The more famous main plots in "A Dream of Red Mansions":
1. "Bao Dai's First Meeting": Lin Daiyu went to Kyoto after bidding farewell to her father, and met Jia Baoyu for the first time. First she heard the maid laughing. Baoyu said, "Here comes Baoyu." Then Baoyu came closer, and Lin Daiyu thought, "I seem to have seen it somewhere, why do I look so familiar?" Baoyu went to see his mother first, and after changing clothes, Jia Mu asked him to come and see the "far visitor" , Baoyu also said, "I have seen this sister before", and asked Daiyu what book she had read, what was her name, and whether she had Yu? When Daiyu said that there was no jade, she became angry and threw the jade to the ground, causing everyone to panic. ?
2. As soon as Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion: Grandma Liu took her grandson Baner into the Rongguo Mansion to ask for some money. She first found Mrs. Wang’s former companion Zhou Rui’s family. After her introduction, she met Wang Xifeng , got twenty taels of silver, and went back happily. ?
3. Sister Feng took control of Tiekuan Temple: Due to Qin Keqing’s funeral, Sister Feng and Jia Baoyu rested in Tiekuan Temple. The old nun took the opportunity to ask Sister Feng to use the power of the Jia family to help Li Yanei of Chang’an Mansion forcibly marry Brother Zhang Jin. Wang Xifeng asked him to pay three thousand taels of silver, and then asked his servant Lai Wang'er to write a letter in Jia Lian's name and settle the matter. ?
4. Concubine Yuan visits the bride: Jia Yuanchun chose Fengzao Palace, so she can go home to visit the bride. The Jia family spent a lot of money to build a guest house. When Concubine Yuan came to visit her, Concubine Yuan met her relatives, visited the garden, wrote a plaque, and ordered Baoyu and her sisters to write poems. Daiyu helped Jia Baoyu compose a poem. First, he was praised by Concubine Yuan.
5. ***Reading the West Chamber: Everyone moved into the Grand View Garden (that is, the Provincial Family Courtyard) at the order of Concubine Yuan. Jia Baoyu looked at the West Chamber at Qinfang Gate. Daiyu passed by with her funeral flowers, and Baoyu passed by. Knowing Daiyu well as a person, I read the West Wing with her. The more she read, the more she fell in love with her. After reading it, she still recited it silently. Baoyu used the words in the West Chamber to describe Daiyu, which made Daiyu angry. Later, they reconciled and the two buried the flowers together.
6. Daiyu buries flowers: During the awn season, the sisters in the Grand View Garden worshiped the God of Flowers. Daiyu remembered that when she went to see Baoyu that night, Qingwen didn’t open the door. In order to bury the flowers, Baoyu looked for Daiyu, and when he heard "The Song of the Burial of the Flowers", he became obsessed with it. I personally like this plot very much, it's really beautiful.
7. Baoyu was beaten: Prince Zhongshun sent people to see Jia Zheng and said that Baoyu had secretly hidden Prince Zhongshun’s actor Jiang Yuhan, which made Jia Zheng furious. Jia Huan then caught up with Jia Zheng and complained to Jia Zheng that Baoyu had forced him to death. Mrs. Wang's maid had a golden bracelet. Jia Zheng was furious, so he beat the precious jade.
8. Establishing the Haitang Poetry Society: Jia Zheng was away from home, and when Tanchun got up and wanted to build a poetry club, he caught up with Jia Yun and sent two pots of Begonia flowers, so he named it "Begonia Society". Everyone was given a nickname. Li Wan presided over it and picked out the four characters "pen, soul, mark, faint", the rhyme of the word "men", and the time of one stick of incense. It was difficult for everyone to decide which of Baochai and Daiyu's poems was better, with Baoyu ranking last.
9. Laughter in the crowd: Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden for the second time and met Jia Mu and other people in the Grand View Garden. There was also a very famous laughing scene: Grandma Liu stood up and said loudly: "Old Liu, Old Liu, eats as much as an ox: eat an old sow without raising your head!" After saying this, she puffed up her cheeks. , stared straight into the eyes without saying a word. Everyone was startled at first, but then when they thought about it, they all laughed together. Xiangyun couldn't hold his hand and spit out a mouthful of tea. Daiyu stopped laughing and leaned over the table and just shouted "Hey!" Baoyu rolled into Jia Mu's arms. Jia Mu hugged her with laughter and called her "sweetheart". Mrs. Wang pointed at Sister Feng, but was speechless. Aunt Xue couldn't help it, and the tea in her mouth sprayed all over Tanchun's skirt. The teacups of Tanchun are all placed on Yingchun. Xichun got up from his seat, pulled his wet nurse and asked him to "rub his intestines". There was no one on the ground who was not bending over, some were hiding out and squatting to laugh, and some were holding back their laughter and came up to change clothes for his sisters. Sister Dufeng was in charge of the two men, but she just let Grandma Liu do it. ?
