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How many dreams are there in a song called Red Mansions? Love in the sky, love in the sea, fantasy and deep love.
Since "A Dream of Red Mansions" was written by Cao Xueqin, it has attracted many literati and scholars to read it with its unparalleled charm. The poignant and moving love story between Bao Dai and Bao Dai it tells has moved countless crazy men and resentful women over the past two hundred years, making people fascinated by it. When I was young, I first read the vernacular text of this book, and I didn't like it very much, because it didn't have the weirdness of "Liao Zhai", the legend of "Three Kingdoms", or the joy of "Water Margin".
The white horse has passed by, and the time has passed. After I entered high school, in my spare time, I reread the original version of this book and fell into intoxication and obsession. Only then did I realize that this novel can undoubtedly be called the pearl of Chinese classical novels. Its status should be the same as the poem "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night" in Tang poetry. It is a novel among novels, the pinnacle of pinnacles! Zhang Ruoxu dominated the Tang Dynasty with one poem, and Cao Xueqin dominated the Ming and Qing Dynasties with one book.
I read this book twice as if I had found a treasure, and I was deeply moved. This encyclopedic novel depicts a broad social and historical picture, and all social strata, from the emperor's relatives to the traffickers and pawns, are vividly depicted. Readers of different identities can find the class that corresponds to them and have a dialogue with them. Eliot once said when talking about Shakespeare that the reason why Shakespeare's plays are fascinating is because he meets the needs of audiences from all walks of life. I think the same is true for "Dream of Red Mansions".
Some people say that the charm of the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" lies in its authenticity. It is too real, and the ruthless facts are nakedly exposed in front of everyone, which makes people feel heartbroken and burst into tears. But I don't think so. I think the real charm of "Dream of Red Mansions" lies in its both reality and fiction.
? The realm of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is infinite reality and infinite virtuality. The more real, the more virtual, and the more virtual, the more real. This writing method is particularly obvious in the protagonist Jia Baoyu of the book. Is Jia Baoyu a handsome young man in the Grand View Garden? Is it a stubborn stone left under Qinggeng Peak? Is he an immortal who waters the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass in the spiritual fantasy realm? He is and has been, so who is that Zhen Baoyu who seems to be the same person as him? This person seems different, present and absent.
Cao Xueqin has a writing style that is far different from European realism. He combines realism and romanticism to achieve a state of both reality and fiction. However, this combination is not what Thomas Hardy used in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". He draws on and uses the art of lyric poetry to describe the natural scenery and the emotional relationships of the characters, thus showing the interplay of reality and reality. artistic conception. It is not like what Kawabata Yasunari used in "Snow Country", which takes out the sad and beautiful parts of Japanese traditional culture and achieves a certain level through detailed descriptions of the traditional clothes and food worn and eaten by the characters in the novel. A poignant and sad state that is both real and imaginary. Cao Xueqin inherited the realistic technique of "Jin Ping Mei", and at the same time developed the realistic technique of "Journey to the West", integrating it into the theme of the natural cycle that was strongly promoted in "Three Words and Two Pats", and created a novel that can be used as an infinite reference for later generations of novels. However, it is a pity that few people pay attention to his technique, because no one can understand his technique of coexistence of virtuality and reality. Cao Xueqin's vision is almost unprecedented. There is probably only one Zhang Ailing, but Zhang Ailing only developed a part of the reality in "A Dream of Red Mansions", such as her "Agarwood Chips: The First Incense" and "The Story of the Golden Lock" Wait, the context all overlaps with Cao Xueqin. Fortunately, God showed mercy and gave birth to a "ghost" in the Chinese literary world - Jia Pingwa. He understood everything and wrote "The Wasted Capital", which caused constant storms at home and abroad.
