1. Qingwen —— Twelve Hairpins and the first of the supplementary books:
Qingwen is beautiful in appearance, pure in heart, clever and skillful in hands, and is the most outstanding girl in Ehime Garden. Although I am a handmaiden, I never flatter myself to curry favor with anyone; On the contrary, she is strong-willed and fierce, and she always speaks her mind, often hitting the nail on the head. Qingwen's life is very miserable. Her heart is higher than the sky, but she is humble. Because of his outstanding appearance, Mrs. Wang falsely accused him of being a fox and drove him out of the garden. He was seriously ill and died tragically at the age of seventeen.
2. Xiren-pretty maid of Baoyu:
Formerly known as Flower Pearl, she served the grandmother at first. Because the grandmother liked his kindness, she gave Xiren to Baoyu. Baoyu renamed Pearl Xiren. Later, Xiren married Jiang Yuhan.
3. Pinger is Wang Xifeng's maid, and Jia Lian's concubine.
She is very kind and kind-hearted, and often does good things behind Wang Xifeng's back. After Wang Xifeng died, Wang Ren and Jia Huan wanted to sell Qiaojie to the captaincy as a maid, and Pinger accompanied Qiaojie to escape from the Grand View Garden. Later, Jia Lian helped Pinger.
4. Yuanyang:
She is self-respecting and self-loving. She never prides herself on it and bullies others, so she has won the favor and respect of all kinds of people. Jia She took a fancy to her and insisted on taking her as a concubine. But she refused. After the death of Jia Mu, she knew that she could not escape the play of Jia She and others and hanged herself.
5. Zi Juan:
Zi Juan used to be a second-class maid beside the old lady, named Ying Ge. Later, after Lin Daiyu entered the Jia family, the old lady asked Ying Ge to serve her and changed her name to Zi Juan, the highest-ranking maid among more than a dozen maids around Dai Yu.
6. Yinger:
Xue Baochai's girl. Formerly known as Huang Jinying, Xue Baochai changed her name to Yinger because she was too awkward. She is very skillful, good at tying collaterals, knitting flower baskets, etc., and quite knows the collocation of colors. After Xue Baochai married Baoyu, she became Xue Baochai's maid.
7. Yuchuan:
Being a maid in Mrs. Wang's room with her sister Jin Chuan
8. Jin Chuaner:
Being ashamed and humiliated, she jumped into a well in anger and committed suicide.
9. Caiyun:
Mrs. Wang's eldest girl, and later she was infected with incurable disease.
1. Siqi:
Jia Yingchun's girl. She was tall and strong, and fell in love with her cousin Pan Youan, who was a footman. After her affair was discovered, she bumped into a wall. When Pan Youan saw this, he also cut himself with a knife.
11. Fang Guan:
The original surname is Hua, a native of Gusu, bought by the Jia family to play the role of Zhengdan. After the troupe was dissolved, it became Jia Baoyu's maid.
Clever, but Mrs. Wang falsely accused her of being a fox, and persuaded Baoyu to drive her out all day, rewarding her foster mother for finding her a son-in-law outside. Fang Guan was unwilling to be bought and sold by foster mother again, so he became a monk with Zhitong of Shuiyue Temple.
12. Musk Moon:
A first-class maid beside Jia Baoyu. Her temper is similar to that of xiren, and Sheyue is the last daughter who accompanied Baoyu.
Extended information:
1. A Dream of Red Mansions, an ancient China chapter-style novel, also known as The Story of the Stone, is listed as the first classical Four Great Classical Novels in China and is generally considered to be written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in the Qing Dynasty. With the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, and Jia Baoyu, the rich son, as the perspective, the novel depicts the life of a group of beautiful women in boudoir, showing the true beauty of human nature and tragedy. It can be said that it is an epic that shows the beauty of women from all angles.
