What story is Lao Liu telling?
In the thirty-ninth time, Grandma Liu told a story about "Mingyu smoking firewood". The general idea is as follows: There is a family with no son, only a young lady named Mingyu, who can read and write, and her husband and wife regard her as a treasure. It's a pity that Mingyu grew to seventeen and died of illness. Because the master and wife missed her so much, they built an ancestral temple and made a statue for her. After a long time, the old man was gone and the temple was rotten. Mingyu's image has changed for the better, and she often changes people to wander around the villages. She is the one who smokes firewood. At that time, she wore a red coat and a white silk skirt. Baoyu said that's not the essence. According to the rules, such people will not die. Let's analyze this story. Why is the story a metaphor for Daiyu? First, "there is no son, only a young lady who can read and write, and the master and wife love each other as treasure", just like Daiyu. Second, Diane is a blue-black pigment. Ming refers to tea, usually blue and black. Aren't Yu Ming and Daiyu both blue-black jade? Note: Each version is different, some are called Mingyu and some are called Ruoyu. If you compare the similarities and differences of each version in detail, maybe you can find the reason. In my opinion, the word "Ming" should be wrongly written as "if" in the process of copying, because it is easy to make mistakes and difficult to make mistakes. Besides, because her name is Mingyu, Baoyu specially sent Yan Ming to her ancestral temple. Third, Baoyu has a problem of "loving red", and Daiyu often wears red. Fourthly, according to Know No and Peony Pavilion, the death of Daiyu was concealed. Comparing the story of Peony Pavilion with that of Mingyu, there are also similarities: First, both of them built ancestral halls after their deaths; Second, both of them were resurrected after death, that is, Baoyu said "although dead." 5. The original Daiyu joked: "Let's sing poetry under the snow? In my opinion, it is more interesting to get a bundle of firewood and smoke it under the snow. " A clear hint that she is a firewood smoker. In a word, I think Mingyu's story is a metaphor for Daiyu's death. Those who think that Mingyu draws firewood in the snow is a metaphor for "snow (snow) holding (treasure) firewood (firewood)" are simply vulnerable. So I have come to the following conclusions: First, it is once again confirmed that Daiyu died of illness. So the so-called "sinking the lake" and "hanging" are nonsense, and "Qingwen's death" is also very important evidence. Second, Daiyu will probably be resurrected after her death. There is a description in the original text about the fire in the stable in the southeast yard. I think the fire in Hulu Temple is a metaphor for Jia's robbery, so the fire in the southeast is a metaphor for Jia's accident, and the problem lies with Jia She who lives in the southeast. What Daiyu did after her death is probably related to the southeast fire. Does the so-called "smoking firewood" mean that Daiyu is resurrected to help reduce the fire? Thirdly, it is once again confirmed that Daiyu died at the age of seventeen, that is, in the eighteenth year of the Red Chamber. Because Daiyu died in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 18th year of the Red Chamber, Baoyu left Jiafu in the 17th year of the Red Chamber.