Four Families in A Dream of Red Mansions

The four families in A Dream of Red Mansions are Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue, which means the feudal bureaucratic group headed by Jia. They were very powerful, and they were all among the "government protectors" at that time. These four families are related, damaged, sharing weal and woe, supporting and covering, and taking care of.

Jia Jia is Jia Baoyu's family. Jia Jia is the eighth official after the founding father, and Jia Jia is the second. Jia Yan, the ancestor of Jia Jia, and Jia Yuanrong, Lord protector, helped the emperor to lay a solid foundation, so they were made dukes. Jia Daishan, son of Jia Yuan, Lord Rong, and Jia She, son of Jia Daishan, are both hereditary first-class generals. Jia She's sons Jia Lian and Jia Zheng also became officials under the care of their parents, and Jia Zheng's daughter Jia Yuanchun also became a sage in the palace.

After the historian made Shi Gong the official of bowling Hou Shangshu, Marquis was the senior title after Duke. Although the title of the ancestors of the historian is not as high as Jia Gao's, the official position of Shi Gong is very powerful. He is the official department minister, and the official department minister is the first of all officials. He is the highest-ranking civil servant, namely the Prime Minister. After the death of Shi Gong, his descendants inherited the bowling Hou, and the first generation of Jia Jia (Jia Baoyu's grandmother) was Shi Jia.

After the Wang family was ruled by Du Taiwei, the title of the Wang family was Earl, which was the lowest title among dukes. But the official position of Wang Jiazu should not be underestimated. He is Du Taiwei, who is in charge of the military forces in the country, that is, the highest-ranking military commander, equivalent to the marshal of the military forces. The historian is the first civilian, and Wang Jiazu is the first military commander.

After the death of the maharaja, his eldest grandson inherited the position of the county count, while his second grandson, Wang Ziteng, was appointed as the Beijing camp of our time from the beginning. Later, Wang Ziteng became a cabinet college student, and rose all the way, becoming the highest-ranking person in the four families.

After the founder of the Xue family, it means that it refers to the purple star of Wendi and symbolizes the emperor. Although Gong Xue was not knighted, he was the emperor's pet. When Xue Baochai's father gradually evolved into a "red-topped businessman", the Xue family monopolized many industries with the help of the emperor's favor and accumulated extremely rich wealth. Although the Xue family has the lowest power among the four families, it ranks first in wealth value.

The Central Idea of A Dream of Red Mansions

A Dream of Red Mansions comprehensively and profoundly reflects the characteristics of the times when feudal society flourished and declined. It does not describe the love story of "wedding candles and being the first"; It is about the love and marriage tragedy between young feudal nobles Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.

The great social significance of the novel lies in that it does not describe this love tragedy in isolation, but focuses on this love and marriage tragedy, and writes the rise and fall of four representative families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue at that time.

Focusing on Jiafu, it exposes all kinds of darkness and evil in the late feudal society and their insurmountable internal contradictions, and strongly criticizes the decadent feudal ruling class and the feudal system that is about to collapse, so that readers can foresee that it is bound to die. At the same time, the novel also expresses a new hazy ideal by praising the noble rebels.

A Dream of Red Mansions depicts a vast historical picture from the imperial palace to the countryside, which broadly and profoundly reflects the complex and profound contradictions and conflicts in the last days of feudal society, and shows the essential characteristics of feudal nobles and their inevitable historical fate of decline. What is particularly profound is that the pictures of Jia's life displayed in the novel show the absurdity of the manners and customs that maintain the rank, birthright, age and relationship between men and women of this aristocratic family, and uncover all kinds of fierce contradictions and struggles in the "warm veil" of feudal families.