The version of A Dream of Red Mansions can be divided into two systems: the 12-cycle "Cheng Ben" and the 8-cycle "Fat Ben". Cheng Ben is a printed edition printed by Cheng Weiyuan, and the fat edition is an early manuscript copied and evaluated by Zhi Yanzhai in different periods. The fat book is the basic book of the process book. The first 8 chapters of the new version of this popular book were reviewed according to the fat version and the last 4 chapters were reviewed according to the Cheng version, with the signature "Cao Xueqin, anonymous continuation, Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E finishing".
A Dream of Red Mansions is a human novel with world influence, which is universally recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of China's feudal society and a master of traditional culture. The novel encourages itself with the theme of "talking about love and recording its events", and only follows its own reasons, gets rid of the old stereotypes, is fresh and unique, and has achieved extraordinary artistic achievements. The special brushwork of "the truth is hidden, and the false words are spoken in the village" has opened the minds of later readers and speculated for a long time. Later generations formed an outstanding school-redology around the study of reading A Dream of Red Mansions.
2. The main characters and their images in A Dream of Red Mansions:
(1) Jia Baoyu, the son of Rong Guofu who was born with a jade, was really a waiter in Chixia Palace in his previous life and the second son of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang in his present life. As a direct descendant of the Rong-Guo mansion, he was born with extraordinary intelligence. He was regarded as the apple of his eye and had high hopes for him. However, he embarked on the road of rebellion, hated stereotyped writing, criticized Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism, and named those who studied and became officials "the traitor Lu Kun". He doesn't like serious books, but prefers miscellaneous books such as Peony Pavilion and The West Chamber. He hangs out with the girls at home all day, loves their beauty and purity, and mourns their tragic fate.
(2) Lin Daiyu is the crown of twelve women in Jinling. Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's daughter, Baoyu's aunt and cousin, lived in Rongguo Mansion. She is aloof, sentimental and quick-witted. She and Baoyu really love each other, which is Baoyu's alliance against feudal ethics and is a firm pursuer of free love. She is a tragic image with poetic beauty and ideal color in the book.
Her beauty makes people feel distressed and pitied sincerely, and what is more artistic is her unparalleled rich and beautiful spiritual world. She is well-read, knowledgeable and talented in many aspects, and she also shines with the brilliance of simple democratic thought of pursuing personality liberation and striving for freedom of marriage.
(3) Xue Baochai, the crown of twelve women in Jinling (tied with Daiyu), comes from the Xue family of four big families, the daughter of Aunt Xue and the aunt cousin of Baoyu. She is a complex body of contradictions. She is generous and elegant, with graceful manners, which not only has the excellent temperament of a good family, but also has a quiet, indifferent, gentle and peaceful character, as well as a bold and generous hidden in her heart. She hated the darkness of officialdom, but she still advised Baoyu to study and be an official.
(4) Wang Xifeng-from the royal family of four big families, Mrs. Wang's niece and Jia Lian's wife, namely cousin Baoyu and cousin-in-law. Her young and beautiful figure reveals dignity, slim figure, coquettish physique and undiscovered prestige, which seems gratifying, but it is awesome. She is smart and capable, won the trust of the grandmother Jia and Mrs. Wang, and is in an important position in the Rong Guo mansion. She is the actual housekeeper. She is tactful and considerate, and she has done many things for money and life.
(5) Jia Mu-a historian from four families, the old lady of Jia Fu and Baoyu's grandmother. In the Jia family, I started with my great-grandchildren's daughter-in-law until I had my great-grandchildren's daughter-in-law. With her own cleverness, she was able to secure the position of Jia's parents.
(6) Qingwen-the maid of Rongguo Mansion. He is handsome and clever, articulate and good at needlework. She is the most rebellious, despising the small favors that Mrs. Wang has given to win over my little girl, mocking the attackers who please their masters, and publicly scolding Wang Shan for protecting his family when she raided the Grand View Garden. Her resistance was brutally retaliated and she was thrown out of Jia's house when she was seriously ill. Baoyu secretly went to visit. She was deeply moved and died tragically that night.
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