The word was passed from a good family to an illusionist, so the book was named after a dream. My husband dreamed of the "Red Mansion", which was the affection of children in a big family. Is it true or not? The red chamber is rich in women, and poetry proves Xiangshan; Realize Zhuang Zhou's dreamland and dream of butterflies. The author named the book and made it a Dream of Red Mansions.
It should be said that this passage thoroughly analyzes the naming intention of the author of the novel. In particular, the phrase "Red Chamber is rich in women, and poetry proves Xiangshan" accurately explains the connotation and etymology of the word "Red Chamber", which has groundbreaking academic value. Therefore, since the discovery of this manuscript in Shanxi in 1953, scholars have taken the dream master's words as the basis, and determined that the word "red house" in the title originated from Bai Juyi's poem "Qin Zhongyin Yi Marriage" (the first Xiangshan layman): "The red house is a rich girl, and the golden thread embroidered Luo Luo."
Since then, Mr. Feng Qiyong, who prefaced this copy of Chen Jia's manuscript, has a slightly different view. He mentioned in the preface, it seems that it should refer to Bai Juyi's "Spring Poetry Sleeping in Hundred Rhymes", in which there is a sentence:
Looking for calamus water, gradually entering the peach blossom valley.
When you go to a red house, you can't see enough love
But I think that the views of ordinary scholars in the past and those of Mr. Feng later may be correct, but they are not all right.
Why?
First of all, Bai Xiangshan mentioned the word "red chamber" in his poem, not only in one place, but also in two places. There are as many as six records in the whole Tang Poetry. In addition to the two mentioned above, there are:
Who is drinking green wine all night, where is the red chamber sleeping blind?
Dark help drunkenness, looking for green wine, sleeping and prospering the red chamber.
Newlyweds, newlyweds, listen to me, Luoyang infinite red chamber girl.
The Red Chamber promised to stay and ask for a silver key, and Cui Jian accompanied you to the jade steps.
The "red chamber" here refers to the "red chamber courtyard" in a luxurious temple in the palace except the last sentence "red chamber promises a silver key", which refers to the mansion or boudoir of a wealthy family. It is synonymous with the "Red Chamber" in the title of A Dream of Red Mansions, and it is not necessary to insist on which poem it comes from.
At a deeper level, Master Meng Jue's statement is limited to an example of a poem he is familiar with, and does not necessarily represent the original intention of Cao Xueqin's own naming. What's more, in Tang poetry, there are many people who refer to the big houses or boudoir with "Red Chamber", and there are also many people who have more artistic conception than Xiangshan poetry.
For example, Mr. Zhou recently quoted two poems by Wei Zhuang, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, in his new book Twelve Floors of the Red Chamber (Shuhai Publishing House, 2005):
Who is the main spring scenery in Chang 'an? The Red Chamber has always been full of girls since ancient times.
Beauty hurts easily. It stands in the dark. I think this is "much more delicious than Bai Juyi's poems."
Whether there is taste or not, there are indeed many poems about "Red Chamber" in Tang poetry. Moreover, some of the authors who wrote such poems were born 70 or 80 years earlier than Bai Juyi and Wei Zhuang, or even 1200 years earlier. In chronological order alone, Bai and Wei may not have the upper hand. Therefore, I think it is really necessary to re-examine the origin of the title of A Dream of Red Mansions.