10. Xiangling learns poetry: After Xue Pan was beaten by Liu Xianglian, she went on a business trip. Xiangling moved into the Grand View Garden to live with Baochai. Baochai refused to teach her poetry, so she I begged Daiyu. Daiyu showed her some good poetry collections that she had sketched out, told her the principles of writing poetry, encouraged her to talk about her experience in reading poetry, and asked her to make poems for her to read. I was dissatisfied with both of them, so I thought about writing poems every day. I got one in my dream, which was praised by Daiyu and formally invited her to join the poetry club.
11. Tanchun managed the family: Wang Xifeng Xiaoyue was sick and weak, so she was left to Tanchun, Baochai and Li Wan to manage the family, and she was even better than Sister Feng when she was there. When Aunt Zhao's brother died, Tanchun made a clear distinction between public and private affairs and refused to give more money to her relatives, which made Aunt Zhao furious. After that, he arranged monthly routines for everyone and entrusted the garden to the servants, which attracted everyone's praise. Tanchun's family management concept was implemented in detail.
12. Inspection of the Grand View Garden: The turmoil started when Qingwen asked Baoyu to pretend to be sick and said she was frightened by the dark shadow in the garden. Mother Jia was angry, and then the stupid elder sister accidentally picked up the embroidered spring bag. Mrs. Xing After getting it, she gave it to Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang questioned Sister Feng. After being instigated by Wang Shanbao's family, she came up with the idea of ??copying the inspection and drove Qingwen out of the Grand View Garden. An inspection of the garden was carried out at night, leading to the expulsion of Siqi, innocent people in the painting were affected, and a big quarrel between Youshi and Xichun. The Grand View Garden suddenly felt like it was in decline.
13. Chai Dai’s trick: Jia’s mother wants to marry Baoyu. Xiren knows that Baoyu likes Daiyu in his heart, and is worried that Baoyu can’t agree, which will ruin the event. Sister Feng sets up a trick to marry Baoyu. It was Daiyu, and Baoyu was very happy.
He also persuaded Aunt Xue and Baochai to agree to this plan, and strictly ordered everyone not to leak the news, but the silly elder sister accidentally let it slip. After Daiyu learned about it, her condition worsened, and she burned the poem manuscript and fragrant handkerchief, and finally the fragrance disappeared.
14. Search of Jia's Mansion: The Prince of Xiping County led the Jinyi Army to suddenly raid Jia's Mansion, and the Prince of Beijing came forward to protect it, but they still had to arrest Jia, pardon Jia Zheng, and inspect the assets of Jia's Mansion. Later returned.
15. Sister Feng asked for an orphan: Jia's mother died of illness. Wang Xifeng hosted the funeral and was disliked by everyone. She felt depressed and seriously ill. Grandma Liu came to visit. Sister Feng asked Grandma Liu to take care of Sister Qiao, and Grandma Liu agreed. Later, Sister Feng died of illness. Jia Huan and Mrs. Xing's brother Wang Ren planned to marry Sister Qiao to someone else to get money. Ping'er and Mrs. Wang and others made Sister Qiao escape, and later met Grandma Liu and survived.
16. Baoyu became a monk: After the Jia family resumed their official positions, they were no longer as good as before. Baoyu began to want to become a monk. Later, Baoyu and Jia Lan took part in the examination, and Baoyu won seventh place. After leaving the examination room, Baoyu did not go home and became a monk. Later, Jia Zheng met Baoyu on the road, and he was already a monk.
"A Dream of Red Mansions", the first of the four great classics in ancient China, is a chapter-length novel, formerly known as "Zhiyanzhai Re-Evaluation of Stones", also known as "The Record of the Love Monk", "Feng Yue Bao Jian" and "Jinling Twelve" "The Hairpin", "Return of Tears", "Golden Jade Fate", etc., the preface of Mengjue Master is officially titled "A Dream of Red Mansions". The first 80 chapters of this book are written by Cao Xueqin, and the last 40 chapters are continued by Anonymous; compiled by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E.
"A Dream of Red Mansions" is a great work with high ideological and artistic qualities. As a literary work written in the late feudal society and the mid-Qing Dynasty, the book systematically summarizes the culture and system of China's feudal society. He conducted profound criticism on all aspects of feudal society and put forward vague ideals and propositions with a preliminary democratic nature. These ideals and propositions were a tortuous reflection of the budding factors of the capitalist economy that was growing at that time.
Due to the large number of handed down versions and the different perspectives and motivations for appreciation, scholars have many different views on various aspects of Dream of Red Mansions, which can be roughly divided into literary criticism schools, Suoyin schools, Autobiography and other groups. "Redology" was formed by studying the book's ideological culture, author's original intention, etc.