Chapter 3 One of the episodes of A Dream of Red Mansions

──Gao E, Xi Ren and Wan Jun Some people believe that the Dream of the Red Chamber could not have been completed by Gao E, and I have also presented some new evidence.The author of the last forty chapters deliberately downplayed the fact that Rongning was down, and did not copy all of them. However, the first eighty chapters repeatedly predicted, which left a deep impression on people, while the last forty chapters gave people a vague impression.Therefore, the continuation book is just about attacking people and then marrying out of integrity. In the readers' minds, it always seems that she left when Jia's family fell.Xiren has been receiving his aunt's monthly fee for two years. He kowtowed to Mrs. Wang, but he kept it from Jia Zheng, so the monthly fee was allocated from Mrs. Wang's monthly bill.

Last time I wrote "Dream of Red Mansions is not over", I plan to talk about the funeral in another 80 chapters.There is no such thing as a dream of Red Mansions. The subject matter is really vast, and even what I have seen is very limited, and it has already been "a countryman who goes to the city, and it hurts to talk about it".There are a lot of things, and I am still sorting out, but I have found that there are many things that need to be added in "The Dream of Red Mansions is not finished", so I first mentioned Gao E and Xiren. Gao E paid special attention to Xiren. From A to B, he revised again and again, perseveringly. At the beginning, the brushwork of the Spring and Autumn Period was degraded, and then it was described as unbearable. This is the most prominent example of Gao's violation of the original intention.Of course he was not the only one who hated Xiren, critics in the late Qing Dynasty all cursed at her, the only exception was Wang Xuexiang who needed to take an alias as the flower protector to protect Hua Xiren.However, there happened to be an incident in Gao E's life, which may have made him feel a little bit more emotional when he saw Xiren.

Wu Shichang's "On the Thought of Gao E's Works from the Life of Gao E" - the fourth series of the history of literature - contains: "Gao E seems to have a concubine (?) who divorced him before Wushen Zhongju, and went to practice Buddhism." Yanxiang The last song of the word "Xi Yu Chun Man" obviously refers to this matter. The original word has been altered, and it is recorded as follows: The spring is fading, the east wind is drifting, and I can't bear to see famous flowers without owners.The head of the hairpin and the phoenix are disassembled, and the phoenix is ​​alone in the mirror. Who will paint the eyebrows of the little lady?It was once said that the previous life and the later life, Fanbai Qingchan, Ji Nong (the original work "Together Who") swung the dust.It just happened that Yingying had just arrived, and the half-window was lit, illuminating people sadly.

Then ask the porridge drum bell fish, beside the Miaolian platform, to receive the rain of futon flowers?The blue buds (the original "Tai") are small, and the daylilies are all declining, and they have suffered all the joys and sorrows.Man hates the injustice of the sky, from the ancient beauties (the original work "The Beauty"), to the loess.Geng Rao (the original work "Zong Ping") and Yi Zui (the original work "Da") broke the void, and they only asked the sky and were speechless. This concubine was probably originally Lehu or an actress ('famous flower'). ] She also gave birth to a child in Gao’s house (“Lan Ya Te Xiao”), and had to take care of Gao E’s aging mother (“Hemerocallis are declining”), and probably couldn’t bear the pain (“Take all the joys and sorrows”) before leaving his.According to the "Collection Notes of Yanxiang Ci" attached at the end of this book, I know that the original title of the poem "Xi Yu Chunman" is "Wan Jun's words are old, and I make this condolence". It has been a long time.After the divorce, he often went to see her.There is a subtitle of "Tang Duoling" in the collection: "Title Wanjun Huayu", the next part is full of jokes.There is also a piece of 'Golden Hazel', the original manuscript has an inscription covered by a piece of paper that repeats the word:

