《红楼梦》第三十一回。怡红院热闹非凡,宝玉和一群丫鬟玩得正欢。其中有个丫鬟叫晴雯,性子直爽,不小心弄坏了扇子,被宝玉说了两句。晴雯心里不痛快,话锋一转。对着袭人开了口:“正经的姑娘还没怎么样呢,你就跟宝玉称起‘我们’来了!”这话听着普通。
霍克斯教授是这样处理的:Enraptured at the prospect of doing a good turn for a mandarin, Feng Su hastened to urge upon his daughter the importance of complying with his request, and that very night Lucky was bundled into a small covered chair and carried off to the yamen.
大家好,今天说说《红楼梦》里的林黛玉到底会不会管家理事,顺便浅聊一下古代女子的教育。林黛玉不管家,不代表她不会管,实际上这是她这样的古代贵族千金自幼的必修课,所以林黛玉能轻松算出来贾府的财务危机,也能够把潇湘馆打理的井井有条。