1. Jia Baoyu
The protagonist Jia Baoyu is a strange and vulgar character. The main trait that makes up his character is rebellion. His behavior was "remote and eccentric" and he was a rebel in feudal society. He despised fame and wealth, and was unwilling to pursue an official career of "learning and becoming an official." He hated "eight-legged stereotypes" and insulted those who studied and became officials as "national thieves and cowards" and was too lazy to contact and visit them.
He does not like so-called "serious books", but prefers "miscellaneous books", especially "The Peony Pavilion" and "The Romance of the West Chamber". He also boldly questioned Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, believing that "except for the Four Books, there are too many fabrications." This fully demonstrated that he was a "treason" of the feudal monarchy system.
He believed that "the beauty of mountains, rivers, sun and moon is only appreciated by daughters, while men are nothing but dregs and turbidity." Under the guidance of this shocking thought, Baoyu "hangs around in the closet" all day long, and loves and pities girls, loves their beauty, purity, overflowing vitality, extraordinary intelligence, and pities their misfortunes. Having pity on the man who is about to marry a filthy man has lost their holy beauty. Jia Baoyu said: Before a woman gets married, she is a pearl. After she gets married, she loses her light and becomes a dead pearl. No matter how old she gets, she will join the ranks of dirty men and become a dead fish-eye. He even felt irreparable regret that he was born a man.
In his life, the most important thing was undoubtedly his love with Lin Daiyu. This love, on the one hand, started with his rebellious character, and on the other hand, it contributed to the final formation of his rebellious character. This was the greatest and most important act of rebellion in the history of his life. Bao and Dai not only demanded independence in marriage, but also deviated from the feudal society's way of life in their love. They went further and further on the road of rebellion, which eventually led to their tragic ending.
2. Lin Daiyu
Lin Daiyu is a talented but aloof woman. "It is a pity that she has a virtue of idleness, but she is pitiful for her talents. A jade belt hangs in the forest, and a golden hairpin is buried in the snow." , is her portrayal. She lost her parents when she was a child and lived in Rongguo Mansion. Although Jia Mu loved her very much, she often felt sad because of her aloof and self-respecting personality.
She is sentimental and often sheds tears over small things that others don't notice. As described in the novel, the scene of "Daiyu burying flowers" highlights this point. The blooming and fading of flowers is a natural scene, but it reminded her of the joys and sorrows of life, as well as the impermanence of gatherings and separations. She sighs for the falling flowers, takes Baoyu as her confidant, reads "The Romance of the West Chamber" together, and places all her hopes in life on Baoyu. She loves Baoyu deeply, but finds it difficult to get her wish. As a result, she felt sorry for herself because she tried to fight for her position but failed many times, and cried secretly in a place where no one was around.
Her inner world seems elusive, but she often reveals it to the outside. If Baoyu "offended" her, she would be angry, burst into tears, and even fall ill because of him. On the surface, she looked like this, but in her heart, she still missed him and made an excuse to go see him. When Baoyu became ill, she was sad and cried for him. However, due to the constraints of feudal ethics and ethics, she was not allowed to express her feelings and had no choice but to do so. Eventually, she died of depression on the day Baochai left the cabinet, unable to fulfill her wish.
Cao Xueqin deeply loves Lin Daiyu in his novel, everything about her, her smiles and tears, her joy and sorrow. It is precisely because of this deep-rooted love that he performed the infatuation between Daiyu and Baoyu so beautifully and penetratingly that he created for the world a dazzling character with "a heart that is more sophisticated than the body" and an anti-feudal etiquette. image.
3. Wang Xifeng
There is another unique character in Rong Mansion, she is Wang Xifeng. Everyone knows Wang Xifeng's insidious nature. As the "general manager" of Rong Mansion, she wields power and is duplicitous. She used poisonous tricks to kill Jia Rui, and also conspired to force Sanjie You to death. She had a mean and mean nature, which ended up harming the whole family. She has a fierce personality, and this is clearly pointed out in every part of the article. For example, on her birthday, she fought desperately with the slut and asked the old lady for help, which is enough to show. But after all, she is very capable, and she has the final say in all matters in the Rong Mansion. She is also good at catering to Jia Mu, and is deeply favored by the old lady. And he was jealous because of it.
