Everyone said that Lin Daiyu in "Dream of Red Mansions" was sad, pitiful, and lamentable, and died at a young age. But in my opinion, Lin Daiyu is a rare consummate person among the twelve hairpins in Jinling.
Among the twelve hairpins, Qin Keqing hanged himself;Jia Yuanchun Gong fought and died;Wang Xifeng died without a place to be buried;Sister Qiao was sold and ended up in the countryside;Yingchun was abused and died;Tan Chun married overseas;Cherish the spring and become a monk;Li Kun was widowed;Miaoyu was taken captive by robbers;Xiangyun became a prostitute;The Baochai family is also widowed in defeat.
Lin Daiyu is the only daughter in the family, and the family has status and money, in that era of strict feudal hierarchy and etiquette, Daiyu is proficient in chess, calligraphy, painting, and housekeeping, which shows that she is well trained. She has been frail since she was a child, and she has been taking pills constantly, if it weren't for how a wealthy family could afford it. After her mother's death, she was taken to her grandmother's house, loved by her grandmother, accompanied by her brothers and sisters, although she was suspected of being under the fence, but she had her own assets and was not bound, compared to other sisters, it was already very good.
Although Lin Daiyu died early, one died when Jia Baoyu had the deepest feelings for her, Jia Baoyu is a romantic person, and she may not always love Daiyu for a long time, but Daiyu died when she loved it the most, that is eternal missing!
Moreover, when Lin Daiyu died, Jia's mansion was still able to support, Jia's mother was still there, all of Daiyu's treatment was good, and the amount of food and clothing was not reduced
In the end, after Jiafu was raided, everyone in the mansion was taken to prison, tortured and humiliated, and finally not died and was thrown away by a roll of broken straw mats, such as Wang Xifeng;is to be sold, such as Xue Baochai.
Daiyu once wrote that "the essence is clean and clean, better than dirty ditches", and finally sought benevolence, died in the beloved favorite season, did not suffer humiliation, and after death, Jia Lian sent the spirit back to his hometown to be buried beside his parents, which is a very happy ending in the dream of Red Mansions!
For Lin Daiyu, we should combine the social environment at that time, rather than look at it with our current living standards. In that era of Zhu Lixue, he was able to be favored by his parents, worry-free about food and clothing, rich in the spiritual world, and although his life was short, he was not tortured, otherwise he would not indulge in his love affair with Baoyu!
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