Judgment: It's a pity to stop working, but it's a pity to praise talents.
The jade belt hangs in the forest and is buried in the snow.
Notes on works:
"Stop Virtue" refers to the story that the wife of Leyangzi in the Warring States Period of Yan stopped knitting to persuade her husband to seek fame and virtue. A woman who meets the feudal moral standards is called "Shutdown Virtue", which is to praise Baochai.
"Poetic genius" refers to a woman's talent for poetry. Later generations praised a woman who was good at poetry writing as a "poet", meaning that Daiyu should be pitied.
"Jade belt hanging in the forest" refers to "Lin Daiyu" in turn. It is a reflection of Daiyu's neglected talent and tragic fate that a feudal bureaucrat's good belt is reduced to a hanging tree.
"Golden hairpin buried in the snow" means that Xue Baochai, like the golden hairpin in the picture, is buried in the snow, suggesting that Xue Baochai is bound to be left out in the cold.
Wang Xifeng
Every bird comes from the last days,
Everyone knows how to love this life.
One from two orders to three people,
It's even sadder to cry to Jinling.
Notes on works:
"Fanniao comes to the end of life" refers to the misfortune that a capable woman like Xifeng was born in the end of life. "Rice bird" is the word "phoenix" in traditional Chinese characters, which also means Wang Xifeng. The word "Fanniao" separated from the word "Phoenix" is a metaphor for mediocrity, and it is naturally ironic to point out "Phoenix" by borrowing Lu An's allusion to happiness. The "second order" is interpreted as "cold", which means that her husband is gradually cold and begins to give orders to her; "Three-person wood" refers to her fate of being finally abandoned. "Crying till Jinling is sadder" is a sad portrayal of her crying back to her family after being abandoned. In the feudal society at that time, being abandoned was very tragic.
Shi Xiangyun
What about wealth?
Parental disobedience in infancy.
Eyes wide open,
Xiangjiang River died in Chu Yunfei.
Notes on works:
"How can wealth be a baby?" Xiangyun was born in a wealthy family in feudal Houmen. The so-called "Epang Palace, 300 Li, Jinling can never live" refers to her home. But how is that possible? Xiangyun's parents died "in infancy". Although no one cares about wealth, she grew up tepid.
The third sentence of "The beautiful eyes hang on the sunset, and the Xiangjiang River died of Chu Yunfei" is that in a blink of an eye, Xiangyun is the only one who is sad about the sunset alone. "Xiang Jiang Died in Chu Yun Fei" points out the word "Xiangyun". Xiangjiang River is located in Hunan, belonging to the ancient Chu State, so it is called Chu Yun. The death of Xiangjiang River and the dispersion of Chu mean the decline of historians and the short life of Xiangyun couple.
Jia Yuanchun
For twenty years, judging right from wrong,
When the willows bloom, look after the officials.
Three spring fights early spring scenery,
The tiger and the rabbit met and dreamed of home.
Notes on works:
The first sentence "Distinguishing right from wrong in the past 20 years" describes that Yuan Chun has lived in the palace for more than 20 years and gained a new understanding of the joys and sorrows of the world. He felt that he was really "where people can't see" and "not interesting at all". The second sentence "Where Pomegranate Flowers Bloom" describes Yuan Chun from the history of women to the history of Fengzao Palace, until he was virtuous and noble, and he was radiant for a while, like a pomegranate flower in full bloom.
In the third sentence, "Three Spring Strives for Early Spring" refers to Yuan Chun's three sisters, Ying Chun, Tan Chun and Xi Chun. "Strive for early spring scenery" refers to Yuan Chun, which means that welcoming the spring, exploring the spring and cherishing the spring are not as rich as Yuan Chun.
The last sentence "in the dream of tiger and rabbit meeting" and "tiger and rabbit meeting" refers to the alternation of the year of the tiger and the year of the rabbit. The month of Yuan Chun's death1February is both the end of the Year of the Tiger and the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. Therefore, "the tiger meets the rabbit" and the rabbit is eaten by the tiger, which is the inevitable result of Yuan Chun entering the palace as a concubine. Here, the author directly points the criticism at the imperial power that most people think is "sacred and inviolable"!
jia yingchun
Sun Yat-sen Wolf,
Success is madness.
Golden boudoir flower willow quality,
A batch of goods goes to Huang Liang.
Notes on works:
The word "Zi" in the first sentence "Zi is a Zhongshan Wolf" combines the traditional Chinese character "Sun" and refers to Yingchun's husband. "Zhongshan Wolf" uses the allusions in "The Story of Zhongshan Wolf" to describe a cruel and ungrateful person. This is a metaphor for Sun Shaozu, Yingchun's husband.
"If you succeed, you will be crazy" and then do evil. Once, when Sun Shaozu was in trouble at home, he knelt outside the house and begged. Later, Sun Shaozu attacked an official in Beijing, and became a "nouveau riche". After the downfall of the Jia family, they forced debts and trampled on the Spring Festival.
Jia Tanchun
He was born in the end of the world, aiming high.
Qingming Riverside Map, Dongfeng Dream!
