Xiangling's study of poetry is an episode in A Dream of Red Mansions, but considering Xiangling's life experience, the description of this episode is the author's ingenious arrangement. Zhi Yanzhai has an incisive analysis of this, saying: "Think about Xiangling's character. You are not allowed to meet and explore at all. You are not allowed to be a phoenix in appearance, a maid in elegance, a maid in romance, and a virtuous person." The people you cherish will encounter childhood disasters, embarrassing fate and side rooms. And I have learned that I can't go hand in hand with Lin Xiangbei. However, this person can't enter the park. Therefore, to enter the park, there is no gap in the end, and we have to plan four more times. If you want to enter the park, you must stay. " Xiangling is the earliest unlucky woman in the novel. Kidnapped from childhood, bought as a concubine by bullies like Xue Pan in his teens. Later, when his wife Xia Jingui came, her fate was even worse, and she was soon tortured to death. The last forty chapters wrote that she died in childbirth, which did not conform to Cao Xueqin's original design. Xiangling ranks first in the love list, which shows that she is a very important person. The author wrote that she studied poetry in order to improve her status and increase readers' goodwill towards her. In this way, when she was tortured to death by ruthless fate, the tragedy was even stronger.

Xiangling can learn poetry in three steps. First of all, I worshipped Daiyu as a teacher and tasted Wang Wei's poems under the guidance of Daiyu. Secondly, he tried to write poems while reading Du Fu's poems. The third is that it has experienced two failures and finally succeeded. Xiangling's first poem is naive and straightforward, piling up the words used by predecessors to chant the moon and putting them together. The biggest problem is that the whole poem does not express true feelings, so there is nothing new. The words "laurel", "jade mirror" and "ice plate" used in the poem are all platitudes, so Daiyu said that she was "bound by him", but she couldn't jump out of the trap of her predecessors. Her second poem has made progress, which can be compared with "floral fragrance" and "light frost", set off by scenes such as "people walking" and "curtains", and gradually let go of her hands and feet. However, the words "jade plate" and "jade fence" still have old flavor, and the whole poem is about moonlight instead of the moon itself. Some of them are off topic, so Daiyu said, "This song is so boring." Xiangling's third poem goes like this:

No one can hide the brilliance of the moon. Her beautiful figure is beautiful and her texture is much worse.

The sound of the vast Ye Yuanyin coming to Yi Dao, the rooster crowing at night will be able to stop the waning moon still hanging on the horizon.

Wanderers in Qiu Jiang are more melancholy when they listen to the flute, and the young woman upstairs leans against the railing at the end of the night.

To win Chang 'e, we have to ask, why not reunite forever?

This poem is a success. Except for the first couplet, it seems that every sentence is not written about the month, but every sentence is related to the month. The dictionary is elegant and implicit, with novel and unique meanings. Especially the couplets, which are steady in workmanship, profound in meaning and exquisite. Its greatest advantage is that it conforms to Xiangling's own life experience, cherishes the moon and shows her true feelings. In this way, poetry is not empty but has content. Xiangling's success, on the one hand, shows her own intelligence and elegant quality, on the other hand, it also shows a truth, that is, the novel has been written forty-nine times, and everyone has read her third poem, "Where there is a will, there is a way." It makes more sense for Xiangling to live in the Grand View Garden, and it is logical that she is the first person in the supplement.

There are many poems in A Dream of Red Mansions, which is one of the reading difficulties for readers today. Unfortunately, many people accidentally think that the author has no intention. Poems in books are often integrated with stories, and everyone's poems have their own characteristics, showing different thoughts and personalities of different characters. Some poems also point out the situation and fate of the characters. As mentioned above, the "hard to hide the essence" in Xiangling's third poem is actually talking about Xiangling's current situation. Therefore, savoring the poems in the book is also one of the pleasures of appreciating A Dream of Red Mansions.

Cao Xueqin also expressed his views on the art of poetry by writing Xiangling's poems. He particularly emphasized that poetry should be innovative, emotional and entertaining, and words should not be harmful. This is an understanding. From the text, readers can also know that the poets in the Tang Dynasty that the author appreciates, such as Wang Wei, Du Fu and Li Bai, are all excellent poets favored by Cao Xueqin.

It is also a reasonable stroke in the novel that Xiangling wants to learn poetry instead of worshipping Baochai around her as a teacher and looking for Daiyu. Baochai is well-read and has excellent poetry and literary talent, but she doesn't value this point and thinks that "a woman without talent is virtue." Moreover, Baochai is calm by nature and doesn't like trivial things that are too troublesome, so Xiangling is not convenient to learn poetry from her. Although Daiyu is withdrawn by nature, she likes to part but not get together, but she also has a warm and generous side. She took pains to guide Xiangling, making her words meaningful and concise, so Xiangling could quickly understand the way to get started and succeed. This performance of Daiyu is a reflection of the other side of her personality. To some extent, Daiyu is actually easier to get along with and more sympathetic to the weak than Baochai.

Other characters written in this article, such as Tan Chun, Xiang Yun and Baoyu, are all foil characters with little pen and ink. However, the author's light dyeing is quite spiritual. Writing about Xiangyun is talkative and alert in spring, which is consistent with their consistent performance.

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