Daiyu's most recognized shadow is probably Qingwen, who said: "Qing has a forest breeze, and it is a hairpin vice." But what I want to talk about here is some of the more obscure women with "forest wind" in "Dream of Red Mansions".
For example, Miaoyu. was originally a young lady of the family, but because she was sick since she was a child, she was ordained by a monk. The first time I saw her life experience, I was suddenly shocked: Isn't this Daiyu? If Daiyu hadn't left the house by a monk because her parents were reluctant, would it be Miaoyu's appearance? You see, Miaoyu "has a beautiful temperament like an orchid, and her talent is better than that of immortals", Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun, the two talented women, are in the couplet in the cave, and Miaoyu will end it up, and even Daiyu and Xiangyun will admire the "poetry fairy" to go down to earth. Miaoyu's artistic taste is extremely high, and the degree of food and clothing is all rare treasures with a history, (points + melons) Huang, point rhino, Pan Qiu (Taiwan + dish), "Jin Wang Kaizhen plays", "Song Yuanfeng Meishan Su Shi in April of the fifth year of Meishan saw in the secret mansion", so that Cao Gong did not hesitate to fabricate and pile up treasures to set off the master, except for Qin Keqing, there is only Miaoyu. Miaoyu has no dust, if Daiyu is just Qinggao, Miaoyu can be regarded as arrogant, she said that there is no good poetry since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and she only likes a sentence "Even if there is a thousand years of iron threshold, there must be a soil steamed bun in the end". There are few people in the world who can enter her eyes, and even Daiyu has to be criticized by her: You are such a person, you are a vulgar person. This criticism surprised and impressed many readers of "Dream of Red Mansions" from Jiang Xun to Liu Xinwu. Such a person with eyes above the top, but he has a good eye for Baoyu, and actually remembers his birthday and makes a special trip to send a post; The people in the Grand View Garden wanted the red plum in her nunnery, and specially ordered Baoyu to ask for it, and sure enough, Miaoyu happily gave a bottle full of fine plum blossoms. The people called "Jade" in the Dream of Red Mansions all have good backgrounds, this beautiful, lonely, and quietly admired Baoyu woman, isn't it Daiyu's appearance after becoming a monk?
For example, Ling Guan. When this woman first appeared, Shi Xiangyun said that she looked like Daiyu. The second appearance was when Baoyu saw her through the rose stand "with a thin face and a slender waist, and a great appearance of Lin Daiyu", when she was squatting under the scorching sun, using a hairpin to draw countless "Qiang" words on the ground, Baoyu pity her for such a description outside, I don't know what kind of torment she is inside. The third time was in Lixiangyuan, Baoyu witnessed her getting along with Jia Qiang, that sensitive, fragile, and alive is Daiyu's appearance. And her way of getting along with Jia Qiang is also very similar to Daiyu and Baoyu: one is uncertain and nervous about the future, so she has all kinds of discomfort and all kinds of pettiness, and it is inevitably hypocritical and pretentious in the eyes of outsiders, and the other is desperately comforting, being a little low, and hating to dig out her heart to show the other party. Jia Qiang was originally not an innocent teenager, and she had ambiguous affairs with Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, but since she met Ling Guan, the turbidity on her body has dissipated invisibly. Baoyu is also enlightened from Ling Guan: It turns out that everyone in the world has their own fate, and everyone gets their own tears. Since then, he has distinguished between love and fraternity. If Ling Guan's love redeemed Jia Qiang and saved him from the quagmire of lust and lust and physical desire, then Daiyu is not the same for Baoyu: she used her tears to wash away the ignorance of "busy jade" in the world of love.
Another example is Xiangling. If the woman in the Dream of Red Mansions comes out on the beauty list, Xiangling will undoubtedly be ranked very high. In the book, it is said that she "has the character of Rong ** milk in Dongfu", what kind of person is Rong ** milk, Qin Keqing, the word is beautiful, and has the bright and charming of Baochai, and the graceful grace of Daiyu, is the first proud person of Jia's mother among the great-grandchildren, and the beauty of Xiangling is similar to her. Moreover, when Xiangling was abducted and resold, she first sold Feng Yuan, the son of a small family, who was originally "very much in love with men and most disgusted with women", but when she saw Xiangling, she decided to marry her, "vowed never to marry a man again, and never marry a second one again." Later, Xue Pan came to rob Xiangling with him, but he actually took his life with the arrogant Xue Pan, and was finally beaten to death by Xue Pan. He and Xiangling are only a few sides at most, but she changed her aesthetic orientation, and even did not hesitate to fight for her to the death, Xiangling's beauty can be seen. It's a pity that Feng Yuan died, Xiangling became Xue Pan's "man in the room" like this, what kind of person is Xue Pan, Xue Da fool, who is stupid and has a lot of money, once coveted Jiang Yuhan and Liu Xianglian, but both of them regarded him as dung and filth. Even without the poison of the Xia Jingui, the poetic Xiangling, and the vulgar and ugly Xue Pan, their lives are already unimaginable. Baoyu pities Ping'er for facing "Sister Feng's might, Jia Lian's customs", "Jia Lian doesn't know how to make fat powder", so what if Ping'er's situation is compared to Xiangling? Baoyu also said, "It's like a pot of orchids that have just pulled out tender arrows and sent them to the pig's nest", which is to say Qingwen who was kicked out, but I always think that it is also very appropriate to describe what happened to Xiangling.
