On the Age of the Characters in A Dream of Red Mansions

The only person who clearly indicates the zodiac in the book is Qiu Tong, and Qiu Tong is a rabbit, which can be found in Chapter 69 of the book: "Jia She ... named a maid in the room 17 years old Qiu Tong and gave him a concubine ... because she sent someone out to tell fortune. The fortuneteller came back and said, "It's a Yin who belongs to the rabbit. "Everyone will get up, only Qiu Tong is a rabbit, saying that he is rushing." From this, we can get the following information: On the day of Jia Jing's funeral, Jia Lian secretly married Second Sister You. This year, Qiu Tong was seventeen years old and was a rabbit. So, how old is Baoyu in the same year? Let's go back to the forty-fifth reading. During this time, Daiyu herself said, "I am fifteen years older this year." If Daiyu is fifteen, Baoyu is sixteen and Baochai is eighteen. Because Baoyu is one year older than Daiyu, see the third time in the book, Daiyu said: "At home, I often hear my mother say that this brother is one year older than me, so he is nicknamed Baoyu"; Baochai is two years older than Baoyu because Baochai and Aaron are the same age. See Chapter 6: "Let's count, Xiangling, Qingwen and Baochai are all the same age as him", and Aaron is two years older than Baoyu. See Chapter 6: "Aaron is a smart woman, two years older than Baoyu".

The next plot has developed to the fifty-second time, which happened in the same year. Fifty-third time: On New Year's Eve, Ningguo Mansion offered sacrifices to ancestors, and Guo Rongfu gave a banquet at Yuanxiao. Just tell everyone that after this year is the year after next, then Baoyu will be seventeen. This time lasted until the 69th time, which happened in the same year. Among them, the fifty-third time was the first month, the sixty-third time Baoyu's birthday was in June of the same year, and Jia Jing died in the same month. Next, Jia Lian secretly married Second Sister You. On the sixty-ninth day, Jia was pardoned, and Second Sister You swallowed gold in December of the same year. So by the sixty-ninth, Baoyu happened to be the same age as Qiu Tong, seventeen years old. From then on, it can be concluded that Baoyu is also a rabbit. Then, Daiyu, who is one year old with little Baoyu, is naturally a dragon, and Baochai, who is two years old with big Baoyu, is definitely a cow.

Next, according to the zodiac signs of Baoyu, Daiyu and Baochai, we can calculate the zodiac signs of others one by one. Jia Mu: The seventy-first time, Jia Mu was eighty years old, and the sixty-ninth time, Qiu Tong was seventeen years old. They are one year apart, and Jia is sixty-two years older than Qiu Tong. Therefore, Jia Mu is a cow. Granny Liu: Granny Liu is seventy-five in the thirty-ninth session, fifteen in Daiyu and sixty in the forty-fifth session, so Granny Liu is a dragon. Wang Xifeng: The sixth time, Wang Xifeng was twenty years old, and the ninth time, Jia Qiang was sixteen years old. Wang Xifeng is four years older than Jia Qiang, so Wang Xifeng is a snake. Miaoyu: The seventeenth time, Miaoyu was eighteen, and the twenty-second time, Baochai was fifteen, with a gap of one year. Miaoyu is white and firewood is four, so Miaoyu is a chicken.

Xiaohong: On 24th and 25th, Baoyu was thirteen, Xiaohong was sixteen and Yu Dabao was three, so Xiaohong was a mouse. Xiren, Qingwen and Xiangling: Sixty-third time, they are all the same age as Baochai, so all three are cows. Jia Yun: Twenty-four or twenty-five rounds, Baoyu is thirteen, Jia Yun is eighteen and Baoyu is five, so Jia Yun is a dog. Jia Lan: The seventy-eighth time, Baoyu was nineteen, Jia Lan was thirteen and Baoyu was six, so Jia Lan was a chicken. Jia Huan: The seventy-eighth time, Jia Lan was thirteen, Jia Huan was fifteen, and Jia Lan was two. Therefore, Jia Huan is a sheep. Jia Rong: The second time, Daiyu was six, Jia Rong was sixteen and Daiyu was ten, so Jia Rong was a horse. Jia Qiang: Ninth time, Jia Qiang was sixteen years old; The thirteenth time, Jia Rong was twenty years old, a year apart, and Jia Qiang's little Jia Rong was three years old. So Jia Qiang is a chicken. Qin Zhong: The fifth time, I learned from Ke Qing that Qin Zhong was the same age as Baoyu, so Qin Zhong was a rabbit. Xue Pan: The fourth time, Xue Pan was two years older than Baochai, so Xue Pan was a pig.

In the forty-ninth chapter of the book, I wrote: "The Grand View Garden at this time is much more lively than before. Li Wan took the lead, followed by Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Baochai, Daiyu, Xiangyun, Wenli, Li Qi, Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan, followed by Xifeng and Baoyu, totaling thirteen. When it comes to age, except for Li Wan, the oldest, he 12 is only15,67 years old. Either these three years are in the same year, or those five years are in the same year, or these two years are on the same day and those two are at the same time. Most of the differences are just time and month. Even they can't distinguish themselves, but the words "brother" and "sister" are just casually called. "