Keywords: Lin Daiyu; Bitter; Frank and naive; Rebellion
A Dream of Red Mansions represents the highest achievement of China's ancient novel art. According to historical records, it took Cao Xueqin twenty years to finish this book. He studied for ten years, added and deleted five times, and exhausted his life's energy. Lin Daiyu is one of the typical figures carefully shaped by Mr. Cao Xueqin in A Dream of Red Mansions. When Cao Xueqin created this character, he spent a lot of pen and ink, devoted himself to his unique rebellious outlook on life and love. So Lin Daiyu's image is very plump and successful. When reading the original novel, I always feel that its unique style and temperament are vividly portrayed.
1. Bitterness and narrow-mindedness are the outstanding characters of Lin Daiyu.
Opening the book A Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu's vitriol and narrow-mindedness can be seen everywhere. Baoyu inadvertently said Baochai was afraid of heat, and Daiyu was extremely proud. She smiled gloatingly and asked Baochai what play she had just seen. Baochai gave her a slap in the face and flatly refused. As for her and Baoyu, there is often no smoke without fire, and the two ends are facing each other for three days. Baoyu occasionally comes to see Baochai, and Daiyu is cynical. Baoyu just defended himself and said, "I can only amuse myself with you and talk nonsense when I visit him occasionally." Daiyu immediately took the attack as the defense and angrily returned to her room, ignoring Baoyu, so that Baoyu had to "fold hundreds of soft words to comfort." No wonder Baoyu was annoyed and kept saying, "I will show you my heart one day." If it is understandable that all of the above is because of selfish love, which leads to Lin Daiyu's feelings of being swayed by considerations of gain and loss and suspicion and rejection in the process of falling in love with Baoyu and competing with Baochai, then it is really wrong for Daiyu to be mean and mean to many people up and down the Jia family. Some people may say that it is the life experience of loneliness and dependence on others that leads to Lin Daiyu's sensitivity and anxiety. Shortly after entering Jiafu, he appeared in front of everyone like a hedgehog covered with thorns. Needless to say, he was sour and critical of Baochai and Baoyu. Just like Shi Xiangyun, he was careless, lively and active, and there was often sarcasm in his seemingly playful words, which provoked Shi Xiangyun to retaliate once. "I can't compare with you, but you don't have to see the joke that' Miss Dai Yu lost her temper in front of the inferior'. Zhou Rui's wife sent palace flowers to the girls. Yingchun and Tanchun stopped their work and leaned over to thank them. When Dai Yu saw the flowers sent by Zhou Rui's wife, she only glanced at the flowers in Zhou Rui's hand and asked in a low voice, "Is it just for me, or do other girls have them? "When I heard that these were the last two flowers, I immediately turned around and sneered," I knew others wouldn't give me the rest. "
Because of Daiyu's cleverness and her dependent situation, she became very sensitive. One night, she knocked on the door of Yee Hong Court. Qingwen couldn't recognize her voice and said, "Sir, no one is allowed to come in!" " I was so angry that I froze a Daiyu at the door. I'm about to have a seizure, but I thought, "Although it's menstruation's house, just like my own, it's really the guest's side." Now that parents are dead and helpless, the whole family is dependent on each other, and it will be boring to get serious. When I was sad and crying, I was even more angry when I heard Baoyu Baochai's laughter. The more I think about it, the sadder it gets. I ignored the cold of Cangtai and the cold of flower diameter, and I sobbed under the tears in the corner of my eyes. One day, when she was ill in bed, she heard the old woman in the garden cursing, but she was actually cursing her grandson and daughter. Daiyu thought she was scolding herself and fainted with anger.
