Subtitle: How glorious is Jia Tanchun’s ending? Grandma Liu saw everything, but Mother Jia was full of pity
Fun Talk about the Red Mansion 148: Qiu Shuangzhai, Grandma Liu’s eyes were opened, the prophecy was to marry far away, and Princess Jia Tanchun was honored
Jia Mu held two banquets in the Grand View Garden and invited Grandma Liu to visit. At breakfast, Grandma Liu was tricked by Wang Xifeng and Yuanyang, and she tried her best to do weird things. Everyone was chatting and had no intention of eating or drinking, they just watched her performance.
Grandma Liu was teased, and it seemed that the Jia family was unkind. In fact, she came to the house to "beat her". She was humiliating herself, and she had already expected it. She could not tolerate the humiliation.
But Wang Xifeng and Yuanyang asked her to say "Old Liu, Old Liu, eats as much as a cow. He can eat an old sow without raising his head" and teased her with ebony chopsticks, but they still escaped from Grandma Liu's mentality. After all, there's a big difference between being teased and being insulted. It is impossible for Grandma Liu not to have mood swings.
After dinner, when everyone came to the sex room, a small incident triggered an emotional catharsis for Grandma Liu.
Grandma Liu spanked her child in front of Jia’s mother, which was a very inappropriate behavior and also meant that her mood fluctuated greatly.
Grandma Liu’s “anger” may not necessarily be true anger. Ban'er's fault is just a child making a fuss. According to the rules, it is not allowed to spank children in other people's homes. It is even more impolite and inappropriate to make children cry. But Ban'er pointed at the "grass bugs" on Tanchun's tent and said, "This is a grasshopper, this is a grasshopper." This was considered to have touched Grandma Liu's "reverse scale". She endured the humiliation and came to Jia's house to "beat Feng", and she had no intention of being ridiculed by her family.
Grandma Liu’s performance is also Cao Xueqin’s use of circumstances to describe her psychology. Grandma Liu was tricked beyond her bottom line, so much so that she needed an opportunity to vent. She didn't dare to be presumptuous about the Jia family, so she could only "vent out her anger" on others.
Grandma Liu revealed the contradiction in her heart by playing the game. Cao Xueqin used this to propose the "mother locust" to tell readers that it was not that Lin Daiyu looked down on Grandma Liu, but that the author did so intentionally. She scolded Ban'er: "I asked you to come and take a look, but it's embarrassing." Rather than scolding a child, it is better to laugh at oneself.
After talking about Grandma Liu, let’s go back to Jia Tanchun’s Qiu Shuang Zhai. There is too much to say.
Several characteristics of Qiu Shuangzhai completely fit Jia Tanchun’s character and life, and Cao Xueqin wrote it very carefully.
First, Jia Tanchun likes to be spacious, and completely opening up the three rooms clearly represents her grandeur and ambition.
It seems to be similar to Hengwuyuan, but the layout style is more elegant, which echoes the words of Jia Mu in Hengwuyuan later. It also represents Jia’s education, Jia Tanchun’s taste and self-pursuit. Self is the outstanding quality that distinguishes Jia Tanchun from everyone else.
Second, the interior displays are Buddhist stickers of various celebrities, dozens of inkstones, brush pens and authentic works by Mi Fu and Yan Zhenqing. It shows that Tanchun has a special preference and study in calligraphy.
During the four spring years of the Jia family, they were good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Jia Tanchun was good at calligraphy, which can be seen from the indoor furnishings.
Yan Zhenqing's "straight" and Mi Dian's "brush" represent Tanchun's tendency towards calligraphy, which is based on Yan Zhenqing's regular script rules and seeks to break through the constraints like Mi Fu. This is Jia Tanchun's consistent character liberation and pursuit.
Third, there are dozens of crystal ball-like white chrysanthemums in the Ru kiln flower bag. Do you still remember Jia Tanchun's poem "Hairpin Chrysanthemum"? "The vase is used as a fence planter and I am busy every day. I will never recognize the makeup in the mirror when I turn it over." The chrysanthemums are not to modify Tanchun's appearance, but to highlight his noble pursuit and character, which is different from the vulgar trend.
