What are the answers to Xue Baoqin's ten riddles in A Dream of Red Mansions?

There seems to be no clear answer, right?

1 refers to the hidden boat (that is, a paper boat dedicated to the dead), which is a straw boat warship on a lantern.

2 trumpet

3 monkeys play tricks

4 is a dog stick used to sacrifice the dead in the north.

Five willow trees

6 mahogany fan

7 pipa

8 soap

Nine dice

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The direct answer to' Xue Xiaomei's new ancient poems' in the 51st chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions is: 1, reeling cocoon kettle (kettle); 2. Suona, also known as Haidi; 3. Hey; 4. Silkworm pupae; 5, then drip, (Tang Bai Juyi's "Sui Drip" is poetic); 6; Peach comb; 7. Woodworking Mo Dou; 8, fragrant pancreas (soap); 9. Needle and thread; 10, Liu Chan, (The Map of Liu Chan by Jiang Tingxi in Qing Dynasty).

The eight riddles written by Li Wan, Baoyu and other seven people in the fiftieth episode of A Dream of Red Mansions were once speculated as a special form of "eulogy" or "epitaph" written by Cao Yin when the monk Shi Tao died in 707. On the fifty-first occasion, the riddle of Xue Baoqin's ten ancient poems was just like what Baoqin said: "Today, I chose ten historical sites in ten places and made ten nostalgic poems. Poetry is vulgar, but remembering the past hides ten customs ... Although I don't see any direct relationship between it and the writing process of A Dream of Red Mansions for the time being. According to Bao Qin's hints of "antiquity" and "nostalgia", we can appreciate some thoughts revealed by Cao Yin in his poems, which Cao did not have.

(22) One of Chibi nostalgia

The red cliff is heavy, the water does not flow, and the name is empty.

It is very cold, and infinite souls wander in it.

Answer: Reeling pot (pot)

Although the riddle is borrowed from the Canon of the History of the Three Kingdoms, Battle of Red Cliffs, it has nothing to do with the History of the Three Kingdoms. But related to the textile industry in Cao Yin. Bai Juyi's Yuefu poem "The Red Line Carpet" contains the phrase "Red Line Carpet, cocoon reeling, boiled in clear water", which is an important process of reeling. Before the iron pot appeared, cocoons could only be cooked in clay pots. Under the real Red Cliff is the water flowing eastward from the Yangtze River. In the riddle, Guo Bang is compared to the Red Cliff. Buried on the stove, the clear water for cocoon cooking naturally' does not flow'. A torch that hates Tai is burning at the bottom of the pot. The "spirit" in the sentence "Wandering in the Infinite Mind" refers to silkworm chrysalis. According to statistics, it takes about11cocoon to weave a tie, while a silk coat needs 630 cocoons. It can be seen that the number of boiled cocoons can be called' infinite'; If it is a cooking pot, although the number of rice grains can also be called' infinite', rice also has the meaning of life. Silkworm pupae can be called living things, but no one calls rice living things. It is just inaccurate to guess this riddle as a' pot', but it refers to a professional pot for reeling and cooking cocoons. The reason why the author does this mystery is related to Bai Juyi's poem "Red Carpet". In the poem,' I come to Xuanzhou every October, and Xuanzhou satrap weaves with samples, claiming to do my best; The centurion went into the palace together. Thick thread and multi-winding are not allowed. Do you know the satrap of Xuanzhou? A foot of carpet, 1200 silk, I don't know if the ground should be warm for cold people, so I make lichen with less clothes. The red carpet is a kind of silk carpet produced in Xuanzhou (now Xuancheng County, Anhui Province), which was once a tribute boutique. The author accused the satrap of Xuanzhou of sacrificing the weavers' hard work and wasting human and material resources in order to please the royal family, and expressed sympathy for the lives of the people. The satrap of Xuanzhou and Jiangning weaved Cao Yin, and also paid tribute to silk fabrics for the court. In Cao Yin's view, the main responsibility and guilt is obviously not the satrap of Xuanzhou, but the waste of the imperial court and the greed for this luxury. As Zhao DOG said in the novel A Dream of Red Mansions, "Everything in the world is nothing more than mountains and seas, but it's a pity that four words can't count ...". Grandmother Jia's accumulation, Baoyu's emaciation, mother's emaciation, and even Qingwen tore a fan to smile for her daughter. Cao Yin is well aware of the hard-won silk satin and people's sufferings. And Bai Juyi just accused Xuanzhou of being a satrap, which is equivalent to scolding Cao Yin. I'm afraid Cao Yin himself can't agree with this. In the riddle, it seems to be a refutation and dissatisfaction (not a total denial) to accuse the weavers of being too defensive in the red silk carpet (as Laozi said: crossing the river of the world with an empty boat was done by a wise man). This poem and its author are only famous for their poems, not for their wise men. Cao Yin has different views on Bai Juyi's Red Line Carpet, but he agrees with Bai Juyi's views and reflections in Sui Liu Di (see the fifth article "The Past of Guangling"). Cao Yin talks about poetry by borrowing things here, and borrows poetry for fun.