I haven't seen Mr. Wan for three years.Wushen Qiujun, in front of the lamp, is confused and dreamy.When I came back, I wanted to make a few words, but I stopped in a daze.On the tenth day of the tenth month, I drank alone under the lamp, endured the bitterness to control this, and no longer considered clumsy work. In the poem, Mr. Wan is said to be his "old friend", and she is called "Qingqing".He also said, "It's hard to talk about a lovesickness, and I just sit in silence and sigh."Chasing the past, heartbroken. ’ The next film seems to say that Mr. Wan wanted him to ‘repeat the old alliance’, which made him very embarrassed, so that after returning home, he was still ‘stuck’.There is another song "Nanxiangzi" titled "Wu Shenqiu Jun is happy to meet the old man", which reads: "Today Fang teaches flowers and stalks, it's too late!" ' and other words refer to the meeting with Mr. Wan in the 'Golden Hazel Song'.There is also "Linjiang Immortal", titled "Drinking at the Place of the Old Man", which is also an affair, so this "old man" is also Mr. Wan. The "posthumous manuscript" Qilu "youlanyou gift": "the immortal of Jiuwan has a beautiful body, and Tuogen is close to Yuanxiang", which seems to be a gift to Mr. Wan. (Note: The meanings of 'Lan' and 'Wan' are related, and they come from the phrase 'Li Sao' and 'Yu Ji Zi Lan Zhi Jiu Wan Xi'.)”

Mr. Wan "took all the joys and sorrows" in Gao's house, and it seemed that there was no one to support, and only this concubine took care of the housework.Gao E's father and wife died in 1781, and in 1785 he remarried Zhang Chuanshan's sister.This should be the four years before the death of his wife.Is it related to the continuation? In that era, people in the house would never be dismissed before marriage, let alone having children.She must have left by herself. "Lanya is so young. The child is so young, probably not many years after entering the house, most likely after the death of his ex-wife. Gao E was a talented scholar at that time, teaching and studying for a living. The man in the brothel married a middle-aged school teacher, maybe it was Figure he does not have a wife, he is monogamous. Maybe he promised her not to marry again. So once he wants to remarry, she will go to court and beg.

The sentence "hairpin head and phoenix dismantling" uses Lu Fangweng's story, which obviously refers to the disagreement with the mother-in-law, which leads to the separation of husband and wife.This old Mrs. Gao must be difficult to serve, Mr. Wan's status is low, and his ex-wife left behind children, the family situation must be complicated, and it is difficult to be a human being.The concubine is in charge of the house, just like in the novel "The Resentful Girl", but the concubine is originally a maidservant, and she is a prostitute from outside. One can imagine the explosiveness of the situation. "Hemerocallis are all declining" is obviously not just his mother, Mr. Wan also has parents who rely on her, and Gao E must support her, which is a fuse.

Even Mrs. Gao Tai is like the mother-in-law in "The Resentful Girl", using the bride-to-be as a weapon to deal with concubines, and always clamoring to propose marriage to her son.It happened that there was a family who was willing to give it, because the family was too poor, and filling the house could save a dowry.An eighteen-year-old girl capable of poetry, probably anyone who used to be a scholar would be moved by hearing this. It is no wonder that Gao E couldn't resist the temptation. Wu Shichang speculates that Mr. Wan left him because it was too hard to take care of his mother-in-law with the child, "('take all the joys and hardships') to leave him", as if he died of his wife, and the housework fell on her alone. Backfired.

Gao E went north to the frontier before 1786, probably as a veil.But in 1786, he returned to Beijing for the provincial examination, and still failed.When it was 1785, it went north soon after the continuation.Do you have any family members? Zhang Chuanshan Gengxu's crying sister's poem: "I am traveling to Rubei in the east. Five years ago, things were clear. I don't know that it is a thousand years ago, and I still feel sad that it is difficult to travel thousands of miles..." Five years ago was exactly 1785, The year when his fourth sister Zhang Yun married Gao E.Did the Journey to the East and the North Expedition start from Beijing, or from their hometown of Sichuan?Beizheng means marrying far away to Beijing.