According to my preliminary statistics, in the list of all Tang poems, only 62 poems mentioned the word "Red Chamber". You can't list them all here, just choose the important ones, and quote them as follows:
In spring, the word "Cape" invited the Queen Mother, and * * * held a banquet in the deepest part of the Red Chamber. (Li He)
The red chamber suspected that it was white, and the temple forced Chen Jusheng to Tang Dynasty. (Shen Quanqi)
In the spring breeze, there are green Yingzhou grass, and the purple palace and the red building are full of spring. (Li Bai)
The beauty smiled and pointed out that the Red Chamber was my aunt's house. (Li Bai)
In autumn, persimmon leaves turn red and frost, and the blue sky leans against the red chamber like water. (Yi Lee)
The red chamber is destroyed, and the golden valley is gone. (Yuan Zhen)
The wild bridge sells wine and the eaves are drunk, who envies the red chamber. (Xu Hun)
There are two red mansions facing the cold, covered by rain, and a pearl curtain lamp shakes my lonely heart and goes home. (Li Shangyin)
If he goes to find the other person's place, the trees are red and the building is natural. (Wen Tingjun)
At the end of the song, it seems that I want to be spoiled by your jade. Looking back at the red chamber, I dare not shush. (Lu Guimeng)
How much is known about the green curtain in the red chamber, and the east wind is right and wrong. (Luo Yin)
Fly low in the plum rain on the green shore, and enter the red chamber to pick apricot beams. (Zheng Gu)
Where to draw green water, a few whistles swallow the red chamber. (Du Xunhe)
There is hatred in the Red Chamber, but Cui Dai is speechless and hangs down. (Jong Li)
Nautilus Island is high in frost and moon, and the beauty sings to the Red Chamber. (Jiang Ji)
Don't be melancholy at night in the red chamber, with incense lamps and half-rolled tassels. (Wei Zhuang)
Every day, I am happy but not disabled. People in the Red Chamber are scattered and wandering alone. (Feng Yansi)
There must be readers whispering: such a long list is dazzling and nothing special! Wait a minute and guess, the author naturally left a hand. If you don't believe me, please see:
At that time, I will be immersed in the spring, and I will dream of the flute in the Red Chamber. (ancient jade)
Tears before the wind condensed into purple plugs, disturbing the heart in a dream of red mansions. (Cai Jing)
There is a Dream of Red Mansions in front and a Dream of Red Mansions behind. Can such a poem not be shocking?
It should be noted that this "Complete Tang Poetry" was personally compiled by Cao Yin, the grandfather of Cao Xueqin, during the Kangxi period. I believe that Cao Xueqin, the author of A Dream of Red Mansions, has a mixed family background and will definitely not miss reading such an eye-catching poem before solemnly naming his novel. So I judge that these two poems, especially one by Cai Jing, are the real source of the title of A Dream of Red Mansions.
However, I dare not steal the beauty of others. At this point of writing, I suddenly felt that I should check Cai Jing's life story, but I was surprised to find that as early as fifteen years ago, a gentleman named Wu Ruyu had written the following passage for the Dictionary of Tang Poetry (Jiangsu Ancient Books Publishing House, 1990 edition):
There are three poems in the whole Tang Dynasty. Yong Zigui: Shocking the World in A Dream of Red Mansions is the title of the famous novel A Dream of Red Mansions. See Yunxi Friendship Yi, Tang, Tang Shi Chronicle, etc.
I wonder if anyone has noticed and mentioned this little discovery of Mr. Wu Ruyu before. If not, my article should be regarded as a drum and shout for Mr. Wu's discovery that year.
By the way, I recorded the rest of Mr. Wu's Cai Jing article for readers' reference:
Cai Jing (? -863) was born in Yunzhou (now Dongping North, Shandong Province). In his early years, he became a monk, and for four years (830), he made Hu Chushuai and Tian Pingjun meet at the Dojo, loved his intelligence, made him secular, and accompanied his children to study. In the first year of Wenzong (836), he was a scholar. Five cases of Huichang for three years (843) were pedants appointed by Jixian County. After five years of investigation, he was ordered to reply to Jiangdu's order that Wu Xiang embezzled Cheng Liang's money, and he could enforce the law impartially. In the second year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (848), Sima Yi was demoted. After a stroke, Rao waited for the state to make a secretariat. Guan spent a lot of time on Lingnan West Road, but was driven away by the sergeant and demoted to death by Yazhou.
It seems that this Cai Jing is not Cai Jing. Compared with the traitor of the same name in the Northern Song Dynasty, he is really a fair and decent good official. However, the two Cai Jing's endings are the same, both ending in "death".
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Respondent: Guest Assistant II 9-20 14:08
Cai Jing's Yong Zi Gui
Thousands of years of grievances have turned into birds, and hate Taiwan is called forever distant forest.
Bloody flowers wither in spring, waves float on the moon, cold and light.
Tears before the wind condensed into purple plugs, disturbing the heart in a dream of red mansions.
Heartbroken words can't return, Jianmen jumps to Jiang Shen.
Respondent: Lin 15 Top 9-20 14: 13.