4. Tanchun
Jia Tanchun, the daughter of Jia Zheng - she does not have the slenderness and compassion of Daiyu, the cleverness and cleverness of Baochai, and the liveliness and cheerfulness of Xiangyun. But he has outstanding talents, extraordinary wisdom, profound insights, and far-sighted vision. These are brilliantly displayed in the fifth and sixth chapters of "Discovering the pros and cons of spring and eliminating old disadvantages, and the virtuous treasures, hairpins, and small benefits are all in general". .
Wang Xifeng was bedridden due to illness, so Tanchun, Baochai, Li Zhi and others took charge of the housework. During this period, Tanchun checked the accounts of the family and found that the monthly money and payment to each house were The compradors were overlapping, so they came up with a way to have both ends, and discussed with Baochai and others. "In the new year, I went to Lai's family and chatted with the girls there. Only then did I find out that the bamboo shoots, vegetables, fish and shrimp they ate were worth a year." Someone paid for it, and I had two hundred taels of silver at the end of the year. From that day on, I realized that a broken lotus leaf and a broken grass root were all valuable. "The issue of overlapping monthly payments has long been a disadvantage in the Jia family, but it has long been a problem for the Jia family. None of the girls in the garden could point out one thing, but Tanchun got inspiration from the Lai family, compared it with her own situation, and finally came up with a good solution. Wouldn't it be enough to show her ability and dexterity in doing things? In current terms, it is the quality of analyzing and comprehensively solving problems. Who blames Baochai for saying, "It's true! Even though you are rich, you don't know these things." Then Baochai said jokingly, "You have only been doing this for two days and you are so greedy that you have made Zhu Zi a fool. You When I went out again, I saw so many pros and cons, and even Confucius was more and more disappointed." Tanchun heard this, but replied seriously, "You are such a wise man, but you didn't see Ji Zi's book. That day Ji Zi said: 'Denglilu's place. , Those who are in the realm of luck, etc., have the words of Yao and Shun, and recite the teachings of Confucius and Mencius..." Such incisive words could not be said by an ordinary daughter, she must have political vision!
Tan Chun in the fifty-sixth chapter shows her outstanding talents with her decisiveness and ability in dealing with things, while Baochai's playful words lead to her political remarks, which is really memorable Infinite, amazing!
5. Xue Baochai
Flying butterflies circle the courtyard, fluttering several times in the warm east wind. The shadow of the fan shakes the jade wrist, and the powder traces slantly wet the fragrant cheeks. How can I hide and catch them just for fun in games? It's strange that they have been whispering in the pavilion for a long time, and they suddenly opened the window to prevent anyone from opening it. Xue Baochai plays an important role in "A Dream of Red Mansions". She is the guardian of various feudal rituals and suffers from them herself. She has a good relationship with people at home and is loved by the audience. Her character includes Wang Xifeng's tact, Lin Daiyu's caution, and her feudal-bound thoughts that are completely opposite to Jia Baoyu. For example, in every forty-eight chapters, Aunt Xue said: "... Ying'er is alone and is not enough to serve you, so don't buy a girl to serve you." Baochai said: "I don't know the details of the purchase. If I am mistaken, I will spend money." No matter how small it is, there is no need to be naughty. I slowly asked around and found out that someone who knew the origin would just buy one and return it. 〃This shows her carefulness in handling things. Another example is Xiang Ling who said to Baochai: "I originally wanted to tell my wife that when I leave, I will go with the girl to accompany you. I also thought that my wife might be too worried and say that I am greedy for playing in the garden. Who would have known that you Baochai said with a smile: "I know that you are envious of this garden. It's not just a day or two, but you don't have time..., so I will take advantage of the opportunity to keep you company for more than one year." Yes, it also suits your heart. 〃This shows that Baochai understands the hearts of his family members and is tactful. In short, Xue Baochai was a man deeply bound by feudalism.
