What kind of plant is the predecessor of Lin Daiyu?
Some people think that the name of Lin Daiyu in A Dream of Red Mansions comes from a thrush stone produced in Xishan Mountain. In fact, "eyebrow" has nothing to do with stones, but with a plant called crimson pearl grass. Jia Baoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions means "fake Baoyu"-real stone. Stone, may be a moral: refuse to carve, useless stubborn stone; There is another possibility: stone is the name of the prototype in Jia Baoyu's life. So the female number one Lin Daiyu in the book is also a stone? Because Jia Baoyu said that "there is a stone named Daiyu in the west, which can substitute for thrush ink", he gave Daiyu the word "pin pin". So some people really think that the name Lin Daiyu comes from a thrush stone produced in Xishan, Beijing. The author thinks that it is absurd and funny to associate Lin Daiyu's name with a stone. Black stones, either graphite or coal gangue, how can they be associated with beautiful women? The word "pin pin" means frowning, and it is a portrayal of Daiyu's expression, which is related to "eyebrow" and has nothing to do with stones. It is clearly stated in the novel that the predecessor of Lin Daiyu is a crimson pearl grass beside the Sansheng stone on the bank of Linghe River! This grass was irrigated by the rain, and after a long period of time, it shed the wood of the grass embryo and had to be changed into a human form, only a female body. It can be said that Lin Daiyu's name is related to plants and has nothing to do with minerals. So, what kind of plant in nature is crimson pearl grass or Daiyu? If you admit that Cao Xueqin's creation comes from life, then the crimson pearl grass should also be a real plant in nature. The author thinks that this plant is probably Polygonatum odoratum. Polygonatum odoratum, also known as wilting and luxuriant (the sound is dangerous, and the sound is pronounced twice). "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it is "sweet in nature, nourishing the middle energizer, invigorating qi, moistening the heart and lungs, pleasing the color, and eliminating polydipsia", and treats "all deficiency diseases, substituting (human) ginseng (yellow) stilbene, which is not cold but not dry, and has great achievements"; The shape is "similar to Polygonatum sibiricum, but the difference is small" and "similar to Polygonatum sibiricum, but better". Polygonatum sibiricum, however, "the immortals thought that Zhicao and the like would make them live forever." In botany, Polygonatum odoratum belongs to monocotyledonous plant class, Liliaceae, perennial herb with whiplike fleshy rhizome. Leaves alternate, elliptic. Flowers bloom in early summer, axillary, bell-shaped, green and white. Berries are spherical and dark blue. Ren Fang in the Wei and Jin Dynasties wrote "Stories about Different Things", saying that "a grassy grass, a beautiful grass, is also called a female grass, and it is called a baby grass in the rivers and lakes. The beauty is a baby, so it is named. " In other materia medica classics, this plant is also called female wilting and female cockroach. Cao Xueqin, who is well-read, probably read The Tales of Different Stories, or saw this kind of grass in nature, so he gave the name to Daiyu. How do you know that "Daiyu" is related to "Yuzhu" or "Lentinus Edodes"? First, it is also called the grass of beauty. I'm afraid this is unique among grasses; And Lin Daiyu is the most beautiful in the novel. Secondly, the fruit is spherical and bead-like, which conforms to the word of crimson pearl; The color of the fruit is dark blue, which is in line with Daiyu's Dai characters. Kela is also known as Yuzhu, and there is a jade character. The third, and most important, is Cao Xueqin's usage of "Kelp". Herb, obviously the name of a plant, is used as an adjective by Cao Xueqin. I'm afraid Cao Xueqin is the first and only person to use the word "Kela" in this way. It is not impossible to find examples of nouns as adjectives, such as: "How can you be such a mother-in-law?" Mother-in-law, here is an adjective, but this is a figurative sentence. It means, "Why are you acting like an old woman?" Then, the same is true of the usage of "Kelp" here: "Why do you look so sad like Kelp?" I would like to ask, how did "Zanba" become a state of mind? It can only be explained in this way: Jia Baoyu's look at this time is the same as that of Lin Daiyu, who is unhappy and sad. Otherwise, how could Jia Baoyu give her "pin pin" as a token?