Jia is real, the golden horse in the hall.
Epang Palace, 300 Li, can't live in Jinling Yishi.
The East China Sea is short of white jade beds, and the Dragon King invited King Jinling.
In good years and heavy snow, pearls are as gold as iron.
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1, "Jia is not fake, it is Golden Horse." This sentence refers to the Jia Baoyu family.
To tell the truth about the Jia family, other people's yards are all carved with sapphire, the halls are all made of gorgeous jade, and even the decorated horses are made of gold.
Personally, I think this sentence implies that the Jia family had a very important position in the political circles at that time. You see, White Jade Golden Horse should refer to the dignitaries at that time, as well as some prestigious literati. In today's words, they are decent people in the literary and art circles. Ha ha. That's interesting.
2. "Epang Palace, three hundred miles, can't live a history of Jinling." Shi Xiangyun's family is also Jia Baoyu's grandmother and Mrs. Shi's maiden.
The Epang Palace, built by the King of Qin, stretches for more than 300 miles, resplendent and magnificent, covering the sky. Even such a palace is not as good as a historian in Jinling.
Historians are actually compared with Epang Palace in this poem. Personally, I feel that this seems to imply that historians had a considerable power position in the imperial palace at that time. This has a lot to do with Baoyu's own sister who was later promoted to imperial concubine. Hehe, I didn't read any related books, and I totally relied on my own feelings and speculations.
3. "The East China Sea is short of white jade beds, and the Dragon King came to invite King Jinling." This refers to Wang Xifeng's maiden, that is, Jia Baoyu's grandmother's home.
The Dragon King of the East China Sea (who loves to collect treasures very much and has high taste, can be seen from the dinghai needle plundered by the Monkey King. ) His old man's house has never found a white jade bed that he is satisfied with, so he just wants to trouble the Wangs in Jinling. (It can be seen that the Wangs are not only rich, but also have serious family power! Even the king at the bottom of the sea asked him. Hehe)
4. "When the weather is favorable, it snows heavily, and pearls are as gold as iron." Snow and Xue are homophonic. In the Twelve Policemen, "Jin Chai buried the snow" was what happened to Xue Baochai. This sentence refers to the Xue family, that is, Jia Baoyu's in-law family.
People always say that snow will bring a good harvest. In fact, I think this sentence implies that the Xue family's business is very powerful. For example, the pawnshop business is so hot that Baochai has the right to keep it and return it to others when they pawn something. The business of high-end luxury goods is booming, and Baochai generously promises to be responsible for Daiyu's bird's nest porridge every day. So for the Xue family, pearls are as common as sand, and gold is not a precious metal.
These are four families, and you can see that almost all walks of life occupied all of them at that time.