Shi Xiangyun, one of the twelve beauties of Jinling, was the grand-niece of Jia Mu’s natal family. Her parents died young and she was raised by her uncle and aunt. He was open-minded by nature and was liked by Jia's mother, so he often lived in Jia's house.
Shi Xiangyun is a female image of neutral beauty created by the author with poetic and artistic conception. She is outspoken, cheerful and outgoing, and loves to be naughty. She even dares to sleep on the big bluestone in the garden after being drunk. She wears men's clothes and talks loudly and laughs. She is suave and informal. She is keen in poetry and talented. She "bites her tongue" when speaking. The "second brother" is called "brother love". She is a romantic, innocent, beautiful and lovable girl.
When Cao Xueqin created the image of Shi Xiangyun, she focused on her enthusiasm, boldness and outspokenness.
Xiang Yun is a very talkative person, a "talkative man", who shows great enthusiasm for people and things. Xiangling wanted to learn poetry; she didn't dare to instigate Baochai and asked Xiangyun for advice. She "became more and more happy and started talking day and night." For this reason, Baochai criticized her for "not keeping her duty"; Girls’ home”. She is the same on the outside, outspoken and unguarded in her words.
Xiangyun was no less lonely than Daiyu, but she was able to comfort Daiyu, "I'm the same as you, and I'm not as narrow-minded as you. What's more, you're sick, so you can't Take care of yourself. "Why can she quickly forget unpleasant things, continue to "talk and laugh" with her sisters, and still be so cheerful and enthusiastic about life? It turns out that she was "fortunately born, heroic and magnanimous..." In other words, this character was born and given to her by the author. In Shi Xiangyun, we can see beautiful personalities such as nature, innocence, kindness and beauty.
She, Baoyu, Ping'er and others were roasting deer meat to eat. Daiyu laughed at them, and Xiangyun shot back: "What do you know? It's a real celebrity who has been in a romantic relationship... We are so disgusting now." Eat a lot, but come back with a beautiful heart." In a few words, Xiangyun's pride is vivid on the page. Xiangyun acts naturally, freely and informally. Her frankness is unique in "A Dream of Red Mansions".
Once while watching a play, Sister Feng pointed to a young lady on the stage and said: "This child looks like a person dressed up." Everyone knew who Sister Feng was referring to, and they were afraid of offending others, but they just refused to say it. After coming out, Xiangyun said bluntly: "I know, like Sister Lin." This offended Daiyu and also had a conflict with Baoyu. On one occasion, she persuaded Baoyu to follow the "economic path of official career" and made Baoyu issue an "expulsion order". Some people say that this shows Xiangyun's strong feudal consciousness, but this was the mainstream value system at the time, which just shows her innocence.
Xiangyun always likes men's clothing. Once it snowed heavily, she dressed up differently: wearing a big coat that was burned inside and out, wearing a big orangutan Zhaojun suit on her head, and surrounded by a big Shao rat Wind collar. Daiyu laughed at her and said, "Look, Sun Xingzhe is here. He is holding a snow coat and deliberately pretending to be a little slut." Everyone also laughed and said, "But he only likes to dress up like a slut." The boy's appearance turned out to be prettier than his daughter's." The handsome and charming look was mixed with a dash of masculinity, which added a bit of charm to Xiangyun's image.
Xiangyun also has extraordinary talent and quick poetic thinking. Among the Lu Xueting couplets, Aojingguan couplets, and every poem competition in the poetry society, Xiangyun's poems came the fastest and most frequently. She came late to sing Bai Haitang. When others had almost exhausted her meaning, she composed two songs in a row. They were novel, unique and interesting. She won everyone's admiration and appreciation and was rated as the winner. work.
When writing poems about chrysanthemums, she would also recite lines such as "Sitting on the edge of a sparse fence, hugging her knees and chanting in the cold fragrance", as if she regarded herself as a hermit. Lu Xueting's couplet poems, because she ate venison and drank wine, her poems became popular. There were many and good couplets, and there was a situation where Baoqin, Baochai, and Daiyu fought against Xiangyun. Everyone laughed and said, "It's all thanks to that piece of venison." In fact, the fact that the poems were linked so freely and freely was a sign of her quick thinking.
Xiang Yun is not only good at writing poetry, but she is also a good poem in her own right. The sixty-second chapter, "Han Xiangyun sleeps drunkenly in the peony garden", was written with great enthusiasm and ink, and it was very lively, and Shi Xiangyun was the most active member. Everyone made guesses with their fists, drank and wrote poems, shouted three and four, shouted seven and eight, and the whole court was filled with red and green flowers, jade and beads shaking. After playing for a while, Xiangyun suddenly disappeared when we were leaving.
This scene is clearly a painting, a poem, a poetic Xiangyun. Faced with such a character and such a charming and innocent performance, who wouldn't find it adorable and fall in love with him?
The most valuable thing is the kindness and sincerity in Xiangyun's heart. In the fifty-seventh chapter, when she heard that Xing Xiuyan had been treated badly and was pawned as her own cotton-padded clothes, she immediately jumped up and said, "Wait until I ask the second sister! How about I scold that old woman and give you some vents?" ?" After being stopped by Baochai and Daiyu, she added: "If you don't ask me to ask him, wouldn't it be good to take him to live in our garden tomorrow?" Such an outspoken person, dare to say it? Dare to laugh, among the girls in the Red Mansion, who else has such a natural, innocent, and kind personality other than Xiangyun?
Shi Xiangyun’s appearance always brings happiness to others, but in the end she cannot escape her own tragic fate. The judgment of Xiangyun in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is described in this way: What is wealth? Parents disobeyed when they were babies. Open your eyes to watch the afterglow, the water of Xiangjiang River passes by and Chu Yunfei flies away.
Xiangyun's parents died when she was young, and later married Wei Ruolan. She was very satisfied with her married life. But the good times did not last long, and she turned from joy to sadness. In the end, "the clouds dispersed in Gaotang and the water dried up in the Xiangjiang River." The husband and wife separated after work and swallowing. She also fell into the misery of Taixu's fantasy world.
Such beautiful flowers eventually withered, and the days of drunkenness and deep dreams were still far away in the swaying shadow of fallen flowers. Gone. Although the ending of Xiangyun is still controversial, it cannot be denied that her appearance has always been as quiet as a few wisps of flying clouds, and her departure has a lot of warmth but no trace.