The four families described in A Dream of Red Mansions are all rich, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are the top in this level. The same two clothes can be 120 yuan, but they won't be 120 yuan. They focus on a face. Wealthy families will not lack the important content of health care. Only by having a sound constitution can they live a long life, and only by living a long life can they better enjoy a luxurious and prosperous life. It is for this reason that the ancient kings worked hard to pursue the art of immortality.
Lin Daiyu's illness
Although Jia's family fully meets the above-mentioned standards of the powerful and idle people, and the lesson of health preservation is also an indispensable step in life, why do some people keep getting sick and even get incurable diseases? Take Lin Daiyu, a representative figure in A Dream of Red Mansions, as an example to discuss this issue. Lin Daiyu's mother died, and she was seriously ill, and her old illness recurred for a long time, so she had to drop out of school and stay at home quietly.
Because her father couldn't take care of her comprehensively, she took refuge in the Jia family. When she met Jia, everyone saw her shortcomings at a glance. Grandfather Jia was even more distressed, and her granddaughter took the initiative to add medicine to Lin Daiyu while dispensing medicine for herself. When my father was here, he returned to Beijing from Jiangnan and was weak again. Baoyu, who is full of nonsense, pays attention to what he says when he goes to play with her, for fear of hurting Lin Daiyu's heart and making him sick. In thirty-four or forty-five times, as long as you look restless, you will blush, have a fever and cough. However, in A Dream of Red Mansions, Mr. Cao Xueqin did not elaborate on Lin Daiyu's illness, but simply described it as deficiency of qi and blood. Lin Daiyu is a sentimental person, and her mood is changeable, which further aggravates her physical weakness.
The best treatment for Lin Daiyu's deficiency is to raise it with expensive and precious medicinal materials. In the heyday of Jiafu, no one would say anything about just a few herbs. However, with the gradual decline of Jiafu, money could not make ends meet, but Lin Daiyu's medicinal materials could not be adequately supplied before she could pay attention to ranking and face. Even with Baochai's help, she got the bird's nest, but she couldn't find a complete ginseng in Jiafu, and it was all over the house.
The aggravation of Lin Daiyu's illness is not only due to her own personality, but also reflects the decline of the Jia family. If the Jia family is still strong, the old lady's love for Lin Daiyu is to find a doctor who can continue Lin Daiyu's life.