Broke the heart of a dream of red mansions
-A new interpretation of the title of A Dream of Red Mansions
After the publication of A Dream of Red Mansions, researchers have made many textual researches on the source and meaning of its title, but there are different opinions. Recently, some researchers believe that the author's life experience and the situation when writing A Dream of Red Mansions are closely related to Li Shangyin's poem Spring Rain. "The source of A Dream of Red Mansions is Li Shangyin's poem Spring Rain." This conclusion is debatable.
(1) The word "Dream of Red Mansions" is used in poetry, and there are countless examples. As far as I know, the most important thing is the second record: "Youyang Miscellanies" records that "ankokuji Red Chamber Changle Square, Zong Rui danced in the pavilion in San Francisco." Shen Quanqi wrote "Poems Should Be Written in the Red Chamber", saying, "The Red Chamber is suspicious of seeing white light, and the temple forces Chen Jusheng to become a Tang Dynasty." Ziyi's "Poem of Guangyi to the Master" says: "The Red Chamber may ask for the silver key, and Tribe will accompany you to play with jade." Feng Yansi's "Ball Throwing Music" says: "Every day is fun, and the red chamber is scattered." The "red chamber" in the poems quoted above generally refers to the dance pavilion, which has nothing to do with "dreams". Yin E's poem "He Manzi" said: "Every time I recall the company of a good night, my dream hangs in the red chamber." Gu Yu's poem "Send Doctor Tang to Return the Festival to the Mountain": "I will be immersed in the spring scenery and dream of the flute in the Red Chamber." Wang Li's daughter "Send Zhang Wupo": "I am ashamed to look for it, but I am wandering around the world with spring. The nightingale in the red chamber flies away, worrying about killing the flowers in the deep palace. " Another example is Li Shangyin's poem "Spring Rain", in which there are two red mansions, which face the cold and are hidden in the rain, with a short dream interval in the middle of the night. Although "Dream" is in The Red Chamber, these three words are not used together, and their meanings are far from the title of Qin Xue.
(2) The Complete Poem of the Tang Dynasty (Volume 472) contains Cai Jing's poem "Yong Zi Gui": "A thousand years of unjust imprisonment has turned into a bird, and you hate Taiwan forever. Bloody flowers wither in spring, waves float on the moon, cold and light. Tears before the wind condensed into purple plugs, disturbing the heart in a dream of red mansions. I can't return the heartbroken words, and the sword door is handed over to Shu. " The word "A Dream of Red Mansions" is used in this poem. Secondly, the poetic sadness coincides with Qin Xue's life experience and the situation when he wrote A Dream of Red Mansions. It is not so much that Qin Xue pieced together the title of the book with the words "Dream in a Dream of Red Mansions" in the poem "Spring Rain" as that he copied the word "Dream in a Dream of Red Mansions" in Cai Jing's poem "Yong Zi Gui".
(3) In the fifth chapter of "The Story of the Stone", there is a sentence "A New Supplement to Twelve Immortal Songs in a Dream of Red Mansions", with Zhu Piyun beside it: "Point. Cover the author from the cloud, but also a dream of red mansions. " This is the key to understand that Cao Xueqin chose the word "Dream of Red Mansions" as the title of his novel. First of all, the so-called "the author's calendar from the cloud" actually refers to the Xueqin family's respect from generation to generation, and it is extremely prized. Later, due to property acquisition, it finally became scarce. Qin Xue was born in the last days. Although she caught up with the splendor, she spent her whole life living in a cold world, dreaming the same dream, being generous and writing books. Secondly, as far as the content described in the novel is concerned, although Er Fu, Rong Ning is the hometown of Zhong Ming's food and poetry, it didn't last long. Eventually, because the tree of Yuan Snake fell down, it was scattered. "The land is so clean." The rich life of the protagonist Jia Baoyu and the twelve gold chains in the novel is nothing more than a dream of red mansions. Therefore, it can be said that Cao Xueqin's title of A Dream of Red Mansions not only lamented his own life experience, but also entrusted the tragic ending of the novel's ups and downs, that is, life is like a dream. I have always thought that the word A Dream of Red Mansions is only a summary of the story level of the novel. Compared with the word "Stone", it lacks desolation and affection. But for readers, the word Dream of Red Mansions is more modern and more acceptable. I think this explanation may be closer to Cao Xueqin's original intention.