Another Study of Duality “Jade” and “Stone” of JIA Bao-yu's Image ——A Consultation with Mr. DING Wei-zhong

JIA Bao-yu is characterized by the duality of stone and jade, and his stone being and jade one are combined with each other and complementary, and are not in opposition. The main aspects in them are worthy of our confirmation. However, they have their own limitations which are metaphorized as the short comings of Bao-yu in the work A Dream of red Mansions. But these short comings are small in amount and minor factors in his characters. We cannot take them as the stone being and jade one themselves. Otherwise, it will be impossible to take Bao-yu as four-in-one figure of the stone, Shenying and the jade