Interpreting the Characters in Dream of the Red Chamber with the Language of Color

Symbolic symbol is a concept in communication science, which means that there is no causal relationship between symbolic forms and symbolic objects, and their representations are based on social conventions, which can be freely created to express not only concrete things but also abstract things such as ideas and thoughts. In A Dream of Red Mansions, color, as a symbolic symbol, is used throughout the development of the story, and the author uses color as a linguistic symbol of energy and reference to give the characters a deeper meaning

In the portrayal of the three main characters of Bao Yu, Dai Yu, and Bao Hai, the author uses the three color tones of red, diaphanous green, and black and white to give them individualized and unique meanings, and he applies the human recognition and symbolic production of color to give them a personalized and unique meaning. He uses the human recognition of color and symbolism to produce *** knowledge, to y reflect the characters' emotions, personality, fate differences, abstract ideas externalization can be expressed, so that the character image is more intuitive, fuller and deeper. To better understand the characters, we need to read the color of the language behind the symbols of the hidden characters of the psychological, emotional, and lifelong built-in meaning.

I. Yihong Gongzi

Red is a traditional Chinese color, the so-called "color", in China it symbolizes the noble, but he also symbolizes the intense exuberance, impulsiveness, solemnity, solemnity, excitement, danger, anger and vitality, but also arrogance, individuality, personality, and the emotion of good natured movement. distinctive, character of the emotional embodiment of the dynamic. In Meng of the Red Chamber, there is no doubt that the red color is supreme and noble, and it is a symbol of the character traits and life of the protagonist character, Jia Baoyu, who is placed in a red atmosphere by Cao Xueqin.

In terms of clothing, just out of the gate is "wearing a two-color gold hundred butterflies through the flowers of the large red arrow sleeve", after the change is still "silver and red flowers half old coat" "thick-soled red shoes" "lips like fat". "Lips as if applying fat", through the whole text of the dress is mostly in red, wearing a "big red scarlet felt hat", under the hat is tied "reddish-red velvet hairpin tassel" (reddish-red), Daiyu to the The purse given by Daiyu is tied to the "inside red jacket lapel", the attacker bothered Xiangyun to make him a bib is also "white damask red", Daiyu saw out the window to sleep wearing a "silver and red yarn shirt", the rain went to see Daiyu, the rain went to see Daiyu, and the rain went to see Daiyu, the rain went to see Daiyu, the rain went to see Daiyu, and the rain went to see Daiyu, the rain went to see Daiyu. When it rains to see Daiyu, under the straw raincoat "only wear half of the old red damask short jacket", when it snows draped in "big red scarlet felt", and "eggplant-colored dorado tweed of the sky horse arrow sleeve, big red orangutan felt pan gold color embroidered stone green makeup lab coat "" big red arrow python fox armpit arrow sleeve " and so on, but where his clothing depicted nine out of ten for the red. Not only is he himself, he served by the side of the maids are also different red, Qingwen "red coat, red shoes"; musk moon "red damask chest" "red silk jacket"; Xiongnu "red pantyhose"; attacker "peach red hundred seeds carved silk silver mouse jacket" and so on. First of all in the dress to give him a dignified color, like his identity, his temperament.

Red is also a passionate expression of emotion, Baoyu his love of red, the number is "Yihong Gongzi", residence is "Yihongyuan", the title of the Xuan name is "Jiangyun Xuan". The objects around him are also filled with red everywhere, the tent is "big red pin gold tent"; pillow is "red pillow"; love to help the girls do rouge, is red; he gave Jiang Yuhan is "big red sweat scarf He gave Jiang Yuhan a "big red scarf", and this scarf finally became an object for the attacker to marry Jiang Yuhan and recognize him and stop looking for death; this red atmosphere foretells the end of their final deaths and dispersal, and the red color also foretells the tragedy of the love between him and Daiyu, and highlights his sensitive state of mind due to Lin Mei, which is the "Jiangzhu Grass", their blood and their tears. Their blood, their tears, their "green and thin, red and thin", "red and broken" ending. Like the red, intense, high-profile life, like the red, dangerous, pathos of the end.

