Opinion on Slave Personality and Tragic Life in 'Dream of the Red Chamber'

摘要

This paper will discuss the relationship in "Dream of the Red Chamber" from the perspective of tragic lives of people who are good at contingency, who behave in a servile and demeaning manner and who like to displace their personalities. People who are good at contingency, are represented by Xue Baochai and Jia Yuncun. For her marriage, Xue Bao-chai is willing to hand her love and living ways to others. The results turn out that she gradually loses the trust from Baoyu: and her marriage exists only in name but not in reality. For his official career, Jia Yucun is willing to be a running dog of the rulers and it turns out that he loses his job. Xiren and Jiaoda represent people who behave in a servile and demeaning manner. They have personalities of salves, and behave in a servile and demeaning manner. In addition, they are loyal and faithful, and are never bored with sufferings. In the end. Xiren is forced to leave the Jia family while Jiaoda is forced to eat horse dung. Baoyu and Daiyu represent pe ople who like to display their personalities. They like to show off their personalities and pursue love and freedom. They do what is right in their own eyes and can hardly be accepted by the mainstream culture. Therefore, Baoyu experiences all kinds of sufferings and is forced to become a monk, while Daiyu is ruined ruthless both in body and in mind and is pushing up the daisies in the end.