9月28日

September 28th, 2000.

Saturday, fine

Today, I read the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. The character impresses me most in this classic novel is Wang Xifeng. I think she is the most successfully portrayed character in the novel.

Wang Xifeng is hot, which we can see from three aspects. Firstly, she has a great ability of management.She can deal with different situations, however difficult they are.A girl as she is, she manages Rong Guo Fu very well. As is well known to us all, Rong Guo Fu is such a big family that it has hundreds of persons, including masters and servants. So Wang Xifeng is really something.Besides, she is very good at dealingwithinterpersonalrelationships. Some people dislike her because they think she is too slick and sly. But, if she wasn't crafty or flexible, how could she manage such a big family so well?

Secondly, she is extremelycruel. Many people are murdered by her directly or indirectly in different ways.I think, there are many factors for her cruelty and two of them are more important. One is her special position in the family. The other is her feminine psychology.

Thirdly, she has an excellent linguistic ability. She speaks briefly and clearly, and what she says is always to the point. What' s more, she knows what to say or how to say it in order to make others delighted or flattered. In a word, a lot of objective and subjective factors contribute to this successful character -- Wang Xifeng, who therefore appears vividly in the novel.

However, she ends up a tragic destiny.She dies miserably in the period of time when the family loses its power and wealth. From the life of Wang Xifeng, we can see not only some reflection of Cao Xueqin's determinism but also the principle that life is capricious and complicated. Yes, life is like a feather. It flies in the air but never knows where to go.

2000年9月28日 星期六 晴

今天我浏览完《红楼梦》，觉得书中王熙凤是塑造的最成功的形象之一，泼辣精明的凤姐给人留下了深刻的印象。

王熙凤的“辣”，体现在她的处事精明上。堂堂荣国府，上下几百人，一个区区小女子，能料理稳妥，可见绝非等闲之辈，难怪王氏算是“脂粉队里的英雄”。此外，王熙凤的为人圆滑也是一“辣”，有人认为凤姐“两面三刀”，试问，偌大的一个家族，若不是王熙凤处事圆滑，又怎样料理的住呢？

王熙凤的“辣”，也体现在她的办事狠毒上。荣宁二府中，王熙凤对不少人设下毒计，使其最终惨死，一则是凤姐地位特殊，二则是一个普通妇人特有的心理，我想应该是众多因素造就了凤姐的狠毒。

此外，王熙凤的“辣”还体现在语言上，凤姐言语干练，能说会道。精明也是其性格的体现。总之主观、客观众多因素，让王熙凤这一人物形象跃然纸上，栩栩如生。

然而，“机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命”，精明一世的风姐还是死在了荣宁二府家败之时，凄惨无比。从这里似乎能体现出《红楼梦》幽婉的宿命论，然而也折射出变幻不定的人生道理，正可谓“一场欢喜忽悲辛。叹人世，终难定”！