How did Jia Baoyu get the jade in Dream of the Red Chamber? Why didn't Jia Baoyu see Xue Baochai for the last time?

Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu grew up together, and they were close friends, developing a rare pure love in the world. He valued affection over courtesy, and made friends with affectionate men such as Qin Zhong, Liu Xianglian, and Beijing King. He liked temperamental literature such as poetry, lyrics, and prose, and hated the Four Books and Eight-legged Essays. He criticized Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and called those feudal literati who pursued imperial examinations and official careers "parasites". But in the end, "in a blink of an eye, joy turned into sorrow, and people were no longer the same as things". He is a typical image of the three virtues, and is extremely innovative in the history of world literature. Many friends are curious about how Jia Baoyu's jade came from when watching TV series? There is a legend about this jade. Let's learn about it together with Encyclopedia Knowledge Network.

Contents of this article

1. How did Jia Baoyu get his jade in Dream of the Red Chamber?

2. Why is Jia Baoyu called Erye?

3. Why did Jia Baoyu not see Xue Baochai for the last time?

How did Jia Baoyu get the jade in Dream of Red Mansions?

In Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Baoyu's jade was in his mouth when he was born. He had it with him since his mother's womb. There is a legend about this jade. According to the legend, the goddess Nuwa refined stones to mend the sky at Wuji Cliff in the Great Wilderness Mountain. The goddess Nuwa refined a total of 36,501 pieces of stubborn stones, but only used 36,500 pieces, and one piece was left unused. This piece of stone that Nuwa did not use to mend the sky was thrown under the Qinggeng Peak in the Great Wilderness Mountain. Later, a monk and a Taoist priest came to the Qinggeng Peak. This monk and Taoist priest were born with extraordinary bones and different spirits. They were the lame Taoist priest and the bald monk throughout the whole text. These two people were not ordinary people, but came from the fairyland. Moreover, the monk specialized in saving women, while the Taoist priest specialized in saving men. The monk and the Taoist priest came to the Qinggeng Peak and talked and laughed about the glory and wealth in the world. After listening to their conversation, Qi Shi was tempted to go to the mortal world and experience the prosperity of the world. So the Taoist priest turned the spiritual jade into the jade in Baoyu's mouth!

Why is Jia Baoyu called Erye?

Jia Baoyu is called Erye because he is the second son of Jia Zheng. Baoyu's elder brother Jia Zhu died early, leaving behind the widow Li Wan and the orphan Jia Lan. Jia Baoyu is the protagonist of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber. In his previous life, he was the attendant of the Red Cloud Palace, the second son of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang of Rongguo Mansion. He was born with the spiritual jade in his mouth, and was the grandson of the Jia family's Yu generation, so he was named Jia Baoyu. The Jia family generally called him Bao Erye. Jia Baoyu was loved by his mother since he was young. He lived in a gentle and wealthy place. He loved to be a prostitute and was close to his sisters and maids. He and Lin Daiyu were childhood sweethearts and were close friends. They developed a rare pure relationship. He valued love over courtesy and made friends with men with feelings such as Qin Zhong, Jiang Yuhan, Liu Xianglian, and Beijing King. He liked emotional literature such as poetry, lyrics, and prose, hated the Four Books and Eight-legged Essays, criticized Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and called those feudal literati who pursued imperial examinations and official careers "parasites". But in the end, "in a blink of an eye, joy turned into sorrow, and people were no longer the same as things". The women he admired died or scattered; he married Xue Baochai in a muddle-headed way arranged by his family, causing Lin Daiyu to die of tears; and after the pain of his family being confiscated, he became even more crazy and stupid.

Why didn't Jia Baoyu see Xue Baochai for the last time?

After Xue Baochai married Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu died because of despair of love with Baoyu, so Jia Baoyu had a knot in his heart, and he always had Lin Daiyu in his heart. Xue Baochai understood, and Jia Baoyu should not hate Xue Baochai in his heart, but their marriage was separated by Daiyu's cold dead body, so Jia Baoyu didn't see Xue Baochai for the last time.