So it is totally acceptable to shed tears for Lin Daiyu.
But Wang Xifeng has always been a bitter-tongued, duplicitous person. How can he manage such a large Jia family without some means? In fact, we should flatter the old lady and Mrs. Wang. When the old lady and Mrs. Wang think it is a "good marriage", she must also help to come up with an idea of stealing dragons and turning them into phoenixes.
there is guilt in this tear.
Anyone who has read A Dream of Red Mansions must be deeply impressed by the two main figures, Wang Xifeng and Lin Daiyu. In Gao E's sequel, it was Xifeng who set the switch plan, which formed a "golden marriage" between Baoyu and Baochai, and eventually led to Daiyu's "soul leaving and hating heaven". There are great differences between Xifeng and Daiyu. The former is bright and pungent, while the latter is sentimental. What kind of subtle relationship will they have with such different personalities? This paper will focus on Wang Xifeng's exposed attitude towards Lin Daiyu and the motivation behind it.
1. Wang Xifeng is quite kind and friendly to Lin Daiyu
As we all know, Wang Xifeng is worldly and smart, while Lin Daiyu is lofty and clean. Although they have huge personality differences, this does not mean that the two characters are "repulsive". In fact, Xifeng is very friendly to Daiyu, which can be analyzed from three aspects: Wang Xifeng's language, address and behavior towards Daiyu.
Wang Xifeng's clever mouth often brings laughter to the Grand View Garden. She shows her humor and wit in a life-like and popular way. In the twenty-fifth episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, Xifeng teased Daiyu for tea, and Xifeng also said, "Since you ate our tea, why don't you give our family a wife?". If you are so explicit, you will openly move out of the marriage between Daiyu and Baoyu. Later, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou came in. "Baoyu and everyone got up and gave up their seats, but Xifeng ignored them." As can be seen from here, in fact, Wang Xifeng is quite arrogant. She has always disdained to associate with those aunts who are in the side room, but she is only close to Daiyu. Xifeng's humor and jokes about Daiyu are precisely the performance of their harmony.
In contrast, Xifeng and Baochai seldom joke like this. The relationship between Baochai and Daiyu can be seen from her different names. In the fifty-fifth episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, Xi Feng once talked about ":... two girls, Miss Lin and Miss Bao. The term "girl" is affectionate and natural, while "girl" is polite and distant. In the first eighty chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions, Xifeng generally called Daiyu "Girl Lin", not as distant and polite as Lady Wang. In the thirtieth episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, Baoyu and Daiyu quarreled, and the old lady chose her to make peace. She was not surprised to see Baoyu and Daiyu holding hands and crying. She just said, "Don't look, they will be fine in three days." It shows that she has become accustomed to the small quarrel between Daiyu and Baoyu, and she knows that they will make up soon. Xi-feng just fried beans and made a series of wisecracks naturally, so she dragged Daiyu to the old lady's place. "Lin Daiyu back to call the girls, there is no one. Xi-feng said,' What are you asking them to do? I'm waiting on you.' "Xifeng in front of Dai jade, even willing to put down the" Lian second grandma "shelf.
Wang Xifeng's "concern" for Lin Daiyu is mainly manifested in her caring and caring for her. In the important plot of "checking the Grand View Garden" in the seventy-fourth time, it was Xifeng who led people to search around the garden. When she arrived at Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Daiyu had already fallen asleep and was getting ready. Xifeng was busy "holding her down and not screaming". On the one hand, Xifeng knew that Daiyu was weak, and she was afraid that she would catch cold and add to her illness. On the other hand, she didn't want Daiyu to be disturbed mentally by the inspection of the Grand View Garden. Wang Shanbao's family found Baoyu's old things in Zijuan and wanted to report them, but Xifeng only said, "Baoyu has been hanging out with them from childhood for several years." "This is not a rare thing." "Wang Shanbao's family had to listen to what Xifeng said." As can be seen from this plot, Xifeng has long been accustomed to the intimacy between Bao Dai and Wang, and she doesn't want Mrs. Wang to know this. Because if Mrs. Wang knows, it will definitely restrict and supervise the exchanges between Bao Dai and Dai Dai, which will be another major blow to Dai Yu, who is physically and mentally fragile. Xi-feng helped Dai-yu hide it, which was also considered as helping Dai-yu escape. From all these, we can see that Wang Xifeng is actually on the side of the "Mushi Qianmeng". However, in the sequel, Gao E made Wang Xifeng a staunch supporter of "marriage of gold and jade", and even made Wang Xifeng the culprit of the design destruction of "the alliance between wood and stone", which was inconsistent with the description in the first eighty chapters.
