《红楼梦》惜春性格的刻画

On the Characterization of Xichun

惜春是贾氏四姐妹中最年幼者。自幼既未得到父母关爱 ,又没有兄嫂照顾 ,生活在外祖母的庇护之下 ,形成了情感上的冷、脾气上的僻和思想上的执的特点。在姐妹中不善言语 ,只是随班而行。但是她常与方外人交往 ,与槛外人相厚。作者虽赋予惜春独擅丹青的特点 ,但书中并未铺陈其画技 ,只有几处淡淡的点染。正是艺术这个精灵 ,使惜春感悟了生命的张扬 ,获得了禅悟的机缘 ,预知了家族的命运。她看到了元春富贵的牺牲、迎春懦弱的惨烈、探春孤傲的悲苦、黛玉聪明的可怜、湘云洒脱的不幸 ,可看不到自己的希望。为了清白女儿身 ,她毅然皈依了佛门 ,实现了精神的彻悟和完善。

Xichun is a vividly depicted character in Cao Xueqin's masterpiece Dream of the Red Mansion. Gifted and introverted she was, she finally saw through the vanity of the word and was converted to Buddhism. The present paper appraises Cao Xueqin's characterization of Xichun by giving an analysis of Xichun's personality, indifference in the feelings, eccentricity in the temperament, stubbornness in the thought.