The wisdom Baoyu wants to escape

世事洞明皆学问，人情练达即文章 shì shì dòng míng jiē xué wèn, rén qíng liàn dá jí wén zhāng · understanding affairs is learning; skill with people is literary accomplishment

A couplet praises knowledge of people and affairs, but the novel’s hero wants to leave the room.