6. Grandma Liu
There are more than 400 characters appearing in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and all of them are lifelike. Even the minor characters who have not been written much are also written as if they were seen. People, like hearing its voice. Let’s take Grandma Liu as an example.
Grandma Liu, who was born in the countryside, came to Jia’s house. Sister Feng directed a farce. When eating at Jia Mu’s place, the maid only picked up a pigeon egg and put it in Grandma Liu’s place. Grandma Liu said shamelessly : "Old cow, old cow, eats as much as a cow." At this time, Lao Liu's straightforward and straightforward farmer character was vividly displayed. Then Grandma Liu said: "Eggs are handsome and small", indicating that she has little knowledge and only knows how to eat.
Later, when the pigeon eggs rolled to the ground, Grandma Liu hurried to pick them up. The image of the hard-working, thrifty and poor farmer's family vividly appeared on the paper, forming a sharp contrast with the noble and generous Jia family, reflecting the huge gap between the feudal bureaucrats and the poor people. It satirized the feudal society at that time. In the end, she made a couplet with the girls, using vulgar language, which showed that she had little education, which made everyone laugh.
In short, the feudal, poor, and ridiculous image of Grandma Liu is fully reflected through the author's pen and ink.
7. Qingwen
Qingwen is another rebel in the Jia family who established ethics. His natural rebelliousness, straightforwardness, willfulness and unscrupulous words present another distinct character image to readers.
Qingwen was not humble because Baoyu was her master and tolerated his unreasonable curses, but argued with reason. Example: "I usually don't feel bad if I break many treasures, but today a fan caused such a big problem." "Today I just use a fan like this." "Why bother to come? If you don't like us, just send us away and then adjust the envoys." "I'm an idiot, why should I eat fruit with you? What if I smash the plate, even worse!" All I could see was her defiant spirit. And Xiren's kind-hearted persuasion was refuted by her sarcastically, which shows her straightforwardness. And she used to tear apart fans for fun, regardless of other people's opinions, just enjoying herself, and he would not care about any comments she would make afterwards or the impact she would have. There are also a few sentences: "I don't dare to mess with you", "Since you say so, just take the fan and I will tear it apart" etc. All these harsh words clearly demonstrated her willfulness and rebellious spirit of going her own way!
It is also this series of language that makes Qingwen's distinctive character image vividly appear on the page.
8. Ping'er
To say that the most beautiful maid in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is Ping'er. Since she was taken in as a second wife by Jia Lian, her status is different from the She is just another ordinary maid, but the fact that she comes from a humble background will never be erased in her life, which also determines that Ping'er's status in the Grand View Garden will not be too high.
Ping'er is talented and intelligent, but the master-servant relationship with Wang Xifeng seems a bit "little compared to the big witch". However, Ping'er has helped Sister Feng a lot in handling daily affairs, so It is said that Wang Xifeng is very kind to Ping'er.
However, although she is very popular with Wang Xifeng and drinks spicy food, there are also some disadvantages. For example, Ping'er actually fell in love with Jia Lian when she went there, but with Wang Xifeng around, she did not dare to reveal it too much, and because Sister Feng's long marriage and infertility made her even more careful about Jia Lian, preventing him from getting too close to other women. Of course, none of this can be seen from the surface. So sometimes Jia Lian and He'er took advantage of Wang Xifeng's absence to secretly make out, but Sister Feng found out and made fun of her.
But Ping'er is still relatively kind-hearted. When Jia Lian was flirting with women outside and hooked up with Second Sister You, Wang Xifeng pretended to go to take Second Sister You back, but secretly made trouble and made Second Sister You miserable. The elder sister's already-formed fetus was aborted, and the second elder sister couldn't bear the shame and hanged herself. During this period, the only person in Jia's family who was kind to her was Ping'er. The two hundred taels of silver given to Jia Lian were handed over to Jia Lian. This shows that Ping'er is very kind-hearted. Who could not be tempted by such a cute girl?
Ping'er became a nun after the decline of the Jia family. She escaped into Buddhism all her life and has no connection with the world. Alas, Ping Di'er, pitiful, sad and deplorable. It's Ping'er!