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preface
"Dream of Red Mansions", as a classic masterpiece, is liked by many people, and over the years, there have been many versions of this drama, but the most classic is the 87 version.
Because the plot is very classic, I will rewatch it when there is no drama, and after watching "Dream of Red Mansions" three times, I realized why Jia Baoyu would rather become a monk than live with Xue Baochai......
So, what is the reason why Baoyu would rather abandon the world than spend the rest of her life with Baochai?
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In the Dream of Red Mansions, the marriage between Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai should have been a good story.
But who would have thought that this pair of golden and jade good fortunes would end up with Baoyu becoming a monk?
Is it really as the world says, Baoyu can't accept her marriage with Baochai just because she is infatuated with Lin Daiyu?
Jia Baoyu, a son born in a wealthy family, has been different since he was a child.
His values are like a lotus flower that is not stained with dust, blooming proudly in the mire of the world.
Baoyu hated men, not because of their gender, but because they represented the customs of feudal society.
In his eyes, those men who run for fame and fortune are just for their own selfish desires.
On the contrary, he was fond of pure women and eclectic men because they were able to remain true to themselves and not be tainted by the world.
This unique value makes Baoyu have a huge conflict with the real world.
The family has high hopes for him, hoping that he will be able to study and become a professional and glorify his ancestors.
Baoyu sneered at fame and fortune, he pursued spiritual freedom and hated the constraints of the world.
This contradiction may detonate Baoyu's inner rebellion at any time.
Baoyu's spiritual world is so colorful, yet it is incompatible with reality.
He immersed himself in the poetry and painting of the Grand View Garden, and talked about poetry and painting with Daiyu, Baochai and other sisters, and tasted life.
In his opinion, this kind of life is the real state of life.
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As we get older, so does the stress of reality.
The expectations of the family and the pressure of the imperial examination are like a big net, trying to bind Baoyu in it.
Under this tremendous mental pressure, Baoyu began his journey to enlightenment......
Different values
He began to think about the meaning of life and began to question worldly values.
And realize that true happiness does not lie in external prosperity and wealth, but in inner peace and freedom.
This kind of consciousness makes the contradiction between Baoyu and the real world more acute.
He began to feel like a caged bird, eager to spread its wings and soar, but bound by the shackles of the world.
This inner struggle became one of the important reasons why Baoyu finally chose to become a monk.
When a person's spiritual pursuits conflict with society's expectations, what kind of pain and struggle can arise.
In Jia Baoyu's complex emotional world, Xue Baochai undoubtedly occupies an important position.
This marriage, known as the "golden and jade relationship", should have been a match made in heaven, but it eventually became the fuse for Baoyu to escape from the world.
What is the reason why it is difficult for this couple to become a family in the end?
In fact, the relationship between Baoyu and Baochai was full of contradictions from the beginning.
Baochai's beauty and talent have indeed attracted Baoyu deeply.
She can comment on opera with Baoyu, discuss Buddhism, teach Xichun to paint, and know how to manage the housekeeper's accounts.
Such a Baochai was a perfect woman in the eyes of the society at that time.
It is this perfection that has become an insurmountable gap between her and Baoyu.
Baochai's feelings for Baoyu are a slow and deep love.
She understands Baoyu's maverick and his desire for freedom.
But as a realist, Baochai always hopes that Baoyu can accept reality and work hard for the future of the family......
The presence of white moonlight
This expectation touched Baoyu's most sensitive nerves.
In Baochai's view, a man should study and become a man to win glory for the family.
She constantly persuaded Baoyu to study hard, hoping that he would pass the imperial examination and glorify his ancestors.
This is what Baoyu hates the most, Baoyu pursues spiritual freedom, not fame and fortune in the eyes of the world.
This huge difference in values has become an irreconcilable contradiction between them.
Xue Baochai actually knew that he would never be able to surpass Lin Daiyu's status in Baoyu's heart.
