贾府的衰败与赖家的兴盛谫论

On the Decline of the Jias' Mission & the Flourishing of the Lais

宁荣二国公所创造的辉煌基业,因其生齿日繁,事务日盛,主仆上下安富尊荣,生活过分奢糜,缺乏运筹谋划之人,造成一代不如一代的颓势,致使贾府由盛而衰,大厦倾倒。与其相反的是:赖家虽为贾府的世仆,因其在贾府管家时间长,权势重,善于拍马逢迎主子,钻了贾府管理混乱的孔子,渐次发迹,超越常人,最后连主子也要向其乞借造冷遇。这一主仆贫富易位的典型事例给世人留下颇值得深思回味的人生课题。

When the Jias' Mission was on the decline, the Lais was becoming more flourishing. Though the Lais were the servants of the Jias' mission from generation to generation, they were in charge of the household for the Jias' Mission for a long time. Their power & influence were becoming weigher & weigher. They harboured their evil intentions & appropriated the Jias' property day by day. When the Jias was on the decline, they wanted to borrow some money from the Lais, but were given the cold shoulder. The typical case gave us the life topic that is worth thinking.