In addition, on the one hand, Baoyu love red, on the other hand, Baoyu love women, these two favorites are a kind of fetish, he saw red as the most noble color, is part of his life, red is like his symbol. At the same time, he also cherished women, that "women are water made of flesh and bone, see will feel the refreshing", only willing to hang out in the backyard, often feel that they are dirty people, only wish to be transformed into "a member of the team of fat powder", phoenix sister also said that baoyu as Phoenix also called Baoyu as "you are a noble person, and girl-like character". He scorned to mix in the officialdom, stained with the secular atmosphere of men and women, only think the quiet daughter is the most true and elegant, adore women, also respect the red, these two preferences is not a coincidence, but the woman should be like the noble red, by everyone's respect, he never put the maid is a maiden, and never put himself in a superior view, this is a kind of feudalism under the system of three, six, nine, three, six, nine, three, nine, nine, nine and so on. This is a kind of attack on the feudal system in which people are divided into three, six, nine, and so on.

Baoyu in a red tone, bold, strong warm tones, between the performance of a kind of vitality but also overflowing with a romantic passion, strong because of the red, the ending of the pathos is also because of the red, such a high-profile, so intense, if you want to use a form of painting to describe him, it is a colorful oil painting.

Second, Xiaoxiang Princess

Green, cold, elegant, deep, hopeful, soft, "is a bias in favor of the rational color, for those who are firm and not easy to shake the preference of people to do", containing gray dark green symbolizes the state of cold, phantom, and red form a sharp contrast. Red color forms a sharp contrast.

Daiyu in Dream of Red Mansions is a character image based on the green tone, the name "Dai" (Dai is lime green, the ink of the eyebrow), the most disliked by Li Yishan, but preferred his sentence "to stay with the remnants of the lotus to listen to the sound of the rain," which is not a new green, is the gray of the remnants of the rain. This is not a new green, is the remnants of the gray-green, a light, hazy calm state of mind, reminiscent of a far-reaching mood, colorful landscape painting, is the character of a woman, condensing flora, melancholy deep Wan. When she first appeared on the scene, she was as quiet as a delicate flower shining in the water, and her actions were like a weak willow supporting the wind. Her delicate, charming charm was born out of a sad face, and her weakness was like a weak willow, which corresponded to the grass green with a little bit of black and then a little bit of white blended with a dismal dark green, sad, but also calm. The first time in the Grand View Garden walking is "green tent green car".

"After a thoughtful conception of the artistic imagery, especially the artistic imagery of the masterpiece, is not known to have gone through a number of 'endless' of the painstaking exploration and artistic imagination, only that 'the sash is gradually widening end not regretting Only the author of 'the belt is widening and never regretting' can change the maturity of the artistic image of 'a village in the darkness'." In the portrayal of Lin Daiyu, Cao Xueqin used the artistic image of green bamboo to portray the spirit of the character. In his portrayal of Lin Daiyu, Cao Xueqin uses the artistic imagery of green "bamboo" to portray the character's spiritual world and personality traits. The image of "bamboo" is used as the material of artistic imagination in the author's artistic thinking, and the image is sublimated and formed into an artistic image after artistic imagination. And our interpretation of him is the exploration of its reference, reflecting the deepest soul of the character.

