"a Dream Of Red Mansions" Characters "gender Identity"

“A Dream of the Red Chambers” is the peak of chinese novels, it has very important placein China and even in the world literary history and the research on this classic is of greatsignificance. Through author Cao Xueqin’s superb Portrait Art, every unique and touching“Red Chamber Person” is presented to readers. Reading the text “A Dream of the RedChambers” carefully, you will find there are a lot of “gender reverse” in “Red ChamberPerson”. Some scholars have paid attention to this phenomenon and have done many positiveexplorations, but they have mainly focused on specific characters such as Jia Baoyu and WangXifeng and have rarely even never focused on other characters, at the same time, they have notused “gender reverse” in the whole study on the characters of “A Dream of the Red Chambers”.Considering this situation, the author will make a comprehensive and thorough research on thecharacters of “A Dream of the Red Chambers” in order to make up for the lack of previousresearch.This thesis is divided into three parts including introduction, main body, and conclusion.The specific contents are summarized as follows:The introduction mainly reviewed the history and the present situation of the research onthis topic, introduced the purpose and the significance of the research on this topic andelaborated the contents and means of the research on this topic.The first chapter “Ancient Chinese sex orientation and ‘gender reverse’”.The first sectionintroduces male orientation, it has three aspects including males bear social obligations andresponsibilities while females do not, males must be masculine, males must be gentlemen andtrue men; the second section introduces women’s position, it has three aspects including womenare excluded from social and political life, the female is a humble gender that has no autonomyand independence, women stand for “Yin” and their criteria is “lady”; the third section makesclear the concept of “gender reverse”.The second chapter“The feminine part of male characters in ‘A Dream of the RedChambers’”. The first section analyzes Jia Baoyu’s “gender reverse” specificly, it has threeaspects including feminine appearances and dress up, feminine delicate body and femininebehavior; the second section analyzes other males’“gender reverse” specificly, it has two aspects including feminine morphology and behavior, lack of masculinity.The third chapter“The masculine part of female characters in ‘A Dream of the RedChambers-first half’”. The first section discusses Lin Daiyu’s talent in poetry, behaving like ahermit and being couragous; the second section discusses Xue Baochai’s erudition, behaving likea gentleman and a true man; the third section discusses Jia Tanchun’s elegance, ability and greatambition.The fourth chapter“The masculine part of female characters in ‘A Dream of the RedChambers-second half’”. The first section discusses Shi Xiangyun’s handsomeness, boldnessand uprightness; the second section discusses Wang Xifeng’s masculine name, heart andbehavior; the third section analyzes other females’“gender reverse” specificly, it has two aspectsincluding masculine dress up and modality, masculine heart and behavior.The fifth chapter“The significance of the description on ‘gender reverse’ of characters in‘ADream of the Red Chambers’”. The first section, its social significance is condemningpatriarchy’s force on men, promoting the liberation of men and accusing patriarchal’s pressureon women, improving the development of feminism; the second section, its literary significanceis having an impact on stereotyped characters in literary works home and abroad, enriching theliterary field; the third section, its modern enlightment on the individuals is that one should beunderstanding and tolerant, and be a real man; enlightment on the two sexes is that males can beweak, females can have a career, both genders act like the two fish in the Tai Chi diagramembracing each other perfectly and harmoniously.The conclusion is a summary and destination of the whole thesis, had a fresh and originalreinterpretation of “A Dream of the Red Chambers”, gained many beneficial enlightments oncontemporary days and also expressed the author’s sincere best wishes.