Let's take a look at Xifeng's wonderful performance when she appeared:
Without saying a word, I heard laughter from the backyard: "I came late, and I didn't get to see the guests from afar!" " Daiyu thought, "These people are holding their breath. "。 Who is this rude birthday celebration? "Just thinking, I saw a group of daughter-in-law girl came in from the back room with a beautiful woman. This person is dressed differently from the girls, embroidered with colorful embroidery, as if a fairy came down to earth, wearing a golden eight-treasure life-saving bead on her head and a sunrise five-phoenix bead on her head; There is a red gold plate with tassel ring on the top, wearing a narrow coat of golden butterfly and red satin, and a colorful carved azurite silver mouse coat; Under the jade crepe skirt; A pair of phoenix triangle high-heeled shoes, with two curved willow leaves and broken eyebrows, are slim and enchanting: pink face contains spring power, and red lips smell before laughing. Daiyu got up to meet her. Grandmother Jia said with a smile, "You don't know her. She is a famous "hot-blooded" pepper in Nanjing. Just call him' Feng Chili' ... Daiyu has never met before, only heard from his mother that Jia Lian, the son of Jia She, married the niece of his second aunt Wang. "。 He was brought up as a child, and his scientific name was Wang Xifeng. Daiyu quickly apologized and greeted her "sister-in-law". Wang Xifeng took Daiyu's hand, looked it up and down carefully, and then sent it to the old lady to sit down, because she smiled and said, "There are such beautiful people in the world! I just saw it today! Besides, this sheer verve is not like the granddaughter of our ancestors, but rather like the granddaughter of our first relatives. I can't blame our ancestors for not putting down their hearts every day, but for my sister's life.
Bitter, how did my aunt die! "I walked a long way, but I was weak, so I stopped. Don't mention it again. " Hearing this, Xi-feng quickly turned grief into joy and said, "Exactly! I was fascinated by my sister as soon as I saw her. I like her and feel sad. I forgot my ancestors. It's time to fight. I quickly took Daiyu's hand and asked, "How old is my sister? "Have you ever been to school? What medicine are you taking now? Don't be homesick here. Just tell me what you want to eat and play. " Let me know if the maid and wife are uncomfortable. "Dai jade promised one by one. Xifeng asked people, "Can Miss Lin's things move in? How many people did you bring? "You should clean these two rooms early and let them have a rest."
What appears in front of us is a living Xifeng with both spirit and form! Her image, her demeanor, her status, her momentum, her personality and even her soul are all revealed in an instant. And it is not seen its shape, first smell its voice, first lead its god. Her wonderful performance is even more exquisite and absolutely amazing. Her eyes and mouth are everywhere on Daiyu, but her mind is always on Grandma's side: please her as well as her good son. She looked into the old lady's eyes, sad and happy, "turning sadness into joy." She is simply a super actress. When Zhi Xianzhai read this, he couldn't help cheering: "First, A Feng's three souls and six souls were detained by the author, so how could he jump paper!"
Yes, a complete and alive Xifeng has been hidden in the author's heart first, so it is natural to write it on paper. Cao Xueqin portrayed the character of Xifeng in many ways, in all directions and in three dimensions, and wrote in all directions. She is the female "prime minister" of the Jia family, which is a special status and identity. She has extensive and complicated relations with servants of Jia family, men, women and children, and all kinds of people, and even has contacts with court eunuchs, government officials and monks and nuns in temples. This puts her at the center of various contradictions and conflicts, which makes her fully expressed; At the same time, her personality is reflected from all directions; This is the fundamental reason why Feng's image is particularly successful.
Even before Xifeng appeared, the author introduced her to readers through Leng Zixing's mouth: "She is extremely beautiful, eloquent and meticulous, but she is a man." Later, Zhou Rui's wife described her to Grandma Liu as follows: Although this girl Feng is young, she is older than anyone else. Now, he looks like a beautiful woman. Talk less, I'm afraid you have ten thousand brains. If you want to gamble again, ten talking men can't beat him
Using the painter's drum dyeing method, the author first draws the general outline and main characteristics of this character, so that readers have a hidden phoenix in their hearts; Then, through the detailed description again and again, the image of Xifeng is richer and more vivid.
Cao Xueqin loves and hates Xifeng: she loves her talent and looks, and hates her virtue and behavior. So there are good and bad things for her. This kind of complicated thoughts, feelings and attitudes intertwined with love and hate are embodied in the "judgments" and "songs" written for her:
All birds from the last days know that they love this life; Obeying two orders, three people were in a daze, and crying to Jinling was even more sad.
Smart enough not to make mistakes, smart enough not to make mistakes, but at the cost of life! Heartbroken before death, ethereal after death. It is better to have a rich family, but eventually a family will die and everyone will go their separate ways. This is a waste of time and a half-life heart; Like; Suddenly dreaming in the middle of the night, like the building collapsed and the lights went out. Ah! One happy and one sad. Sigh the world, it's hard to decide!
Here, we clearly feel the author's appreciation of Xifeng's intelligence and her regret and sympathy for her tragic fate; It goes without saying. However, Cao Xueqin is a great realistic writer. He describes life strictly as it is. According to him, "everything follows the track, and we dare not make a slight hole, so as to lose its truth." So when he created the image of Xifeng, he always asked her to do what she should do, say what she should say and think what she should think. The author's attitude towards her is to love her and hate her. Because of this, the image of Xifeng is both vivid and realistic.
Smart and capable is one of Wang Xifeng's main characters. Cao Xueqin described her character with a lot of pen and ink. As the "female prime minister" of Jiafu, she has a prominent position, but she also has great responsibilities. It's not easy to manage Jia's family. There are more than 300 people doing a dozen or twenty things a day. It's a mess! The extravagant life in the house, the cost of spending money like water, the constraint of sending slaves to servants, and so on; Outside, relatives and friends, weddings, funerals, birthdays, waiting for the arrival of the government, red tape and so on, all these complicated and trivial things should be handled, asked and decided by her. She is a very busy person in Jia's family, so busy that she can hardly live without this gentleman for a day. Zhi Yanzhai once criticized: "Although there are things that can't be written on paper once or twice, there are things that can't be written on Afeng;" However, A Feng is also busy there. Busy is busy, but Xifeng is in charge, regardless of size, inside and outside, in an orderly and proper way.
In the process of "assisting Ning", Xifeng's housekeeping skills have been fully demonstrated. Qin's funeral is a great event for the Jia family, and it is difficult to do it well. This is a severe test for everyone. Jia Zhen wanted to ask Xifeng to help him for a month, but Mrs. Wang was afraid that she would be laughed at for cooking badly, so she agreed. Jia Zhen said, "If you don't handle it well, you've made up your mind to fight since your children and elder sister joked. Now that you come out, you are getting more and more experienced. " Aunt ... let's watch the dead! This Xi-feng used to be a busybody and a show-off. "。 Now that Jia Zhen is so arrogant to her, she has agreed in her heart. Seeing that Mrs. Wang was interested in activities, she said to Mrs. Wang, "Eldest brother is so sincere that your wife complied. It is conceivable that Xifeng is also eager to try. "。