Chapter 374: 469 chapters, that girl is uniquely beautiful

469 chapters, that girl is uniquely beautiful.

469 chapters, that girl is uniquely beautiful.

――――A red apricot branch stretching over the wall.

Please, friends, allow me to straighten my thoughts again――――

Xiangling, in Dream of the Red Chamber, is the pretty girl kept by that ruffian, hooligan, big spender—someone who can talk in both official and private spheres, has connections, can give money, is close kin—the 'Dai Ba Wang,' Xue Da Gongzi, Xue Da Kuan, Xue Da Pi Zi, Xue Da Liu Mang, Xue Da Ye Men, Xue Da Ge Men—who spends money to support her.

One day, the patron who kept her, because he went out to discuss business, entrusted this pretty girl to the Daguanyuan of Dream of the Red Chamber. In the Daguanyuan of Dream of the Red Chamber there is a group of youthful, talented, scholarly, ambitious, eloquent young masters and lovely ladies.

These young masters and pretty ladies have nothing else to do all day but constantly play one string: spring dreams scatter with the clouds, fallen flowers follow the flowing water――――――

Having just left the Willow Pond (the so-called Willow Pond is that small grove beside the stream. Just like that popular song a while ago: "Dear, fly with me through the woods to see the stream water…" therefore, I guess the Willow Pond is that grove beside the stream),

Just leaving the flower room (I have long considered what this "flower room" is; I still haven't determined where it is. Is it a game room? No. Was it a game room then? A dance hall? Possibly, possibly not. A park? Since Daguanyuan itself is like a park. I won't go into detail now; when I later get the correct answer and have time, I will tell my friends.)

Wherever one walks, birds startle the garden trees (the so-called "wherever one walks, birds startle the garden trees" refers to the beautiful thicket where those young masters and pretty ladies pass, causing the birds in the thicket to be startled into flight. This place is a real place, not the painting "Spring departs but flowers remain, people come but birds are not startled" spoken of by Su Dongpo).

Upon arriving, the shadow passes through the corridor (these young masters and pretty ladies live all day in poetic sentiments, like flowers in a greenhouse, like empty thoughts, like ideals. As someone said, life should have ideals, not notions. Do not idealize life and its necessities. To do so is to be thorough from head to toe).

The immortal's sleeves flutter, and the scent of musk orchid fills the air (this still carries a hint of literati's melancholy; this group of young masters and lovely ladies live like immortals, dwelling in an immortal world, clouds drifting as if about to rain, water faintly giving rise to mist).

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From now on, I must not randomly point at the "Mandarin Ducks' Manual" anymore; if I say too much, friends will say I am recklessly criticizing Dream of the Red Chamber.

In short, in a word, that Dai Ba Wang entrusted Xiangling to me and to the brothers and sisters I mentioned above. They are all at the age of poetry, and they live amidst poetry. There is a saying: "He who immerses pearls becomes black with ink."

Ah, the beauty of youth, embrace my soul with your color, voice, and fragrance, igniting my poetic sentiment……

This Xiangling is also a young woman, at the age of poetry; when people of the poetic age are together, how could poetic sentiment not arise?

Lin Daiyu, from childhood, has been inseparably bound to poetry; needlework, tea, and meals hold no interest for her; to speak of poetry is to suit her taste. Indeed, it is truly the case that when conversation does not click, even a half sentence is too much, while meeting a kindred spirit yields a thousand words too few.

Someone says, the meaning of life does not lie in its outcome, for no one can foresee the outcome, whereas the process is visible.

This process is the present, is right before our eyes.

If the present is beautiful, life is beautiful; if what is before our eyes is beautiful, life is beautiful.

Why do I write about Xiangling? Because Xiangling moves me; the reason is simple: this girl is pursuing a different kind of beauty.

This, whether in ancient or modern times, is a very beautiful life. Just like my friend who is great at researching punctuation, he can spend his lifetime pursuing

One thing, this is exactly a beautiful life, a beautiful life. I admire such a person, such a great life………………

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How is beauty pursued?

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(Heart with the disaster area, emotion with the disaster area: may peace, courage, confidence, and strength accompany and be with the people of the disaster area!)