How to evaluate Bai Jiaxuan in White Deer Plain?
Bai Jiaxuan in White Deer Plain was a complicated character with profound human nature and complicated historical background. From a personal point of view, Bai Jiaxuan was a courageous and responsible person. He had a low status in the family, but he firmly defended the family's honor and interests. Even in the face of the family's decline and predicament, he did not give up and continued to work hard to contribute to the survival and development of the family. His courage and responsibility not only reflected the values of "cultivating one's moral character, managing one's family, governing the country, and pacifying the world" in traditional Chinese Confucianism, but also reflected the positive side of human nature. However, Bai Jiaxuan also had his own shortcomings. He was too focused on the family's interests and face and ignored his personal needs and emotional experience. Although his relationship with Lu Zilin was based on his family's honor and interests, there were also some inappropriate aspects, such as his coldness and ruthlessness towards Lu Zilin and his discrimination and rejection towards Lu San. These shortcomings and inadequacies reflected some of the negative aspects of Bai Jiaxuan's human nature, as well as some of the problems in history and reality. Bai Jiaxuan was a character with complexity and profound meaning. He represented some characters with responsibility and courage in traditional Chinese society, and also reflected some problems in history and reality.