Analysis of Various Characters in Dream of Red Mansions

Jia Baoyu, infant name Jiangdong flower master, originally from Jinling, Rongfu Jia Zheng second son, since childhood, y favored by his grandmother. Born in a family of officials and eunuchs, he has a pretty face, with a face like the moon in mid-autumn, a color like the flowers in spring, sideburns like a knife, eyebrows like ink paintings, a nose like a hanging gall, and eyes like waves of autumn, and seems to be smiling when he is furious, or looking at him all night long, but he has a love for him. Because of living in Yihong courtyard poetry club from the number of Yihong Gongzi, qualification intelligent, gentle personality, play all day long in the powder team, developed a kind of eccentricity of the temperament.

Lin Daiyu (林黛玉), known as Lin Daiyu (林黛玉), was originally from Gusu (姑苏), but was also known as Jia Mother (贾母). Originally from Gusu, she was the beloved granddaughter of Jia mother. Her mother was injured first, and her father died soon after. The author describes her as having two curved wrinkled non-frowning eyebrows, a pair of seemingly happy non-happy eyes, the state of the two dimpled sadness, pretty attacked a disease; idle and quiet as a pretty flower in the water; form of movement such as a weak willow to help the wind of a picture of an ancient sickly beauty, jumped to the paper. Her temperament is lonely, narrow-minded, high talent, for the twelve hairpin of the crown.

Sue Baochai, alias Asarum Jun, and Baoyu original Department of aunt and cousin. Born with a face like silver basin, eyes with water apricot, lips do not point and Dan, eyebrow painting and horizontal green, skin is also rich and fair. She is gentle and chaste, behavior is open-minded and generous, with the points of the time, the talent of the high, only she can match with Daiyu. Therefore, since the mother of Jiafu, up and down there is no not praise her, but she is in the Dicui Pavilion outside the frame Daiyu more to see the depth of her heart.

Wang Xifeng, nicknamed Feng Sister, the nickname of the Phoenix hot, Jia Lian's wife. Born with a pair of phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow leaf off the tip of the eyebrow, body slim, body style, pink face with Wei Chun does not show, Dan lips did not open the smile first heard. By the description of this paragraph, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of a character she is. She is competitive, everywhere refused to fall people praise and blame, work at heart, a complex large family Rongfu governance, can not be said to be her strengths. But she is vain, greedy for money, sinister, venomous, inviting credit, blame and other shortcomings, is not less.

Shi Xiangyun, alias Pillow Xia old friend, originally from Jinling. She was originally from Jinling. She was the granddaughter of Jia mother's nephew. She was born with a beautiful face, like a bee-waisted ape, and a crane-like roach. Although she also came from a family of officials and eunuchs, she hurt her parents at a young age and was sent to her uncle's house, so her fate was certainly worse. However, this encounter did not affect her character. In & lt; red chamber dream & gt; twelve strange women, she is lively, naive and bright, not dressed, optimism typical representative; such as venture to the theater than Daiyu, eating venison, grabbing the link to the scene of the poem, etc., all show her naivety and loveliness.

Qin Keqing, one of the twelve hairpins of Jinling, Jia Rong's wife. She is the repair department of Qin Bangye from the health hall adopted daughter, nicknamed Ke'er, big name and beauty. She looks slim and slender, her character is flirtatious, and her behavior is gentle and peaceful, which is very popular with Jia mother and others. However, her father-in-law Jia Zhen had an ambiguous relationship with her, resulting in her early death at a young age.

Miaoyu, who called herself "outside the threshold", was sometimes called "a freak". She was born into a family of eunuchs, but because she was sickly from a young age, she went into hiding. She had a cleanliness fetish and was withdrawn from the world. Writing and ink extremely through, the classics very familiar from her to send Baoyu birthday post, Baoyu asked for red plum, after Baoyu accompanied her back to the bar cui nunnery, eavesdropping on Daiyu playing the piano into the devil seems to be her real dust heart is not yet finished by the robbers, do not know the end of the world.

Jia Yingchun, alias Lingzhou. Jia Amnesty concubine daughter, ranking second. Born with slightly plump skin, body fit in, cheeks gel new ly, nose greasy goose fat. She is sincere and fearful.

