Uncovering secret causality in Life

There are traces of the author's life in "Dream of the Red Chamber", but after all, it is a novel, so it cannot be judged by the words of a novelist. But the appreciation tendency of readers of novels represents a concept. What kind of mentality, will understand and appreciate what type of person. People who read novels have always admired Daiyu's feminine and orchid heart to the fullest, but they have overlooked the various personality flaws hidden under her talent that contribute to her tragic life.

For example, there is a plot in the book where Zhou Rui's family sends twelve palace flowers to the girls in each room along the way. When they met Yingchun and Tanchun, "they were busy playing chess and bowed down to thank each other. They ordered the maids to take it." When they arrived at Xichun, Xichun and Zhou Rui's "Everyone made fun of each other" joked with each other. The three young ladies of the Jia family did not show any arrogance in front of this servant, but rather were very humble and easygoing, which also shows their usual behavior.

The treatment Zhou Rui's family received at Daiyu was vastly different. Find Daiyu and explain the reason. Daiyu only looked at it and asked, "Is it for me alone or for all the other girls?" Zhou Rui's family said, "Everyone has it, these two are girls' now." Daiyu sneered and said, "I knew that others wouldn't give me the rest unless they picked it out." - It should be noted that Zhou Rui's family sent it all the way along the way, and there was no disrespectful behavior or language.

Seeing this, if you were from the Zhou Rui family, would you be willing to respect the three ladies of the Jia family or Daiyu? At that time, the situation was that "Zhou Rui's family listened without saying a word." Whether they were respected or not was created by themselves. From this detail, we can see some of Daiyu's attitudes towards life and the reasons for her tragic life. This palace flower was given by Aunt Xue to the girls in each room, and everyone else was happy. Daiyu's first reaction was that she had been discriminated against again, which added a lot of troubles and also transferred this trouble to others.

Lin Daiyu defected to her grandmother and uncle due to family changes. The Jia family raised her as a daughter and treated her equally with the three young ladies of the Jia family. As soon as she entered the house, she was assigned more than ten servants to serve her. Later, she moved into the Grand View Garden with Miss Jia and lived alone in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, which can be said to be a deep favor from others. But in the novel, it was never evident that Daiyu had any sense of gratitude. Instead, she was full of feelings and doubts, always feeling or suspecting that others were holding her back. When receiving a drop of water from someone, one should also know where they came from and be grateful, and the same applies to family members.

In the novel, the frequency of "Daiyu sneers" appearing in the previous text is very high, often mocking and hurting others. As Li Mama once said, "Truly, Lin Sisters, speaking one sentence is sharper than a knife." This is the "evil tongue" in the ten bad deeds. Daiyu is a young lady, so naturally no one dares to refute her face. Others also know how to respect others, but they are afraid that each person has their own thoughts.

Daiyu's pessimism is also one of the reasons for her misfortune. Enjoying the blessings of Miss Qianjin in the Jia Mansion, but due to too much suspicion and sensitivity, she bears the torment of her soul. It is precisely in the youth and youth of youth that one disregards the beauty of spring in the garden. There is always the sorrow of 'flowers bloom easily and are difficult to find, and flowers are buried in sorrow at the doorstep'. What kind of state of mind will naturally inspire what kind of fate. Optimistic people often develop their destiny in an optimistic direction; A pessimistic person's fate will also develop in a pessimistic direction. Daiyu is under the protection of others, a bit cautious and sad, a bit childish and feminine, which is understandable. But she went too far, treating her pettiness as cuteness and suspicions as food, ultimately creating her own tragic life.

The original theme of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' was to 'conceal the truth' and 'use false language to speak.'. It's just that 'when pretending to be true, it's also false'. The life in the book is like a mirror, and the reader's heart is reflected in whatever situation they fall into. Those who appreciate Daiyu have a bit of Daiyu's little daughter's temperament; Those who like Baoyu naturally feel a sense of turbidity when they meet a man; With Xue Pan's temperament, it is natural to think that this guy is very interesting and tight; With Jiao Da's nature, he would praise and curse the streets with great pleasure. A hundred opinions, a hundred forms of life. What kind of heart naturally creates what kind of fate. So, if someone on a blind date goes to the movies with the other person a few times, and sees the people they appreciate in the plot and their attitude towards things, they will basically not lose sight of them.

I read a post specifically discussing the Zhou Rui family's section on sending palace flowers, and I replied that the building has several hundred floors. Most people take Daiyu's approach for granted. In the drama, the views of outsiders in the Red Chamber drama reveal their inner nature, which determines their fate. This is also one of the footnotes to why there are so many tragedies in this era.

Reflection: What is a person in love? A person who is completely controlled by their temperament. Wherever their temperament flows, they obediently follow wherever they go. They do whatever their temperament requires them to do, and this is the slave of their temperament.