“恶中有善”话贾琏

"Good Within Evil"——On the Character Jia Lian in A Dream of Red Mansions

贾琏是《红楼梦》中一个重要的男性,也是作者煞费苦心塑造的一个重要而成功的典型人物。他既有荒淫好色的一面,又有善良真诚的一面,还颇有点仕途经济之才,性格复杂丰富。从小才、微德、浅情三个方面探究这个典型人物的深刻内涵。

Jia Lian is an important male character in the classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions, he is also a typical character successfully depicted by Cao Xueqin with great efforts. With a complex character, Jia Lian is licentious and dissipated on the one hand and kind and honest on the other, at the same time, talented in his official career and dealing with affairs inside and outside the Rong family. In this paper, the author tries to explore the profoundness in this typical character from three perspectives： petty ability, small virtue and inconstant love.