Lin Daiyu is the incarnation of Li Xiangyu.

According to some redology experts, the prototype of Lin Daiyu is Li Xiangyu, the granddaughter of Suzhou weaver Xu Li during the reign of Kangxi, and her father is Li Ding, who was a salt teacher in Lianghuai School. Weaving and salt courses are two important departments of the Qing court in Jiangnan, which can only be served by the emperor's closest courtiers. Li Xiangyu is the apple of the Li family's eye, and the degree of being loved at home can be imagined.

Cao Li and his two families are the minions of Kangxi. They are both in charge of the weaving institute (Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin was weaving in Jiangning at that time). They are close relatives. Xu Li is the younger brother of Cao Xueqin's first grandmother, so it is natural that Cao Xueqin and Li Xiangyu have close contacts.

After Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin died, his son Cao Qing inherited his father, and he died within three years. Cao Xueqin is his posthumous son. Cao Xueqin's grandmother Li loves Cao Xueqin very much and always carries it with her. Every time I go to Suzhou to visit my mother, Mrs. Wen, who is nearly ninety years old, I often take Cao Xueqin with me. They have been living in Li Dingjia's Humble Administrator's Garden. So Cao Xueqin and Li Xiangyu played together since childhood, studied calligraphy together, and composed poems together. They are childhood friends, there is no speculation. It is not surprising that as you get older, you will become emotional over time.

1728, Cao Shijia moved to Beijing, followed by Yu Xiang. In the capital, Cao Shi can still be taken care of by relatives and friends, but Yu Xiang feels dependent on others, so he is unhappy. Besides, she is naturally sentimental. Although Qin Xue became gentle and relieved, she became old, but her life failed and her worries were hard to calm down. A few years later, she died. Qin Xue was heartbroken, so he tried to write A Dream of Red Mansions as a souvenir.