Jia Baoyu is the protagonist in China's classic Dream of Red Mansions. He is the second son of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang of Guo Rongfu. He was born with the title of psychic Baoyu and was the grandson of Jia Fuyu, so he was named Jia Baoyu, and Jia Fu was called Mr. Bao. Jia Baoyu was deeply loved by Grandmother Jia since he was a child. He wandered around the gentle and wealthy countryside, devoted himself to raising powder and getting close to his sisters and maids at home. He and Lin Daiyu, childhood friends, became bosom friends and developed into a rare pure feeling in the world. He valued affection over ceremony, and made friends with Qin Zhong,,, and other sentient people. He likes temperament literature such as poems and songs, hates four books and eight essays, criticizes Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, and calls those feudal literati who pursue imperial examinations and official career economy "smooth roads". However, the arrangement at home made him marry Xue Baochai, which led to Lin Daiyu's tearful death. After experiencing the pain of property seizure, he became more and more crazy and stupid. In order to repay Tian Enzude and get rid of dust as soon as possible, he and Gao Kui's son revived the family business together. Finally, I left with a monk and returned to Geng Qingfeng.

The image of Jia Baoyu has the color of Cao Xueqin's autobiography, but it belongs to artistic fiction in essence. It is a typical image created by the author consciously, which combines three virtues: obscenity, nourishing heaven and saving the world, and good and evil. His character and behavior show obvious contradictions. For example, he loves freedom and poetry, and is bound by family and social environment. He is faithful to Lin Daiyu, but he can't resist the fate of marrying Xue Baochai. These contradictions make Jia Baoyu's image complex and profound.