Jia Qiaosi, nicknamed Qiaosi'er, also known as big sister. Phoenix's only daughter. Although she has been sickly and ill since childhood, and was almost sold to a feudal king as a concubine by her uncle Wang Ren and uncle Jia Huan since Phoenix's death. But with her mother's life by chance, read the good, to help the village woman Liu Lou Lou, and finally got to turn the bad into good luck; occasionally because of the help of the village woman, coincidentally met a benefactor. Her end, in the Grand View Garden so many strange women, is considered lucky

Jia Shichun, alias Lotus Salt, Jia Zhen's sister, ranked fourth. Her nature is withdrawn, do not like and people close, in this book the author for her to arrange one of the most outstanding thing, to paint the Grand View Garden map. Although this picture was painted, not without praise and criticism. But her young age is very valuable. After the death of Jia mother, and because she stayed with Miao Yu chess and theft, so that she was suspected; these two unfortunate events, may make her young mind was seriously traumatized, and the idea of emerging from the world. Finally, she was converted to the Three Pure Ones.

Jia Tanchun, alias Banana Guest. Jia political concubine daughter, ranking third. Shoulder thin waist, long pick figure, goose egg face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, cheeks hope God fly. She is smart and capable, no less than phoenix sister, talent talent, enough to rival her sisters. Try to see her and Li dan, Baochai and other agents of the family, the rise of the pros and cons, the complexity of the extended family to deal with the head of the road.

Jia Yuanchun, the eldest daughter of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. Since childhood, she was raised by Mrs. Jia. As the eldest sister, she was three or four years old, Baoyu has taught him to read and write, although siblings, like mother and son. Later, because of filial piety and talent, selected into the palace as a female official. For a long time, Fengzao Gong Shangshu, plus Xiande Fei. Jia family to meet her provincial relatives, specially built a provincial villa.

Li dan, the word Palace cut, Jia Zhu's wife, had a son Jia Lan. She came from a famous eunuchs in Jinling, her father Li Shouzhong was once the State Scholar. She was educated from childhood by her father, "a woman's lack of talent is virtue", to recognize a few words, remembering a few wise women in the past dynasty, and then, every day to textile women's red for the important. Jia Zhu died at the age of less than twenty. Li danwei has been widowed, although in the cream and silk, even as "haggard wood and ashes" in general, do not listen to, only know to raise the pro-children, idle time to accompany the sister-in-law, such as women red, reciting and reading only. She is a virtuous woman who abides by the feudal rites and laws, and is a typical woman.

Ping'er, Jia Lian's concubine, was born with a beautiful face, pretty and extraordinary, gentle character, flexible in dealing with things, with Jia Lian's customs, Phoenix's power, she was able to maneuver between the two at ease. She helped Phoenix in charge of household affairs for many years, the work of the old, no less than Phoenix. Garden slip is even more than that.

Flower attacker, Jia Baoyu's maid. Fine body, born very pretty. She was originally Jia mother's room, the original name of Rui Zhu, Jia mother love Baoyu, fear of other people serving is not thoughtful, they allocated her to Baoyu. Bao Yu read the poem to see a flower gas attacker know day warm because of the name attacker. She is gentle and sincere, serve Baoyu, no matter clothes, food, cold and warm, really meticulous.

Yuanyang Duck, Jia mother's eldest maid. She looks wasp waist and shoulders, duck egg face, oily hair, high nose, a few freckles on both cheeks. Her parents were house-sitting for the Jia family in Nanjing, her brother was a buyer in the Jia mother's house, and her sister-in-law was the head of the house in charge of the laundry.

Ching Wen, as a child, was sold into slavery to the Lai family, a slave of the Jia family. Sister Lai used to bring her with her when she went to the Jia Mansion, and when she saw her, Mother Jia liked her, so Sister Lai honored her. She looked like a woman with a flirtatious dexterity, her eyebrows and eyes were a bit like those of Lin Daiyu's, she was very eloquent, and her needlework was especially good. She was the most defiant, and she scorned the small favors given by Mrs. Wang to win over her little girl.

Mrs. Wang, Jia Zheng's wife, in the minds of the people, she is "Buddha like" a person. In fact, her nature is kind and generous, mediocre and cowardly, is a person without an opinion. Although the name? Supervision of household affairs, but the actual are entrusted to Phoenix.

Jia mother, Jia Dai Shan's wife, married before the Jinling family Shi Hou's miss. She started her career in the Jia family as the daughter-in-law of the eldest grandson, and it was only through her shrewdness and ability that she was able to secure her position as the supreme ruler of the Jia family.

Jia Rui was the grandson of Jia Dairu. He was a womanizer, but he died from it. Although Xifeng's love affair was a bit poisonous, he was not a womanizer, but he was a man who was obsessed with color. In the end, he is still his own sins, can not live. The other people are not to be blamed.

