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"Jia Weizhen, white jade is the golden horse in the hall" comes from the symbol of official protection in Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty.

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Official protection symbol

Jia is real, the golden horse in the hall. After Ningguo and Guo Rong, there were * * * 20 rooms. Except Ningguo and Rongqin sent eight rooms in the capital, there were twelve rooms in the original residence.

Epang Palace, 300 Li, can't live in Jinling Yishi. After bowling, Hou Shangshu worked as a stone man, with eighteen rooms, all in ten rooms, originally from eight rooms.

The East China Sea is short of white jade beds, and the Dragon King came to invite King Jinling. After the king of the county came under Qiu's rule, there were twelve rooms, all in the second room, and the rest were in their original places.

In good years and heavy snow, pearls are as gold as iron. After giving up Gong Xue in Wei Zi, I am now in charge of a banker with eight rooms in the government.

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Jia Fu's wealth is true. The lobby is made of white jade and the steed is made of gold. The descendants of Ningguo and Guo Rong have 20 rooms. Apart from 8 rooms sent by Ningguo and Guo Rong to live in Kyoto, there are 12 rooms living in the original place.

Epang Palace stretches for 300 miles, and the Shi family in Jinling has no place to live. Bowling Hou Shangshu made Shi Gong descendants in Room 18, Kyoto Room 10, and originally lived in Room 8.

The Dragon Palace in the East China Sea is short of a Zhang Baiyu bed. The Dragon King came to ask the Wang family in Jinling to send one. There are 12 descendants of the county kings ruled by Du Taiwei, two of them live in Kyoto, and the rest live in their original places.

In the harvest year, heavy snow falls, pearls are soil, and gold is iron. The descendants of Mr. Gong Xue in the middle of the book now do business with the money from the national treasury. They have eight rooms.

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⑴ Official security symbol: used to refer to the list of local dignitaries. Actually, it's a folk jingle. Call it "official protection symbol", which means that you can keep your official position by buttering up these bureaucratic nobles; If you offend them, you will lose not only your official position, but also your head.

⑵ "White Jade" sentence: Describe the wealth and luxury of Jia family. The language comes from Han Yuefu's "Hui Xing": "Gold is the monarch door, and white jade is the monarch hall."

⑶ Penang: A palace built in the Qin Dynasty, with an extremely large scale. "Historical Records of the First Qin Emperor" contains: The front hall of Epang Palace is "500 steps from east to west and 50 feet from north to south". 300 Li: Borrowing the exaggeration of "pressing 300 Li more to isolate the sun and the moon" in Du Mu's Epang Palace Fu in the Tang Dynasty, it describes the grandeur of historians.

(4) The Dragon King: In ancient legends, people thought that the Dragon King had many jewels and was very rich. Here I borrow the Dragon King for help, and I highly value the wealth of the Wangs.

5. The sentence of "bumper year": It shows that the Xue family is powerful and its industries are all over the world, just like the heavy snow in bumper years stretches for thousands of miles. Xue, the homonym of "Xue", homophonic pun.

[6] Tang () silver: money hidden in the state treasury.

Creation background

The official protector appeared in the fourth time of the novel A Dream of Red Mansions. Xue Pan killed someone, robbed Zhen as a concubine, and then ran away. After Jia Yucun was awarded Yingtianfu, he received this life lawsuit. He immediately intended to send a signal to the police to catch the murderer. Then a door standing beside the box blinked and stopped him. This door reads: "Since Master is lucky enough to be in this province, why not copy an' official protection symbol' of this province?" Yucun asked quickly, "What is official protection? I have no idea. " The door said, "That's not bad! Even if you don't know this, how can you do it in the long run! Now everyone who is a local official has a private list with the names of the most powerful and expensive squires in the province. If you don't know, you will not only be an official, but also lose your life! So the nickname is' official protection symbol'. Tell him how the Xue family, young master, has offended him! " There is nothing difficult to judge in his lawsuit, but it is all because it hinders the separation of feelings. "With that, he took out a copied" official protection symbol "from his pocket and handed it to Yucun. When he read it, it was full of proverbs and popular sayings of famous families in local families. Its word-of-mouth is clearly written, and the notes behind it are all from the ancestor Guan Jue and the housing age. Menzi reminded Jia Yucun that these four families in this province "are all connected, related, honored, supported, guaranteed and caring for each other". Xue Pan, the son of the Xue family, should not be taken lightly.