She was buried outside the gate of Qihua in Beijing, and her crying sister's poem "Send a message to the lonely soul to sleep at night and cry, board the car and join us in the west." See his own whereabouts in the inscription "Chuanshan Shicao", their family has been in Sichuan.However, the second volume has "Otomi's departure in August", which is also in 1785.Since that trip to the east and the northern expedition was the farewell of the brothers and sisters, it must be the farewell sister who left the capital in August of that year.Bei Zheng followed her husband to Fortress.

Gao E's "Golden Hazel Song" preface says: "It's been three years since I didn't see Mr. Wan. Wushen Qiujun, in front of the lamp, was suspicious and dreamy..." In the autumn of 1788, he was elected in the examination, and he had not seen Mr. Wan for three years.Three years ago was the time to leave for the north.I haven't seen each other since returning to Beijing. "Nanxiangzi" also records "Wu Shenqiujun is happy to meet the old friend": "Today I teach the flowers to grow together, so it's too late!"Presumably after the breakup three years ago, Beishang met more than once, but failed to relive old dreams. "Pity the rest of the spring" seems to say that after entering the nunnery to practice, one should strictly abide by the Qing rules.How could they be connected again after three years? In the past, when women became discouraged, they always talked about praying to the Buddha during the Changzhai Festival, but that was all. "Then drum bell fish to porridge, beside Miaoliantai, and receive futon flower rain?" It was originally a question, which meant: Where can I become a nun?In the same poem, it is also said that "beautiful people from ancient times always return to the loess", and Mr. Wan is not dead, and I think he is just telling him that he is dead and alive. "It was once said that the previous life will be the next life", these are all examples. "Wandering in the east wind, I can't bear to see that famous flowers have no owners", obviously they are still doing their old business when they come out.Originally, she still had parents to support.There is also a poem about her titled "Drinking at the Place of the Past", which is of course not a nunnery. Zhang Yun's family has a long history, and he is praised by people for his sentence "A graceful cloud supports the moon and rises late", but there is no record of his appearance.Short life, always in bad health.It's useless to be an eighteen-year-old poetess if she's not very good-looking.Gao E has many poems that she has not appreciated, and the age difference is too far, so she must feel very wronged.Gao E tried repeatedly but failed to sell. After half a lifetime of rubbing his hands, he had a painful sore that could be exposed.There is another person in my heart.In contrast, Mr. Wan may be more urgently needed after marriage. Gao's "Yuexiaoshanfang Posthumous Manuscript" contains this untitled poem, which Wu Shichang infers was written in 1786 or earlier: Xun ordered the fragrance of clothes to go and stay, and the Ming River blocked the morning glory all night long.Then return to Biluotian to be old, only separated by the red wall and the moon is also worried.Thousands of miles of dragon city chasing dreams, thousands of phoenix papers are prepared.Magu is used to seeing the vicissitudes of life, and there are gray heads unconsciously. " "Wanlilongcheng Chasing Dreams" refers to going north to the border towns to pursue an elusive goal.In the second sentence, the cowherd is blocked by the Milky Way, and the couple cannot meet.The first sentence of Xun Ling is Xun Yu who lived in the Three Kingdoms period.There is a legend in "Xiangyang Ji" that "Xun Lingjun sat on the curtain at his house, and the fragrance never stopped for three days." During festive times, the curtain was opened outdoors to entertain guests.It is one of Wan Jun's characteristics to be full of fragrance.Another song "Youlan has a gift": "Nine Wan Immortals are actually fragrant, and Tuo Gen is only close to Yuan Xiang." The meaning of Li Sao Lan Wan is related, and Mr. Wan thinks it is also a small character that he replaced, because she is from Hunan, and she is from Hunan. fragrant.His side-colored poems are the most written for her, which also coincides with "a thousand pieces of phoenix paper for preparation". "Only separated by the red wall, the moon is also worrying", so close to the world, obviously not after the north, but before leaving.Maybe I didn't say goodbye before leaving, "It's better not to meet each other if we don't meet each other". "Magu is used to seeing the vicissitudes of life, and there are gray heads in the world without realizing it", these two sentences seem incomprehensible, unless you refer to her later request to "repeat the old alliance".When divorced, there must be such words: I will still be with him in the future.Under what circumstances?It's nothing more than waiting for the old lady to die to see the situation. "Waiting for my mother for a long time", and she was waiting in a brothel, it seemed too outrageous.Maybe he agreed vaguely, maybe he really couldn't bear to be separated, so he had no choice but to agree first.Now that she is pinching this sentence, if you want to reminisce about the past, you must wait for the reunion. Even if you wait until your hair turns gray, you can't advance it at all.She was young—at least she looked very young, like a fairy, detached from time, not knowing that people will grow old.He already has white hair. ("Relentless and white-haired and long-haired"──Next year's poem "Returning to the Book of Responsibility after Reading the List") At that time, the social status of prostitutes in Beijing was not high. Because the Qing Dynasty prohibited officials from prostitutes, they had to be called Xiaodanyoujiu, so Xianggongtangzi was much more expensive.But look at Yun'er in Dream of the Red Chamber, pinching Xue Pan at the table, which is completely the style of a middle-class prostitute (Chapter 28). "Feng Ziying first ordered the boy who sang the song to come and let the wine go, and then ordered Yuner to come and toast." The same table "Jiang Yuhan who sang Xiaodan" was the guest, but Yuner also had the wine order. Wan Jun married and came back, at most he would "join a class" and would no longer be detained by the madam.He is also a guest here, so it's inconvenient to discriminate, but the more he does, the more she can't let him look down on her.Only he can't treat her like a prostitute, so Xiao Lang outside the door is even worse than passers-by. Zhang Yun died at the age of twenty.At that time, Zhenjun "even heard about it" remembered this incident, saying that she "died of depression. ... Lan Shu was able to write poems, but Chuanshan Collection rarely sang harmony, so we know that her sister died from drinking and hating." The crying sister said in the poem: "It seems that dying is still swallowing...", "It's hard to marry a daughter when you are poor, and it can be hurt if you turn around to be a husband. ... I don't know what to say, and the servant girl feels heartbroken." Every time Rakshasa lowers his eyebrows." According to Buddhist scriptures, Rakshasa can be male or female, male ugly and female beautiful.It doesn't seem to be referring to Mrs. Gao.But it generally refers to shrews, and there are many opportunities for mother-in-laws to abuse, unless the husband is really sadistic.The Spring Festival in Dream of Red Mansions is in the hands of Sun Shaozu, "going to Huangliang for a year". It is a wealthy family, and it is not easy for a poor family like Gao E to perform well, and it is not like a small family, where beating his wife is commonplace.From Mr. Wan's matter, we can know Mrs. Gao's methods. A girl like Zhang Yun is no better than Mr. Wan. She has no experience in life, no dowry, and no one from her natal family is here. Soon after Gao E got married, he took his family to the north, leaving behind his mother and children, and the young child left after Mr. Wan left, so he didn't need anyone to take care of him.If it is forced by life, it is generally customary to keep the wife.Could it be that he took Zhang Yun away as if he was fleeing because of the wrong look?At that time, he may still hope to set up another small family on the frontier and have a new start.But "Dragon City Chasing Dreams," is a dream.For the sake of the future, I still returned to Beijing to take the exam.Maybe it's also related to the bad relationship between the couple.Sure enough, after coming back for a year, she was killed.At least his mother was still there when he came back, and there is a poem to prove it: "What does it mean for a villain to have a mother" ("Look at the letter of gratitude for the announcement"). Of course, his psychology towards Zhang Yun is also very complicated.She had been married for a total of two years, and she went out with him for one year, so it was hard to say, even he had a part in it, and she was trampled to death by him. It is worth noting that he did not visit Mr. Wan even after his wife died for a year.Two years after returning to Beijing, in 1788, he won the imperial examination before going to her.Jun Wan knew him the most, and the biggest crux of his life was finally eliminated, and she was also very excited. "Nanxiangzi" remembers that the two of them "worship hand in hand in front of the flowers together, diligently. I thank the Yang Zhi and the Gui Zhi." I think they first worshiped the Avalokitesvara for indoor offerings, and then went outdoors to worship the moon, because the