一个不可缺少的特殊群体--论《红楼梦》对丫鬟群体的书写

An Indispensable Special Group--On Description of Servant Girls in Dream of Red Chamber

丫鬟是《红楼梦》人物群像的一个重要组成部分,也是一个特殊的群体,描写和评价这一特殊群体是衡量《红楼梦》思想内涵、艺术价值的一个重要标准。作者多从正面来描写这些丫鬟形象,写出这一特殊群体的丰富性与复杂性,写出她们的不幸命运,对她们的悲惨遭遇给予同情,其中袭人、晴雯两人塑造得最为成功。作品既写出这一群体的共同特征,又写出每个人的独特个性,具有典范意义。

Servant girls are important characters as well as a special group in Dream of Red Chamber,and how to describe and evaluate this special group is an important standard to assess the ideological connotation and artistic value of the work.The author mainly describes the images of the servant girls in a positive way,embodying their richness and complexity by portraying their unfortunate date and sympathizing with their miserable experience.Among them,the characterization of Xiren and Qingwen are the most successful.The work not only depiects the common characteristics of this group,but also displays the unique personality of each person,which has exemplary significance.