second, Wang Xifeng's motivation and purpose
the first factor is Xifeng's personal feelings. Daiyu was helpless and lived in Jia's house very early. When Xifeng and Daiyu met for the first time, they asked about Daiyu's educational experience and health condition with concern, which was Xifeng's natural and sincere concern for her cousin who came from afar. Seeing that she is full of talents and extraordinary manners, and losing the warmth of her family early, Xifeng is inevitably sympathetic to the weak. Xifeng and Baoyu's brother and sister are very close, and she also knows that Baoyu only has Daiyu in mind, and they are congenial, so it is not surprising that her position is "the alliance between wood and stone". However, Xifeng has always valued the wealth of gold and silver more than personal feelings, so this factor is not heavy.
The second reason is that Xifeng didn't want her position as a housekeeper in Rongguo Mansion to be affected. Baochai's heart is hidden, and she hides stupidity everywhere, but Xifeng knows very well that Baochai has superhuman economic talent. Moreover, Baochai is kind to others and is very popular with the servants. Wang Xifeng can't compare with her in winning people's hearts. Baochai's wisdom and shrewdness are not inferior to Xifeng's. If Baochai becomes Grandma Bao 'er, Xifeng's housekeeper status will be threatened. Lin Daiyu, on the other hand, is frail and sickly, and she is a true-natured person. She has never been interested in "economic career". She focuses on poetry and reading ancient books, and will never rob Xifeng of her financial rights. Therefore, Xifeng hopes that Lin Daiyu will be Bao Er's grandmother, not Xue Baochai.
thirdly, Xifeng cares so much about Daiyu to comply with the wishes of Grandmother Jia. In order to win the appreciation of the old lady Jia of Rong Guo Fu, and further consolidate her pivotal position in Jia Fu, the famous "Phoenix chili pepper" Wang Xifeng often complimented Jia Fu, always making the supreme "ancestor" feel particularly moist. Because of this, she won the special love of the Jia family, and it seems that no one in the Jia family dares to look down on her. Wang Xifeng should follow the grandmother's instructions in all major and minor matters in the government. Lin Daiyu is the granddaughter of the grandmother, how can the grandmother not love her! When Daiyu entered the mansion for the third time, Grandmother Jia cried, "I girls are the only ones who love your mother. Once I die first, I can't meet you. How can I not be sad!" It can be seen that Jia Min was the darling and eye of Jia Mu. Jia Min died young, so the lady dowager put all her love for her daughter and granddaughter on Daiyu. Every time Miss Gongzi meets Lady Jia in public, Daiyu sits next to Lady Jia, which shows that Lady Jia loves her more than other granddaughters. However, Xue Baochai is not related to Jia Mu. Since Jia Mu rejected Zhang Daoshi's proposal of a "golden marriage", Jia Mu's attitude has been very clear: she advocates a marriage of wood and stone. Xi-feng has always been good at reading people's minds. How can she not know what the Lady Dowager stands for? Therefore, in order to please the grandmother, Wang Xifeng took care of Lin Daiyu everywhere and secretly supported the love between Daiyu and Baoyu.
Wang Xifeng was kind to Lin Daiyu for three reasons: sympathy and pity for Daiyu, precaution against Xue Baochai and pleasing the old lady. In A Dream of Red Mansions, the characters are often portrayed in detail. Wang Xifeng's attitude towards Lin Daiyu fully embodies her personality characteristics of scheming and planning in interpersonal communication, and readers can touch a more three-dimensional Wang Xifeng. At the same time, readers can also see that in the big dye vat of Jiafu, the caring and attentive questions from others may have ulterior motives, and the seemingly intimate greetings and concerns may also be just a veil of hypocrisy. From this aspect, we can also see more clearly that the people in this rich family are complicated, the connections are complicated and the human feelings are lacking.