Fourth, Yan Zhenqing's "The idle character of mist and haze, the life of spring and stone fields" is a refinement of Mi Fu's "Mist and Rain Picture". It is certain that just like the couplet of Qin Taixu in Qin Keqing's room, it cannot be the original work of Yan Zhenqing. Cao Xueqin pretended to be still shaping Jia Tanchun's character pursuit.
Living a simple and leisurely life among the clouds, mountains and rivers is the realm of life that ancient literati longed for.
The short temples are stained with cold dew, and the fragrant kerchief is stained with autumn frost.
The high sentiments are not in the eyes of the time, so you can clap your hands and laugh at the roadside.
Jia Tanchun expresses her feelings through poetry, and "Hairpin Chrysanthemum" fits perfectly with her interior furnishings and represents the freedom she yearns for.
However, things backfired. Tanchun's life is destined to be impossible to be peaceful. If the above description represents her peaceful and happy first half of life. Then the "Romantic Marble Case" has already determined that the magnificent life she will face is related to the "departure".
Cao Xueqin is too good at foreshadowing and "intermediate color method". Starting from Qin Keqing, everyone's residence represents the personality and life of the resident, with different meanings. For example, Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Hengwuyuan, Yihongyuan and Qiu Shuangzhai are only for individuals. But Qin Keqing's room is an illusion in reality, with twelve furnishings including the twelve beauties of Jinling. Don’t mention it.
The first thing you need to pay attention to in Jia Tanchun’s room is a "rose marble table", where "pear" and "li" both mean "li". There are not many opponents with "pear" in "Dream of Red Mansions".
In Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue's family of three first lived, and eventually Xue Baochai encountered Jia Baoyu's "separation". Twelve little actors lived behind him, and their endings were all unpredictable.
In Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the courtyard is full of bamboos, and there is a big pear tree and several banana bushes in the backyard. The bamboo represents Lin Daiyu, the concubine of Xiaoxiang, and the banana represents Jia Tanchun, the banana guest. The big pear tree represents that the two of them will "separate and mourn" together in the future.
Jun Jianya talked too much about Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun's imitation of Xiaoxiang's concubines in marrying together in Red Mansion, so I won't go into details in this article.
In short, Cao Xueqin needs to pay special attention when describing the furnishings of various houses in detail, especially when observing from a third person's perspective. This is what Grandma Liu saw in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion mentioned above. This is the case for Hengwuyuan mentioned later. This is especially true for Qiushuangzhai in this article! Next, I will focus on the second half of the display, which is really important.
Five, the big tripod, the Daguan kiln plate, the Buddha's hand, and the white jade chime. These four things are not ordinary items.
"Ding" represents the inheritance of the ancestral temple and is a symbol of the inheritance of the emperor. This is a symbol of Tanchun becoming a princess in the future.
According to the foreshadowing of Tanchun's shadow Jiaoxing, the prince born after Jia Tanchun was favored eventually became the heir to the kingdom, and Tanchun became the queen mother.
Note: Jia Tanchun’s princess is the same imperial concubine as Jia Yuanchun, not a vassal princess like Princess Beijing.
"Daguan" is the reign name of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, referring to the grand and spectacular scene; Daguan kiln is the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty and is also a symbol of the emperor. It reflects Jia Tanchun’s future honor of “planting red apricots by the sun and leaning against the clouds”.
"Buddha's Hand" is amazing, I need to say more about it. The large plate of the Daguan kiln in Jia Tanchun's room contains "dozens of delicate yellow and exquisite large Buddha hands". It indicates that she will enjoy decades of happiness due to the honor of being a "princess".
"Six Chapters of a Floating Life" records: Buddha's hand is a gentleman in the fragrance, only intentionally or unintentionally. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Although the smell of Buddha's hand is short, its fragrance is great. If you put it in the basket, the fragrance will not stop for several days. If you send it to the north, it will be very valuable to people."
Cut off this golden body and give it to others. In the woods.