(23) Second, stand on tiptoe and cherish the past.

The bronze cast gold cymbals vibrated Jigang, and the sound spread overseas and to Rongqiang.

Ma Yuan naturally made great contributions, but the iron flute made no mention of the ovary.

A: Suona is also called Haidi.

Ma Yuan, a famous Eastern Han Dynasty soldier, cast two bronze pillars in Jiaodi (now Guiyue) to shake Jigang. The mystery is the bronze casting of gold cymbals, cymbals and big clocks. The trumpet of suona is made of copper. Although its voice can spread overseas, it originated from Rongqiang. The playing part of suona is like an iron-black piccolo with eight holes. If Ma Yuan's trumpet sound was advocated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it would be impossible for the iron flute to play Zhang Zifang (Sean), a famous performer in the Western Han Dynasty. The iron flute and the golden cymbal are actually one body of suona. Suona is also called Haidi. The second and fourth sentences of the riddle have clearly given the words "sea and land". As for Ma Yuan in riddle, it is not clear whether the author sympathizes with Ma Yuan's unfair treatment in his later years.

(24) Nostalgia of Zhongshan III

Fame and fortune have accompanied you and been summoned to this world for no reason. If you get involved, don't blame others for laughing.

The answer is: cocoon

Although the cocoon coat outside the silkworm chrysalis is made of silk, why did it accompany you (pupa) when this silk was woven into satin? The silk of a cocoon is about 900- 1000 meters, which is related to "reeling". When spinning silk, the naked silkworm chrysalis is forcibly "summoned to the dust", which is ironic. Just like the twenty-second novel, Baoyu read the South China Classic and said that "the mountain wood is broken and the source is stolen". The original work has annotation clouds: mountain wood, lacquer tree, and essence. Who did this? Therefore, the cloud is self-defeating; The source was sweet, and then everyone scrambled for it and found it was dry. Silkworm pupae have this experience because of their silk, just like mountain trees and springs. Don't blame others. Doubt is the author's secret venting of certain emotions. From the secret letters sent by Kangxi to Cao Yin and Xu Li and the memorial contents of the latter, it can be seen that Cao Yin has been falsely accused and attacked by the imperial factions (mainly the one that later became Yong Zhengdi) in his later years. With Cao Yin's background, experience, knowledge and achievements and prestige in Jiangning, it is natural to have this kind of mood at this time. Cao Yin is here to recite!

(25) Huaiyin nostalgia.

A strong man must guard against evil dogs, and when he closes the coffin in three places.

Don't send a message lightly, you will know after a meal.

A: Domestic silkworm chrysalis.

Make up riddles with Han Xin's allusions in Historical Records of Huaiyin.

