The main volume of Jinling’s Twelve Hairpins—Xichun

The main volume of Jinling’s Twelve Beauties—Wang Xifeng

The main volume of Jinling’s Twelve Beauties—Shi Xiangyun

The main volume of Jinling's Twelve Hairpins - Qin Keqing

The main volume of Jinling's Twelve Hairpins - Qiaojie

The main volume of Jinling's Twelve Beauties - Miaoyu

The official volume of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling——Li Wan

The official volume of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling——Jia Yuanchun

The official volume of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling—Jia Yingchun< /p>

The main volume of Jinling’s Twelve Hairpins—Jia Tanchun

The main volume of Jinling’s Twelve Hairpins—Chai and Dai

The supplementary volume of Jinling’s Twelve Hairpins: Xiang Ling, Xue Baoqin, You Erjie, You Sanjie, Xing Xiuyan, Li Wen, Li Qi, Xia Jingui, Qiutong, Xiaohong, Lingguan, Jiaoxing;

The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling also have a sub-volume: Qing Wen, Xiren, Ping'er, Yuanyang, Zicuckoo, Ying'er, Yuchai, Jinchai, Caiyun, Siqi, Fangguan, Sheyue;

Among them, Xiangling, especially in the supplementary volume The second sister, Qiu Tong, and Jiao Xing are concubines; the rest, Bao Qin, the third sister, Xiu Yan, Li Wen, Li Qi, and Jin Gui are relatives, and Xiaohong is because of Jia Yun, and Lingguan is because of Jia Qiang. They can be classified as relatives; and the twelve people in the supplementary list are all relatively important maids.

1. There are two dead trees painted on the first page, with a jade belt hanging on them, a pile of snow, and a golden hairpin under the snow. There are also four sentences, which are:

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It is a pity for the idle virtue, but it is a pity for the talent of singing. The jade belt hangs in the forest, and the golden hairpin is buried in the snow.

This is about Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai

2. Painting A bow with citron hanging on it. There is also a lyric that goes:

Twenty years of distinguishing between right and wrong, the pomegranate blossoms illuminate the palace.

Three springs compete for the early spring scene, the tiger We meet again and return home from a big dream.

This is about Jia Yuanchun

3. Later, there is a painting of two people flying kites, a sea, a big boat, and a woman in the boat covering her face and crying. There are also four sentences written about it:

Talent comes from being shrewd and ambitious, and one is born in the last days when luck has faded.

Looking by the river with tears in my eyes during the Qingming Festival, thousands of miles of east wind is just a dream away.

This is about Jia Tanchun

4. In the back, there are a few wisps of flying clouds and a bay of passing water. The words are:

What is wealth? Parents disobeyed each other when they were still young.

With open eyes and the slanting light, the water of the Xiangjiang River passes by and Chu Yunfei flies away.

This is the history of Xiangyun

5. There is another piece of beautiful jade painted on the back , fell into the mud. His conclusion goes:

How can you ever be clean if you want to be clean, the clouds may not be empty.

The poor gold and jade will eventually sink into the mud.

This is a wonderful jade

6. Suddenly I saw a painting of a bad wolf chasing a beautiful woman, wanting to eat it. The book says:

The son is a wolf in Zhongshan, and he will run rampant when he succeeds.

The golden boudoir flowers and willows are of good quality, and they will go to Huangliang for a long time.

This is written by Jia Yingchun

7. Behind is an ancient temple, inside which there is a beautiful woman sitting alone reading sutras. The verdict is:

Consideration The spring scenery has not lasted long, and the pure clothes suddenly changed from the makeup of the past.

The poor embroidered house girl is lying alone next to the ancient Buddha with a green lantern.

This is about Jia Xichun

8. Behind is an iceberg with a female phoenix on it. The judgment is:

All birds come from the end of the world and they all know how to love this talent.

1 From the second order to the third tree, weeping to Jinling is even more sad.

This is written by Wang Xifeng

9. Behind is another deserted village and a shop, with a beautiful woman spinning there. The judgment Yun:

After the defeat, Yungui left Yungui, and the family died, so there is no need to talk about relatives.

Because of the help of the Liu family, I met a benefactor by chance.

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10. At the back, there is another painting of a pot of orchids, and beside it is a beauty with a phoenix crown and a garland of flowers. There is also a saying:

When the spring breeze of peaches and plums has finished bearing fruit, who will be like a pot of orchids in the end.

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Just like ice water, jealousy is in vain, and it is useless to joke with others.

This is written by Li Wan

11. There are high-rise buildings in the back, and a beautiful woman hangs herself from a beam. The verdict is:

Love in the sky, love in the sea, fantasy in the body , when love meets, it will lead to adultery.

Rumbling words and unkind words are all glorious, and it is really peaceful to start a quarrel.

This is Qin Keqing

It is a pity that the virtue of stopping, Pity Yong Xucai. Jade belts hang in the forest, gold hairpins are buried in the snow. "It's a shame to stop virtue" and "The golden hairpin is buried in the snow" refer to Xue Baochai. "Golden hairpin" is a metaphor for "Baochai", and "snow" is a homophone for "Xue". The meaning of the sentence implies the desolation and misery of its ending. "Kan Lian Yong Xu Cai" and "Jade Belt Hanging in the Forest" refer to Lin Daiyu, and "Jade Belt Hanging in the Forest". The first three characters read "Lin Daiyu" backwards, which also implies Jia Baoyu's concern for Lin Daiyu.