It’s difficult to save someone with just one finger. Just put your palms together and convey your heart.
Buddha's hand, as the name suggests, means Buddha's fate and is a tribute in front of Buddha. Those who have a predestined relationship with Buddhism will be blessed and blessed. It means good fortune and longevity, abundant descendants, understanding, and family happiness. Ancient people often made paintings of Buddha's hands and placed them together with pomegranates and lotus roots to represent happiness, wealth, longevity and joy.
Dozens of "large and delicate yellow Buddha's hands" are placed in Jia Tanchun's room. The meaning is self-evident, and this is the only "real Buddha's hand" in the whole text of "A Dream of Red Mansions", which is exclusive to Jia Tanchun. .
The "citron" in the picture of Jia Yuanchun's judgment is very special. The Buddha's hand is a variant of citron, but the sour and astringent citron does not mean longevity, but implies unwillingness.
Jia Yuanchun was later ordered to die by the emperor before the Jia family was confiscated. The judgment is very clear.
They are both "princess". My sister Jia Tanchun got a blessing in disguise and enjoyed real longevity from this Buddha's hand. As for the "frozen bergamot hand in wax oil" that Wang Xifeng secretly hid from Jia Mu, you will know by looking at her ending that it cannot be true!
It should be noted that Baner received a Buddha's hand as a gift from Jia Tanchun, and exchanged it with Qiaojie for a grapefruit.
It means that the two of them will share "good fortune and longevity" and will have a fate in the future. Don’t mention it.
"The white jade chime" means harmony between husband and wife, and the harmonious sound of the harp and harp.
Jun Jian Yakan Red Mansion simply deduced a story based on this: Jia Tanchun and Lin Daiyu married into a foreign country and became princesses, with Lin Daiyu as the principal and Jia Tanchun as the concubine. Lin Daiyu could not commit herself to others and soon died of tears. However, Jia Tanchun was favored by the king as a blessing in disguise, and he "planted red apricots against the clouds under the sun". The sun is the king, Hongxing is Tanchun, and the cloud is Lin Daiyu.
Soon after, Jia Tanchun became pregnant and gave birth to a prince. The mother is more valuable than the son, and the couple is harmonious. In the future, the prince will inherit the throne and become the king. Jia Tanchun was promoted to the empress dowager and lived happily for decades. Compared with Jia Mu, she has unparalleled happiness and longevity.
I still remember the first time the lame Taoist and the scabby monk agreed to meet in Beiman Mountain three eons later. The three tribulations last for ninety years, and Jia Tanchun is most likely to be the last person to survive the tribulation. Don’t mention it.
Sixth, the phoenix trees are planted all over the window. The phoenix phoenix trees symbolize the fact that Jia Tanchun finally became the princess. Jia's mother regretted that the sycamore tree was too thin, implying that Jia Tanchun was born in a poor family and had no parents or brothers to help her after marrying far away. This is the fate of Tanchun.
However, the fine sycamore tree will eventually grow up, attracting the phoenix to inhabit it, and the branches and leaves will form its own system, which is also another scene after Jia Tanchun married away. Those with "apricot" are lucky.
There are so many residences in Grand View Garden. To explore spring, I only choose Qiu Shuangzhai. The word "Autumn" means the absence of spring and refers to decline. The word "Shuang" refers to Jia Tanchun's refreshing character and smooth life.
The lives of most daughters in "A Dream of Red Mansions" are filled with joy and sorrow. "Autumn" refers to sadness, and "Shuang" refers to joy. Cao Xueqin used Qiu Shuangzhai to hint at Jia Tanchun's future after getting married.
"Shuang" is the word in Jia Tanchun's life. He had a flawed background but lived a cool life. She had a difficult life but was happy with her life. In the end, she was "lucky" to become a princess... Tanchun could control his own destiny most of the time. The word "shuang" in Qiu Shuangzhai is really wonderful!
The introduction to Qiu Shuangzhai is over, and Grandma Liu’s tour is still going on. The next time is not Xue Baochai’s Hengwu Garden, so what is it? If you want to know what happens next, let’s watch the breakdown next time!
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