The secret discovered by Jia Yuanchun in the Dream of Red Mansions The truth about being given death by the emperor
In Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Yuanchun discovered what unknown secrets led to his assassination by the emperor?
Walking in the glorious history of Chinese literature, we can't help but admire Cao Xueqin's long ** "Dream of Red Mansions", which is a famous work known for its rich plot, profound character portrayal, and profound ideological connotation.
Cao Xueqin used very little space to describe Jia Yuanchun, the head of the four sources of Jiafu, but sketched a fragment of infinite reverie in the reader's mind.
Jia Yuanchun was once a well-known diligent daughter-in-law, and it is said that she also had a high honor. But a shocking secret changes his fate, which eventually leads to his murder by the emperor.
What does he know?
In "Dream of Red Mansions", Jia Yuanchun's fate is the essence of tragedy. As the daughter of the family, she should have lived a comfortable life and enjoyed the glory and wealth of the family. However, the situation of the Jia family gradually deteriorated, and Jia Yuanchun became a victim of the family's decline.
Jia Yuanchun has had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, and he could have lived a stable life. But when Jiafu's family fell into the middle, she became a lifesaver for Jiafu, was sent to the palace, and became a chess piece in the political chess game. What a hopeless game of fate for an indifferent and reserved nobleman.
After entering the palace, Jia Yuanchun realized that her every move had to be monitored by others, and her fate began to lose its independence. She could have lived a peaceful life as a minister in Fengzao Palace, but the tragedy made her experience even greater changes. She was canonized as the emperor's concubine, which was supposed to be a beautiful stepping stone, but it became a turning point in her fate.
The people of Jiafu rejoiced, but they didn't know the political conspiracy behind it. The emperor's plan set Jiafu on a path of irreversible destruction. When everyone in Jiafu learned of Jia Yuanchun's title, they were overjoyed, but they didn't know the deep meaning. Jiafu is already a treasure and a ruined figure, but this honor is a dream that hastened its demise.
During this period, the people in Jia's mansion did not understand Jia Yuanchun's situation in the palace, nor did they think about her situation. They were only indifferent to the queen's honorific title, but they ignored the true situation of the Jia family. This ignorance put Jia Yuanchun in a desperate situation in the palace.
Jia Yuanchun lived a glamorous life as a concubine on the surface, but in fact he became a tool for the emperor to oppress the Jia family. Her tragedy occurred at Qin Keqing's funeral, when some princes expressed their dissatisfaction with the emperor and tried to unite the four kings and eight families against the emperor's autocracy. Among them, the Jia family fell into a political whirlpool.
In order to secure his own power, the emperor decided to let the unfavored Yuan Chun ascend the throne as a concubine to appease the Jia family. This is just a superficial appeasement, but in fact, it is to give the emperor more opportunities to better control the Jia family. Yuan Chun is prosperous on the surface, but in fact he suspects that his fate is in jeopardy.
In the Hall of Eternal Life in the Grand View Garden, the emperor expressed his closeness to the Emperor through the Jia family, and this contradictory behavior made the emperor very unhappy. Jia Yuanchun is deeply caught in the contradictions of the power struggle and is under tremendous pressure. The Emperor Taishang was suspicious of him, and soon ordered him to be killed, plunging the entire Jia family into irreparable disaster.
Yuan Chun entered the palace, and the seemingly endless scenery was actually the beginning of the final blow to the fate of Jiafu.
In the eyes of outsiders, the country house is a rare gem, but the people of Jiafu are immersed in their own fantasies, completely unaware of the impending tragedy. They were immersed in the ecstasy of building villas and grand view gardens, which made the Jia family's financial resources empty and made the already empty family even worse.
In particular, the extraordinary luxury of the Grand View Garden was the last fuse that led to the fall of Jiafu. When describing Yuan Chun's situation, his crying is a weak metaphor for his miserable life in the palace. Returning home was supposed to be a happy event, but his tears revealed the bitterness in his heart.
Although Yuan Chun reminded Jiafu many times during his provincial proximity and made them aware of the crisis that Jiafu was in, Jiafu was already weakened and exhausted at this time. The Jia family didn't pay attention to Yuan Chun's reminder, and they didn't understand the deep meaning. This meeting was the last meeting between Yuan Chun and the Jia family. Shortly after returning to the palace, Yuan Chun died. After Yuan Chun's death, Jiafu was implicated in various ways, exiled to the countryside, and finally destroyed.
Cao Xueqin"The soul is gone"'s poems describe Jia Yuanchun's deep and cruel fate, which seems to foreshadow Jia Yuanchun's painful death.
The poem is full of deep sadness and seems to reveal the difficult process of Jia Yuanchun's life. As for the cause of his death, there are also many possibilities, whether he hanged himself with a three-foot white silk or drowned, all of which are reminiscent of a gloomy and unpleasant scene.
Jia Yuanchun, one of the thirteen hairpins of Jinling, was portrayed as a miserable, unfortunate, and sinking female image in "Dream of Red Mansions". She has struggled in the maelstrom of politics all her life, and many things seem powerless to her. Although she is the daughter of a large family, she cannot get rid of the confines of feudal society and political strife.
All this shows the helplessness and misery of women in feudal society. Jia Yuanchun's life is full of tribulations, and she seems to be carrying the weight of time deeply. Her tragic fate is not only a personal grief, but also a metaphor for the entire feudal social system, revealing the injustice and cruelty of the feudal social system.
As the eldest daughter, Jia Yuanchun could have lived a comfortable life, but her family's downfall made her a tool for political struggle. Her departure from the palace and provincial relatives eventually became the fuse for the destruction of the Jia family, which shows the fragility and powerlessness of women in the power struggle.
In Dream of the Red Chamber, women's fate is largely determined by their origins, families, and political power, and they often have no choice, and their lives are like floating dragonflies, unable to find a stable place to survive. This sad sense of fate profoundly reflects the limitations and hardships of women in feudal society.
When later generations read ** "Dream of Red Mansions", they couldn't help but feel the helplessness and misery of women at that time. Although the women depicted in ** are intelligent and beautiful, they are often helpless and have no choice. Their lives were bound by family, society, and feudal rituals, and they eventually suffered an unjust fate.