Notes on works:
Tanchun is the third young lady of Jia's family and the daughter of Jia Zheng's aunt Zhao. "She is smart and ambitious" means that she is ambitious, smart and alert, and is not blinded by wealth. "Born in the last days" means that she was born in the last days of the decline of feudal society, which is also the misfortune that "talent" and "ambition" can not be fully developed.
"The riverside scene on Qingming Festival, a thousand miles away from the east wind and a distant dream" means that Tanchun will marry to the frontier, just like a kite with a broken line gone forever, and she will go by boat when she gets married. The word "Qingming" in the sentence points out that she will marry in a different place in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and "hide her face and cry" by the river on the boat, like a woman in a comprehensive painting, bidding farewell to her parents and family, and only reuniting with her family in her sleep.
jia xichun
It can be seen that the spring scenery is not long, and the clothes have been replaced with the makeup of the year before.
Poor embroidered maid, lying alone beside the ancient Buddha in Deng Qing.
Notes on works:
The first sentence of the judgment, "Three spring scenes don't last long", is a pun. Literally refers to late spring, that is, late spring, but actually refers to the experiences of three sisters, namely Yuan Chun, Yingchun and Tanchun. In the second sentence, "Yidun changed her makeup the year before last", Yiyi refers to the black clothes worn by nuns. Four sentences "poor embroidered mother, lying alone beside the ancient Buddha", especially pointed out that Miss Jia Xichun finally became a nun, no longer the daughter of the government, and lived a life of "naked and begging for food".
Xi Chun, who wrote this judgment, foresaw from the misfortunes of his three sisters that he would not have a good result in the future and decided to become a monk. However, this road to escape from reality is bleak and lonely, or it won't work. The sympathy and regret revealed in the poem clearly reflect the author's ambivalence.
qin ke qing
Love the sky boundless, love the fantasy deep,
When love meets, it will dominate prostitution.
Nonsense, you will be honored.
Making trouble is a good start.
Notes on works:
The first sentence of the judgment "Boundless love, love with fantasy" and "Boundless love, love with fantasy" refer to the deep and wide love between men and women. "Fantasy" is illusory and absurd. This sentence exposed the unfair relationship between Jia Rong's father Jia Zhen and his daughter-in-law Qin Keqing.
The last two sentences point out that "all sons who talk nonsense are honored, and the disaster is really peaceful at the beginning", and the disaster is caused by the people of Ningguo at the beginning. Ke Qing was also forced to commit adultery by Jia Zhen and committed suicide.
Liwan
After the spring breeze of peaches and plums bears fruit,
Who is like a pot of orchids?
Like ice water, I am jealous,
Playing a joke on others for nothing.
Notes on works:
The first sentence says, "peaches and plums bear fruit in the spring breeze." "Li" and "Wan" here imply Li Wan's name. Li Wan's youth, like peach blossoms and plum blossoms in the spring breeze, withers when it bears fruit. The second sentence "Who is like a pot of orchids" refers to both Jia Lan and the picture. Among the last descendants of the Jia family, no one can compare with Jia Lan in The Promise, which is as clean and beautiful as ice water in the eyes of feudal rulers. "Empty envy" means that although Jia Lan won the prize and Li Wan won the reputation of "chastity", it can't save the decline of the Jia family, but it can only be envied in vain. The fourth sentence "playing a joke on others in vain" is to treat others as jokes for nothing to talk about the "three obedience and four virtues" pursued by Li Wan all his life, which is a kind of feudalism.
Miaoyu
To be clean is not necessarily empty.
Poor Xiaoyu finally got stuck in the mud.
Notes on works:
This is Miaoyu's judgment. Although Miaoyu entered an empty net, she fell in love with Baoyu and was finally robbed. Maybe this is Buddhism's punishment for her.
Jia
If you are defeated, you will not be able to talk about your relatives.
I happened to meet a benefactor because I helped a village woman.
Notes on works:
The first sentence "Don't worry about your wealth" means that power has declined, so don't mention the wealth of the past. The second sentence, "Don't talk about relatives when your family dies", means don't talk about close relatives when your family business is dying.
In the third sentence, "occasionally helping a village woman" means that Qiaojie's mother, Wang Xifeng, once "helped" Granny Liu. In the fourth sentence, "Qiaojie meets her benefactor by chance" is a semantic pun, indicating that Qiaojie's benefactor refers to Granny Liu. Qiaojie was abducted by her uncle Wang Ren, whose homonym is "Forgetting Benevolence", but fortunately she was taken away by Granny Liu before she escaped from the jaws of death.
This judgment exposed the hypocritical relationship between people within the feudal rulers. When the situation is defeated, it will be swindled and the flesh and blood will be ruined; This is a naked power transaction. Qiaojie's experience is sympathetic. She came to the countryside, grew up in a farmhouse and became a village girl. Comparatively speaking, she is much luckier than her aunts.
Summary:
The final decision of Twelve Women in Jinling is a description of the unfortunate woman in A Dream of Red Mansions.
In every judgment, the obscure poetic context hints at their fate in advance-under the bondage and destruction of feudal ethics, "beauty must die first and then decline", which takes care of the theme of "a hole full of red flowers (crying) and a cup full of sadness" in A Dream of Red Mansions, and also reflects the sadness of women in China for thousands of years.