In the fifth dream of the Red Chamber, Cao Gong traveled through Jia Baoyu's divine journey to the illusory realm and wrote in detail about the Jinling Twelve Nobles in the Bo Life Division, but the Twelve Nobles of Jinling had a front and a side, and there were details and a strategy.
What we know is that the Twelve Books of Jinling are clearly written, and there is no objection, but when writing about the sub-volumes and sub-volumes, Cao Gong did not list them one by one, but explained them with one or two characters as representatives.
This also made many researchers and readers in later generations play a guessing game, and who could be these characters that Cao Gong did not write? Historically, there have been different theories, so we may wish to make some rationalized conjectures according to the original prompts.
The characters of the Twelve Noble Books of Jinling, such as Dai Xiangmiao, Yuan Ying tan xi and others, are all ladies of noble birth, and they are also the police fairy who said, "Choose the most important ones to record." "The remnants of the mediocre have no records to record."
Based on these two criteria, we look at the person in the sub-book, the first in line is Xiangling, although Xiangling later became Xue Pan's concubine, it seems that she is not noble, but her origin is not low, she was originally the palm pearl of the hermit eunuch Zhen Shiyin, even if it is not everyone's bridesmaid, it is also a small family jasper.
Therefore, those who can be selected for the sub-book must first meet a standard, and must be a lady from a good and serious family, even if the family is poor and the fate is bumpy. And a lady like Ping'er, even if she has a head face, in the era of the Dream of the Red Chamber, when birth determines everything, it is obvious that she cannot be selected for the sub-book.
Judging from the whole, there are four criteria for being selected into the sub-book: it is Cao Gong's "urgent person", not a "mediocre person", a "lady" with a good birth, and all of them are thin-lived people.
Except for Xiangling, who will the remaining eleven people be? First of all, it is certain that these four people: Xue Baoqin, Xing Xiuyan, Li Wen, and Li Qi.
Xue Baoqin is Xue Baochao's cousin, belonging to the Xue family in the four major families of Jinling, and has attracted everyone's attention as soon as she appears, whether it is birth or talent, she is eligible to be selected.
Some people say that Baoqin is not a thin person, didn't she promise Mei Hanlin's son as a wife? But the Red Chamber is not finished, how can we be sure that Baoqin will be a happy ending?
Xing Xiuyan is lady Xing's niece, and since childhood, she has inherited the Miaoyu in the Twelve Books, and is as detached as an idle cloud and wild crane, and this birth is no problem in being selected for the sub-book. Although she had promised Xue Tao a wife, it didn't seem to be a thin person, but the Dream of the Red Chamber was a tragic ending, how could she hide from it?
Li Wen and Li Qi are Li Feng's maternal cousins, and if Li Yi can be selected for the main book, they are naturally eligible to be selected for the secondary book. For these four people, Li Yanzhai also had criticisms: Baoqin, Xiuyan, Li Wen, and Li Qi all accompanied the guests, and the so-called vice twelve in "Dream of the Red Chamber" were also.
In addition to these four people, there are seven others, they may be: XiLuan, fourth sister, Zhang Jinge, Fu Qiufang, You Second Sister, You Third Sister, Xia Jingui.
Explain why these seven people, Xiluan and the fourth sister appeared late, and only appeared on Jia Mu's birthday, but they were all descendants of jia fu, and their origins were naturally no problem.
Moreover, the original text mentions that the granddaughters of these rooms in Jia Fu are about twenty in size, while Cao Gong only mentions the names of Xiluan and the fourth sister, and Jia Mu "sees Xiluan and the fourth sister's children well, speaks and acts differently, and likes in her heart." "Of course, they are not ordinary people.
What about Zhang Jinge? She is the daughter of Zhang Rich Lord, and she did not even appear in the scene, because her father withdrew from marriage, and a hemp rope quietly hanged herself. Whether it is origin or deeds, it also meets the criteria for the selection of the supplementary book, and the key lip Yanzhai criticism also clearly states that "this woman is a deputy outside the twelve." "Therefore, the sub-book must have Zhang Jinge."
Fu Qiufang was the younger sister of Fu Chuan, who was Jia Zheng's protégé, and this birth was no problem. Moreover, this Fu Qiufang "is also a beautiful jade, intelligent and talented" Although Bao Yu has not seen it, he cannot avoid having a reverie and a heart of love. Therefore, she is also very likely to be a person of the sub-book.
Then there is Xia Jingui, although he is a Hedong lion, but he is not low, and like the Xue family, he is also one of the top two big portals. "She can marry into the Xue family, one of the four major families, and naturally she is fully qualified to be selected for the twelve sub-books."
Moreover, under the pen of Cao Gong, Xia Jingui is not a mediocre person, her viciousness is even worse than Wang Xifeng, although she was born noble, but she did not have a little education, dealing with her mother-in-law Xue Aunt and husband Xue Pan, she had endless means and tricks.
The last two places, we arranged for You Second Sister You Third Sister and sister, they are the daughters of You Old Lady and her ex-husband, the birth is not high, but since You Second Sister was able to promise to the Zhang family of the Imperial Grain Zhuang, obviously the conditions are not much worse.
You Second Sister You Third Sister also has marriages with Jia Lian and Liu Xianglian respectively, but both have a beginning and no end, and they also belong to thin people. He also occupied a lot of ink chapters under Cao Gong's pen, and the two looked back several times, so there was no problem in being selected for the sub-book.
In summary, the characters in the sub-album of the Twelve Books of Jinling are roughly as follows: Xiang Ling, Xue Baoqin, Xing Xiuyan, Li Wen, Li Qi, Xi Luan, Fourth Sister, Zhang Jinge, Fu Qiufang, Xia Jingui, You Second Sister, and You Third Sister.
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Author: Xi Si Shao, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.