"A Dream of Red Mansions" Birds from the last days all know that they love talents in this life. It is even sadder to cry in Jinling. "

In the fifth episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu saw an allusion to Wang Xifeng's "there is a female phoenix on the iceberg" when he was reading the "Shoushu" of twelve women in Jinling in his dream. His sentence says: "All birds from the last days know that they love this life. It is even sadder to cry in Jinling. " Then, what does the sentence in Xifeng's judgment mean, "one order and two orders, three people are stupid"? So far, there is no convincing explanation and conclusion.

There is a saying that "one obeys two orders, and three people are all wood", which describes the ups and downs of Xifeng's life: First, she obeys the will of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang to gain trust and lay a good foundation for seizing and consolidating the power of being the master; The second is "order", which means that after Xifeng was in power, she bossed around and gave orders, developed a bad habit of official style, and even ignored her husband Jia Lian; The third is "man-wood", which means that because Feng didn't pay attention to Jia Lian when he was in power, Jia Lian divorced Feng when Jia Fu declined from power and influence, and the combination of man and wood was a Hugh word. Although this statement can be justified, it makes people feel a bit far-fetched and dull.

Look at the whole sentence of Xifeng and the relevant plot in the book. Actually, Tsao Gong used homophonic method here, which changed Yi into Yi and Mei into Mu, so "One obeys two orders, three people are wooden" can also be understood as "obeying two orders, three people are not".

As we all know, in today's words, Wang Xifeng is the general manager of Jiafu. Although she still has the chairman, Mrs. Wang, and the honorary chairman, all the little things, from money, food and jewelry, personnel and finance, to eating, drinking and sleeping, pass through her heart. She is actually the head of the Jia family, which determines her rise and fall, and her fate is linked to the rise and fall of the Jia family. Therefore, when Tsao Gong wrote her verdict and brilliant music, he always summed up her fate with Jia Fu. For example, as the music says, "When a family is rich, there must be a family, and the family is ruined." "Suddenly it's like summer, and suddenly the lights go out." They all linked the decline of Jiafu with the fate of Xifeng.

Let's take a look at Xifeng's judgment. The book wrote: "Behind it is an iceberg with a female phoenix on it. It is said that all birds from the last days know that they love this kind of life. " It's even sadder to cry to Jinling. "There is no doubt that the first two sentences, tso to feng's talent gave considerable affirmation.

"Birds flock to the phoenix" means that the phoenix should have appeared in the prosperous time of Xingping, which would have added luster and highlighted her talent. However, Xifeng was born in the last days and is in a declining stage, so she can't manage housework. Without a platform to show her talents, she was really wronged, and even Zuo Gong felt sorry for her.

Everyone in this life knows the talent of loving her. Not only did Cao Gong highly affirm Xifeng's talent, but everyone thought that she was talented, and everyone liked and even admired her talent. Of course, this includes Wang Xifeng's two immediate bosses, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. It is precisely because these two immediate bosses love and appreciate her talent that she has taken on the important task of being a big housekeeper.

However, do Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang agree on everything? That's impossible. In particular, there is an important event that is diametrically opposed to Mrs. Wang's opinions and views, and that is the question of the candidate for Baoyu's marriage. For a long time, Jia Mu took care of her granddaughter Lin Daiyu, while Mrs. Wang insisted on her niece, Xue Baochai. The two of them disagreed and fought in various forms for it. In this matter, Xifeng has no decision, so it is difficult to get caught in the middle. This has led to the phenomenon of "two orders". The so-called "second order" is two different instructions that you are required to carry out, and no one can offend. You dare not oppose any of them, nor dare you not carry them out. Do you think it is difficult to do it? With Xifeng's idea, of course, she is willing to accept the old lady's suggestion and let Daiyu match Baoyu. In this way, her housekeeper's position would not be threatened too much, so as soon as she saw this idea, she joked with Daiyu: "You ate our tea, why don't you be our wife?" In order to create public opinion, I tried to overwhelm the atmosphere of "golden jade and good marriage" However, it was snubbed and cut off by Mrs. Wang: Mrs. Wang used her "abortion" to stop her from taking charge; She was severely taught a lesson by the "embroidered spring bag" incident. Wang Xifeng felt that the Xue family was pressing on her like an iceberg, so she ruled that there was an iceberg at the foot in front of her.

After being suppressed by Mrs. Wang, Xifeng finally realized that Jia was old and time was running out, but she was still young and had a long time, and eventually she had to rely on Mrs. Wang. Without Jia, her position on Baoyu's marriage candidate later turned to Mrs. Wang's side. When Grandmother Jia saw that Xifeng had defected, Daiyu failed to live up to expectations, so she had to compromise gradually for the sake of the younger generation in the family. Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang finally reached an agreement: marry Baochai. This is another meaning of Xifeng's "obeying the second order". She not only took the initiative to make a plan to change the bag, but also took on the advice of the matchmaker and carefully planned and arranged the marriage between Baoyu and Baochai.

So, what about "three people don't"? The so-called "three people don't have it" means that when Baoyu got married, Daiyu died and left Hating Heaven, and it was gone; Second, Baoyu found in the bridal chamber that he married Baochai instead of Daiyu, and he felt cheated. In a rage, he left home and became a monk. For Jia Fu, Baoyu is gone. Third, Baochai lived alone after marriage, was in an awkward situation, died young, and was unhappy and gone.

In other words, Wang Xifeng "obeyed" the orders of the two ladies and carefully arranged Baoyu's marriage, which led to Baoyu, Baochai and Daiyu's "three losses". The three main characters in the book are gone. Jia's family was copied because of the incident, and Jia's mother died immediately. Jia's family was exiled to Nanjing. It's really like a building collapsed. But in any case, a big family still needs someone to support it, and Wang Xifeng is still the best candidate. She will naturally think that the future will be more difficult and the road will be more uneven, so she can only "cry until Jinling is more sad."