Jia Zheng, Jia Dai Shan's second son. Since childhood, good reading, for people square and upright, modest and generous. But lost in pedantry. He is y Confucianism inculcated characters, he filial piety Jia mother, but also want to strict discipline children; he wants to be a good official, but unfortunately do not know the world, deceived, and got a bad reputation. The government, harmonized, is correct.

You Sanjie, the daughter of You's stepmother, is the younger sister of You Erjie. You three sisters look like a sleek and stylish, and she prefers to dress up brilliantly, own a kind of ten thousand people less than the flavor of the body.

You second sister, You's stepmother brought the daughter. You second sister looks beautiful, gentle and smooth. Jia Zhen coveted his wife's sister's beauty, and did everything for her, and when he got tired of playing with her, he let her go to Jia Lian. Fearing Wang Xifeng's lechery, Jia Lian had to secretly marry You Ersi as his second wife and placed her outside the Rongguo Mansion, but she was soon discovered by Wang Xifeng, who tortured You Ersi under her murder-by-sword scheme, and when the foetus was aborted by a quack doctor, she swallowed gold in despair and killed herself.

Liu Xianglian was originally from a family. His parents died early and he was unable to study. His temperament is bold and cool, and he is good at playing with guns and swords, gambling and drinking, and even sleeping with flowers and playing the flute and zither. He was a beautiful man, and was an amateur theater performer who loved to string plays.

Lou Lou Lou, the mother-in-law of Wang Gu'er, is an old widow who has been around for generations. She has no son and lives on two acres of land. When her son-in-law, Dog'er, saw that her children were left unattended, he brought Grandmother Liu to live with him. The grandmother was devoted to helping her daughter and son-in-law. One year, the end of the fall and the beginning of winter, the family winter affairs have not been done, the dog is idle at home to find anger, Liu Lou Lou could not see, they came up with a way for them to go to the Rongguo House to play the autumn breeze.

Jia Lian, the son of Jia Pi. He donated an official position as a Tongzhi (同知), but did not do his job. He lived in the house of his uncle, Jia Zheng, and his wife, Wang Xifeng, helped to take care of the Rongfu household. He was obsessed with sex and indulgence, his daughter Qiao Sister smallpox, according to superstition to separate rooms, he left Wang Xifeng to find "more girls" fooling around. Wang Xifeng went to a birthday party, he hooked up with Bao Er daughter-in-law, met You Er sister, and coveted its beauty, tricked into marrying for the second house. His father, Jia Pi, praised him for his ability and rewarded him with his own maid, Qiutong. He and Wang Xifeng bed different dreams, but also do not know her back heavy exploitation, is a typical playboy.

Jiao Da, the old slave of Ningguo Mansion.

Jiao Da, an old slave of the Ningguo mansion, grew up with the Duke of Ningguo, Jia, who had been a soldier for three or four times, and had carried his dying master out from the pile of dead people. When there was no food, he went to steal something for his master to eat, and when there was no water to drink, he drank horse urine himself and gave half a bowl of water to his master to drink. Because of the past merits and love, the masters of Ningfu looked at him differently and did not make things difficult for him. He was disgusted with the rotten life of the descendants of the Ning family, and only he dared to scold them when he was drunk: "Stealing dogs and playing with chickens every day, crawling on the ash, and raising the uncle of the uncle of the uncle of the uncle of the uncle of the uncle of the uncle of the uncle of the uncle of the chicken, which scared all of the boys out of their wits, and tied him up, and filled his mouth with earth and horse manure.

Xue Pan, cousin Wenlong, nicknamed "Dumb Bully", Xue Aunt's son. Because of the loss of his father at an early age, his widowed mother and indulgence and doting, the only thing to do is to fight chickens and horses, and play in the mountains and the water. Although he went to school, but only a few words, although the royal merchant, but completely unaware of the brokerage world.

Xiangling, Xue Pan's concubine, formerly known as Zhen Ying Lian, Zhen Shiyin's daughter. At the age of three, the Lantern Festival, when watching the social fire lanterns were abducted by fraudsters, twelve or thirteen years old, Xue Pan was forced to buy as a concubine, renamed Xiangling. She was born slender and delicate, and acted gently and quietly, Xia Jingui was extremely jealous of her. Xiangling was tortured by Xia Jingui, not only was her name changed to Qiu Ling, but she was also nearly murdered. After Xue Pan was released from prison, he put Xiangling back on the right track, and then died in childbirth.