Lin Daiyu's acerbity and neuroticism make little girls mostly appear in two situations: first, it involves things that endanger her love with Baoyu, such as marriage; Second, when she talks about her life experience, dignity and inferiority, which leads her to lament her situation, then she will be sensitive to the situation and use the topic to play. Once, Baoyu heard Baochai say that eating cold water bath is harmful to his health and put down his glass. It happened that Xueyan sent a hand stove, and Daiyu quipped, "Who told you to send it?" Don't disturb him. Xueyan said it was from Zijuan, and she immediately said, "It's also because you secretly looked for him! I usually turn a deaf ear to everything I tell you. How can you do as he says, faster than the imperial edict! " (mocking Baoyu) Only a smart eyebrow can express her jealousy so sharply and implicitly, and she is naughty and does not leak traces.
Second, her frankness, naivety and unafraid of power make her bitter and lovely.
Lin Daiyu's astringency is only manifested in language. This is the technique Cao Xueqin can use to shape the image of Daiyu, such as frankness, versatility and alertness. Does not mean that Lin Daiyu is a narrow, selfish and vicious woman.
First of all, the objects of Dai Yu's satire, ridicule and satire are either dignitaries or sycophants. When Jia Baoyu gave her a precious rosary of King Jing, she said, "I don't want what the smelly man took." When Zhou Rui's family sent the palace flowers, her first concern was not the exquisiteness of the palace flowers, but whether others picked them. She mocked Baoyu's playing, that is, "pretending to be crazy and selling stupidity", teasing those powerful people and despising secular human feelings. She is sensitive, sharp and aloof, which not only reflects her self-restraint and unwillingness to the secular world, but also resists power.
Secondly, Lin Daiyu is often angry, love and hate, "joking when you see it." She often satirizes people with the language of "animals are worse than animals" and always cares about people everywhere, but she is considered "mean" and "narrow-minded". But if you study it carefully, most of them are harmless jokes. It is still an arrogant little girl's wayward nature. What we should pay more attention to is that she often tells the truth in one sentence, leaving no room for those who are bossy, flattering, overbearing and unscrupulous. This is not only the natural expression of her evil nature, but also shows that she is open-minded, thoughtful and outspoken, and often shows her heart unabashedly.
Third, Lin Daiyu is not blindly "arrogant", she is actually very modest. She is frank and sincere. She respects herself and others. Xiangling, Baochai's maid, asked Daiyu to teach poetry. Daiyu warmly greeted her and said, "If you want to write poetry, you can look at foreign countries and treat me as a poem." Pure and transparent as a clear spring, she patiently explained the methods and essentials of poetry to Xiangling and taught Xiangling to taste poetry, which showed that she abandoned the conventional view that "wisdom is above fools and wealth is poor". She lent Xiangling a rare collection of poems, set a catalogue for her to read, and corrected Xiangling's works, which is called "tireless teaching". She is generous to others and never cares about others' hearts. So Shi Xiangyun called her a player, which hurt her self-esteem. She's a little unhappy. But after a while, he took Baoyu's "parasitic grass" to the fourth room and then "watched it with Xiangyun". He is particularly naive and sincere in his attitude towards Baochai. As a rival in love, there is no doubt about speculation. However, Baochai showed a little concern, and after giving her instructions, she was honest with each other, took out her heart with Xue Baochai, and took the blame: "It is true that you treat people all day. I am a heartless person, just think that there is a traitor in your heart." The day before yesterday, you said miscellaneous books were not good, but you thanked me for my kind words. I was wrong before, but now I really miss it. After that, she treated Baochai like a sister, and even Baoyu felt strange. How generous and frank this is!
Third, a beautiful face and a strong poet temperament have created a "beauty" with inner beauty and outer wisdom.
In the third episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, "Take Grandson Jia, Cherish Orphan Daughter", Daiyu "looks young, but has a good character, although she is weak, but she has a romantic attitude", and the beauty of Daiyu has come to an end.
