But as we all know, there are only the first eighty chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin himself. As for the last dozens of chapters, they are sequels of Gao E and others. Many people call them? Dog-tailed mink? Although all kinds of comments in the first eighty chapters are quoted at the end, we should respect Cao Xueqin's works as much as possible? Original intention? However, from the development of writing and plot, we can see obvious differences. Before the Republic of China, many people thought that the so-called Dream of Red Mansions? The last forty times? It doesn't exist at all, and the author died before he finished writing it; But whether the last forty chapters are completed or not, there must be something that has been conceived on paper. Manuscript? Yes
Hu Shi discovered this assertion? Re-comment on Zhi Yanzhai's The Story of the Stone? On the annotation of Red inkstone, it can be clearly seen that the annotator must have seen the complete version of A Dream of Red Mansions, including? The last forty times? . From then on, there was the so-called? Destroyed by the literary inquisition? To be honest, the credibility of this statement is also very low. No matter from the historical records or from the notes of the literati at that time, there is no such thing. A Dream of Red Mansions was banned in Qing Dynasty? Sufficient and accurate evidence. All possibilities are ruled out, so there is only one conclusion: in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, in the turmoil and war, what was the dream of a red chamber? The last forty times? Disappear without a trace
This conclusion is really amazing? It's a long story This really shows that A Dream of Red Mansions may see the light of day again, but it is still slim.