Since the advent of the Dream of the Red Chamber, there has always been a voice that believes that Xue Baochao's golden lock was concocted by the Xue family and is a fake, and the saying that the golden jade is good is also completely spread by the Xue family, that is, that BaoChao can be the second grandmother of Bao Bao in the future.
Before answering this question, let's take a look at what the original text says.
Baochao's golden lock first appeared, in the eighth time, after she saw Baoyu's psychic jade, Baoyu heard that Baochao had a golden lock, and the words above were a couple with him, so they also had to look, Baochao had no choice but to take out the golden lock.
At this time, Baochao's servant and ying'er opened their mouths, and she said this sentence: it was sent by a leper monk, and he said that it must be hammered on a gold vessel... Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Bao Chao.
Judging from the information revealed in the original text, we can be sure that the two auspicious words on the golden lock of Baochao, "Do not abandon and do not abandon, Fang Ling Yongji", were indeed sent by the leper monk, and the golden lock seems to have been built by the Xue family according to the leprosy monk's account.
But if you only rely on this to conclude that this golden lock was concocted by the Xue family, it is obviously inaccurate, because the Xue family prepared it according to the words of the leper monk, and Bao Chao also said when he took out the golden lock, "It is also a person who gave two auspicious words, so it was hammered and called every day to carry." ”
From Bao Chao's words, we seem to have confirmed once again that these two sentences were given by the leper monk, and the golden lock was indeed prepared by the Xue family themselves, but it was also prepared according to what the leper monk said.
But in the twenty-eighth time, there was a new change, when Baochao was ashamed of the red musk string, there was such a psychological activity: Xue Baochao had mentioned to Madame Wang and so on that the golden lock was given by a monk, and only those who had jade in the future could be married, so they were always far away from Baoyu.
The meaning in this passage is that what Aunt Xue said to Lady Wang was that this golden lock was given by the monk, not by the Xue family themselves, which was obviously different from what BaoChao and Ying'er said earlier.
A leper monk gave only two sentences and confessed to put it on a gold vessel. The implication is that the leper monk did not give the golden lock, but only gave the two auspicious words, and the golden lock was prepared by the Xue family.
And according to the meaning of Aunt Xue's words, these golden locks and those two auspicious words were given by the monk, and the implication is that when the monk gave the golden lock, there was already an auspicious word, which we did not hammer ourselves, but originally had it. Or after giving the auspicious words, and then giving the golden lock, the Xue family found someone to give the hammer.
Aunt Xue's meaning is obvious, she is passing on such a layer of meaning to Madame Wang, Baoyu's psychic jade is there when the grass falls, it is pure and natural, our treasure head's golden lock, although not brought from the mother's womb, but also given by a monk, this is not concocted by us.
The biggest difference is not this sentence, but Aunt Xue said that the golden lock of Baochao must wait for the future jade to be married. Is this really what the leper monk said? It hasn't been mentioned anywhere before.
Some people believe that this is obviously made up by Aunt Xue, that is, to promote the good fortune of Jin Yu. But in fact, it may not be concocted by Aunt Xue, as we said earlier, when Ying'er said the origin of Baochao's golden lock, she was stopped by Baochao before she finished speaking.
What was she going to say behind her? Could it be aunt Xue's saying that only those who have jade in the future can get married? I think that with Ying'er's cleverness and cleverness, if Bao chao did not stop her, she would probably blurt out.
Later, Wen Ying'er also once said that there are several benefits that the world does not have on Baochao, and it is also the key moment when she is about to say it, and she is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Baochao, which is actually a lot of articles. Why does Baochao always interrupt what Ying'er wants to say to Baoyu at key moments?
This is likely to involve her marriage. After all, Bao Chao was a girl's family that had not yet left the cabinet, how could she be so kind as to let The Lady of The House keep telling a man about her marriage? It was as if he was in a hurry to marry out.
There is also a question here, whether the golden lock of Baochao was given by the monk, or did the Xue family prepare it according to the monk's instructions? Personally, I prefer the latter, because when restored to the original text, the words of Baochao and Ying'er are more credible in comparison, while the words of Aunt Xue are obviously processed.
Why did Aunt Xue say that? Of course, it is a matter of mind, and since there is a plan in mind, it is naturally not so objective to speak. And what BaoChao and Ying'er said was obviously spoken casually in small talk, more objective and more credible, and the master and servant were completely consistent before and after without consultation.
Aunt Xue in order to promote the good relationship between gold and jade, when talking to her sister about the golden lock of Baochao, it is impossible to say all the details without concealment, for her, since these two auspicious words were given by the monk, it was also the monk who explained that they should be hammered on the gold vessel, and later the Xue family put those two sentences on the golden lock for Baochao to wear, and after a long time, she may acquiesce that this golden lock is not given by the monk.
However, we cannot therefore say that Baochao's golden lock was concocted by the Xue family, and even that Aunt Xue spread the theory that the golden jade was good, in fact, the master of all this was not her at all, but a monk behind it, and it was these two immortals who secretly manipulated everything. The Xue family just handled things according to the leprosy monk's explanation, and aunt Xue, in order to save trouble, directly said that the golden lock was given by the monk, which was also understandable.
The former alliance between Baoyu and Daiyu is the fate of the previous life, and the golden and jade marriage between Baoyu and Baochao is the fate of this life, one is the fate of the past life, the other is the fate of the present life, all of which are doomed to be created, so the saying that it is artificially concocted and spread does not exist.
Author: Xi Si Shao, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.