The sentence "The tiger and the wolf are in the rank, but they still talk about cause and effect" comes from the 73rd time in A Dream of Red Mansions.
Grandmother Jia heard that there were people playing cards and gambling in the Grand View Garden at night, and the servants on duty failed to inspect the garden, which caused thieves to steal over the wall. Grandmother Jia was very angry, and she investigated who were the first people to gather gambling, including Yingchun's wet nurse. Grandmother Jia ordered: "Everyone has forty boards. If you drive them out, you are not allowed to enter again."
Daiyu, Baochai, Tanchun and others begged the Lady Dowager, but the Lady Dowager flatly refused: "You don't know. About these tits, one by one, are more respectable than others, and they make trouble, which is even worse than others. They specialize in persuading their masters to protect their shortcomings ... Don't worry about it, I have my own reasons. "
Mrs. Xing accused Yingchun of being too weak and letting her mother's behavior drift. However, Yingchun still has one thing on her mind that she hasn't told anyone, that is, her wet nurse stole her pearl-saving and tired golden phoenix as pledge gambling. The daughter-in-law of Yingchun's nurse asked Yingchun to intercede with the grandmother, exempting her mother-in-law from punishment, and also offered the condition that if Yingchun would intercede, she would redeem the "pearl-saving golden phoenix".
knowing that it was useless to plead with the old lady, Yingchun simply gave up "saving pearls and tiring her golden phoenix" and took a copy of "The Induction on the Tai Shang" to read. Tanchun asked Pinger to tell Xi-feng that Ying-chun's wet nurse had stolen "pearls and tired golden phoenix" and let Xi-feng handle it. She asked Ying-chun if this was all right.
Yingchun smiled and said, "Ask me, and there's nothing I can do. I can't beg for their fault, and I won't be harsh. As for the things taken privately, I will accept them if they are sent, and I will not take them if they are not sent. If the ladies want to ask, I can hide the past. It is his nature. If I can't hide it, I can't help it. Without a reason to bully the ladies for them, I have to say it directly.
If you call me a good girl and have no decision, but you have a good idea that can be comprehensive and not make the ladies angry, I will never know. "
everyone laughed. Daiyu said with a smile, "It's really' the tiger and the wolf are stuck in the rank, but we still talk about cause and effect'. If the second sister is a man, if there are many people in this family, how can we punish them? " Yingchun smiled and said, "Exactly. How many men are still like this, let alone me? "
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Creation background
A Dream of Red Mansions was born at the end of the feudal society in China in the 18th century. At that time, the Qing government closed its doors to the outside world, and the whole country was immersed in the dream of the prosperity of Kanggan and China. On the surface, this period seems peaceful, but various social contradictions in the bones are intensifying and the whole dynasty has reached a turning point of prosperity and decline.
at the height of Cao's family, he took four wide trips to pick up drivers. Born and raised in Nanjing, Cao Xueqin experienced a rich and prosperous aristocratic life in his youth. However, the family gradually declined. In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), Cao Xueqin's family moved back to Beijing. A Dream of Red Mansions was written by Cao Xueqin in poverty after he went bankrupt. The creation time is from the early years of Qianlong to about thirty years of Qianlong.
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