The official protection sign may have been privately ridiculed by someone who was dissatisfied with the dark situation in the officialdom at that time. After Cao Xueqin heard about it, he boldly wrote his own works, which were created by the author himself.

Make an appreciative comment

The official protector is a private list hidden by the official. "Official protection symbol" is a new term derived from the word "amulet", which most intensively highlights the essence of this "private bill". It is extremely profound to expose the corruption and ugliness of feudal patriarchal ideology, political and economic system and officialdom. Moreover, the novelist is arranged before the whole story, which should be said to be very deep. Therefore, people have always attached importance to official protection symbols and their related plots.

The content of the official protector is not difficult to understand. "Jia Weizhen, white jade is the golden horse of the hall" is a description of Jia Fugui's luxury; "Epang Palace, 300 Li, can't hold a history of Jinling", describing the grandeur of historians; "The East China Sea lacks a white jade bed, and the Dragon King came to invite King Jinling." Here, I would like to ask the Dragon King to speak highly of the wealth of the Wangs. "Grains are abundant in snow, pearls are like earth, and gold is like iron", which describes the richness of the Xue family. Each layer of the official protection symbol consists of two parts: the word "word of mouth" in front is a big word, and there are small words as comments below. The content of the note is "the ancestors of each family, the officials and nobles merged in the same room", so as to explain the power and property distribution of the four families in detail and let people know their prominent position in politics and economy.

This "official protection symbol" has four characteristics: first, it is regional and is the official protection symbol of Jinling Province, so it can be seen that other provinces also have official protection symbols; Second, the arrangement of these four families, according to the wealth of officials, has a fixed order and must not be confused; Third, the four families are all related to life and death, and honor and disgrace are related to * * *, and one loss and one glory; Fourth, this official protection symbol is a household name in the local area, which is well known to all women and children, and has become a word of mouth. Zhi Yanzhai added a comment cloud next to the official protection symbol: "Please focus on the official protection symbol and tell the world your sorrow." Zhi Yanzhai participated in some creative ideas of the novel, and made comments at the earliest time, knowing the characters and events involved in the novel like the back of his hand. Here, he deliberately reveals the unusual value and position of the official protector in the novel, obviously reminding readers not to ignore it, but to sit up and take notice. It can be said that the official protection symbol is a prop carefully designed by the author. It is obviously an important entry in the novel A Dream of Red Mansions. It is not only an irreplaceable window to express the theme of the novel, but also plays an important role in art.

The official protector is the oral creation of ordinary people, so the language is extremely exaggerated. The emotion it reveals is not jealousy of their wealth and power, but a curse on their officials for protecting each other and acting recklessly. Xue Pan killed Feng Yuan, the son of a small town official, in order to buy a abducted girl. "He thought it was a joke, and he could spend a few stinking money." . This "nothing difficult to decide" life lawsuit dragged on for a year, "nobody cares." Jia Yucun reneged, decided at will, sent a "full affection" to four families, and wrote a letter "Don't take it to heart", even if it was over. He knew that the abducted girl was the daughter of his great benefactor Zhen, but he let her fall into the pit of fire and ignored her. All these can be found in this "official protection symbol" that describes the power and wealth of the four major families. It is this "official protection symbol" that directly exposes the corruption of feudal politics and the darkness and cruelty of the whole society, and shows the readers that the rich and luxurious Rong Ning mansion originally only swallowed the blood and sweat of countless oppressed and exploited people and the evil pit of their lives.

Brief introduction of the author

Qing Dynasty novelist Cao Xueqin. Real name Zhan, Chinese character,no. Xueqin,no. piano score, He was born in Feng Run, Hebei Province, and then moved to Shenyang, Liaoning Province. He was originally a Han nationality, but was later "coated" by Zhengbai Banner in Manchuria. Jiangning has been knitting for three generations since grandfather's uncle, and his ancestor Cao Yin was especially trusted by Emperor Kangxi. Later, because of the internal struggle of the ruling class, the industry was copied and moved to Beijing. He lived a comfortable life in a noble family in his early years. Later, due to the decline of family fortune, it became difficult. Living in the western suburbs of Beijing in his later years, he was poor and ill. Proud, cynical, alcoholic, talkative. With profound cultural accomplishment and outstanding artistic talent. His greatest contribution lies in his novel creation. His novel A Dream of Red Mansions represents the highest achievement of China's classical novels and enjoys a high reputation in the world literary world.