The book said that when asked about Xiangling's hometown and age, she shook her head and replied "I don't remember". It stands to reason that she was three or four years old when she was abducted, and a three- or four-year-old child should not have no memory at all, not to mention that Xiangling is such a smart person. Does she really not remember, or does she deliberately forget, afraid that the happy memories of being by her parents' side will bring out the cruelty of reality? Along with the hopeless life in front of you, it's better not to think about it. Since there was nothing to say and no one to speak, her gaze went beyond the gloomy reality to the beautiful natural creations, and she said, "Not only the water chestnut flower, but also the lotus leaf lotus canopy, all have a fragrance." But he is not the fragrance of flowers, if you appreciate it in the quiet day and night or in the middle of the morning, the fragrance smells better than the flowers. Even the water chestnut, chicken head, reed leaves, and reed roots get wind dew, and that fragrance is refreshing", which shows that she often communicates with nature.
The closest thing to nature is art and poetry. So as long as there is a slight opportunity, what Xiangling has in mind is to learn to compose poetry. She said of the poem: "'The desert is lonely, and the sun sets on the long river. 'How straight do you want to smoke?' The sun is naturally round: the word 'straight' seems unreasonable, and the word 'round' seems too vulgar. When I closed the book and thought about it, it was like seeing this scene. If you say that you will find two more words for these two, you will not be able to find two more words. And then there is 'the sunset rivers and lakes are white, and the tide comes to the world and the world is green': the words 'white' and 'green' also seem unreasonable. If you think about it, you must have these two words to describe it all, and it looks like an olive weighing thousands of catties in your mouth. "This sensibility, this understanding, is born to be a person in this way. With the guidance of Daiyu's famous teacher, Xiangling's poetry is really growing day by day, "the essence wants to cover up the material, and the shadow is from Juan Juan and the cold", just like Xiangling's own talent and spirituality, and finally the essence is difficult to hide and stand out. "The autumn flute on the green river is heard, and the red-sleeved building leans on the railing at night. Chang'e should ask why she didn't reunite forever! The sad and sad sentences, the poems are also similar to his teacher Daiyu. Xiangling's experience, just like her real name "Zhen Yinglian", is really pitiful and extremely painful. She never sleeps and learns to write poetry, because when she writes poetry, she can forget everything cold and ugly around her; Poetry gives her the spiritual power to transcend the cruel reality; Poetry temporarily redeems her suffering soul and lives to death. Suppose it was Daiyu who was abducted when she was three years old, would she look like Xiangling? So beautiful, so lonely, so sticking to oneself, such a poetic heart.
Jia Yucun said: Those who are born with the spirit of good and evil "If they are born in the rich and noble family of the prince, they are infatuated; If you are born in a poor family of poetry and books, you are a high-ranking person; Even if he was born in the cold door of Bo Zuo, he will never be a pawn and a servant, and he will be driven and controlled by mediocrity, and he will be a famous advocate for Qiyou." In this way, looking at Daiyu, Miaoyu, Xiangling, and Lingguan, is there a sense of one-to-one correspondence? Daiyu is unique. Miaoyu, Xiangling, Lingguan, Qingwen ......These beautiful, high-minded, talented, and affectionate girls are like Daiyu's reflections in the water from different angles, and they each have a little wind god of Daiyu, reflecting Daiyu from all sides. One flower, one world, one leaf and one Bodhi, "Dream of Red Mansions" is the book of life, boundless. "Dream of Red Mansions" is like a kaleidoscope, illuminating all living beings and different parallel worlds. About Cao Xueqin likes Daiyu's type of girl the most, so he has created so much.
A similar character image is a failure of art, but Cao Xueqin has the ability to make these characters contrast with each other without being the same. Jin Shengxi commented on Shi Nai'an's writing of "Water Margin" in "Reading the Fifth Genius's Calligraphy": "There is a crime. For example, after Wu Song fought the tiger, he wrote that Li Kui killed the tiger, and wrote the second solution to the tiger; After Pan Jinlian stole Han, she wrote Pan Qiaoyun stealing Han; After the robbery of the Dharma Field in Jiangzhou City, he wrote the ...... of the Daimyo's Mansion robbing the Dharma FieldIt is precisely because I want to deliberately make a mistake in the topic, but I have the ability to borrow everything from nothing, thinking that happiness is also. It's all over the way. It's a pity that Jin Shengxi was born early, otherwise in the face of Cao Gong's "Dream of Red Mansions", he must have something else to say.
Wen Zou Shiqi.