She is a "return tears" of the immortal grass, her sadness are exposed in the green, she called herself "people of grass and trees", and her appearance is often accompanied by "bamboo" this imagery, "full of underground", "the ground is full of", "the ground is full of", "the ground is full of". The image of "bamboo" is often accompanied by "bamboo", "full of underground bamboo shadows, moss traces thick and thin", "bamboo shadows outside the window into the gauze, full of Yin Yin Cui Run in the house, a few fandangs of raw cool", which also explains the borrowing of "bamboo" as an image to create a green and cool environment atmosphere. This also indicates that the imagery of "bamboo" is used to create a green and cool environment. Bamboo" to create a green atmosphere, not just pure color, pure story coincidence, but the author carefully arranged, is Daiyu sorrow, tears of emotional connotation of the need to go beyond the visual reach of the material world, borrowing the green bamboo this appearance of the deeper portrayal of the character and the spiritual world under the surface, her sadness, her tears, the character and the spiritual world, the character and the spiritual world. Her sadness and tears symbolize Daiyu's cold ending. Interpretation from the green, can better understand Daiyu's inner feelings and her situation, to understand in the "bamboo" this artistic image refracted in the dark green atmosphere of Daiyu's emotional characteristics, as Rodin said "see the lines and colors themselves can not move people, but penetrate into the meaning of the profound ".

Three, asari

If you want to use color to describe the Baochai, that no matter what kind of color, this color must be warm, soft. The love between Bao Dai is sensitive and distinct, so their colors are also distinctive "red fast green", and as one of the awkward identity of the Baochai, is clean and transparent nature, sometimes cold black and white. She has a cultured, generous, and the girl in the powder pile is not the same "Bao Ya Tou strange, she never love these flowers powder," and she hides stupidity, guarding the same nature of the heart, is the warm, unadorned, natural beauty. It embodies the charisma of a "light and extreme to know that the flowers are more beautiful", and this silent black and white is a symbol of endless possibilities.

Her residence, "Asarum Garden", into the garden is "inserted into the sky of the big Linglong stone, surrounded by a variety of rocks, and no flowers and plants", looking around, the residence is blocked by all the rocks, Jia Zheng said at first sight is "This house is tasteless very", no whitewashed splendor, but natural . Stone, there are some monotonous black and white gray courtyard, a symbol of the owner of the residence of the dull, not openly, hidden stupid and conservative personality traits, indoor "snow caves in general, a color of the playware is not" "clear veil tent, Nian bedding is also very simple" clean black and white interior environment, like the owner, do not need to decorate, but also to play with the house. Her master, do not need to decorate, do not need to embellish, the most simple nature, but will not lose color, but "the colder the more verdant," symbolizing the Baochai's calm, calm, but also implies that her end is like this room as cold, cool. Also like her treatment of people, do not like to show their colors, but also because of this calm got everyone's favorite, in the Daiyu see Baochai in the side of Bao Yu embroidery, they want to poke fun at her, because of the thought of "always treating her kindly" will cover the mouth and go, this is the "more cold and more green" of white. "This is the white color. "You put that stone bonsai and that frame yarn table screen, and ink smoke frozen, these three on the table is enough, and then the ink painting and calligraphy white damask tent to bring", after Jia mother's design, is still elegant black and white, a symbol of her introspection, conformity, warmth, softness, rare speech, peace at any time of the character, but also reflects her Soothing and indifferent, with the personality of the old Zhuang temperament, a little bit of the world's emotions, do their own part, from the emotional reasoning, burying their own personal feelings, and put it under the big picture, even the love for Baoyu is also hidden, which is her nature, very repressed, her life is black and white, to a certain extent, also implies that her fate later on, cold, miserable and widowed end. Her poem "Leaves splashed into a thousand points of ink, save flowers stained with a few traces of frost" is also a black and white picture, all these imply that her end of the "anxious head towards the end of the day, frying the heart of the day and year after year," the torment and sadness.

She is a peony among flowers, "any emotionlessness is also touching"; she is a pile of snow, without coloring, which adds to its natural charm; she is a "cold incense pill", and she is not desirous of a pure "wind and rain, cloud and sunshine, let it be changed" black and white life, and she is a "cold incense pill". "The black and white life, she is more like a black and white gray sketch.

Fourth, Conclusion

Cao Xueqin is not a master of color, but the color as a symbol to portray the image of the character of this way of using the best, "the color of the language and text transcription is visible, the human appearance because of the color as seen in the person, the soul of the soul with the color portrayal of the heart. "This color is the image of the characters in the author's mind, and it is worth exploring more y from the perspective of the language of color.