The second cultural gene is that her life is watered by waiters in Shen Ying every day, and only by watering with manna can she prolong her life. Her life comes from waiters in Shen Ying, so she has a kind of life dependence on waiters in Shen Ying, that is to say, she is extremely dependent on Shen Ying. This is why Lin Daiyu can't live without Jia Baoyu for a moment. Once Jia Baoyu was lost, the water of her life dried up. This has caused two major shortcomings of Lin Daiyu, one is suspicious, petty and angry, and the other is too dependent on Jia Baoyu, pinning everything on him for fear of losing him. But after all, she is sacred, because she is a grass on the Sansheng stone on the bank of Xiling River, and the waiter Shen Ying watered it with dew. This grass is divine, so she has a certain divinity in Lin Daiyu, which is a very noble character.
The third point is that crimson pearl grass later became a girl, crimson pearl fairy. Then why did she come to earth? She is different from Jia Baoyu. She is different from the waiter Shen Ying and the stone. Shi He is not satisfied with the life in heaven. He wants to come down to enjoy and meet people's material, spiritual and emotional needs, so he is strongly rebellious. Of course, this rebellion is also transmitted to the crimson pearl grass and the crimson pearl fairy. However, the motives of the crimson pearl fairy and the stone are different, which is a very important difference that we need to pay attention to. When the stone falls to the ground, the mighty eagle will not descend to the sky, because you won't let me make up, and you won't let me make up because I have the talent to make up. The crimson pearl grass came to earth because her benefactor came to earth, and she wanted to repay her kindness and went down with her. Therefore, the purpose and degree of Lin Daiyu's rebellion is different from that of Shen Ying and Jia Baoyu. This is what we should pay attention to, that is, there are similarities and differences.
What is the most prominent and precious embodiment of divinity in Lin Daiyu? In other words, if compared with Xue Baochai, what is her most outstanding? The most outstanding performance is Lin Daiyu's pursuit of self-worth. The most outstanding performance is that Yuan Chun asked everyone to write poems on the night of her mother's visit, and Dai Yu decided to show her talent to overwhelm everyone. Today, I want to show my poetic talent in front of the imperial concubine, so that she can be appreciated and be better than others. This idea was remarkable at that time. One of the weaknesses of China's traditional culture is the lack of competitive consciousness, which is a very important reason why the Chinese nation fell behind in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, because China always emphasized the golden mean. There are so many idioms and proverbs in China. Don't talk about women, even men are against it. Lin Daiyu's consciousness of expressing self-worth and letting others know, reuse and appreciate was very progressive at that time. Unfortunately, Yuan Chun only asked them to write one song, so Lin Daiyu wrote one soon and won the tied championship. In the final evaluation, the second sister is the best, but we all clearly see that Xue is not as good as Lin. Baochai's poems are typical poems that should be written. In the past, the emperor and his subordinate each wrote an article, that's all. Baochai's poems have no poetic flavor, and basically every sentence is a compliment. At least one sentence by Lin Daiyu is very good and full of charm: "borrow the beauty of mountains and rivers", how magnificent the charm is. Lin Daiyu's poetry level is obviously higher than Baochai's, and she has a champion in her hand. So it can be seen from this place that Lin Daiyu had such a spiritual realm of advanced consciousness at that time, which is a very important aspect of her divinity.
Besides grass, there are two symbols of Lin Daiyu.
It is also bamboo. Lin Daiyu lives in Xiaoxiang Pavilion. As soon as she entered the hospital, there were "thousands of bamboos to cover the shadows" and "a school spring under the back yard wall". "One school" means that the spring water is very small, "digging ditches" and opening a small ditch, "only one foot wide". This ditch is very narrow, only a little over a foot wide. Paying attention to the bamboo in Xiaoxiang Pavilion is of great symbolic significance, because the image of bamboo in the traditional culture of China means that the literati is upright, thrifty and backbone. Of all the courtyards in Grand View Garden, only Xiaoxiang Pavilion has bamboo. The name Xiaoxiang Pavilion is unlucky. Why? Because it implied that Shun Di had been on a southern tour a long time ago, his two concubines, E Huang Nv Ying, went to the south to find her husband. Later, when she learned that Shun Di had died, she shed tears at Bambusa bambusa, and "Bambusa tears flow thousands of miles" and died in Xiangjiang River. But when the poetry club was established, everyone had to use a different name and pen name. Others said it was called Princess Xiaoxiang, because she lived in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and Lin Daiyu readily accepted it. This name is actually really good. Then these bamboos imply the unfortunate fate of Lin Daiyu in the future. But these thousands of bamboo poles symbolize Lin Daiyu's noble character and an independent literati temperament.
