In the fifth episode of "Dream of Red Mansions", at the warm invitation of You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Jia Mu and others took Baoyu to Ningfu to admire plum blossoms. At noon, Baoyu looked a little tired, and Jia's mother immediately instructed her mother-in-law to take him to sleep. Qin Keqing, as the owner of the house, is a very enthusiastic and considerate woman every day, she prepared a room for Baoyu early, and immediately came out to take him over.
It's often said that plans don't always keep up with actual changes. Qin Keqing carefully prepared the room for Baoyu, and when Baoyu walked in, the first thing that caught his eye was the "Burning Quinoa Map" that persuaded him to study. And a couplet next to it, which reads "The world is knowledgeable, and the practice of human feelings is the article", so that Baoyu no longer cares about the decoration and ornate layout of the room, he just wants to leave as soon as possible. Over time, we have gained a deeper understanding of Baoyu. Qin Keqing took Baoyu to his bedroom. In this richly decorated and intoxicating bedroom, Baoyu quickly enters a dreamlike world, where he develops a deep bond with a woman named Kanami, and this is the first time Baoyu has experienced such a dream.
People often say that Huangliang is a dream, Baoyu lingered with the woman in the dream for a long time, and it was only a few minutes to wake up, because Qin Keqing had just finished telling the girl to watch the cats and dogs fight, and Baoyu was awakened by the Yaksha in the dream. When he saw the assailant lying on the pillow in his dream, he told her to get up and get her dressed and change. The attacker was the first to rush to help Baoyu sort out his clothes, but unexpectedly touched a wet spot next to Baoyu's thigh. The attacker asked what happened, Baoyu didn't dare to speak, and gently twisted the attacker's hand, and the two had a tacit understanding in their hearts, and they didn't say it explicitly. However, when they returned to Jia's mother's place, the raiders quickly changed Baoyu's clothes while everyone was not present, and revisited the past. Baoyu told the attacker without reservation and invited him to try it together, and the two began their first attempt.
Regarding the first attempt to attack people and Baoyu, the most controversial issue among readers has been "whether the attacker is an act of transgression", and this controversy has been going on for more than 200 years without reaching a consensus. To this day, there are still articles in various newspapers and periodicals about the controversy over whether the assault is more than etiquette, and some scholars even believe that the assault is more polite. However, apart from the question of whether or not to attack people and transgress courtesy, few people will pay attention to whether Baoyu and the first attempt to attack people are logical?
Based on the data provided in the article, we were able to calculate Baoyu's actual age in the initial examination.
In the second episode, when Leng Zixing gave a speech at the Rongguo Mansion, he mentioned Baoyu and called it as:
He is now seven or eight years old, and although he is very mischievous, he is unique in terms of intelligence and obedience.
Does the "seven or eight years old" mentioned here mean that Baoyu has grown by seven or eight years on the basis of his original age, or is Baoyu's actual age seven or eight years old? There is a question of how to judge. We all know that Baoyu is a year older than Daiyu, and at this particular moment, Daiyu's age can be confirmed.
In this episode, when the article describes the Lin family, it mentions:
Today, the only main room is Jia, who gave birth to a daughter named Daiyu, who is only five years old.
When Daiyu was only five years old, Lin Ruhai found Xibinjiayu Village for her. It is a pity that Daiyu lost her mother in a short period of time, which is described in the article:
Time flies, another year has passed in a blink of an eye, but I didn't expect the schoolgirl's mother, Mrs. Jia, to pass away suddenly.
It was when Daiyu was only six years old that her mother tragically died. After her father's death, she lived with her mother. Although Lin Ruhai did not dismiss her mentor Jia Yucun while fulfilling her filial piety. Therefore, when Daiyu's old illness flinched, Jia Yucun felt extremely bored and walked alone. In a hotel, she met her old friend Leng Zixing, and the two began a pleasant conversation.
Therefore, when Leng Zixing gave a speech at the Rongguo Mansion, Daiyu was only six years old and Baoyu was only seven years old. At the same time, he also mentioned a person's age, that is Jia Rong, this is his name:
The man, named Zhenye, unexpectedly gave birth to a 16-year-old boy named Jia Rong.
Therefore, we can learn about the fact that Jia Rong is nine years older than Baoyu.
It was in the winter of Baoyu's debut that Jia Rong made her debut, and through Grandma Liu's gaze, we were able to get a glimpse of Jia Rong's true appearance:
A boy of seventeen or eighteen years of age entered, with a delicate countenance, beautiful eyes, a light fur and a belt, and a magnificent crown on his head.
There is an opinion that if you take Grandma Liu, a rural woman who sees rural men on a daily basis, as a reference, she is likely to underestimate Jia Rong's ability. Isn't that just a joke? In fact, this statement is not groundless, but in the thirteenth episode, after Qin Keqing's death, Jia Zhen donated an official position to Jia Rong and recorded it on her resume:
Jia Rong is a prisoner in Jiangning County, Jiangning Prefecture, Jiangnan, and is only 20 years old.
So, from Baoyu's first attempt to Qin Keqing's death, how long did this time span?
Baoyu's first attempt was in the winter of plum blossom viewing, and when Qin Keqing fell ill, it was already after the Mid-Autumn Festival of the following year (You Shi mentioned that he had played with the old lady for a lot of nights in the Mid-Autumn Festival last month). Then, on Jia Jing's birthday, Sister Feng met Jia Rui. That year was the winter solstice, and after Sister Feng came back from Qin Keqing to visit Jia Rui, Jia Rui began to look for Sister Feng (in the eleventh episode, Qin Keqing cried to Sister Feng and said: "I know it in spring, and now that the winter solstice has passed, what the situation is, or if it is good, it is unknown"). It was during this cold winter that Sister Feng teased Jia Rui and caused him to get sick. After Jia Rui's death, he mentioned in the article: "Who would have thought that at the end of that winter, Lin Ruhai sent a letter, intending to take Daiyu home ......"After Daiyu left Jiafu, Qin Keqing also passed away.
Therefore, from Baoyu's first attempt to Qin Keqing's death, there was a gap of two years.
Therefore, we can be sure that Jia Rong was only eighteen years old when Baoyu first tried, which is why Baoyu was only nine years old.
Therefore, the core of the problem is that Baoyu is only nine years old, he is not yet fully mature, how can he make his first attempt? This is also why there are so many "precocious" plots in "Dream of Red Mansions". Therefore, did the author neglect the basic physiological knowledge because he wanted to show the precocious maturity of the protagonist in the writing process? I don't think the author would have written like that. Smile lightly!