In "Dream of the Red Chamber", Jia Baoyu's beating is a significant watershed event. In the eyes of many, Jia Baoyu is a young man with the nickname of Golden Phoenix, but in the eyes of his father, Jia Zheng, he is a dissolute young man who does not strive for progress and spends his time wandering around. Jia Zheng scolded Jia Baoyu for provoking trouble for the Jia family by luring out Jiang Yuhan, which demonstrated the seriousness of the Jiang Yuhan incident. Jiang Yuhan is a person who serves under the loyalty and obedience of the king, and the old king cannot do without her. Therefore, one of the main reasons why Jia Zheng wanted to kill Jia Baoyu was not just because he provoked Jiang Yuhan, but also because there were deep-seated conflicts between the two factions behind it. Baoyu's wandering and playing with actors equivalently provoked and deepened this conflict. How could such a big conflict be controlled and influenced by Jia Zheng, a clerk in the Ministry of Works? Even less so could he take responsibility for it.

Another incident that made Jia Zheng very angry was Jia Baoyu's sexual assault on a servant girl. To Jia Zheng, this was the most hated thing he had ever encountered. The Jia family had always been lenient with their servants since their ancestors, and such things had never happened before. This once again confirmed his previous evaluation of Jia Baoyu as a man who indulges in wine and women. Perhaps Jia Zheng's psychological trajectory towards Jia Baoyu was like this: "You don't study hard, and that's fine. With the old lady protecting you, I'll let it go. But your rape of a servant girl is really unforgivable. This is not the behavior of a noble young man. If this gets out, what about the reputation of the Jia family? As a father, how can I go out and face people?"

Behind the Jin Chuan'er incident, there were hidden conflicts of family interests, including conflicts between wives and concubines, brothers, family property, and inheritance rights. Of course, Jia Zheng's deadly attack was also due to his accumulated dissatisfaction with Jia Baoyu. This time, he decided to be ruthless and kill him outright.

In fact, deep in his heart, Jia Zheng's dissatisfaction and hatred towards Jia Baoyu came largely from Baoyu's "neglect of his studies". When he was young, Jia Zheng loved reading and deeply understood the importance of it. He believed that only through learning could one become a true gentleman. However, Jia Baoyu did not like to study and often skipped school or was lazy. This made Jia Zheng very dissatisfied and believe that Jia Baoyu was not fulfilling his responsibilities and wasting family resources.

In addition, Jia Zheng was also dissatisfied with Jia Baoyu's attitude towards life. Jia Baoyu was naturally suspicious and emotional, preferring solitude and obsessing over poetry, songs, paintings, chess, and other arts. He did not like to interact with others and was even more unwilling to take on the important responsibilities of the family. This made Jia Zheng feel that Jia Baoyu was not ambitious or responsible enough and was not suitable for holding important positions in the family.

Therefore, the Jin Chuan'er incident was just the tipping point for Jia Zheng's dissatisfaction with Jia Baoyu. Jia Zheng believed that Jia Baoyu was not good enough, not ambitious enough, and not qualified to hold important positions in the family. However, Jia Baoyu was his own son, which made Jia Zheng feel very helpless and painful. In the end, he chose to solve the problem in an extreme way, which also showed his helplessness and powerlessness.

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