“Twenty years of distinguishing between right and wrong, the pomegranate blossoms illuminate the palace. The three springs are competing for the first spring scene, and the tiger and the tiger meet and return to the big dream. "The three springs" implicitly refer to welcoming the spring, exploring the spring, and cherishing the spring, and "early spring" refers to the first spring.

"The son is a Zhongshan wolf, and he is more aggressive when he succeeds." The golden boudoir flower and willow quality will last for a long time. "Zi" and "Xi" are combined to form the word "Sun", which refers to Yingchun's husband Sun Shaozu. The "sentence" means that Yingchun was persecuted to death by Sun Shaozu, who was like a "Zhongshan wolf".

"Caizi Jingmingzhi" Self-exalted, born in the last days when luck has declined. I shed tears on the Qingming Festival and look out to the riverside. The east wind thousands of miles away is just a dream away. "The first two sentences write about Tan Chun, although he is talented and ambitious, but his fortune is not good. The last two sentences write about Tan Chun marrying far away from Haiyu, never to return.

" The scene of three springs does not last long, and the clothes are hidden. Change your makeup from the past. Poor embroidered household girl, lying alone next to the ancient Buddha with a green lantern. "The "Judgment" implies that Xichun's ending is to become a nun, accompany the green lantern, and wear silk clothes throughout his life.

"What's the point of wealth? Parents disobey them in their infancy. Open your eyes and watch the slanting light, the water of Xiangjiang River passes by and Chu Yunfei flies away. "The first two sentences say that Shi Xiangyun's parents died when she was young, and the wealth of her family could not give her warmth. The last two sentences say that Shi Xiangyun's good times did not last long after her marriage, and the couple separated in a blink of an eye. "The water of the Xiangjiang River passed away, and Chu Yunfei flew away." embedded in the sentence There are two words "xiang" and "cloud".

"If you want to be clean, you will never be clean. The clouds are not necessarily empty." Poor gold and jade, eventually sinking into the mud. "Jie" refers to both cleanliness and purity in Buddhism. Buddhism preaches that the real world is dirty, and only the Buddhist kingdom can be considered a "pure land", so Buddhism is also called Jingjiao. Miaoyu has a "cleanliness habit" and is in Buddhism. , so it is said that "the quality of gold and jade" means that Miaoyu has "extraordinary origins and noble nature", but "ends up in mud"

"Every bird comes from the end of the world and loves this life." talent. One follower and two people make three people dead, crying to Jinling is even more sad. "Fanniao" combined to form the word "phoenix". This "judgment" implies Wang Xifeng's ending. According to Zhibiao, the Jia family "failed", and Wang Xifeng fell into the "Prison Temple" and died short-lived. < /p>

“If the situation is defeated, leave Yungui, and if the family is destroyed, don’t talk about relatives. Occasionally, I met a benefactor due to the help of the Liu family. "The first two sentences of "Judgment" state that Qiao Jie was betrayed by the "ruthless uncle and traitorous brother" after the Jia family was defeated. The last two sentences state that Qiao Jie's mother Wang Xifeng once saved Grandma Liu, and was finally saved by Grandma Liu.

“The spring breeze of peaches and plums bears fruit, but in the end they are like a pot of orchids. Like ice water, it is empty and jealous, and it is useless to make jokes for others. "Li" and "Wan" in the first sentence allude to the word "Li Wan". In the second sentence, the word "Lan" alludes to Li Wan's son Jia Lan.

"Love in the sky, love in the sea, illusion of love and body, love meets each other Must be a prostitute. It is honor to speak unkindly, but it is actually peaceful to start a fight. "According to Zhipiao, the thirteenth chapter of the novel was originally "Qin Keqing's obscene mourning in Tianxiang Tower". The verdict is that Qin Keqing committed adultery with his father-in-law Jia Zhen, and the immoral and obscene behavior all started in Ningguo Mansion.

From the "Judgment" in the fifth chapter, we have learned that the "Twelve Beauties of Jinling" in "A Dream of Red Mansions" are Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Jia Yuanchun, Jia Tanchun, Shi Xiangyun, Miaoyu, Jia Yingchun, Jia Xichun, Wang Xifeng, Jia Qiaojie, Li Wan and Qin Keqing.

A brief biography of Ling Twelve Chai

Lin Daiyu

The only daughter of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min. , her grandmother took pity on her loneliness and took her to the Rongguo Mansion to raise her. Although she was an orphan, she was aloof, naive and straightforward. She and Baoyu were both feudal rebels, and she never advised Baoyu to take the feudal official path. She despised fame and power. , when Jia Baoyu gave her a string of precious rosary beads given by the Holy Spirit as a gift from King Beijing, she said: "What stinky man took it? I don't want this thing!" "She and Baoyu had the same ideals and interests, and truly loved each other. However, this love was cruelly strangled by Jia Mu and others, and Lin Daiyu died in tears.

