In A Dream of Red Mansions, Xue Baochai hangs a golden lock around her neck, which is said to be given by a monk. It is also said that only jade can deserve her.
What's more, the two sentences in Baochai's Golden Lock are exactly the same as Baoyu's "Baoyu"-Baochai's is "Never leave" and Baoyu's is "Never forget, never forget, live long in Heng Chang".
Among the characters in A Dream of Red Mansions, there are three people with special ornaments hanging around their necks, namely Jia Baoyu's psychic Baoyu, Xue Baochai's golden lock and Shi Xiangyun's golden unicorn.
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The author calls the marriage between Baoyu and Baochai a "golden marriage" and the love between Baoyu and Daiyu a "pre-wood-stone alliance". Jin's marriage is in line with the feudal order and family interests. The former alliance of wood and stone was the love of pursuing the soul and yearning for freedom.
The "gold" in the golden marriage is not Baochai's golden lock, but "pearls are as gold as iron". The "jade" in the golden marriage is not Baoyu's psychic treasure, but Jia's "white jade is the golden horse".
In fact, Jin's marriage is a political marriage between the Jia family, who takes Baiyu as the hall, and the Xue family, who takes Pearl as the soil. Joining the Xue family is in line with the actual interests of the Jia family and the marriage order of the extended family in feudal society, so "all roads lead to good marriage."
The words "wood" and "stone" in Mu Shi Meng Qian simply refer to Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu. Meng Qian with Wood Stone is the pure love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, and it is Jia Baoyu's personal pursuit, so "I only watch Meng Qian with Wood Stone".
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