Changes that saw the feminine ideal turn toward exalting the sickly and the sentimental, toward women who were fragile and refined, were also reflected in ideas about manly beauty. In Dream of the Red Chamber, the male characters Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong both possess a gentle, delicate beauty to outdo young women.
隨著明、清對女性的塑造是懨懨成病、多愁善感、文雅嬌弱，清代對女性美的理想，同樣投射在男性美身上。