Siqi, Jia Yingchun's maid. She was tall and strong, and fell in love with her cousin Pan Yu'an, who worked as a servant. Once when they were having a rendezvous in the garden, they were inadvertently bumped into by Yuanyang. Pan Yu'an was so afraid of what Yuanyang would say that he fled the house. When Siqi learned of this, he was so angry and scared that he also became seriously ill. Fortunately, thanks to Yuanyang's counseling, his health gradually recovered.

Musk moon, Jia Baoyu's maid, y affected by the attacker, a careful service Baoyu, so also won the trust of Madame Wang.

Xueyan (雪雁), a young maid brought by Lin Daiyu from her family in Suzhou. When Baoyu got married, she was supporting the bride, causing Baoyu to think that Lin Daiyu is the bride, and then gave her a boy to live.

Zijuan, formerly known as parrot, is the second-class little girl in Jia mother's room. Jia mother saw Lin Daiyu came with only two people, afraid of not in the make, then the parrot to Daiyu, renamed Zijuan. She and Daiyu were very close, like sisters.

Jinchuaner, Mrs. Wang's eldest maid.

Hug Qin, Jia Yuanchun's maid.

Bi trace, Jia Baoyu's maid.

You, wife of Jia Zhen, mistress of Ningguo House. She is a poor ruler of the household,? a Ningguo Mansion that is always a mess. As a result of her mediocrity, it sets off Phoenix's shrewdness and competence even more.

Mrs. Xing, Jia Pi's wife, only knowingly obey her husband, do not know what to do, soft ears, greed is really a confused person.

Jia Yun, Jia clan near branch children. Life is very clean, good behavior, good at camping and patting the horse, but in the back is a typical villain of treachery, no evil.

Jia Qin, Jia Yun with. Its character is also similar to Jia Yun. In the house of Jia, specializing in monks, not only harboring prostitutes and gambling, and seduction and rape of female nuns and Taoist priests, and was therefore thrown out.

Jia Zhen, Jia Jing's son, because of Jia Jing's dedication to seeking Taoism, Ningguo Gong's position, but by his inheritance. Originally, he was an official as a eunuch, and has been the family of Ningguo House. But the children of the world, always not out of the playboy nature.

Jia Zhu, Jia Zheng's eldest son. Very intelligent, married Li Dan, had a son named Lan. Unfortunately, he died young.

Jia Min, daughter of Jia mother, mother of Dai Yu, married Lin Ruhai, died early.

Jia Pi, the eldest son of Jia Dai Shan, brother of Jia Zheng. He inherited the title of Duke of Rongguo. He only wanted to indulge in pleasure, misbehaved and had no sense of propriety.

Jia Jing, the second son of Jia Daihua, burned dan and practiced mercury to become an immortal, but was poisoned to death by dan sand.

Jia Rong, the eldest son of Jia Zhen, was born with a beautiful face and wonderful body. Demeanor frivolous, completely playboy nature, he several times with Sister Feng together,

that kind of sneaky look, enlightened suspicion.

Jia Huan, the third son of Jia Zheng, Zhao Aunt. Born of the character of the Commission obscene, rough demeanor, can be disliked. But also ghost planner, full of small people.

Jia Qiang, Jiafu in the school of yuan grandson, handsome appearance, internal nature is also quite intelligent. But the general is not out of the playboy habits. The first thing written in the book, he instigated the baking of the name of the study, can be seen in his clever and clever, he and the age of the officer of a deep love, but also can be called a love child.

Jia Lan, son of Jia Zhu. He was born elegant and handsome. Usually study very hard, thirteen years old can write poetry. Among the children of the Jia family, he was one of the best, so it is no wonder that he was able to revitalize the Jia family.

Li Gui, son of Jia Baoyu's nanny, Li Mama. Ren Baoyu's personal follower.

Sister Li, Jia Baoyu's wet nurse. Once she stopped Bao Yu from drinking, another time she drank Bao Yu's tea, another time she ate the cheese that Bao Yu specially left for her attacker to eat, and scolded her, several times showing her narrow-mindedness and reliance on the old, while contrasting the attacker's generosity.

Servant Book, Jia Tanchun's maid.

Zhou Rui family, Mrs. Wang's concubine.

Fang Guan, an actress in the Yixiang Yuan, looks a lot like Bao Yu. Since the allocation of Bao Yu's room is very much in Bao Yu's favor. Later, Mrs. Wang was afraid that they would bring bad luck to Baoyu, and Qingwen was thrown out together. Since then, she has seen the world and become a nun.

Bao Yong, a slave of the Zhen family. Because of the decline of the Zhen family, the Zhen family recommended him to the Jia family. Bao Yong is five feet long, broad shoulders and back, thick eyebrows and eyes, knocking forehead long beard, coarse black color, people are very simple and thick.

Smart child, the water and moon nun. Since childhood in the Rongfu walk, no one knows, but also often and Baoyu Qin Zhong jokes. Growing up gradually know the flavor, look on the character of the Qin Zhong style, Qin Zhong also love her Yanmei. The two are in love with each other, in the steamed buns nunnery several times, Qin Zhong returned home, she fled from the Watermoon nunnery to look for Qin Zhong, inadvertently, Qin Zhong's father realized that she will be expelled, and then I do not know where to go.

Ma Daobao, Jia Baoyu sends the name of the dry mother, is a money-minded, evil and crooked bastard thing. On one side, she asked Jia mother to donate five pounds of oil every day to light the sea lamp to make Baoyu free from disaster.

"Dream of Red Mansions" was born in the 18th century at the end of China's feudal society, when the Qing government to implement closed-door lockdown, the whole country intoxicated in the Kang Qian Dynasty, heaven on the country's dream. This period seems to be peaceful on the surface, but in the bones of the various social contradictions are intensifying the development of the whole dynasty has reached the turning point of the decline of the prosperity of the dynasty.

In the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties, Cao's grandparents and grandchildren of four people total **** did 58 years of Jiangning Weaving. When the Cao family was in its prime, it had done four times to receive the broad difference. Cao Xueqin grew up in Nanjing, his youth experienced a period of wealth and prosperity of the aristocratic life. But then the family declined, and in the sixth year of the Yongzheng reign (1728), Cao Xueqin's family moved back to Beijing when he was confiscated for the crime of defalcation. After returning to Beijing, he worked as an errand boy in charge of literature and ink in a royal school, "Right Wing Zongxue", and was in a desperate situation and had a difficult life. In his later years moved to the western suburbs of Beijing, life is even poorer, "full of artemisia", "the family gruel wine often on credit. A Dream of Red Mansions was written by Cao Xueqin in the midst of poverty after he went bankrupt and lost his family. It was written in the early years of the Qianlong reign and lasted until the 30th year of the Qianlong reign.

"Dream of Red Mansions" opened the first volume of the first paragraph, "the author of the cloud" is Cao Xueqin's preface. In this preface, Cao Xueqin appears in his true identity, telling the reader about the origin of writing. According to his own account, he is relying on his early years in Nanjing experienced the prosperity of the old dream and writing this book. Because of the exile in the western suburbs of Beijing, inaction, nothing accomplished, suddenly recalled all the girls in the family when they were young, and felt that their insights and talents far more than their own, can not help but feel deep remorse. Ancestors nine deaths to create this family business, when they were in the blessing, but not doing their jobs, do not listen to the parents and teachers of the discipline, so that when they grow up a skill is not accomplished, half a lifetime of scribbling. Cao Xueqin will be this experience and repentance into a novel, is to tell the reader, although their own sins can not be exempted, but those girls are the life of their own people, not to cover up their own crimes and make them disappear without hearing. Once you think about this, the heart flutters, all the difficulties are out of the question. What's more, the countryside life is leisurely and comfortable, pleasant scenery, more so that he thought like a spring, the pen like God. Cao Xueqin modestly shallow, had to use the vernacular to write this novel, intended for those girls biography, to get rid of their own boredom, but also for readers to play appreciation.

The Dream of the Red Chamber is divided into 120 "Cheng Ben" and 80 "Lip Ben" two versions of the system, Cheng Ben for the printing of Cheng Weiyuan printing, Lip Ben for Li-Yan-Zhai in different periods of copying and evaluation of the early handwritten copy, Lip Ben is the base of Cheng Ben. The new version of the book before the 80 according to the Lip-Ben school, after 40 according to the Cheng-Ben school, signed by "Cao Xueqin, Anonymous continued, Cheng Weiyuan, Gao Osprey finishing".

A Dream of Red Mansions is a humanistic novel with world-wide influence, recognized as the pinnacle of Chinese classical fiction, the encyclopedia of Chinese feudal society, and a masterpiece of traditional culture. The novel to "the main purpose of talking about love, the actual record of its own things" self-criticism, only according to their own things, according to the trail, get rid of the old set, fresh and chic, has achieved extraordinary artistic achievements. "The real thing is hidden, false language village language" special writing method is to make the later readers of the brain, speculation of the long and then more. The later generations around the "Dream of the Red Chamber" reading research has formed an obvious science - red science.

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