there are numerous works, many of them failed to reach the end of their time before they were published.