"Strong man" is the homonym of "strong time". It refers to this kind of silkworm larva (silkworm), which is the fattest period before cocoon pupation, and it is also delicious for chickens and dogs. Silkworms should be more vigilant. "Three Qi Positioning" refers to Han Xinli's code of three Qi kings, saying that his (its) position is relatively stable (stable). Refers to the larva-silkworm, after three sleeps (there are also four sleeps and five sleeps), that is, find a fixed position on the silkworm cluster (where the silkworm makes cocoons) and spin silk to bind itself, which is compared to' covering the coffin'. Although the larva needs constant feeding all its life, we advise the world not to underestimate it. This kind of kindness of feeding will contribute the silk saved in its life and even drive itself after the death of the feeder's cocoon cooking'. Although the mystery of this poem involves the story of Han Xin, it is not a poem describing Han Xin after all (otherwise, it will degrade the author's poetic level, and Baoqin made a pre-announced statement: although the poem is vulgar, it cherishes the past); But it is mainly subject to the pupa of the answer-the person who knows that he is dead is only his childhood,' when he is strong'. If a silkworm dies, there is nothing to report. So, the answer is pupa; Not a silkworm.

(26) The fifth nostalgia of Guangling

The cicada crowed and perched in the blink of an eye, and the scenery of Sui Dyke was near.

Just because of romantic numbers, a lot of words have been provoked.

Answer: Sui Didi Liu (Poetized by Bai Juyi's Sui Didi Liu)

The first two sentences of this poem are abbreviations of Bai Juyi's Yuefu poem "Years Old Liu Di". That is, "in the great cause, I became the son of heaven and planted Liu Chengxing with running water", "willow color is like smoke and catkins are like snow". So, what's the scenery like near Suidi? Sui and Liu land, decayed for a long time, the wind is fluttering and the rain is rustling, and the third factory and the second factory are in the Bianhe River mouth. The recent situation of the Sui Dyke is that "the old branches are sick and the leaves are worried about killing people" and "the sand, grass and smoke have disappeared along the riverside road for two hundred years (Sui to Tang)". The third sentence of the riddle, "Only fate occupies romantic numbers", means pun. There are many poems about wind and willow in ancient poetry, such as' Yang Liuan's Xiao Feng waning moon', such as' climbing without words, the wind blows the willow to shake the spring',' the willow shakes the wind, the willow is weak, and Liu Suifeng changes color' ... Wind and willow are not only homophonic, but also harmonious. The wind blows the willows, which is graceful and often described as the waist of a romantic woman. Qingwen in the novel, Mrs. Wang seems to be a water snake waist; In Baoyu's eyes, it is a waist. In fact, water snakes are very similar to willow tips. The third sentence of the riddle "provoked many words" does not refer to many comments on willow waist and eyebrows, but mainly refers to the comments (words) of scholars on "willow on the Sui Dyke" (willow on Emperor Yangdi) for hundreds of years, and this Tang poem is just one of Bai Juyi's words. In the white poem, "Nan Xing wandered around Jiangdu, and this willow was a dragon boat", "When will the financial resources in the sea run out at this time?" ,' The Dragon Boat has not passed Pengcheng Pavilion, and the Righteous Banner has entered Chang 'an Palace',' Xiao Qiang provoked an alien incident, but Yan Jia couldn't return to Qin Zhong',' Why did the former king go to school? Please look at the tree of Emperor Yangdi's national subjugation! This is obviously a naked exposure and reflection on Emperor Yangdi Yang Guang's "southern tour". It is unfair for Kangxi to equate Yang Guangnan's southern tour with Kangxi's southern tour. Although the latter has his political, economic and cultural needs; However, the emperor spent money on his southern tour. For example, in A Dream of Red Mansions, Zhao DOG said,' Our Jia family is only going to take a ride, and we will spend all the money ... Jiangnan Zhen family will take four rides ... Don't tell me that money has become dirt, because there are mountains and seas in the world. The word' guilty is a pity' is too reckless. Therefore, the author's worry about "the domestic financial resources are exhausted at this time" is not unreasonable! Why did the late king learn from the late king? Look at the tree of the national subjugation of Emperor Yangdi' is the * * * knowledge of Cao Yin and Bai Juyi. Does Cao Yin have any complaints or thoughts about Kangxi's many southern tours? More than ten years later, what Cao Yinyan unfortunately said was that Cao Jia was copied for his southern tour and lost money; If you don't worry about your country, you will be hurt by your family. Judging from the dialogue in the novel, Kangxi's frequent southern tours caused economic losses to the country and the Cao family, especially the latter, which gradually evolved into a political crisis and brought great pressure. At this time, Bai Juyi's "Sui Dyke National Memorial Tree" caused "Cao Yin's reflection". I guessed this riddle here, but that's enough. However, there is obviously a big doubt in the puzzle of this poem: that is, the title is' Guangling Nostalgia'. Guangling, the ancient name of Yangzhou. However, the mysterious poem talks about the land of Sui and Liu, which refers to the dam of the Bianhe section of the Sui Canal (Tongji Canal, called Guangji Canal in Tang Dynasty, called Bianhe River in Song Dynasty) in Xiangfen, Henan Province. That is, in Shangqiu, Xiayi and Yongcheng in Henan today, it is hundreds of miles away from Yangzhou. Why use' Guangling nostalgia' instead of' Suidi nostalgia'? At the end of the fiftieth session of A Dream of Red Mansions, Baoqin clearly stated' Choose ten historic sites'. Has the willow on the Sui Dyke become a historic site in Yangzhou? Is it the author's negligence? Or on purpose? I think this is Cao Yin's deliberate smog. He traded the Henan section of the canal for the Yangzhou Canal. Its purpose is not only to cover up the tragedy of the former Ming Di repeating the "tree of national subjugation", but to care for Shi Kefa who died in Yangzhou, a famous enemy official respected by Cao Yin. Shi Kefa was born in Xiangfu, Henan Province in the 30th year of Wanli (1602), that is, Kaifeng, Henan Province (hidden by Emperor Yangdi). In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), A Qing soldier Dourgen was killed in Yangzhou and his body was lost. His relatives buried him in Meihualing, Yangzhou (written in Guangling), and the Qing army slaughtered the city 10, killing hundreds of thousands of Yangzhou people. According to today's statement, Dourgen committed the crime of "genocide", and Shi Kefa fought bravely against the enemy, but in the end he was outnumbered. His spirit and behavior are the "military soul" of a higher realm, which cannot be compared with the victory or defeat of the two armies. Kangxi (and later Qianlong), as the winner of the opposing sides, also admired this. Being able to (at least by default) build a shrine in Yangzhou to worship Shi Gong is an example. Kangxi Qianlong had this mind and played a positive role in the great cause of Qing reunification. I think Cao Yin agrees with this view. Otherwise, he would never drag Emperor Yangdi near Henan to Yangzhou thousands of miles away to remember the past! Cao Yin borrowed Liu to associate the land of Sui and Liu with the tree of national subjugation. Reflections on "Southern Tour", Shi Kefa and other national events. .