Xue Baochai

One of the twelve beauties in Jinling, the daughter of Aunt Xue, her family has a millionaire. She has beautiful appearance, smooth muscles and bones, and elegant manners. She was keen on "official career economy" and persuaded Baoyu to go to a meeting with officials to talk about official career economy, but Baoyu secretly denounced her as "bastard talk". She abides by feudal women's ethics, and the city is quite deep. She can win over people's hearts and is praised by everyone in the Jia family. She hung a gold lock with the words "Never give up, and will continue forever". Aunt Xue had long said: "You must choose a gold lock with jade to match it." With the help of Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, etc. Under the arrangement, Jia Baoyu was forced to marry Xue Baochai as his wife. Since the two parties did not have the same ideals and interests, Jia Baoyu could not forget his close friend Lin Daiyu, so he became a monk soon after the marriage. Xue Baochai had no choice but to stay alone in her empty boudoir, harboring resentment for the rest of her life.

Wang Xifeng

One of the twelve beauties of Jinling, the wife of Jia Lian, and the niece of Mrs. Wang. She has a pair of red phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow-leaf eyebrows, a slender figure and a coquettish physique. She was shrewd and capable, and won the trust of Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang, and became the actual housekeeper of Jia's family. She sits on the throne of the housekeeper of hundreds of people in the Jia family. Her eloquence and power are her weapons to flatter her superiors and bully her subordinates. Her purpose is to seize power and steal wealth. She is extremely manipulative, cruel and vicious. Although a dandy like Jia Rui deserves to die, her cruel revenge can also be seen in her "poisonous love-making trap". For a bribe of three thousand taels of silver, the "Tiekan Temple" forced the daughter of the Zhang family and the son of a certain guard to commit suicide. Second Sister You and the fetus in her belly were also killed by Wang Xifeng in the most cunning and cruel way. She openly declared: "I never believe in any retribution from hell. Why should I say yes to anything?" She was extremely greedy. In addition to asking for bribes, she also relied on late payment of monthly public funds to lend money. This alone turned out several Hundreds or even thousands of silver can be obtained by oneself. When her house was searched, 50,000 to 70,000 gold coins and a box of loan coupons were found. What Wang Xifeng did was undoubtedly accelerating the decline of the Jia family, and in the end they ended up with the fate of "the agencies were too clever in their calculations and ended up costing Qing Qing's life".

Li Wan

Gong Cai, the wife of Jia Zhu, gave birth to his son Jia Lan. She was born into a famous eunuch in Jinling, and her father Li Shouzhong once offered wine to the prince of the country. She has been taught by her father that "a woman's lack of talent is a virtue" since she was a child. She can only recognize a few words and remember a few virtuous women in the previous dynasty. Jia Zhu died of illness before she was twenty. Li Wan has been a widow for a long time. Although he is surrounded by beautiful things, he is as indifferent as a dead tree. He only knows how to raise his parents and children, accompany his sister-in-law and other female celebrities, and read readings in his free time. She is a typical example of a virtuous and chaste woman who abides by feudal etiquette.

Jia Yuanchun

The eldest daughter of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. He was raised by Jia Mu since he was a child. As the eldest sister, she taught Baoyu how to read and write when he was three or four years old. Although they are siblings, they are like mother and son. Later, because of her virtuous, filial and talented people, she was selected as a female official in the palace. Soon after, she was granted the title of Minister of Fengzao Palace and the title of Concubine of Virtue and Virtue. In order to welcome her to visit relatives, the Jia family built a special villa for relatives. The villa is so luxurious that even Yuanchun thought it was too luxurious and expensive! Although Concubine Yuan brought "fire cooking oil, flowers blooming with brocade" to the Jia family, she was confined in the royal palace. During the visit, she would say something or cry, describing the palace as a "no place to see people" that was "ultimately boring". After this visit, Concubine Yuan had no chance to leave the palace, and she died of a sudden illness.

Jia Yingchun

The child born to Jia She and his concubine is the second lady of the Jia family. She is honest and incompetent, cowardly and afraid of getting into trouble, and has the nickname of "two pieces of wood". Not only was she not as good as her sisters in writing poems and guessing riddles, but she also only knew how to give in and let others bully her in her conduct. Her silk gold phoenix jewelry was used by servants for gambling, but she did not pursue it. Others tried to recover it for her, but she said: "I would rather lose it than why be angry." Her father Jia She owed the Sun family five dollars. He married her into the Sun family without even paying a thousand taels of silver. In fact, she was used to pay off the debt. Shortly after her marriage, she was abused to death by Sun Shaozu.

Jia Tanchun

Born to Jia Zheng and his concubine Zhao, she was ranked as the third lady of the Jia family. She is smart, capable, scheming, and decisive. Even Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng give her some credit, and she is nicknamed "Rose Flower". She has a particularly strong sense of feudal hierarchy, so she despises, dislikes, and is ruthless her biological mother, Aunt Zhao, who is in the position of a maid and concubine. When inspecting the Grand View Garden, in order to maintain her majesty as the master in front of her maidservants, she "ordered the maid to hold the candle and open the door." She only allowed others to search her cabinets, and no one was allowed to touch her maid's things.