Lin Daiyu is the most backbone of these girls, compared with Xue Baochai. On the night when his mother returned to Yuan Chun, Jia Baoyu could not write poems, but Baochai and Daiyu often cared. Baochai said that the imperial concubine had just changed that piece of red and fragrant green jade into hongyi green. She doesn't like the word "emerald", but you still insist on writing it like this. Didn't you mean to argue with her? Baochai was careful everywhere for fear that the imperial concubine would be unhappy. Baoyu had an epiphany, and it was true. Don't call you sister in the future, just call you teacher. Baochai said why she called her sister again. It's your sister in a yellow robe. These places show Baochai's very secular side. Compared with her brilliance, she is not as good as Lin Daiyu. And we noticed that just now, the spring water flowed in from the wall, and the ditch was very small, narrow and shallow. We noticed that there are many yards in the Grand View Garden. There is a wide water surface in the Grand View Garden, but only Xiaoxiang Pavilion has water in the yard. We know that the water in China traditional culture, especially in A Dream of Red Mansions, represents a girl whose daughter is made of water. In other words, Cao Xueqin compared Lin Daiyu to the best representative of all these outstanding girls. But this small ditch is very shallow and narrow, which shows that its vitality is very fragile. This water spirals out around the bamboo, which is very interesting. This is to emphasize that this water is different from other waters. It is upright and noble.
Let's see Baochai again. Baochai also has symbols. The symbols of two characters in A Dream of Red Mansions are stones, one is of course Jia Baoyu and the other is Xue Baochai. Then let's analyze, what kind of information does Xue Baochai bring us? Let's have a look. Xue Baochai lives in Wu Heng Garden. "When she walked in the door, she suddenly stood out against the sky." This stone is very high. It is not only a big, tall and exquisite stone, but also surrounded by stones. So Cao Xueqin's message here is: This stone is very big, not an elite jade, but a real stone. There are so many stones that "the houses inside are covered" and they are all covered. Pay attention to the "shade" used in Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Bamboo houses, however, set each other off and become interesting, bright and colorful, and the "yin" here implies that Xue Baochai often hides her inner truth. And there are no flowers and trees, no flowers and trees, only many different grasses, but these grasses don't grow on stones, but are beside them and climb on them. These strange grasses symbolize the maids who serve Xue Baochai.
So what's the difference between Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu? Jia Baoyu's stone turned out to be an ordinary stone. After the training of Nu Wa, she gained spirituality and divinity. It is a living stone with a strong sense of life. And Xue Baochai is an ordinary stone, so she showed ruthlessness on the issue of Jinchuan's death and indifference on the issue of Liu Xianglian's future. Even such a bad Xue Pan looked for him all over the world, but Xue Baochai didn't. Then you feel that a stone is alive, a stone is lifeless, a stone has a strong sense of life, and the other stone is indifferent to others and yourself. Then how can these two stones be predestined? So Cao Xueqin can only let her live in Hengwuyuan. Wu Heng Gardens just hate each other and can't be doomed. Although they are very close, like two mountains, you can see me and I can see you, but they can't get together. Xue Baochai is a child who has been educated in feudal ethics. She strictly abides by feudal moral standards, by which she regulates herself and others. Some people say Xue Baochai is hypocritical. I don't think so. I don't agree with this statement. The reason why Xue Baochai can stand scrutiny and even many people like it is because she is sincere. She really believes in these things. For example, she advised Daiyu that women's lack of talent is virtue, and it is best to be illiterate. Don't always write poems after learning. If you write too much, learned people will laugh at you. She is sincere, she is not a quality problem.
The poems of Baochai and Daiyu are difficult to compare. Xue Baochai's "Crab Poetry" is a masterpiece, and I'm afraid it's unprecedented, and there will be no one after it. She has many other well-written poems, and of course there are some poems suitable for occasions. But compared with Daiyu, it is very different. For example, Baochai used four genres, while Daiyu used eight genres, namely, five unique, seven unique, five laws, seven laws, poems, words and so on. Baochai has 4 kinds of 9 words with 444 characters, Daiyu has 8 kinds, 25 words with 256 sentences 1659 characters, and the genre is three times more than her. Through this statistics, we can also find some problems: Baochai and Daiyu are both good at writing poems, but Baochai only participates in group activities and has no free activities. Many activities of Daiyu are her personal freedom. Moreover, Daiyu participated in group activities in order to give full play to her talents as much as possible. She won three topics in one lap and should write more. Baochai didn't sing, but Daiyu's poems about flowers buried in autumn windows were well written. Of course, this is all written by Cao Xueqin, and this copyright issue needs to be clarified.
Daiyu uses poetry as a means to express her inner feelings and anguish, so her poems are full of blood and tears and sincere feelings. Even though this feeling may sometimes be narrow, or even misunderstood and misleading, it is sincere. Look at her handkerchief poem. She writes three poems at a time, and one poem can't fully express that feeling, so she has to write a song and a long poem can fully express her feelings.
In the final analysis, the difference between them is caused by their poetic ideas, that is, their differences lie in their different values. Xue Baochai takes poetry as the way, and talented women as the virtue. It's best not to read, because writing too much will make learned people laugh at us for not keeping our duty. She couldn't help taking part in the group activities. I'll write if you write. Daiyu is not like this. Part of Daiyu's life form is poetry, which has been integrated with her life.
