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Cao Xueqin? [Qing dynasty]
The humble room is empty and the bed is full; Dry grass withered poplar, used to be a ballroom.
Spider silk is covered with carved beams, and green yarn is attached to the awning window. What do you say about thick fat and fragrant powder? Why are your temples frosted again?
Yesterday, the loess dragon sent bones, and tonight, the red light lies at the bottom of the account.
A box full of gold and a box full of silver, all beggars were slandered in an instant.
I am lamenting that his life span is not long, and I will know that I am dead when I come back!
If you train well, you will never be a strong beam in the future. Choose cream beam, who wants to live in Yanhua Lane!
Because the gauze cap is too small, it is locked and worn. I felt embarrassed about the cold coat yesterday, but now I think the purple python is too long.
Noisy, you sing me on stage, but you think that other places are your hometown. That's ridiculous. In the end, it was all on the wedding dresses for other girls!
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Today's empty halls and humble rooms are luxurious mansions for senior officials and dignitaries, and their beds are filled with water boards. Today's dead trees and withered grass are places for high officials and dignitaries to drink and have fun.
Once luxurious houses were covered with spider silk, but now green gauze is stuck on the ceiling window. In the past, wealth was unparalleled. Now, how can you grow sideburns in Bai Rushuang?
The old man died, the new man came, and it was ridiculous and boring to take part in accidental amusement at the end of the dream.
A box full of gold and silver suddenly became a beggar and was accused. Still lamenting his poor life, I didn't expect it to end like this.
Although you have taught your son well, there is no guarantee that he will not be a bandit in the future; Find a good son-in-law for your daughter. Who would have thought it would end up in Yanhua Lane?
Not satisfied with the size of the official position, you can only carry shackles in the end. Yesterday, I was broke. It's hard to keep out the cold with only a worn coat. Today is either rich or expensive, and the purple python is too long.
Life is like a play, one after another. You just took off your makeup. It's my turn to appear. After singing, I suddenly found myself busy sewing wedding clothes for others all my life, and I was busy in vain.
To annotate ...
A humble room: a humble room.
Full bed: describe how many people in the family are big officials. In ancient times, when monarchs and ministers appeared in court, courtiers used a board to point to pictures or take notes.
Carved beam: used to refer to the carved roof beam of luxury residence.
Defamation: accusation and slander.
Strong beam: tough and violent. This refers to robbers and thugs.
Choose a good wife: choose children from wealthy families as marriage partners. Highlight, which refers to exquisite food. Cream, fat; Beam, beautiful valley. Expand to a wealthy family.
Yanhuaxiang: brothel. Fireworks, the old name for prostitutes.
Shampoo: the hat worn by ancient officials is synonymous with official position here.
Lock cangue: In the old society, prisoners were the instruments of torture for criminals.
Purple python: purple python robe, the official costume worn by ancient nobles.
Recognizing a foreign land as one's hometown: a metaphor for misunderstanding fame and fortune, wife, children and grandchildren, etc. As the foundation of life.
On the bride's dress for other girls: it's like working for others, but you don't get any benefits.
Working background
This "Notes on Good Songs" is a further concrete and vivid exposition of the ideas expressed in "Good Songs". It vividly depicts all kinds of decline scenes on the eve of the collapse of feudal rule.
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The jade plate full of beds disappeared, leaving only the empty and scattered hall; The dance floor is full of withered grass and poplar; Painted carved beams and painted buildings are covered with cobwebs; The son became a beggar and the young lady became a beggar. The dignitaries put on shackles, but the sour Confucian upstarts put on purple pythons. This step down, that step up again, it's ridiculous and absurd. This is the so-called "good" (liberation), which means "good" It can be seen from this that the good days of the landlord class have come to an end, and all the rulers are fighting for power and profit and intrigue. They are faced with the grim reality of economic collapse, political decline and moral corruption. Each generation is worse than the next, and there is no successor. The author used "Finally Married for Other Girls" to ridicule the ridiculousness of this class's struggle for power and profit before dying. The political, economic and moral crisis of the feudal ruling class revealed by the author in his songs and his negative attitude towards the power struggle within the rulers are worthy of recognition. However, due to the limitation of his time, Cao Xueqin could not find a realistic way out, so the "goodness" advocated here is "music", and "music" is "goodness", which contains strong nihilism, world-weariness and religious color. We should have a correct understanding of it. These negative factors are magnified and exaggerated by the old and new redologists to deny the anti-feudal significance of A Dream of Red Mansions, which should also be avoided.
Brief introduction of the author
Cao Xueqin (about1765438+May 28th, 2005-about1February 763 12), whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name and Qin Pu, is the author of China's classic Dream of Red Mansions, and his ancestral home is disputed. There are other accounts about the year of Cao Xueqin's death, such as New Year's Eve in the 29th year of Qianlong (1764 February 1) and early spring in Shen Jia (1764).