The Wang Shanbao family didn't understand this and made a move on Tanchun, so he was slapped on the spot. Tanchun was deeply touched by the crisis that Jia's mansion was facing and that it was about to collapse. She wanted to use minor reforms to "promote advantages and eliminate disadvantages" to save the situation, but to no avail. In the end, Jia Tanchun married away from home.

Jia Xichun

One of the twelve beauties in Jinling, Jia Zhen’s sister. Because her father Jia Jing was obsessed with alchemy and didn't care about anything else, and her mother died young, she grew up beside Jia's mother in Rongguo Mansion. Without the love and affection of his parents, he developed a withdrawn and indifferent character, with a cold heart and a cold mouth. When inspecting the Grand View Garden, she gritted her teeth and drove the innocent maid into the painting, remaining indifferent to other people's tears and sorrow. The decline of the four major families and the unfortunate endings of the three sisters from the same family gave her the idea of ????renouncing the world, and later she became a nun in the Cuicui Temple.

Qin Keqing

One of the twelve beauties in Jinling, the wife of Jia Rong. She is the daughter of Qin Bangye, a doctor in the maintenance department, who was adopted from the health care hall. Her nickname is Ke'er, and her given name is beautiful. She is graceful and delicate, has a romantic personality, and is gentle and peaceful in her behavior. She is very popular with Jia Mu and others. However, her father-in-law Jia Zhen had an ambiguous relationship with her, which led to her young death.

Sister Jia Qiao

One of the twelve beauties of Jinling, the daughter of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng. Because she was born on the seventh day of July, Grandma Liu named her "Sister Qiao". Sister Qiao has lived a prosperous life since she was a child and is the daughter of a wealthy family. But after the decline of the Jia family and the death of Wang Xifeng, her uncles Wang Ren and Jia Huan wanted to sell her to the vassal king as a maid. At the critical moment, thanks to the help of Grandma Liu, they took her out of the Grand View Garden in disguise. Later she married a landowner named Zhou.

Shi Xiangyun

One of the twelve hairpins in Jinling, she is the grand-niece of Jia Mu. Although she is the daughter of a wealthy family, her parents died when she was young and she was raised by her uncle Shi Ding. Her aunt was not kind to her. At her uncle's house, she had no control at all and had to do sewing work until midnight from time to time. Her life experience is somewhat similar to Lin Daiyu, but she does not have Lin Daiyu's rebellious spirit, and is influenced by Xue Baochai to a certain extent. She is outspoken, cheerful and naughty, and even dares to sleep on the big bluestone in the garden after getting drunk. She and Baoyu were also good friends. When they were together, they were sometimes affectionate and sometimes angry. However, she was open-minded and never cared about her children's personal relationship. Later, she married Wei Ruolan. Shortly after the marriage, her husband became seriously ill and later died of tuberculosis. Shi Xiangyun determined to remain a widow for the rest of his life.

Miaoyu

Suzhou native. Her ancestors were scholars and officials. Because he had been sick since childhood, he bought many substitutes (in the old days, it was superstitious that people who were destined to have disasters should sacrifice their lives to become monks or Taoists. Rich people bought children from poor families to replace the monks, called substitutes), but none of them worked. Only after entering Buddhism can the body be healthy, so I have been leading the practice. His parents are dead, and he is accompanied by two old ladies and a little girl to serve him. She is very literate, very familiar with classics, and has a very good appearance. When she was seventeen years old, she followed her master to practice in Chang'an. After her master passed away, she was invited by the Jia family to lead her to practice in the Cuicui Temple. However, she said, "If you want to be clean, why should you be clean? The clouds may not be empty." It's dirty, so I don't want it anymore, but the teacup for Baoyu to drink from is the green jade cup I use every day. On Baoyu's birthday, she specially sent someone a copy of "Miaoyu, a stranger outside the threshold, knocks on her face from afar". After the Jia family fell into decline, she was smothered and raped by strong men with ecstasy incense and kidnapped.

"A Dream of Red Mansions", a Qing Dynasty vernacular chapter novel, one hundred and ten chapters (or one hundred and eight chapters) . It was once called "The Story of the Stone". In the first chapter of the novel, it is said that this book was also named "The Record of the Love Monk", "Feng Yue Bao Jian" and "The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling". As for the author of "Dream of Red Mansions", some researchers now believe that it is Hong Sheng, Zhang Yiquan or someone else, but there is still not enough evidence to obliterate Cao Xueqin's copyright, which has long been recognized by red scholars. The first eighty chapters of "A Dream of Red Mansions" had been copied out during Cao Xueqin's lifetime, along with comments from his friends Zhi Yanzhai, Jihusou and others; after the eighty chapters, the "last thirty chapters" have been basically completed. The draft was roughly finalized, and Zhi Pi revealed that after Daiyu's death, Baoyu once "mourned the scenery". This time the text included the eight characters "Falling leaves rustling, the cold smoke is deserted" and the twenty-sixth chapter "The phoenix tail is dense, the dragon sings softly" " into corresponding text, and revealed that there is a complete chapter: "Xue Baochai borrowed words to satirize Wang Xifeng, a heroic hero who knows his fate." Even the "last chapter" of the book is a story about "Love List" is slightly mentioned, but unfortunately, this touching The soul-stirring "Last Thirty Chapters" text did not spread to the world due to a complicated reason, and finally became a heart-wrenching tragedy in Chinese literature.

