Personality characteristics:
Jia Baoyu: spontaneous, affectionate, gentle, kind, compassionate, simple, without utilitarian heart.
Lin Daiyu: Sensitive, careful, indifferent, true, sentimental, extremely intelligent and highly savvy.
Xue Baochai: Cold in appearance, fiery in heart and ambitious.
Wang Xifeng: Bitterness, duplicity and ruthlessness.
Li Wan: Being virtuous and docile is too filial.
Shi Xiangyun: outspoken, cheerful and generous, mischievous, not very forward-looking
Extended data:
Brief introduction of the main characters in A Dream of Red Mansions;
First, Jia Baoyu
Jia Baoyu, the hero, is a strange and vulgar figure. The main feature of his character is rebellion. His behavior is eccentric and perverse, and he is a rebel in feudal society. He despises fame and fortune and is unwilling to take the official career of poking fun at learning and being an excellent official. He hates teasing stereotyped writing, insulting those who study and are officials, teasing traitors and being too lazy to meet them.
He doesn't like funny places. He prefers funny places, especially the Peony Pavilion and the West Chamber. He also boldly questioned Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, believing that there were too many fabrications besides the Four Books. This fully shows that he is a rebellious son and a minister of feudal monarchy.
He thinks that flirting with the beauty of mountains, rivers, the sun and the moon is only for his daughter, and men with beards are just scum. Under the guidance of this shocking thought, Baoyu hangs around in the inner room all day, cherishing the girls, their beauty, purity, exuberance and intelligence, their unfortunate experiences, and the stinky man they are going to marry, losing their holy beauty.
In his life, the most important thing is undoubtedly his love with Lin Daiyu. This love, on the one hand, began with rebellious character, on the other hand, it promoted the final formation of his rebellious character. This is the biggest and most important treason in his life history.
In love, Bao and Dai both demanded the autonomy of marriage and deviated from the lifestyle of feudal society. They went further and further on the road of rebellion, which eventually led to their tragic ending.
Second, Lin Daiyu.
Lin Daiyu is a talented and aloof woman, who can make a fool of herself or pity her talent. The jade belt hanging in the forest and the golden hairpin buried in the snow are her portrayal. She lost her parents when she was a child and lived in Guo Rong Building. Although Grandmother Jia loves her, because of her lofty and self-respecting personality, she often feels sad in her family.
She is sentimental and often tears for small things that others don't pay attention to. The scene of teasing Daiyu to bury flowers described in the novel highlights this point. Flowers bloom and fall, which is a natural scene, but she thinks of vicissitudes and impermanence of gathering and dispersing. She sighed for the fallen flowers. She took Baoyu as her confidant, watched The West Chamber together, and pinned all her hopes for life on Baoyu.
She loves Baoyu deeply, but she can't get what she wants. Therefore, because she tried many times to fight for her position but failed, she felt sorry for herself and sobbed her inner world in a deserted place, which seemed elusive, but it was often exposed. If Baoyu offended her, she would be angry, tearful and even sick for him. On the surface, in fact, I still miss him very much and find an excuse to see him.
When Baoyu was ill, she was very sad and cried for it. However, due to the shackles of feudal ethics, she could not express herself or help herself. In the end, she died of depression on the day Baochai got married and failed to do so. Cao Xueqin loves Lin Daiyu, everything about her, her smiles and tears, her joys and sorrows in her works.
It is precisely because of this unforgettable love that he made a beautiful interpretation of Daiyu's infatuation with Baoyu and portrayed it vividly, creating a glorious image of anti-feudal ethics for the world.