贾琏 / Jia Lian
In 日谈串台｜红楼梦：还是可以读一读的, 贾琏 is part of the episode’s attempt to read 《红楼梦》 male characters with moral gradation. He is not made innocent, but he is discussed beside 薛蟠 as someone shaped by environment, habit, and male social norms rather than by pure evil alone.
The comparison matters because 贾宝玉 can look relatively clean inside 大观园, yet the episode also notes how male talk outside that space can pull him downward. 贾雨村 then marks a more straightforwardly corrupt pole in the same social world.