Cao Xueqin, whose given name is Zhan, whose courtesy name is Mengruan, and whose pseudonym is Xueqin, also has other names such as Qinpu, Qinxi, and Qinxi Jushi.

His ancestral home is Xiangping (now Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province), also known as Fengrun, Hebei Province. The ancestors were originally Han, but they had already become the "guayi" (meaning slave in Manchu) of the Zhengbai Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs before the Manchus took over the Central Plains. Its ancestor Cao Zhenyan was a hero who entered the pass from Longlong and belonged to Dorgon's system. His great-grandmother Sun was Kangxi's wet nurse, and his grandfather Cao Yin was Kangxi's "attendant" when he was young. After Kangxi ascended the throne, the Cao family became famous for a while. In the second year of Kangxi's reign (1663), great-grandfather Cao Xi was the first to take charge of weaving in Jiangning. Later, his grandfather Cao Yin, his uncle Cao Yong, and his father Cao Fu successively succeeded him for three generations. He was an important weaver who could not be held by anyone but the emperor's confidant. For more than ten years, this was the heyday of the Cao family. However, in the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign (1727), he was found guilty of being implicated and his family property was confiscated. The following year, the whole family returned north, and their family fortunes declined. It is said that in the early years of Qianlong's reign, the Cao family suffered another greater disaster, and it was in ruins ever since.

Cao Xueqin happened to experience the prosperity and decline of the Cao family throughout his life. He was born in Nanjing in either the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi (1715) or the second year of Yongzheng (1724). He moved back to Beijing with his family in the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728). There is very little material about his life and biography that has been handed down. We can only get a glimpse of his downfall in his later years and his habit of "eating porridge and wine on credit" from some sporadic records and the poems of his friends Duncheng, Dunmin, Zhang Yiquan and others. embarrassment. His immortal masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions" was written at this time. Due to poverty and illness, his youngest son died in infancy. He passed away while the manuscript was still waiting for final polishing. Regarding the year of his death, it may be said that it is New Year's Eve in the 27th year of Qianlong's reign (1762), or it may be said that it is New Year's Eve in the 28th year of Qianlong's reign (1763), or it may be said that it is the beginning of the 29th year of Qianlong's Jiashen (1764).

The first eighty chapters of "A Dream of Red Mansions" are copied and are called "The Story of the Stone" (or "The Story of the Stone Re-evaluated by Zhi Yanzhai"). Most of them are accompanied by comments from Zhi Yanzhai and others, so it is also called "The Story of the Stone". "Ben" or "fat". There are eleven versions of "Zhi Ping" that have been discovered so far, and three were copied before Cao Xueqin's death, namely the Jiaxu version (1754), the Jimao version (1759) and the Gengchen version (1760), all of which are incomplete. Book. The remaining eight are the preface by Qi Liaosheng, the Jiachen version, the Mongolian Prince's Mansion version, the Mengmanu version, the preface by Shu Yuanwei, the Leningrad version, the Nanjing Library version, and the Zheng Zhenfeng version. Because these manuscripts are closer to the time when Cao Xueqin was writing, they are closer to the original appearance of the novel. At the same time, the book also retains the comments of Zhi Yanzhai and others who are closely related to Cao Xueqin, which is helpful for studying Cao Xueqin's family background, life, and the basis for the creation of "Dream of Red Mansions". The creation process, as well as the general outline of the lost "Last Thirty Chapters" story, are of great reference value and are important materials for studying "A Dream of Red Mansions".

The novel writes that in ancient times, Nuwa was refining stones to mend the sky, but left a stubborn stone unused at the foot of Qinggan Peak. This stubborn stone has been tempered and has become spiritual, so he begged the immortals Mang Mang and Miao Miao to send him to "a prosperous country, a family of poems, rituals and hairpins, a prosperous land of flowers and willows, a rich and gentle land". The two immortals couldn't resist it, so they transformed it into a piece of "psychic gem" that was "appreciable and can be held" and sent it to the police fairy in Taixu Illusion Realm. At that time, the attendant of the Chixia Palace Shenying used nectar water to water the withering indigo grass on the banks of the Sansheng Stone on the bank of the Western Ling River, finally allowing the indigo plant to "extend time" and cultivate into a female form. Shenying's waiter Fan had a burning heart and wanted to be a human being. Jiangzhucao felt his kindness and vowed to repay him with the tears of his life and follow him down to earth to go through calamities. This is the so-called "wood and stone alliance" and "tears to repay debts". The "psychic gem" transformed from a stubborn stone was "carried into the mortal world" by Shenying's waiter. I don't know how many lifetimes and calamities have passed, Taoist Kongkong passed by Qinggan Peak and saw writings engraved on a large stone, so he copied it from beginning to end. Cao Xueqin read it and added and deleted it, so this book was created.

