曹雪芹为《红楼梦》中不同人物代拟的韵文诗作,都是人物个性的写照。这些诗作极恰切地合乎人物各自的身份、生活经历、思想感情和文学素养,“都是各随本人按头制帽”,对人物形象的塑造起了画龙点睛的妙用。为此,笔者拟以黛玉的《咏白海棠诗》为例,看看它是如何展示人物的思想与性情的。原诗如下: Cao Xueqin’s rhyme poems for different characters in “Dream of Red Mansions” is a portrayal of characters’ personalities. These poems correspond very closely to the individual’s identity, life experience, thoughts and feelings, and literacy. They are “each with their own heads and caps”, and they have created the finishing touches for the character’s image. For this reason, the author intends to take Saitama’s “The White Poem” as an example to see how it displays the characters’ ideas and temperament. The original poem is as follows: