1, the first is the study of the protagonist. Jia Baoyu is a very novel and unique figure, very kind and sensible. He has both a breakthrough novel concept and a secular spirit. There are many unique features in Jia Baoyu's character: he loves red; Seeing a daughter is refreshing, but seeing a man is disgusting. As a spiritual prisoner of the aristocratic family, he was imprisoned in a deep garden with high walls. The narrowness of life aroused the wings of free thought. He not only chews the dribs and drabs of joys and sorrows around him, but also worries about his unpredictable love, struggles to pursue all kinds of mysteries of life that are difficult to solve, and suffers from pains and misfortunes that ordinary people still don't realize. Like a fool who disturbed the feudal order, he denounced the traitor Lu Wei and pursued pure love boldly and persistently. Sometimes calling for nature, longing for returning to nature, meditation and enlightenment. The writer shows the complex process of this contradictory movement in a measured and vivid way, so that each party has its own subject and time, sometimes hidden and sometimes present, and the opposites complement each other, thus producing a strong personality synergy. Jia Baoyu is such an inexhaustible aesthetic object.
2. The female image around the protagonist is also a topic that researchers often pay attention to. Its first sequence is Twelve Women in Jinling, which is not only the main volume, but also has very important characters in the supplementary volume and supplementary volume. These female images also have distinctive personality characteristics and rich and profound personality connotations. First of all, it is a great thing to write about a group of young women with similar age and living environment, distinctive personality and different colors inside and outside the Grand View Garden. In fact, they are all "idle people with money", and there is nothing earth-shattering in the boudoir, but they are just "small talents and slightly good". However, people will never confuse them. Generally speaking, Xue Baochai's overall impression is "cold", Daiyu "sad", Xiangyun "extravagant", Xifeng "spicy", Tan Chun "sensitive", Ying Chun "timid", Yuan Chun "expensive", Miaoyu "clean", Xiangling "bitter" and Jingui "tough". Everyone's personality tone is so bright that it can't be relaxed; But as far as every character is concerned, his character world is very complicated and rich.
Xue Baochai is a famous "cold beauty". The "cold" of a cold beauty is Leng Yan's elegance; It is calm and rational; Sometimes it's cold and cold. From appearance to heart, from self-denial to being human everywhere, it embodies a high level of cultivation. Her clothes are elegant, her makeup is elegant, her life is simple, and she is silent and dignified, showing a dignified and closed personality. The "cold fragrant pill" she took was meaningful, and it was heated by cold, indicating that she restrained and suppressed her inner feelings, her innocence was swallowed up by the world, and her love was hidden by boudoir ethics. Sometimes, this calmness reaches the point of indifference, numbness and loss of sympathy. Leng Xiang and the cold eventually led to the snow burying the golden hairpin. Cold beauty has never won the childlike innocence of "idiot", and can only hold a grudge for life in a loveless marriage and a lonely life. This character, which is characterized by "coldness", contains rich social contents.
Lin Daiyu, known as "the beauty of illness", is full of sadness all day, "two bends are like frowning instead of frowning", and the illness of posture and the sadness of mentality are superimposed into one. Endless tears are fountains of the soul, melted by "drinking seawater" drunk in previous lives. People saw that she was sick, homesick and worried about falling flowers and falling willows, but her own loneliness and the bleak prospect of love plunged her into the abyss of unavoidable anxiety. In this sensitive and sad girl's spiritual world, there are anti-secular self-esteem and dust-free loneliness, persistent pursuit of life and passionate yearning for love, which are more sober self-awareness and personality requirements than other women in A Dream of Red Mansions. The so-called "Lin Daiyu type" should not only pay attention to her sentimental external impression, but also see the rich cultural connotation of this character and observe her personality traits of surpassing the crowd to become the first heroine in A Dream of Red Mansions.
The magnificence of Xiangyun is fascinating. She is open-minded, fast-talking, munching on deer, sleeping drunk and more famous. However, the shadow hanging over the whole family and society followed her, and the optimistic and open-minded Miss Yun also had her own troubles and worries. In the end, we have to obey fate. Chai, Dai and Xiang can be said to be the most important female images in the book. A deep, a lonely, a bold. All three are beautiful, but they are very different.
Spicy should be the overall feeling of Xifeng's image. The spicy taste of "Feng Chili" is also very complicated and a comprehensive aesthetic effect, which is difficult to be standardized by a logical concept. People can appreciate it from different angles, such as the majesty of war determination, penetrating insight, determination not to go backward, surprise banter and so on. Sometimes it is horribly spicy and creepy; Sometimes it's surprisingly hot. Xifeng can't get rid of the spicy characteristics, whether she does good or bad things, or muddles along, which always gives people a sense of freshness and movement. Xifeng is not only brilliant, but also has a strong desire for self-realization. When it is outstanding, it is really proud to demonstrate to the male social center; When its organs fail, it is chilling to trample on the personal dignity and even the right to life of others, especially women. The two are intertwined, forming a spectacle with spicy characteristics of China's female character. The image of Xifeng has high aesthetic value.
The characters described in China's traditional operas and novels are often greatly exaggerated, even incarnated into certain qualities, such as loyalty, treachery, intelligence and recklessness. A Dream of Red Mansions shows not a single normative personality, but a fleshy realistic personality. Lu Xun said that "the characters written in a dream of red mansions are all real" and "the good guys are completely good and the bad guys are completely bad in previous novels". This is a high evaluation of the characterization of A Dream of Red Mansions.
3. The character system in A Dream of Red Mansions is full of dialectical factors, which greatly expands the capacity of life in the mutual connection and contrast of images. Almost all kinds of characters can be arranged and combined in a variety of ways, which can be used as a sequence or contrast to set off, see unity in change and show individuality in contrast. For example, Jia Fu's Four Seasons Spring, A Dream of Red Mansions, Dai Chai, Baoyu, Jia Huan, Xue Pan, Baochai, Tanchun, Jia Huan, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhou, Lady Wang, Lady Xing, Xifeng, Li Wan, Lady Jia, Mrs. Liu, Lai Da, Zhang Daoshi and Wang Yi are all posted. As long as you choose a certain perspective, you can find its comparability. The diversity of artistic images is dazzling, but there is a rhythm hidden in it. At the same time, contrast and contrast exist in many directions. Of course, Chai and Dai are a contrast, but Baochai and her brother Xue Pan are also a contrast, one is reasonable and the other is willful. Baochai and her sister-in-law Xia Jingui are another contrast. Jingui's arrogance is burning her sister-in-law's peace and self-esteem. Jia Huan and Tan Chun were born of one mother, one vulgar and one elegant; Baoyu and Jia Huan are brothers, one has feelings for things that are not affectionate, and the other has no feelings for people who are affectionate. Noble grandfathers and granny Liu in the village, Lai Da who made a fortune, and Jiao Da who had a bad back ... have their own characteristics in different comparisons. As for "sunny weather, just like attacking hairpin", it is both a contrast and an overall correspondence.
The composition of the image system is an important aesthetic issue of the novel, and the achievement of A Dream of Red Mansions in this respect also marks the maturity of the novel art.
The study of characters can be said to be one of the most successful aspects in the study of A Dream of Red Mansions. Almost every character in the novel has a discussion, especially the important characters have a thorough analysis. Most commentators adopt an objective and realistic attitude and dialectical comparison method, which greatly improves the research level.