There is a Calabash Temple in the city of Gusu. Next to the temple lived a rural eunuch, Zhen Shiyin. He felt sorry for the poor scholar Jia Yucun who lived in the temple and gave him money to help him take the imperial examination. Unexpectedly, on the night of the Lantern Festival, her beloved daughter Yinglian was abducted, and then a fire broke out in the Calabash Temple, causing harm to the Zhen family. When Zhen Shi was living in poverty and was suffering from illness, he was enlightened by the lame Taoist's "Good Song" and escaped into Buddhism. Jia Yucun passed the imperial examination and was elected as a county magistrate. However, he was dismissed because of his greed for money and arrogance, and then went to Yangzhou Yanzheng Lin Ruhai's house. One day, I met my friend Leng Zixing by chance and listened to his speech on the rise and fall of Rong and Ning. He said, "Although the airs are not very low, the inner pockets are also full." At that time, because the imperial court was recruiting revolutionary personnel, Jia Yucun asked Rong to Lin Ruhai, the son-in-law of the government, helped. Lin Ruhai also wanted to entrust his daughter Lin Daiyu to his grandmother Jia Taijun because of his wife's death, so he asked Jia Yucun to send his daughter to Beijing and at the same time write a letter of recommendation to his brother-in-law Jia Zheng.

When Daiyu entered Rong Mansion for the first time, she was extremely careful about everything.

When they met Baoyu, they both felt familiar and had a sense of deja vu. Seeing that Daiyu didn't have a psychic jade on her body, Baoyu took off her own and threw it on the ground, causing an unhappiness. One day, plum blossoms bloomed in Ning Mansion, and Jia Zhen's wife, Youshi, invited Jia Mu and others to enjoy them. Baoyu took a nap in the bedroom of Qin Keqing, Jia Zhen's daughter-in-law, and sleepwalked in the illusion of Taixu. He saw the "Album of Twelve Hairpins in Jinling", listened to the music of "A Dream of Red Mansions", and had fun with the fairy Keqing. After waking up from the dream, he and his eldest maid, Xiren, had fun together in the fantasy world.

With the help of Jia Zheng, Jia Yucun was appointed to Jinling Yingtian Mansion. As soon as Jia Yucun took office, he accepted the case of Yinglian's abduction and murder. The person who snatched Yinglian and killed the original buyer was Xue Pan from the Xue family, one of the four major families in Jinling. Jia Yucun was afraid of the power of the four major families and ignored Zhen Shiyin's gift of silver, so he broke up the case. After Xue Pan took away Yinglian, he went to Beijing with his mother Aunt Xue and sister Baochai. After Xue Baochai came to Beijing, he temporarily lived in Jia's mansion. He was loved by people for his dignified appearance, modesty and easygoingness. Baochai suffered from a leprosy due to illness when she was young. The monk gave her a gold lock to ward off evil spirits, and she wore it with her from then on. One day, I saw Baoyu also had a treasure that matched his own golden lock. I thought about it for a long time. This is the so-called "gold and jade marriage". Daiyu and Baoyu were childhood sweethearts, and they already fell in love with each other, so Daiyu often took the opportunity to ridicule the so-called "gold and jade marriage".

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qin Keqing died of illness. Jia Zhen was as grief-stricken as if she had lost her wife. In order to make the funeral beautiful, he donated a fifth-grade dragon ban captain to his son Jia Rong, and asked Wu Xifeng, the wife of Jia Lian of Rongfu, to assist in the funeral. Sister Feng was smart and capable, and the day of the funeral was very beautiful. That night, they stayed at the Tiekan Temple in the suburbs. Because of their greed for money, Sister Feng forcibly broke up a young couple who were in love, causing them to commit suicide out of hatred. In the coming year, Jia Zheng's eldest daughter was canonized as a concubine at the beginning of Yuan Chun, and the emperor allowed her to go home to "visit relatives". The Jia Mansion then carried out extensive construction work and built a garden. Baoyu inscribed the foreheads of each door in the garden. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Yuan Fei Luan drove into the house and named the garden "Grand View Garden", and ordered Baoyu and her sisters to write poems. Daiyu wanted to show off her talents, but she was only ordered to compose one song, which was a bit regretful. Concubine Yuan returned to the palace and ordered Baoyu and her sisters to live in the garden. After entering the garden, Baoyu played with the girls in the garden all day long and was very happy. The book boy Mingyan brought "The Romance of the West Chamber" into the garden, and Baoyu and Daiyu admired the wonderful text together. Because Baoyu uses Zhang Sheng and Yingying to describe herself and others, Daiyu is very angry, but she also makes associations. At that time, Lin Ruhai had also died of illness, and Daiyu was living under someone else's roof, often feeling melancholy and crying. In late spring, when I see fallen flowers floating in the air, I feel my life experience. I carry a hoe to bury the flowers and recite "Flower Burial Ci", which expresses my sadness. Due to her sensitive nature and deep love, Daiyu had misunderstandings, and she often quarreled and quarreled with Baoyu. The girl Xiren is good at caring for others, and Baoyu values ????her very much, so she advises Baoyu to study and focus on business. On this day, Shi Xiangyun, the granddaughter of Jia's mother's family, also advised Baoyu to pay attention to her economic career. Baoyu overcame her and said: Sister Lin never said such nonsense. Daiyu happened to be passing by and was very happy after hearing this. Bao and Dai now "live in two places and share the same love."

