As we all know, they are all smart people, and they can face the problems in life skillfully and flexibly, but their philosophy of life is different.
If you ask who is the perfect woman of feudal orthodoxy in the famous novel A Dream of Red Mansions, it must be Xue Baochai. Why do you say it?
First, Xue Baochai's outlook on life advocates "being an official", so she has read the books of sages and learned about internal and external affairs. This can be seen from persuading Baoyu to seek fame and fortune.
Second, Xue Baochai has a clear head and always tries to play cards according to common sense to show virtue. So she can get unanimous praise in the circle and be good at socializing.
Third, Xue Baochai is a first-class secular master. People often question whether Xue Baochai is good or bad. What's her attitude towards others? I think this is her beauty. She can make you unpredictable because she has super emotional intelligence, and her behavior towards others comes from her heart that sees through the essence of the problem.
So she is the orthodox female representative of Confucianism.
Then, from the perspective of Xue Baochai's life, who is another comparable female expert in the famous Dream of Red Mansions?
Some people say it is Lin Daiyu. This kind of thinking is the most normal, because Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu are a pair of characters that have been compared all the year round, and their strength is equal.
First, both of them have the beauty of beauty. The author compares them to "Yang Yuhuan and Zhao", two people who have the most important capital for women, but their styles are slightly different.
Second, both of them are talented, both of them have the genius of poetry and songs, and radish and cabbage have their own love. One is white and elegant, and the other is charming and affectionate.
Third, their diplomatic skills are different. Baochai is good at advancing and defending, and Daiyu is good at retreating and attacking. Both of them have the charm of effectively attracting others.
However, the facts are incomplete, and many people ignore an extremely important point. That is, there is a kind of sadness in Daiyu's bones that is hard to remove. It is this sadness that makes her not only seldom happy, but also difficult to be appreciated by the masses in the secular sense like Baochai.
This sadness stems from her uncertainty about the meaning of life and her incomplete understanding of life philosophy. In short, there is a childish smell in her bones. For her, this childish smell is hard to change.
In contrast, Wang Xifeng is a mature person to the bone. So I think Wang Xifeng may be a female character comparable to Xue Baochai in A Dream of Red Mansions.
Through the depiction of A Dream of Red Mansions, Wang Xifeng became a typical figure, making her image a household name.
So, how can she compare with Xue Baochai?
First of all, she is an excellent manager. The size of the Jia family can be properly arranged by her, forming a unique style, or following the rules or taking advantage of the situation. To sum up, it is "bleak management".
Second, she is a clever strategist. Know yourself and know yourself, and you will be invincible, from male to female, from old to young. But she knows how to communicate and use any good friends she makes; She knows better how to attack or retaliate against anyone who opposes her. But she can cover it up tactfully and unconsciously establish her authority.
Third, she is a realistic idealist. What does this mean? Does she have any lofty ideals? It is a misinterpretation to think so. Without the help of men, few women can truly realize their independent personality. Therefore, a man who can control himself has more or less become the ideal of women, and so has Wang Xifeng. In the face of many opponents, Wang Xifeng can give full play to her skills, resources and rights, and let her opponents lose at her feet without exception.
Wang Xifeng is hypocritical, smooth, insidious and cunning. Not the type that most people like, but his philosophy of life is worth learning from.
In the final analysis, although Wang Xifeng was not a female representative of feudal orthodoxy, she fully demonstrated the "law, technique and power" of the Legalists, and she was a figure with great legalist thoughts. It can be said that Wang Xifeng is a female representative of legalism in A Dream of Red Mansions.
Therefore, it can be said that Xue Baochai and Wang Xifeng are two legendary female images representing Confucianism and Legalism respectively in the famous Dream of Red Mansions.
When Xue Baochai and Wang Xifeng are linked by A Dream of Red Mansions, there will be a spark of ideological collision, which to some extent makes A Dream of Red Mansions a masterpiece in the history of human thought.