Among the twelve women in Jinling, Jia Yuanchun ranks third, and is a key figure in the whole Dream of Red Mansions. Jia Yuanchun, in particular, had an inestimable influence on the relationship between the Jia family and the royal family. She is the core figure in promoting the relationship between Jia family and royal family. "Yuan Fei's Motherhood" mentioned in the book is a very core event. Through this incident, we can intuitively highlight the changes of Jia family from prosperity to decline. On the other hand, the event of Yuan Fei Province's pro-relatives foreshadowed the gradual decline of Jia Yuanchun to a great extent, and also hinted at the tragic ending of Yuan Chun.
Meanwhile, the rise of Jia Yuanchun is a sign of death. Jia Yuanchun and Jia Baoyu are both brothers and mothers. Both of them were born to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. For some political purpose, Jia Yuanchun was sent to the palace by Jia Fu in her early years and was elected as a female history. So from this perspective, Jia Yuanchun's birth seems to be a political gift from heaven. Otherwise, Jia Fu would not have to send the most distinguished lady in the Grand View Garden to the palace at an early age. This move by Jia Fu had a lot to do with the political situation that Jia Fu was facing at that time, because Jia Fu had basically no future when he developed into Jia Zheng's generation.
Jia Yuanchun, who was sent to the palace as a female history at an early age, can become a virtuous princess. Looking at the background of the Qing dynasty, it is not impossible to have such a big difference, but this possibility is too small. Therefore, the reason why Mr. Cao Xueqin constructed such a plot is that there is a taste of "suppressing first and then promoting". If Jia Fu is going to lose everything in the future, then he must first hold Jia Fu high, and then the higher he holds, the worse he will fall. This was a plan of the royal family at that time.
In the second article "Leng Zixing's Speech in Guo Rong Fu", Jia Yuanchun's situation has been pointed out. At that time, Jia Yuanchun was elected to the palace for her filial piety and became a female history. Later, almost in a very short time, Jia Yuanchun was elected to the Algae-rich Palace. At this time, Jia Yuanchun's status also rose. Being able to enter the Fengzao Palace smoothly, at that time, Jia Yuanchun had been named a virtuous princess from the history of women, and the leap from the history of women to the status of concubines. I'm afraid the whole harem of the Qing Dynasty was not so blessed.
It's just a little early to say it's a blessing. With the title of virtuous princess, it was followed by the well-known Yuan relatives. Because of the rising status, the whole Jia family was immersed in a celebration, and even Jia, who knows the world best, didn't understand the truth, which shows how dangerous Jia family was at that time! On the day of Jia Yuanchun's return to his hometown, it just happened to catch up with the traditional Lantern Festival. The Jia family spared no expense to build the Grand View Garden, because it was a great honor for the Jia family to return to their hometown.
At that time, the scene of the Grand View Garden welcoming Jia Yuanchun was heaven and earth, and it was the only one! At this time, you can contact Mr. Cao Xueqin to write the historical background of this plot, which is the grand occasion of Emperor Kangxi's southern tour and the Cao family taking over Emperor Kangxi. Mr. Cao Xueqin basically integrated all his experiences into the description of A Dream of Red Mansions, but it is the plot of Yuan Fei's mothering, which, in my opinion, is the most prominent connection with Cao Jia's real situation. After Yongzheng came to power, what happened to the Cao family was not a scene of "the rabbit died and the dog boiled"?
At the time of Yuan Fei's mothering, Jiafu reached its peak, but this was only a superficial illusion. In fact, how much financial resources the Jia family had at that time, I'm afraid readers who have read A Dream of Red Mansions all know, saying that "the Jia family took money from Lin Daiyu to build the Grand View Garden" is also hard to blame, because the financial resources of the Jia family were indeed getting worse day by day, which can be described as "beyond treasures, among them". Jia described Jia's family at that time as a second-class family, that is, a middle-class family, rather than a first-class family. In fact, it has hinted at the decline of the Jia family.
Jia Yuanchun's status keeps rising, and finally she wins the status of virtuous princess. With the rise of Jia Yuanchun's position in the palace, Jia's position declined instead of rising in this period. At best, it's the day of mothering in Yuan Fei, which makes Jia Fu rich and decent. At that time, perhaps only a few people in the royal family knew that Jiafu was not far from sunset. Because after finishing mothering in Jia Yuanchun, stepping out of Jia Fu and stepping into the palace gate, her death was doomed, and the decline of Jia Fu family was decided.
If Jia Yuanchun's death due to illness is not credible, then Jia Yuanchun's description between the lines is indeed death due to illness, but it doesn't seem to be consistent with the foreshadowing of the first eighty chapters. Because I am not a specialized redology researcher, I just express my personal guess about the real cause of death of Jia Yuanchun. The following chapters continued by Mr. Gao E are equally wonderful and excellent in writing, but no matter how you look at them, they can't keep up with the plot of the previous 80 chapters and the author's emotional thinking.