The author did not directly describe the beauty of Daiyu, but skillfully used Xifeng's mouth and Baoyu's eyes to highlight the peerless beauty of Daiyu. The outspoken Feng was surprised to see Daiyu. "I saw such a beautiful person in the world today!" Through the form of "writing virtual", it leaves unlimited imagination space for people. From Baoyu's eyes, I saw the image of Daiyu. "Two bends are like frowning brows, and a pair of eyes seem to be happy but not happy. She worries about two cymbals, which is a charming attack." Tears a little, breath slightly. Silence is like a beautiful flower shining on the water, and action is like a weak willow. "I know my heart better than myself. Illness is better than learning Chinese characters. " Charming Daughter and Fairy Sister.
The beauty of Lin Daiyu is also manifested in her brilliant talent and poetic temperament. Lin Daiyu in Cao Xueqin's chest is a poetic and picturesque talented woman; She is versatile: she is well-read and knowledgeable. She loves books, not only reading four books, but also reading corner plays The West Chamber, Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan. I am not only familiar with the works of Li, Du, Wang, Meng, Li Shangyin and Lu You, but also have research experience. She is not only good at playing drums, but also knows music. Cao Xueqin seems to be interested in integrating some characteristics of talented women in previous dynasties such as Xue Tao, Li Qingzhao and Li Shuangqing into Lin Daiyu's character. However, Lin Daiyu is completely different from talented women in previous dynasties, which is the personality characteristic endowed by Cao Xueqin with tragic fate and rebellious spirit. In the Grand View Garden, she and Xue Baochai can be described as "two peaks are opposite, and two streams diverge", which is much higher than other skirts, and their knowledge may be slightly less than Baochai's; However, Lin Daiyu is famous for her agile, novel and romantic poetic thinking. Every time the poetry club competes for poetry, her poems are often disturbed and admired by everyone, so she keeps winning the championship. The reason why her poems are well written is that she has extremely keen sensibility, rich and peculiar imagination and penetrating power that blends with the scenery; Even grass, trees, mountains, stones and other very ordinary things, she only touched it and immediately produced a rich imagination; Novel ideas and unique feelings and insights. What is especially commendable is that she can melt her soul into the objective scenery and express her painful soul and tragic fate by chanting things. Her poem Bai Haitang not only expresses the charm of Haitang, but also expresses her girlish feelings. Especially the sentence "Who is shy and silent?" It is the most vivid: it is not only a description of Haitang's demeanor, but also a monologue of self-mind. She has unforgettable words, but because of the oppression of the environment and the shackles of self-feudalism, even Zi Juan, who lived and died together, and even Jia Baoyu, her confidant, are ashamed to say it, so she can only keep it in her heart and bear it herself. This makes it more lonely, lonely and painful.
Fourthly, the character of infatuated rebels determines her tragic life.
The most exciting and tearful thing in A Dream of Red Mansions is Daiyu's rebellious character. Her body shines with the brilliance of the democratic thought of pursuing personality liberation and fighting for freedom of marriage at first. In the feudal society where "a woman without talent is a virtue", she was not only brilliant and knowledgeable, but also eagerly read Xin Xue and the corner play describing love, so fascinated by the artistic realm that she led the "colourful love songs" in The West Chamber and Peony Pavilion to drink. For Jia Fu's "devil on earth", "evil begets evil roots" and Jia Baoyu, the rebellious son of the second minister, they are called bosom friends and unite as one, supporting him from thought to action. In the Grand View Garden, she is the only one who never advised Baoyu to take the road of "career economy" and never said such "bullshit", so "Baoyu deeply respects Daiyu". Lin Daiyu is full of poetic and ideal brilliance and rebellious spirit. This is a new gene that Cao Xueqin endowed with this image, which makes her essentially different from talented women in previous dynasties.
From the perspective of A Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu is a tragic figure. No matter from her life experience, personality or social environment at that time, her life can't have a happy ending, because neither family values nor feudal patriarchal ideology can accommodate her love with Baoyu. An infatuated woman, in the face of fruitless love, no matter how knowledgeable and arrogant, can't compete with the social environment in the end, and the tragic ending is naturally expected.