Cao Xueqin used this art of coexistence of fiction and reality to make "A Dream of Red Mansions" at the top of the literary world. Wen Kang, who was also a bannerman, later became dissatisfied with the purpose of "A Dream of Red Mansions" satirizing the bannermen in the eyes of others. After twelve years, He wrote "The Heroes of Sons and Daughters" to raise the banner man's worth, but its ideological connotation is not even one-tenth of that of "Dream of Red Mansions". After reading it, I didn’t have the feeling that Mr. Chen Yange said that it was “precisely structured and systematic, better than Cao Shu (referring to Dream of Red Mansions)”. I just felt that compared with it, Dream of Red Mansions was more elegant. color.
Chinese literary critic Li Jingze once said bluntly that "there are no stories in the countryside." He said: In the entire history of ancient literature, from "San Yan Er Pai" to "Dream of Red Mansions", none of them has "rural themes." Indeed, the stories of "A Dream of Red Mansions" all take place in the prosperous imperial capital, Wang Xie Lou Tang. Just like "The Plum in the Golden Lotus", some of the most skillful scenes in "A Dream of Red Mansions" almost involve entertaining guests for dinner - the scene when Grandma Liu enters the Rongguo Mansion, with numerous towers, small places, and picturesque human feelings.
In the eyes of some people, "A Dream of Red Mansions" is a beautiful love novel. For many years, most readers have thought that the protagonists of "A Dream of Red Mansions" are only Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu, but this is not the case. The protagonists should be three people. , then the last one is Xue Baochai. She has always been an embarrassing existence. In the novel, she is a more perfect character than Lin Daiyu, and the most suitable woman for Baoyu in everyone's eyes. But in the eyes of readers, she is the culprit who broke up Baodai.
She is a poor person. She has no fault, but she has to bear all the blame for no reason. The reason is simply that Cao Xueqin put her in the same position as Bao Dai. It's a pity that the virtue of stopping is pity for Yong Xu's talent. The jade belt hangs in the forest, the golden hairpin is buried in the snow - this is a poem. The other twelve hairpins in Jinling each have one song. Only Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, Cao Xueqin only gave them one song, just twenty Character. This shows that in Cao Xueqin's heart, Baochai is as important as Daiyu.
? "A Dream of Red Mansions" writes all the sorrows in life. I couldn't help but burst into tears when I read the section where Baoyu and Baochai got married and Daiyu's fragrance disappeared. The sudden death after saying "Hello Baoyu..." has left many people unable to control themselves. What kind of reverie did those unfinished last words leave to the world? Are you so cruel, or are you so ruthless? I have no way of knowing, and I’m afraid it’s also unknown in Cao Xueqin’s heart. Baodai's love is a tragedy, but who caused this tragedy? Is it Jia Mu, Baochai, Wang Xifeng, or Baoyu himself? Both are and are not. This is a mistake made by everyone. Everyone must bear part of the responsibility for the tragedy caused by their own mistakes. But if the responsibility is spread out, it will be insignificant. Cao Xueqin gave Daiyu the greatest justice and explained to readers that the Jia Mansion was raided, the Jia family declined, and the grand view garden with many pavilions finally collapsed.
? "A Dream of Red Mansions" is not only the pinnacle of Chinese literature, but also one of the representative works of world realist literature. It has become the pride of our Chinese nation. Mr. Lu Xun said in "A Brief History of Chinese Novels": "Since the Ming Dynasty, "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West" and "Jin Ping Mei" have been the 'Four Great Wonders', ranking first in the fiction department, compared with During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, "Dream of Red Mansions" became popular and took over the place of "Three Kingdoms", and became especially famous among literati. "For more than two hundred years, Cao Xueqin and his "Dream of Red Mansions" have been studied as a subject, and it has gradually developed into a specialized field. Subject - Red Studies. The purpose is to talk about the Dream of Red Mansions, but it is in vain to read all the poems and books. "A Dream of Red Mansions" is indeed a literary masterpiece worthy of careful reading and research. It contains endless treasures. I hope that everyone can read it, and I believe that people will be impressed by its endless charm.