When reading A Dream of Red Mansions, I felt more and more heavy, more and more despised the corruption and incompetence of the Ming government, and deeply felt the incompetence of the Qing government.
A Dream of Red Mansions mainly tells about the protagonist Jia Baoyu who lives in the Jia family, moves from high to low, and finally leaves empty. Jia Baoyu's family used to be rich and powerful. His father was a senior official of the imperial court, and his sister was a concubine of the imperial palace. The family said that as much scenery as there was, there would be more scenery, but these were not long. His sister died of illness in the palace, and Jia's house was investigated by the imperial court. Jia Baoyu eventually escaped into exile.
Think about the reason.
For example, in the original luxurious Grand View Garden, there were many women in the garden, who lived luxuriously in silk, pearls, jade and jade.
For another example, when Grandma Liu was invited to a banquet, dozens of chickens were used as ingredients for one course of eggplant, and gold chopsticks were also used to play tricks on Grandma Liu.
From these examples, we can see the extravagance and waste of Jia's life in those days. Such living expenses can never be borne by an honest official, and the Jia family will inevitably decline.
At that time, the ruling class wasted enough food every year to feed the whole country for one year, while the people were living a life without food, which became a true portrayal of "Zhu Men's wine and meat stink, and the road is frozen to death".
Through reading A Dream of Red Mansions, I learned about the dark system of feudal society, and saw all kinds of misfortunes of the characters in the "Grand View Garden". I cherish the good life now more!