Wei Xiaobao is from Yangzhou, and his mother Wei Chunhua is a prostitute in Yangchow Lichun Garden. Because of an accident, Wei Xiaobao was brought to Beijing by Mao, a thief from Jiang Yang. He accidentally entered the palace and almost became a eunuch. Later, he met the teenage Kangxi in an illegal invasion. Later, he helped Kangxi escape from Ao Bai and enter the Heaven-Earth Society. Chen Jinnan, the chief helmsman of the Heaven-Earth Society, served as the teacher, and rescued Wu from Mu Wangfu. He went to Wutai Mountain to visit the emperor shunzhi, became a monk in Shaolin Temple and became the abbot of Liang Qing Temple. Later, I became a wedding ambassador and made Yunnan and Pingwu Sangui. Help Princess Sofia of Russia seize power. Later, because of Aoki Hall's status as the incense master of heaven and earth, Kangxi found him fleeing and spent several years on a desert island. Later, he came back to win the battle of jaxa by coup, signed the Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar, and finally retired with a group of wives and concubines.
In this way, besides Li Chunyuan, Wei Xiaobao's activities also include teahouses. Listening to books in teahouses is also one of his hobbies. The description of books in Teahouse is not unnecessary, because helping Mao escape from the novel can be said to be related to the description of books in Teahouse. Wei Xiaobao helped Mao get out of danger, which was completely "friendship", and his friendship came entirely from the teahouse storytelling. There is another venue in Wei Xiaobao, and that is the market. Because he is the son of a prostitute, most people look down on him, so Wei Xiaobao was bullied from an early age. He wants to resist, but he will never win, so he can only play hooligans, so that he can be beaten less and gain an oral advantage.
Growing up in such an environment, Wei Xiaobao forged his unique character: glib, foul-mouthed, treacherous, have it both ways. There is nothing wrong with saying that Wei Xiaobao is a villain, but let's think about it. If anyone grows up in such an environment, I'm afraid they can't walk clean. Moreover, in the description of the novel, Wei Xiaobao is also a rogue and vulgar gangster.
Let's take a look at the acquired education in Wei Xiaobao. Wei Xiaobao didn't have a chance to receive a day's formal school education, and he didn't like reading, which made him illiterate. Although he doesn't like reading, he likes listening to books and has a good memory. He wandered around the bustling city of Yangzhou, stayed in various teahouses and restaurants, and listened to various novels told by many storytellers. The heroes in these heroic stories have a subtle influence on Wei Xiaobao. This is not so much the acquired education as the cultural environment of life. Although he doesn't know what the environment is or what culture means, in fact, he has been consciously or unconsciously influenced by the whole living environment and China traditional culture, which plays a key role in his better adaptation to the environment and the formation of a complex and unique character in the future.
Friends who know the content of the novel know that Wei Xiaobao is not without its merits. In fact, in addition to the personality of these ordinary people, he also has a valuable chivalrous spirit.
In the whole Duke of Lushan, the brotherhood between Wei Xiaobao and Kangxi is a bright spot. From when they were young, they cleverly caught Ao Bai, until they later returned to China and went to the palace to assassinate Kangxi. His clothes were turned back in front of Kangxi, and then when loyalty and filial piety could not be satisfied, Wei Xiaobao chose to escape and yield, and finally left by himself, saving their last brotherhood. All these show that he attaches importance to the quality of friendship.
Wei Xiaobao worships many masters in his novels, from Hai Dafu to Chen Jinnan and Jiu Nan. Although he was malicious at first, he kept his respect for the masters and did a lot for them. For example, when Jiu Nan failed to assassinate Kangxi, he helped her escape, and when Chen Jinnan was killed by Zheng Keshuang, he avenged Chen Jinnan, which showed his respect for the master.
In the book, Wei Xiaobao married seven wives by various means, not to mention how he got these seven wives, but from his persistent pursuit of each wife, we can know his love for his wife. To sum up, if it weren't for Wei Xiaobao's sincerity to everyone, how could everyone be dead set? In fact, it's still an old saying, you get a sincere return with your sincerity.
The greatest manifestation of Wei Xiaobao's chivalrous spirit is his final resignation and retirement. Under the double pressure of Kangxi and Heaven and Earth Society, Wei Xiaobao had no choice but to retire. Some people say that this is an escape to lead the Heaven and Earth Society to restore the Han people. But what Bao Xiao saw at that time was that the country governed by Kangxi was getting stronger and stronger, and the country was prosperous and peaceful-there was nothing wrong. This is what he thought at that time. Rebellion, whether successful or not, will bring great disaster to the people. At this time, Wei Xiaobao's insight has been very mature. Therefore, giving up high officials and generous salaries is a sign of loyalty, not only to Kangxi, but also to heaven and earth.
In fact, although Wei Xiaobao is tactful and sometimes even a rogue, he panders to the upper class and woos the lower class, but behind these, there is no denying the sincerity of his real brothers, friends and wives, especially in the end, when his loyalty is not satisfactory, he chose to put down all fame and fortune and retire. At this point, Wei Xiaobao is a man who can afford this chivalrous word.
In fact, Wei Xiaobao has a prototype in history, and it was in the Qing Dynasty, but not in the Kangxi era in the early Qing Dynasty, but in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. And his real name is Wei, and there is a treasure in his name. He is Weibao Mountain.
In fact, Wei Xiaobao has many similarities with Weibao Mountain. On the one hand, Wei Xiaobao had an affair with the Qing emperor, on the other hand, he was the master of the chief helmsman Chen Jinnan, and he was still having an affair with the Russian princess Sophia outside, which was simply exquisite. However, Weibao Mountain is the same. He can get it done in the Qing Dynasty, he is a member of parliament in Britain, and he often donates money and materials to help in the revolutionary party. Basically, he can't handle it.
Jin Yong himself once said: "The origin of the role (Wei Xiaobao) is mainly inspired by overseas Chinese (Weibao Mountain)." Only when writing novels, the background of the times shifted from the late Qing Dynasty to the Kangxi era in the early Qing Dynasty. The object of making friends has also changed from the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong and Britain, and the revolutionary party to the Qing Dynasty, Russia, and the Heaven and Earth Society.
192 1 year, Weibao Mountain died secretly with a full stomach and was buried in the Chinese Permanent Cemetery in Aberdeen. Remote location, small flat, and her once prominent position is extremely disproportionate. It remains to be verified by historians how many secret chamber plots he participated in his life.
Wei Xiaobao in Jin Yong's novels is aimed at the shortcomings of the hero's formulaic, conceptual and rigid in previous martial arts novels. The magic of this image lies in his experience. He knows nothing about martial arts, but he lives happily. In character, he is sometimes kind and sometimes vicious; Sometimes loyalty, sometimes betrayal; He represents neither the interests of the imperial court nor the interests of anti-Qing organizations. He lived entirely for himself and finally led his beautiful wives to this world, so he is the real winner in life.