He doesn't like serious books, but prefers miscellaneous books such as Peony Pavilion and The West Chamber. He hangs out with the girls at home all day, loves their beauty and purity, and laments their tragic fate.
2. Lin Daiyu-the crown of twelve women in Jinling. The daughters of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, namely Baoyu's menstruation and cousin, live in Guo Rongfu. She is cold, sentimental and quick-thinking. She and Baoyu really love each other, are Baoyu's alliance against feudal ethics, and are firm pursuers of free love. She is a tragic image with poetic beauty and ideal color in the book.
3. She is so beautiful that it makes people feel really distressed and pitied. What is more artistic is her unparalleled rich and beautiful spiritual world. She is well-read, knowledgeable and talented in many aspects, and she also shines with the brilliance of simple democratic thoughts of pursuing personality liberation and striving for freedom of marriage.
4. Xue Baochai, the crown of twelve women in Jinling (tied with Daiyu), comes from four big families, Xue Shi, the daughter of Aunt Xue and the cousin of Baoyu. She is a complex of contradictions. She is generous and elegant, with elegant manners. She not only has the excellent temperament of a good family, but also has a quiet and indifferent, gentle and peaceful personality, as well as a generous and generous hidden in her heart. She hated the darkness of officialdom, but she advised Baoyu to study and be an official.
5. Wang Xifeng-the royal family from four big families, Mrs. Wang's niece, Jia Lian's wife, that is, Baoyu's cousin. Her young and beautiful figure reveals dignified, slim figure, enchanting physique and undiscovered prestige, which seems gratifying, but it is awesome. She is smart and capable, won the trust of the Lady Dowager and Lady Wang, and holds an important position in the government. She is a real housekeeper. She is smooth and considerate, and has done a lot for money and life.
6. Jia Mu-the historian of the four great families, the old lady Jia Fu and the old lady Baoyu. In Jia's family, I started with my great-grandson daughter-in-law until I had my great-grandson daughter-in-law. She got the position of Jia's parents by virtue of her cleverness.
7. Qingwen-the servant girl of Guo Rongfu. He is handsome, intelligent, articulate and good at embroidery. She is the most rebellious, despising Mrs. Wang's kindness to win over my little daughter, mocking the attackers who please her master, and publicly scolding Wang Shan for protecting her family when she raided the Grand View Garden. Her resistance was brutally retaliated and she was driven out of Jia's house when she was seriously ill. Baoyu went to visit secretly. She was deeply moved and died tragically that night.
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The influence of later generations
Domestic influence
A Dream of Red Mansions has been circulated in the form of a manuscript for 30 years since its publication, and is regarded as a treasure. "At that time, a copy of every good man was placed in the temple city, which raised its price and won dozens of gold. It can be said that it is gone! " (Cheng Weiyuan engraved the preface to A Dream of Red Mansions) and printed it in movable type, which immediately swept the country. It can be seen from the scattered records of some literati's notes in the Qing Dynasty that A Dream of Red Mansions has become the focus of discussion at that time.
Zhi Zhu's Ci circulating in Beijing said: "It's no use talking about a dream of red mansions and reading poetry books!" Talking about it, sometimes because of the dispute between the two sides, "I am at odds with them, and I punch a few times." When folk operas and tanci performed A Dream of Red Mansions, the audience "sighed and cried" (Liang Si Ji Jian). Some people even read A Dream of Red Mansions, and they are crazy because they love the characters in the book (see Three Borrowings of Redundant Words from Lu, Notes on Yong Chuang Zhai and other books).
In the development of China literature, the outstanding realistic creation achievements of A Dream of Red Mansions provide rich artistic experience for future writers. Until China's modern literature, there were also works that were obviously influenced by A Dream of Red Mansions and made some achievements. There are countless poems, songs, operas, novels and movies with the theme of A Dream of Red Mansions.
In the past two hundred years, the study of A Dream of Red Mansions has never stopped, and a large number of research works have been produced, which has become a special knowledge-A Dream of Red Mansions, which is a rare phenomenon in the history of China literature.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Dream of Red Mansions