One day, Jia Baoyu's mother, Mrs. Wang, summoned Baoyu. Baoyu took advantage of his mother's sleeping side and teased her maid Jin Chuaner. When Mrs. Wang heard this, she angrily chased Jin Chuan'er away. Jin Chuan'er couldn't bear the humiliation and threw herself into a well and died. Jia Huan lied that Jin Chuan'er committed suicide because of Bao Yu's attempted rape. At the same time, Prince Zhongshun sent someone to Jia's Mansion to find Qi Guan'er, an actress who had a close relationship with Bao Yu. Jia Zheng was furious, thinking that he would "kill the king and his father" in the future, so he beat him vigorously. It was not until Jia's mother came after hearing the news that the storm calmed down. Xiren then gave his loyal advice to Mrs. Wang, who then treated Xiren as his aunt. The autumn wind gradually picked up in the Grand View Garden. Baoyu's sister Tanchun advocated the establishment of Haitang Poetry Society, and Jia Zheng's daughter-in-law Li Wan volunteered to be the general reviewer. The sisters composed twelve chrysanthemum poems, and Daiyu's skills were superior to those of the others. At that time, cousins ??such as Xing Xiuyan, Li Wen, and Xue Baoqin all lived in the Jia Mansion, and the Grand View Garden was bustling with activity. Grandma Liu, an old village woman, was related to Mrs. Wang and went to Jia's house to enjoy the autumn breeze at the end of the year. Jia's mother left her alone to chat. There was a big banquet in the Grand View Garden, and everyone was teasing Grandma Liu. Grandma Liu was experienced in the world and was willing to be a joke. Later, she took the silver gift from the Jia family and returned to the countryside. Before leaving, she named Sister Feng's daughter "Sister Qiao". Jia's mother liked the excitement and funded a banquet to celebrate Sister Feng's birthday. Sister Feng returned home drunk early and discovered that her husband, Jia Lian, was having an affair with the servant girl, so she caused a riot in the Rong Mansion and forced the servant Bao's second daughter-in-law to death.

Laws and extravagance in the Rong Mansion are increasing day by day. Jia Zheng's brother Jia She actually falls in love with Yuanyang, the maid next to Jia Mu, and wants to marry her as a concubine. Jia She's wife, Mrs. Xing, boldly told Jia Mu about this. After hearing this, Jia Mu was furious and scolded Mrs. Xing. Jia She's plan failed. Since Xue Pan entered the capital, he has been making noises and making noises all day long. One day, she was teasing Liu Xianglian and was lured to the outskirts by Liu Xianglian and beaten up. Xue Pan felt that it was hard to meet people, so he went out to do business.

Daiyu's maid Zijuan lied that Daiyu would return to her hometown in Suzhou. After hearing this, Baoyu was shocked and suffered from dementia. Zicuckoo was ordered to explain it in many ways, and Baoyu recovered from his illness. Everyone knows what Bao Dai is thinking, and everyone thinks they are a good couple. On Baoyu's birthday, all the sisters had a feast in the Grand View Garden. Miaoyu, the Taoist nun who led the spiritual practice in Cuicui Temple in the garden, also wrote a post to express her congratulations as an "outsider". Jia Jing of Ning Mansion died after swallowing pills. You took charge of the ceremony and invited his mother and two younger sisters to come and help. Jia Lian has coveted the You sisters for a long time, and the second sister You also has the same desire. Jia Rong arranged a match, and Jia Lian secretly married Sister You outside. Although Sanjie You has always been misbehaving, she is very strong-willed and vows not to marry anyone other than Liu Xianglian. Later, when Jia Lian went out, he met Liu Xianglian on the road and expressed his wishes to the third sister. Liu Xianglian readily agreed. After Liu Xianglian returned to Beijing, she chatted with Baoyu and found out that Third Sister You was Jia Zhen's sister-in-law, so she had the intention of breaking the contract. Third Sister You committed suicide when she heard about this. Liu Xianglian regretted it so much that she escaped into Buddhism. Jia She's daughter Yingchun's maid Siqi had an affair with her cousin Pan You'an. One day, Yuanyang accidentally bumped into their private meeting, and Pan You'an hurriedly left the embroidered spring bag in the Grand View Garden. The stupid girl picked up the sachet and was seen by Mrs. Xing. When Mrs. Wang found out, she was furious and wanted to inspect the Grand View Garden. Sister Feng, a fellow member of Wang Shanbao's family, ransacked the Grand View Garden at night. Yingchun was cowardly and the chess player was expelled. Tanchun was full of energy and beat up the evil servant woman. Xichun was independent of the world and lived in a corner. When Mrs. Wang saw Qingwen's beauty and charm, she suspected that she had brought Baoyu into trouble, so she ordered her to be driven out of the Grand View Garden. Qingwen was expelled and died with hatred. Baoyu wrote "Hibiscus Elegy" to commemorate her and express his infinite nostalgia and sadness.

