The tradition of Lin family

"Looking up to marry a woman and bowing down to marry a wife" is a marriage tradition in the past. The main reason lies in the social system that men are superior to women. In a family, men are in an absolute dominant position, so women are weak and men are strong in marriage. A woman should marry a noble family, while a man should not only pay attention to family background, but also pay attention to appearance and temperament. But there are always exceptions. The darling daughter of the Jia family, the head of four families, married a scholar. Why?

Jia's youngest daughter is also Jia's favorite daughter. Jia mu once said to her granddaughter Lin Daiyu, "I, my child, was only harmed by your mother." In Mrs. Wang's eyes, only Jia Cai is a real lady. Mrs. Wang said, "Just say that your sister Lin's mother was so spoiled when she was not married. It's like a scandal about a precious daughter. Now these sisters are just a little better than other girls. " From the memory of Mrs. Wang, it is conceivable that the marriage was in the heyday of the Jia family. As the most favored daughter of Guo Rong Palace, there are naturally many rich and powerful people to propose marriage, but Jia Min's husband's family is not a powerful family.

A Dream of Red Mansions introduces the origin of Lin Ruhai for the second time: it turns out that Lin Ruhai's ancestors once captured the later dynasties, but now they are like the sea, doing business for five generations. At first, it only attacked III, because today's Long Ensheng De is far ahead of the previous generation, which has additional benefits, reaching the father of the sea and attacking another generation; As far as the sea is concerned, he was born in Cody. Although it is the home of Zhong Ding, it is also a scholarly family. Unfortunately, the Lins' support is not prosperous, and their children and grandchildren are limited. Although there are several families, they are just cousins like the sea and don't really support the clique.

From this narrative, we find the following problems: the Jia family started with military exploits, while Jia Yan and Jia Yuan were the four great kings at that time and Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong in the mid-1980s respectively; Jia Dehua and Jia Daishan are the second generation; Jia Jing and Jia She are the third generation, and Jia Min also belongs to Jia's third generation daughter. Look at the Lins again. The Lins belong to the Marquis. When they arrived in Lin Ruhai, their father was the fourth generation, because the emperor sympathized with this extra kindness and inherited a generation, while Lin Ruhai was the fifth generation descendant of the Lins.

Compared with the Lins and Jia Fu, although the title of the Lins is not as high as that of Jia Fu (Jia Fu is a Lord protector and the Lins is a marquis), the seniority is longer than that of Jia Fu. Compared with the Lin family, the Jia family probably belongs to the family of "new brilliant outbreak" just like the Jia family. It is precisely because of military achievements that Jia Fu made his fortune. Jiao Da, a domestic slave of Jiafu, said that he and his great-grandfather had been soldiers for three or four times, and they fought to earn money. Jia Zheng is the most fond of reading among Jia's children and grandchildren, and knows how to make progress best. He often shows great respect for scholars, and always regrets that he has no children at home, so he always urges Jia Baoyu to study.

At that time, "everything is inferior, only reading is high" was so deeply rooted in people's hearts. As a noble family, there are several scholars at home who are confident and have development prospects. It happened that Xue Baochai was born as a businessman, so she was very concerned. Baochai and Daiyu said that our ancestors were also scholars, and there were countless books at home. Baochai and Daiyu, the most knowledgeable and fond of reading, inadvertently revealed a deep sense of inferiority. The Jia family, in front of the Lins, belongs to a real generation of books, which is probably such an inferiority complex and can make up for the shortcomings. Therefore, Jia Min, Jia's favorite daughter, will marry the Lins, because the Lins' background is expensive, and Lin Ruhai is more in line with Jia's expectations. Lin Ruhai is a criminal record and a real scholar.

The so-called four families are the most powerful and extremely rich families in Jinling, but they have one thing in common, that is, they lack cultural background. From the analysis of the official positions of the four great families, the history of Jia's rise has been vaguely explained by Jiao's drunken scolding, and Jia She and Jia Zhen are also hereditary and orthodox general titles. Shi Ding is a descendant of historians, loyal to Hou Jing and Shi Fei, who later moved to other provinces. Wang Ziteng belongs to our Beijing camp. Jia family, historian and Wang family all belong to Wu Zhi. Although the Xue family is rich, it is always difficult to change the identity of a businessman. The more a person lacks, the more he cares, and so does a family. The ancestors of the Jia family had a strategic vision. They not only married their children into aristocratic families, but also paid special attention to education, set up compulsory schools and urged future generations to learn and progress. There is an old saying: faithfulness is handed down from generation to generation, and poetry and books last forever, which is the guarantee for a family to continue.

So, why did Jia Min marry Lin Ruhai? This problem will be solved! As the only daughter of Jia Min and Lin Ruhai, Lin Daiyu is a scholar. Her room is even better than the first-class study. My page says that Lin Daiyu is full of knowledge, and she represents the hidden Lin family. Although she is not a first-class rich man, she is a rare scholar.