Jia Baoyu, the main character of China's classical novel A Dream of Red Mansions, is also known as Yi Hong's son, the flower Lord of the crimson cave, and a rich and idle person. It was born out of a waiter named Shen Ying, who has the grace of irrigating the crimson pearl fairy grass, so it is said that he was born with a piece of jade in his mouth, which is the treasure of the Jia family.

He once said that "daughters are all flesh and blood made of water". He grew up among daughters and likes to be close to girls. The love with Lin Daiyu is a rare pure love in the world. The core of his personality is to treat others equally, respect individuality and advocate that everyone can live freely according to his own will.

As a direct descendant of Rong Guo Fu, he was born with extraordinary intelligence, and was regarded as the apple of his eye by his family. He had high hopes for him, but 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.

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Character evaluation

Jia Baoyu is a rebel of the feudal aristocratic family and a figure strongly affirmed by the author. He pinned all his enthusiasm and ideals on those insulted and damaged girls, which was a bold challenge to the feudal traditional concept of "men are superior to women". The love between him and Lin Daiyu is the main reason for his rebellion step by step.

The love between Bao and Dai is based on the life path of * * * opposing feudalism, with a more distinctive rebellious nature. Therefore, the more this kind of love develops, the sharper the contradiction with feudal forces. Jia Baoyu's rebellious character is manifested in many ways, and he is "unrepentant". Compared with the positive images in literary works, he embodies the color of primary democracy and shows a new feature of the times.

creative background

Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in Jiangning Weaving House in Nanjing in his early years. In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), the Cao family was robbed of their property because of the deficit, and Cao Xueqin moved back to his old house in Beijing with his family.

Later, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and made a living by selling calligraphy and painting and helping his friends. Cao Xueqin, with an open mind and a wide range of hobbies, studied epigraphy, poetry, painting, gardening, traditional Chinese medicine, darning, craft and diet. With perseverance and years of hardships, he finally created a great work with great ideological and artistic quality-A Dream of Red Mansions.

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