Xue Pan married Jin Gui, and Xiang Ling was tortured so much that she finally couldn't bear to be trampled on, "causing Xiang to return to her hometown." After Yingchun got married, she was bullied by her husband "Zhongshan Wolf" and died a year later. When Tan Chun married overseas, he "sent his eyes to the riverside with tears in his eyes during the Qingming Festival", which was full of desolation and resentment. The Grand View Garden is getting deserted. Daiyu composed "Ten Du Yin" and sighed melancholy all day long. Rumors abounded in the Jia family. It was rumored that Daiyu had bad conduct and that Baoyu had "untalented affairs". Daiyu was in a situation where "the wind, the sword, the frost, the sword were facing each other," and she "treasured other people but didn't know how to cherish herself," and her condition worsened. Jia's mother died of illness, and the big tree that Lin Daiyu relied on for shade collapsed. Mrs. Wang passed on Yuanchun's decree to choose Baochai as Baoyu's daughter-in-law. Daiyu "died after all her tears" and finally "proved her destiny". Baoyu "mourned the scenery" and was so sad that he wished he could live. After Baoyu got married, he ignored "Baochai's sarcastic words" and just missed Daiyu.

When Yuanchun passed away, the Jia family was in a state of desolation. At that time, the historians, Wang family, etc. who were "related to" the Jia family all suffered disasters one after another. Jia Baoyu "sent away" the maids around him and went home. When Xiren came, he told her to "keep Musk Moon at least." Jia Lianxiu abandoned Wang Xifeng, and Mrs. Xing, Aunt Zhao and others were secretly proud. "Ruthless uncle" Wang Ren and "treacherous brother" Jia Rong sold Qiao Jie to Goulan. Rong Ning's second house had all kinds of misdeeds, and finally suffered a big disaster, and the "registration confiscation" inspection was carried out. Everyone in the Hefu was detained and sentenced to death. Jia Yun, Xiaohong and others visited them righteously, and many people tried to rescue Baoyu, Baochai, Xifeng and others. Xifeng was so disheartened that she "cryed to Jinling" with her sick body in her arms, and passed away in her hometown. Grandma Liu went bankrupt and redeemed Sister Qiao, who was living in the land of fireworks, and ordered Ban'er to marry Sister Qiao "bearing the shame". Xiren and the chess officials "worship" Baoyu and Baochai. Baoyu went through the cold and cold world, and finally abandoned Baochai and Sheyue, "letting go on the cliff". On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a fire burned the Jia Mansion to a white ground. "The vast white ground is so clean!"

The fairy girl in Taixu Fantasy Realm revealed the "Love List", and Baoyu said "Love List" "Not feeling", Daiyu means "Qingqing". The waiter of Shenying and Jiangzhucao finally meet. The stubborn stone has also regained its old shape, returned to Qinggan Peak, and engraved what he has experienced in half his life on his body, allowing it to be eroded by wind and rain, and the passage of time...

"Dream of Red Mansions", the unconquerable peak of Chinese novel literature, has never been conquered. Since the day she came out, there have been different opinions about her purpose. Mr. Lu Xun once said with some irony: "Confucian scholars see the Book of Changes, Taoists see prostitution, talents see lingering, revolutionaries see rows, and gossips see the secrets of the palace." Cao Xueqin himself seems to be well aware of the difficulty of understanding, The first quatrain of the book goes: "The paper is full of absurd words and a handful of bitter tears! It is said that the author is crazy, who can understand the meaning?" Although Westerners have a famous saying: "There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers", this is definitely This does not mean that you can comment at will. In any case, it is the only way to understand the flavor of the novel based on its content and its publication background.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" was written around the middle of Qianlong's reign, which coincided with the "Kangxi-Qianlong Era" of the Qing Dynasty, which was a century of peace. But Cao Xueqin felt her own rough experience and abject situation, and was keenly aware of the ugliness of that era and the sadness of life.

His "Dream of Red Mansions" is his unique taste and feeling about the social life at that time. "A Dream of Red Mansions" centers on the love and marriage tragedy between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai, and describes the entire process of the Jia family's rise and decline, exposing the darkness and ugliness of society under the feudal system. At the same time, the novel also starts from "Thousands of Reds" Starting from the miserable situation of "One Cry" and "All Beauty and Sadness", it reveals the hopelessness and sadness of life. The work seems to be mourning the decline of old things and the suffocation of new things at the same time. The whole novel is always filled with a pessimistic and nostalgic mood. It can be said that the novel has the meaning of an elegy for the feudal system, but at the same time the author praises the rebels of the feudal system who are still in their infancy and has preliminary democratic ideas, and expresses new hazy ideals.

In this encyclopedic work of the late feudal society, Jia Baoyu’s rebellious life and the tragedies of Jinling’s Twelve Hairpins and others form a huge and shocking tragedy. The love and marriage tragedy between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai is the main part of the tragedy of the entire novel, and Jia Baoyu is the center of it. As Mr. Lu Xun said in "A Brief History of Chinese Novels": "The mist of sadness is everywhere. The only person who can be understood by Hualin is Baoyu."

Jia Baoyu is a direct descendant of Rongguo Mansion and was born with "Tong".