After all, in Jia Baoyu's heart, Lin Daiyu is a white moonlight-like existence.
She chose to silently accept this fact and use her thoughtfulness and gentleness to win Baoyu's heart.
However, it is this kind of reason and restraint that makes her and Baoyu always lack that fiery passion.
Baochai's realism and Baoyu's idealism are like two parallel lines that can never intersect.
Baochai attaches great importance to family responsibilities and pays attention to real life.
Baoyu, on the other hand, is immersed in her own ideal world, and it is difficult to adapt to the constraints of the world.
This difference in values dooms them to not being able to get along for a long time.
The grand view garden used to be a prosperous scene of singing and dancing, and in the end only a bleak scene remained.
The daughters in the garden are like falling leaves, blown away by the wind of fate......
Lin Daiyu's death is undoubtedly the news of this tragedy.
Her death, like a sharp knife, pierced deep into Baoyu's heart.
Daiyu is not only love, but also a spiritual confidant.
Her departure deprived Baoyu of the last person who could understand him.
From then on, Baoyu's world lost its color, and his disappointment with worldly life reached its peak.
Daiyu's death represents the innocence and ideals in Baoyu's heart, and this innocence and ideals, under the weight of reality, eventually disappeared without a trace.
This blow is undoubtedly fatal to Baoyu.
It accelerated Baoyu's determination to seek spiritual liberation, and also laid the groundwork for his eventual choice to become a monk......
Surface Kung Fu
In this context, the marriage between Baoyu and Baochai was doomed to fail from the beginning.
Although they are a match made in heaven in the eyes of outsiders, in reality, this marriage is more like a reluctant compromise.
Baoyu's heart had already died with Daiyu's departure, leaving behind only an empty shell.
Life after marriage is simply a torment for Baoyu.
He couldn't adapt to the worldly life, and he couldn't accept the reality of losing Daiyu.
Although Baochai tried her best to maintain this marriage, her efforts seemed to Baoyu like an invisible pressure.
Baoyu begins to become reticent, immersed in her own world all day long, and becomes more and more distant from real life.
The failure of this marriage is not only a tragedy for two people, but also a collision of two values.
Baochai represents the values of traditional society, and she believes that men should work for the prosperity of their families.
Baoyu represents the emerging idea of individualism, which pursues the spiritual freedom of the individual.
This clash of values was irreconcilable in the social context of the time.
Baoyu chose to escape, but is it really the best option?
Perhaps, true wisdom lies not in escapism, but in how to find one's place in reality.
Jia Baoyu's ordination is like a well-choreographed drama, but it has already been foreshadowed.
At the beginning of "Dream of Red Mansions", Zhen Shiyin became a monk.
This seemingly inconsequential episode actually hints at the direction of the whole story.
Zhen Shiyin and Jia Baoyu, the two names are homophonic and true.
Zhen Shiyin's ordination was due to his boredom with worldly life and his pursuit of spiritual freedom.
Since childhood, Baoyu has been dismissive of fame and fortune, and what he pursues is spiritual freedom and liberation.
This pursuit reached its culmination in his marriage to Baochai.
The failure of Baoyu's marriage with Baochai is ostensibly because of Baoyu's infatuation with Daiyu.
But in fact, the deeper reason lies in the huge difference in the values of the two men.
Baochai represents the values of traditional society, and she hopes that Baoyu can work hard for the prosperity of her family.
Baoyu pursues personal spiritual freedom and abhors the constraints of the world.
This clash of values was irreconcilable in the social context of the time.
epilogue
Baoyu's understanding of color as emptiness and emptiness as color since he was a child allowed him to see through the illusion of the world, and in his view, everything in the world is like a dream bubble, and only detachment can obtain true freedom.
True wisdom lies not in escaping reality altogether, nor in blindly accepting it, but in how to find one's place in reality without losing one's ideals.
The above is only a personal opinion!