A few poems, a parrot, and the turning gears of fate for Bao Yu, Dai Yu, and Bao Chai. What kind of marriage will Prince Bei Jing, who was foreshadowed so often alongside Dai Yu in the earlier chapters, have with her in the later story?
Also titled A Continuation of Dream of the Red Chamber: The Fate of the Golden Girls. This is a proper continuation, built on clues in the original novel and its commentary, with careful deduction in an effort to restore an ending for Dream of the Red Chamber that fits Cao Xueqin's original intent (in brief). Gao E's continuation does not fit the original at all and distorts many of its meanings, so I wrote this short continuation based on my own understanding. It will not change the girls' fates in the original. Please take note, please take note, please take note!
The original has a vast structure and a wealth of information. For clarity, this continuation mainly follows the clues below, focusing on Dai Yu while also covering the other Golden Girls and the Jia family.
1. Bao Yu once gave Dai Yu Prince Bei Jing's rosary of fragrant beads carved with mandarin ducks, but Dai Yu refused it.
2. Bao Yu once gave Dai Yu Prince Bei Jing's rain cape. Dai Yu said it made them look like a fisherman and his wife.
3. Dai Yu's residence, titles, flower burial, and many other details contain hints of a consort and the involvement of someone of higher status.
According to the principle of exchanging tokens in Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Yun and Xiao Hong exchanged tokens and became husband and wife; Bao Yu and Jiang Yuhan exchanged possessions associated with Xi Ren, and the two later became husband and wife. Prince Bei Jing receives extensive attention in the earlier chapters, and his marriage ties are all connected to Dai Yu, so his story should continue in the latter half rather than having been lost from the text. It is reasonable to infer that Prince Bei Jing will seek Dai Yu's hand in marriage later on. We don't know Dai Yu's attitude, but the Jia family should agree in the end.
Theme: Fateful meetings and partings
I still think there is no need to avoid marriage. Since they all followed the Xiaoxiang concubine line, why not let Daiyu die unmarried. "Even if they raise the case together, it will be hard to settle the matter" is the appropriate ending. Daiyu is a very pure person, her pursuit is not physical, otherwise she would not have met Xi Ren and even jokingly called her sister-in-law. What she asked for was a connection of minds. It would be too inferior to use worldly unfavorable circumstances to promote Daiyu's death. This is also the reason why Gao's sequel is so bad. What is it like to exchange marriages under the hood? Is that a matter for a fairy from another world? It is simply a violation of Daiyu. She should be given a marriage that is good but not better in the world's eyes. Just like Logan, even if this person is very good, it will not work if it is not what she wants in her heart. Most ordinary people would think that she might be able to fall in love with King Beijing after seeing him being romantic and being kind to her. However, she still felt that if he was not that person, everything was wrong. She could only be grateful and could be his wife, but could not love him. After a few years, she died in depression. This is the appropriate ending. It would be too vulgar to link the phrase "purity comes and goes" to the innocent body of an unmarried person. Her "cleanliness" should be her unswerving inner pursuit. After all, the only thing we have complete control over is our own hearts.
Read it all, it's so well written. Although most opinions believe that Daiyu died without getting married, some people on the Internet say that Daiyu was the one who buried flowers in the Grand View Garden, and she completed the ending after Zhufang. Baoyu also mentioned that Daiyu was a first-class wife. She must have been depressed after marrying into the Prince's Palace in Beijing, and wanted to help the Raja family. She died after a year or two. I wonder what the author thinks?
Is Daiyu a he? If yes, wait for fattening
The jade is in the coffin for a good price, and the hairpin is in the box waiting to fly. Maybe it's because of this that Baochai followed Jia Yucun?
I have read a lot about Miaoyu's ending, and some said that she committed herself to King Zhongshun to save Jia Baoyu. It doesn't end well anyway. Poor gold and jade, eventually stuck in the mud
It's a pity that I didn't see Jia's house being ransacked
Why bother, even if Tang Wan and Zhao Mingcheng's be should be given to their sister and Shui Ronghe
After reading it, the author is really amazing. I can only say that it is amazing!
The writing is really great, it is in line with the original flavor and has its own opinions.
Among the four major families, the only useful men are probably Prince Teng, in-laws and Lin Ruhai who died young, not to mention the others.