Annotations to Zhen Shiyin's "Hao Ge"
The humble room was empty, but the bed was full of wats; withered grass and withered poplars, it was once a place for singing
dance. Spider silk is covered with carved beams, and green gauze is now stuck on the canopy windows. It is said that the fat is thick and the powder is fragrant, how can the two bristles turn into
frost? Yesterday the loess sent bones to the dead, but tonight we are hiding under the red gauze tent.
Mandarin ducks. The box is full of gold, the box is full of silver, and in a blink of an eye, beggars are slandered by everyone.
I was lamenting that others would not live long, but I didn’t know that I would be mourned when I returned! If you train well
, you may not be able to become a strong leader in the future; if you choose a good job, who can expect to live in exile
In Fireworks Alley! Because I thought the gauze hat was too small, I had to carry the shackles; yesterday I was sorry for the coldness of my broken coat, but now I think the purple python is too long. Luan Hengheng, you just finished singing and I appeared on the stage, thinking that a foreign country is my hometown. It's ridiculous, in the end it's all about making wedding clothes for others.
Poetry Appreciation
This piece of music appears in the first chapter. Taoist Pozu sang "Good Song" to inspire Zhen Shiyin to "enlighten"; Zhen Shiyin was a smart scholar, and had the experience of family ruin and death, so he understood it as soon as he heard it, and then wrote this explanation of "Good Song" Note, further extending the idea of ??"Good Song".
This annotation is more specific, more vivid, and more ruthless than "The Good Song". The rich suddenly become poor and humble, the poor and humble suddenly become rich again; the young suddenly grow old, and the living suddenly die - the world is impermanent and everything is illusion. He wanted to teach his son a lesson to honor his ancestors, but he became a robber; he wanted his daughter to be a noble lady, but she became a prostitute; he wanted to climb higher and higher in the official ranks, but he became a prisoner - fate is elusive and no one can escape. at its mercy. But people in the world still haven't woken up and are still fighting over each other, like a noisy stage with endless commotion. This is the basic idea of ??the commentary on "Good Song". Like "Good Song", it is also a product of worldly cynicism. Because it is full of vivid and vivid contrasts, sometimes cloudy and sunny, sudden hot and cold, sometimes laughing and sometimes scolding, singing and crying, coupled with its popularity, smoothness, and richness, it has a strong appeal. For the characters in the vanity fair of feudal society at that time, it was nothing more than a basin of refreshing cold water; it also has some cognitive significance for people today to understand the corruption and darkness of feudal society.
This annotation of "Good Song" creates a sinister atmosphere of "sudden prosperity and sudden decline, sudden beauty and decay" (Zhi Yanzhai's language) at the beginning of the book, which is also a reference to Rong Ning's second chapter in the book. It is a summary and foreshadowing of the rise and fall of a government.
This kind of generalization and foreshadowing is based on the whole. It is difficult to say which sentence refers specifically to which character or characters. For example, some people think that "in a blink of an eye, everyone slanders beggars" refers to Zhen Baoyu and Jia Baoyu; "the green gauze is now stuck on the tent window again" refers to Jia Yucun and others; "because the gauze hat is too small, so the shackles are carried" refers to Jia Yucun, Jia She and others; "yesterday I felt sorry for the broken coat, but today I feel sorry for the purple python" refers to Jia Lan, Jia Jun and others, and so on. It may seem similar at first glance, but that may not be the author's intention. Since it generally foreshadows the content of the book, some of it seems natural, but it cannot be explained by simply matching each sentence with the characters in the book. What is the basis for thinking that "with good training, there is no guarantee that he will become a strong leader in the future" refers to Liu Xianglian? The book does not mention who Liu Xianglian’s father is, nor does it mention how to teach his son well. There is no other indication that Liu Xianglian will become a robber. How can it be confirmed that it is Liu Xianglian? Some people even said that Liu Xianglian participated in the peasant uprising and so on based on this, which is almost like fantasy. Researchers who hold the above views are based on the "A cost" fat batch. Zhi Yanzhai's comments have a value that cannot be ignored in the study of "Dream of Red Mansions", but they should not be completely believed or superstitious. Zhipi is a very complex issue, and it certainly did not come from one person at a time. There are many mistakes and mistakes. Therefore, there are some things to take and some to discard. It is obviously contradictory to the original book of "A Dream of Red Mansions"; it should not be blindly followed.