"A Dream of Red Mansions: Cracked Jade" continues the story of chapters 81 to 108 of "A Dream of Red Mansions", advancing with a seven-line parallel structure, integrating the foreshadowing of Zipiao, and fully displaying the tragic aesthetics.
The Xue family's backyard was the first to stir up trouble. Xiang Ling wrote a poem before her death, and the blood on the silk cloth showed traces of spiritual jade. Jin Gui died due to jealousy. Prince Zhongshun discovered that the secret contract of the boundary monument laid hidden dangers. Subsequently, the crisis in the Jia family gradually became apparent: Yuanchun hid military talismans in Jinchai, Tanchun's reform was involved in Japanese invasion, Xichun's secret records were searched, Daiyu burned her handkerchief and died, and Zicuckoo and Xueyan were martyred.
The family's decline accelerates, Baochai's prophecy written in blood comes true, Sister Feng dies tragically after swallowing the deed, Jia's mother Zangfa passes away, and Yuanyang marries her lord. External pressure intensified, the Prince's Palace in Beijing was confiscated, and Jia's family was implicated. Jia Zhen's scandal, Yingchun's abuse, Jia Qin's corruption, etc. Followed one after another.
In the end, Baoyu abandoned his jade and became a monk after being rescued from the Temple of Prison, Qinggeng Peak Shijie showed his verdict, and Zhiyanzhai wrote a love list. Grandma Liu's sacrifice field was burned, Jia Zhengwen's family was destroyed and died, and the Xue family was finally defeated, leading to the ending of "the vast white land is really clean". The whole book highlights human nature and destiny with the contrast between warmth and coldness, and completes the final chapter of the rise and fall of the Jia family.
Purpose: To play the elegy of the feudal end times through the joys and sorrows of the Red Mansion and the destruction of the family.