The story of Jia Yuanchun's death is titled "The Princess Died of Misunderstanding", and the specific description of Jia Yuanchun's death is:
"When the holy family is grand and obese, it is inconvenient to move, and daily life is tired, sometimes phlegm disease occurs. Because I went back to the palace the day before yesterday, I occasionally caught cold and evoked old diseases. "
Luckily, Yuan Chun was able to meet her family before she died. Hearing that Yuan Chun was dying, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang rushed to the palace by carriage. With the permission of the emperor, they met Yuan Chun before she died. One is her grandmother, the other is her own mother. Although Jia Yuanchun had an uncontrollable excitement at that time, and she was able to meet her relatives before she died, the situation in Jia Yuanchun was not satisfactory.
"When I saw Yuan Fei choking on phlegm, I was speechless. When I saw Jia Mu, I only cried, but there were no tears. "
From this description, we can clearly see that Jia Yuanchun felt uncomfortable at that time, because he was crying, but he didn't leave a tear. Jia Yuanchun can't talk before he dies. If he really got sick and died, wouldn't it be strange? This behavior also makes me wonder, is Jia Yuanchun trying to explain something behind the shape of only crying without tears?
Look here again. In the last 40 episodes, Jia Yuanchun died at the age of 43, but you can go back to the age of Jia Yuanchun in the first 80 episodes. Let's look at the age when Jia Baoyu was beaten, because only this plot can better reflect Jia Yuanchun's real age. Jia Baoyu was thirteen when he was beaten, and Li Wan, the eldest sister-in-law, was only in her twenties. Even Baoyu's mother, Mrs. Wang, is not fifty years old. Jia Yuanchun died at the age of 43. How can she be trusted?
Jia Yuanchun died shortly after Jia Baoyu got married. At that time, Jia Baoyu 19 got married, and Jia Yuanchun was Jia Baoyu's sister. So in any case, Jia Yuanchun can't be forty-three when he died, but he will be much younger than forty-three, not more than thirty at most. If we really understand the plot of the first 80 chapters according to the sequel of the last 40 chapters, the whole Dream of Red Mansions will be in chaos. This is a doubtful point. Undeniably, the great difference in age also reflects the strangeness of Jia Yuanchun's death.
There is also the most sufficient evidence to prove the strangeness of Jia Yuanchun's death. The main theme of the whole Dream of Red Mansions is politics. If Jia Yuanchun only died of disease, it is obviously beside the point. In Jia Yuanchun by Mr Cao Xueqin, although Mr Cao gave her little pen and ink, it was a key figure that influenced Jia's fate. Therefore, as long as Jia Yuanchun appears every time, Tso Gong's description is in place, and there are many implied meanings.
Can it be said that the ending of such a female role specially shaped by Zuo Zongtang should be left aside like this? Impossible, Jia Yuanchun's death will be political. He died of illness rather than being framed and infected. After all, there are many hints in the first eighty chapters. The political struggle between the Jia family and the palace is endless. Jia Yuanchun's death is closely related to politics. It's really hard to convince everyone that he died of illness.
Since all kinds of clues point out that Jia Yuanchun didn't simply die of illness, what was the real cause of death of Jia Yuanchun? Who framed her for death? Since I have clearly pointed out above that Jia Yuanchun's death is closely related to politics, then the real cause of Jia Yuanchun's death is forced by politics. Perhaps it was not a person who killed Jia Yuanchun, but a political group that stood in the position of interests. The so-called political group here is the royal group that stands on the opposite side of the four major families represented by Jia Fu. The existence of the Jia family, the existence of four families, is a thorny existence for the court.
Since ancient times, we have paid attention to "constantly strengthening imperial power and dividing relative power", thus achieving the fundamental purpose of strengthening centralization and monarchy. Just like Yong Zhengdi copied Cao Xueqin's home after the death of Emperor Kangxi, if Yong Zhengdi allowed Cao Cao to continue to exist, how could he give an explanation to the civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty and the people all over the world? The assets owed by the Cao family and the natural behavior of the Cao family prompted Yongzheng to never tolerate the existence of the Cao family. Jia's threat to the royal family also reflects that the court will not tolerate Jia's existence in the future.
Liang Lang said that since the dust settled in the decline of Jiafu, Jia Yuanchun was no longer of use value, which was a fact for the royal group headed by the emperor and also for Jiafu. Even though Jia Yuanchun's status is noble, it is difficult for her to save Jia Fu from the sunset of the whole river alone. This is certainly not difficult to save, but it can't be saved at all.
Although the scene of returning to Jia's home is grand, the fragmentary pictures and words in it have already hinted at the tragic ending of He Jia's family, such as "the banquet is over" and "the moon is full of water", and there are also various signs such as "life is extremely sad", "the tree is falling apart" and "climbing high and falling heavy".
Seeing Jia Fu's final ruin, actually looking back at Jia Yuanchun's death, I think it was a relief that Jia Yuanchun died before Jia Fu's decline. After all, she didn't see the final ruin of Jiafu. But when he faced Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, he couldn't say a word and shed a tear, but silently said to the people in Jia Fu: I have done what I can, and I really can't reverse the fate of Jia Fu. ...