Said by: Cao Qingxue Qin's Fifth Story of A Dream of Red Mansions: There is a couplet in the upper room of Ningfu House, which reads: Everything learns when it is clear, and people's understanding is an article.
I have a thorough understanding of everything in the world.
Appreciation: The antithetical couplet "Everything is learned when the world is clear, and people's understanding is an article" is a traditional concept of Confucianism, which expresses the side of Confucianism's entry into the WTO and is also one of the feudal moral standards. A Dream of Red Mansions expresses anti-feudal thoughts, that is, anti-feudal orthodox thoughts, so Zhi Yanzhai will rate it as "extremely vulgar".
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A Dream of Red Mansions was born at the end of China feudal society in the18th century. At that time, the Qing government closed its doors to the outside world, and the whole country was immersed in the dream of Kangxi, Kangxi and Qianlong, and went to China. This period seemed peaceful on the surface, but various social contradictions in the bones were intensifying, and the whole dynasty reached a turning point from prosperity to decline.
In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), Cao Xueqin's family moved back to Beijing because of a mistake. After returning to Beijing, he worked as a handyman in charge of literature and ink in a royal school, "Right-wing Religion". His family was poor and his life was difficult.
In his later years, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing, and his life was even poorer. He is "full of wormwood" and "the whole family often eats porridge and wine on credit". A Dream of Red Mansions was written in poverty after Cao Xueqin went bankrupt. The creation time is from the early years of Qianlong to the thirty years of Qianlong (1736- 1765).