(27) Peach leaves cross the past six times

The withered grass and idle flowers reflect the shallow pool, and the peach blossoms are always separated.

During the Six Dynasties, there were many Liang Dong, and small photos were hung on the walls.

Answer: peach comb (for women to dress)

"Fallen grass and idle flowers" refers to women's scattered hair and plucked headdress after makeup removal; "Shallow pool" refers to the basin used for dressing; The complete separation of peach branches and leaves-peach wood; A row of comb teeth means' there are so many in Liang Dong'; A small photo is a mirror; "On the wall" means "on the grate", which is a homonym for a woman to comb her hair in front of a mirror.

Taoyedu is located near the intersection of Shili Qinhuai River and Guqingxi River in Jiangning (Nanjing). In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xianzhi, the seventh son of the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi, often greeted his beloved concubine Ye Tao here and wrote "Peach Leaf Song". Therefore, this ferry was romantically named "Taoyedu". During the reign of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, a bridge was built because there were too many romantic figures who came to Taoyedu for' tourism'. By the time of Kangxi, it was already a bridge without crossing, and future generations could only come here to recall the romantic past thousands of years ago. The' Six Dynasties' and' Peach Leaves' in the riddle poem actually refer to this canon.

Regardless of whether Cao Yin remembers his previous "Peach Leaves", Cao Yin knows it.

(28) Seizuka Nostalgia VII

The black water is choking, and the ice string stirs up all the sorrows in the song.

The Han family system is really regrettable, and the oak tree should be ashamed of the ages.

Answer: Woodworker Mo Dou.

This mystery has been guessed since Qianlong period.