We can see that Daiyu is much better than Baochai on the issue of love. She is actively pursuing her love. Afraid of losing Baoyu, she heard that Baoyu got a unicorn, and Shi Xiangyun also had a unicorn. Xiangyun came and hurried to see it. Both of them have something to do. Let's remember this and that in China, two little things are getting married. So she went. On the contrary, it is normal for Baochai, as a young girl, to like Baoyu in such an environment that it is difficult to get in touch with other men, but she always hides herself everywhere, just like the big stone in Wu Hengyuan where she lives, and this hiding has produced side effects. For example, due to Ma Daopo's magic, Wang Xifeng and Baoyu were possessed. Later, Baoyu woke up and everyone was very happy. Baochai joked that Amitabha and Tathagata were really busy, not only giving lectures, but also busy with Miss Lin's marriage. She made fun of Daiyu and Baoyu. On another occasion, Daiyu was called away by Grandmother Jia, and Baoyu was in no mood to eat. He left in a hurry after eating. Baochai told him to leave quickly, otherwise he would miss Miss Lin and Miss Lin would miss him. Just kidding. These two jokes reflect that on the one hand, Baochai wants to hide her true feelings, on the other hand, it shows that her subconscious feudal moral concept is deeply rooted, that is, according to feudal moral norms, girls should not consider their marriage at all, and their marriage should be decided by their parents, and if their parents are absent, it will be decided by their eldest brother, so Xue Baochai feels very boring. Fortunately, a Daiyu came back with Baoyu. Baochai's practice is not hypocritical, but sincere, that is, sincere indifference to others and herself, because she is a big stone. Her jokes will actually promote the relationship between Daiyu and Baoyu. These places show that Baochai is not as good as Daiyu in life consciousness, love view and life values.
Wang Xifeng said that Xue Baochai didn't have her own business and didn't speak. This is a good place for Baochai, because Baochai is a guest and lives in Jia's house. Of course, she shouldn't interfere in Jia's affairs. Moreover, Jia Fu's contradiction was so complicated that of course she avoided it. But once she needs to make a statement, she is not stingy. We saw that Li Wan, Tan Chun and Baochai were entrusted by Mrs. Wang to manage the Grand View Garden. Mrs. Wang has her period. In this case, Baochai made two long speeches, adding up to almost 1000 words. She explained the necessity of the reform of the Grand View Garden, especially the second paragraph behind. She suggested that the contracted mother-in-law should take good care of her neighbors, so that they would not be destroyed, they would be balanced and you would be safe. Isn't this social stability? Therefore, we must look at the first 80 times completely before we can see a complete Baochai. Baochai's management ability is far inferior to Daiyu's. I estimate that Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion is not well managed, mainly because of Zijuan. Daiyu is a poet, not a human being, and she speaks straight.
Daiyu is very valuable. Her personality is very frank and sincere. Baochai is inferior to her in this respect. Just now, we talked about Yuan Chun's mothering, and we also said that we should be careful not to upset Yuan Chun everywhere, but Baochai's question does not mean that she is hypocritical. It should be noted that Baochai is very popular in the Grand View Garden. She didn't get it by small favors. Baochai is very good at dealing with all aspects of interpersonal relationships. And we know that living in a group, living in this society and being good at dealing with interpersonal relationships is a very important accomplishment and ability. This is where Baochai is better than Daiyu.
So we have to go back to the beginning, the standards we talked about. It cannot be simply said that of the two girls, Daiyu is better than Baochai, nor can it be simply said that Baochai is better than Daiyu. Why? Because it involves a very important phenomenon in aesthetics and life. As art judges, the artistic images of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are both very successful and can stand chewing. In a sense, Xue Baochai is more difficult to describe. As an artist, you should write your works in this way, so that readers always feel that there is no clear explanation, which is the clearest. Therefore, from the perspective of artistic judgment, these two images are extremely successful. Why is Da Vinci's Mona Lisa so good? Another name is "eternal smile", that is, the more you look at her smile, the less you understand what she is laughing at. This is a smile, a sneer, a vicious smile, you can explain it. Why? This is related to your mood at that time, your environment and your preconceptions. The beauty is that you can't explain this smile, and it's hard to explain it. Therefore, in artistic judgment, it is neck and neck with Baochai.
Then talk about moral evaluation. Moral evaluation, I think Daiyu is better than Baochai. We know very well that this is determined by their symbols. Because although Baochai has many misunderstandings, Cao Xueqin has led her into a misunderstanding. Baochai is indeed ruthless. She is ruthless not only to others, but also to herself. Some people were forced to become victims on the altar, while Baochai voluntarily put herself on the altar as a victim. Therefore, in terms of moral judgment, it is better to wear firewood.
Finally, judging from life. As an object of life, Xue Baochai's feudal consciousness has gone away in modern society. Although it still exists, it is not as serious as before. Many modern women even go too far. And Xue Baochai's things that can be accepted and appreciated by everyone, such as her body is better than Daiyu's and she is better at improving interpersonal relationships, all have advantages over Daiyu.
In a word, Cao Xueqin devoted all his love to Daiyu and Baochai. He didn't write them all perfectly, nor did he exaggerate their shortcomings. There are many lovely places and some shortcomings in them. If we can add up the advantages of the two and remove all the disadvantages, then we will be perfect.