Lin Daiyu And Peach Blossom

The creation tact of using flower to describe the character can be found everywhere in Chinese ancient literature.By use of the flower to express the sensibility,not only the character can be foiled,but also the inner feelings of the character ean be depicted,which made the character that created by the author vividly and visually.The Chinese literator always attach importance to the surroundings which play great importance to figure the character,flowers,as one part of the external environment,its significant role in the writing went without saying.Cao Xueqin is extraordinary adept in exerting the creation tact of using flower to describe the character,who is off the beaten track,and every appearance of the flower and the character can make the reader find everything new and fresh.He use the peach blossom to serve as a foil to Lin Daiyu,and exert the various literature imago to reflect misfortune life ofLin Daiyu,which also bring vivid color to the gloomy life of Lin Daiyu.Via unscrambling the peach bloom,the reader can make further understanding of the typical character of Lin Daiyu and profound experience of the different tragedies of Lin Daiyu's lifetime.This paper is composed of two parts.The first part summarized and illustrated the spirit of the peachblossom.Cao Xueqin had derived the soul of the peachblossom culture to indite the classical protagonist.The second part emphaze the protagonist of Lin Dalyu.This part pointed out the important effect of peachblossom to the protagonist,which influenced the character the image and the miserable fate of Lin Daiyu.And then compares the same character of Li Xiangju to Lin Daiyu,which has close relationship with peachblossom.In a word,peachblossom has played an important role in discribing and foiling the protagonist of Lin Daiyu,which make the character of Lin Daiyu more vividly and impressive.