The word' Zhong Qing' comes from a comment on Du Fu's poems: the grass in the north is white, but the grass on Zhaojun's tomb is green, so it was named Zhong Qing. In the forty-fourth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1705), Cao Yin, an imperial envoy of Jiangning Weaving and Huaiyan Governor, ordered the establishment of Yangzhou Poetry Bureau in Tianning Temple in Yangzhou to publish and engrave the complete works of Tang poetry. As mentioned earlier, Cao Yin's Twelve Women in Jinling was also written in this period. Therefore, Ten riddles borrowed many allusions and poems from the whole Tang Dynasty.

(29) Ma Wei recalls the past.

Lonely fat stains and sweat, tenderness has been paid to Toyo.

Because of romance, clothes are still fragrant today.

Answer: Sweet pancreas (soap)

This riddle was correctly guessed after the publication of The Story of the Stone on Fat.

The author may forget the poems in Hong Sheng's Palace of Eternal Life and Yang Yuhuan's Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty.

(30) Nostalgia in Pudong Temple.

The little red bone is the lightest, and it is made by stealing and carrying it.

Although hanged by his wife, he seduced his peers.

Answer: needle and thread

Use the allusions in The West Chamber as riddles. The West Chamber is borrowed from A Dream of Red Mansions.

"Bone Light" hand and thread; "Strong pinching" refers to forcibly joining two parts, such as fabric,

Sew together; "When hanging"-thread the needle up and down; The last sentence is spliced.

The two parts are moved by the line and close together.

(3 1) The tenth scene of plum blossom nostalgia

Not by the plum tree but by the willow tree, so who will pick up the painting?

I didn't remember the arrival of Chunxiang when I met again. It was another year to say goodbye to the west wind.

The answer is: Liu Chan (Liu Chan photo taken by Jiang Tingxi).

Use the allusion of Peony Pavilion as a riddle. Borrowed it from A Dream of Red Mansions.

Plum blossom view' is a Taoist view of plum blossom in traditional Chinese opera.

"Not by plum trees, but by willow trees" comes from the last sentence of Du Liniang's self-portrait poem. The riddle refers to: cicadas prefer willows to plums, not plum trees, but mostly willows; Cicada lives by sucking tree juice, and willow juice is the most abundant. In ancient poems and paintings, willow and cicada always set each other off. In modern times, Qi Baishi painted cicadas mostly on willow tips. Who will pick up Shan Juan's painting? In The Peony Pavilion, Liu Mengmei, her son, picked up Du Liniang's Painting Chanjuan, and the word "painting Chanjuan" implies the word "painting cicada", which is defined here. It is pointed out that this is a painting of willow and cicada. First of all, we should visit the famous painters of Kangxi Dynasty, such as Shi Tao, a contemporary painter in Cao Yin, who is good at landscape painting. The court painter Jiang Tingxi is good at flowers, birds, fish and insects. This man was born in the eighth year of Kangxi (1669) and was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. The words Nansha, Youjun and Sun Yang are called Xigu and Qingtong laity. In the forty-second year of Kangxi (1703), he was a scholar, an official, a college student, and was good at calligraphy and painting. Cao Yin must know this. It is this public painting called "Liu Chan Tu", which is colored on silk books ('painting Chanjuan' can be guessed as' painting cicadas on silk books') and is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. The picture shows a willow tree extending from left to right, with two cicadas painted on it, one of which is a male cicada, leaning forward and his tail upturned. The phrase "reunion" means that when two cicadas get together, there is no need for a third party, Chunxiang (Du Liniang's maid), such as adding a mantis to the picture. This painting has a poem written by the author, which says,' Take pains to change, and the short sound is in Qingyang forest. In the setting sun on the ancient shore of autumn wind, only cicadas are singing in their leaves. The autumn wind in the poem is the west wind in the riddle. The sentence "Farewell to the west wind for another year" says: Although the cicada is still in the sunset for the time being, it will not (die) as the autumn wind (west wind) cools down. This farewell, this situation can only wait for the next year.

If this riddle is a scattered riddle made by an anonymous person, it is also possible to just guess that the answer is cicada. If written by Cao Yin, the mystery is the painting meaning of' Liu Chan' or' Liu Chan Tu'.

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