autumn test is related to Chang'e——Toad Palace Folding Osmanthus, sweet-scented osmanthus is also called Chang'e flower. "Golden Hazel Song" continued to remember that meeting: "It's hard to talk about a lovesickness, I just sit in silence and sigh long. Chasing the past, I am heartbroken." That is the day, "Today I will teach Hua Bingdi".She asked him to repeat the old alliance, which made him very embarrassed. The inscription under the poem: "I want to make a few words when I come back, but I stop in a daze. On the tenth day of October, I drink alone under the lamp. "On the tenth day of October, it has been a few days since the release of the list, and I haven't gone there since I am not going to perform the contract.Of course, the situation is different now. Although he is not young, he has won the imperial examination and will become a Jinshi in the future. He still has an unlimited future, and he has to think about the future.It's too unreasonable for a concubine to fall into prostitution for three years, and to be taken in again after being overwhelmed by water.But this point, before he went to find her, he might not have thought of it, and he would not be completely unprepared, and it seemed that he would not be so excited these days. I haven't been going for three years, and I probably won't go if I don't win the exam. Of course, I'm angry.Subconsciously, he must have known a little bit that even this confidant has lost confidence in him, and he is certain that he will not pass the exam in this life.Sure enough, as soon as she heard that she had passed the exam, she no longer made any troubles, and immediately went to the bridal chamber for a festive night, when she was named on the gold list, and it was a long absence than a newlywed.When I came back, I came back to taste it, but it was a bit unpleasant. Of course, the two "Golden Hazel Song" and "Nanxiangzi" did not face up to the reality, but only wrote about the side he could accept. "Yanxiang Ci" has no year, but is classified by length, and is divided into morning and evening. It was revised and compiled by Ji Dong in the year of Zhongju.The previous quote "Xi Yu Chun Man" is the last one.This is the last long tune, and the minor order and middle tune are arranged separately.So "Xi Yu Chun Man" is not necessarily the latest song, but it seems to be another meeting after the reunion of Chuan Huan.The title "Wan Jun tells the old story, and the poem expresses condolence", it seems that she was very sad when meeting this time, always talking about the past, and wanted to shave her hair and become a nun.He also made a summary of their history as a condolence: "The orchid buds are so small", "Hemerocallis are all declining", "The hairpin head is demolished", "Famous flowers have no owners" and so on. "Spring is fading", it seems that he will look at her after he has fulfilled his wish, and he will already feel twilight. The title of "Linjiang Immortal" is "Drinking at the Place of the Old Man", and Wu Shichang said "it is also a love affair".The old person here is opposed to the new person, and the newly divorced can also be called the old person.But before the Zhongju, there will be no love affair with the old person, so the only possibility is to visit again after the reunion. There are also "Tang Duoling", "Ti Wanjun's painting of 箑", "the next film is full of jokes". The "Yanxiang Ci" cannot be borrowed. Just looking at Wu Shichang's records, it is impossible to speculate on the period, and it may be that they wrote the fan in the past.Anyway, he has been there more than once in the future, so that their relationship will gradually dry up, and they will die, otherwise they will be nostalgic.After the year of Zhongju, he stopped writing lyrics, and he still wrote pornographic poems two or three years later, but not about her. Some people believe that the Dream of the Red Chamber could not have been completed by Gao E, and I have also presented some new evidence.The author of the last forty chapters deliberately downplayed the fact that Rongning was down, and did not copy all of them. However, the first eighty chapters repeatedly predicted, which left a deep impression on people, while the last forty chapters gave people a vague impression.Therefore, the continuation book is just about attacking people and then marrying out of integrity. In the readers' minds, it always seems that she left when Jia's family fell.Xiren has been receiving his aunt's monthly fee for two years. He kowtowed to Mrs. Wang, but he kept it from Jia Zheng, so the monthly fee was allocated from Mrs. Wang's monthly bill. From Gao E’s point of view, the following points may be a little shocking: A snobbish concubine. Jun Wanjun served as a concubine and a hardworking housewife, similar to Xiren's status in Baoyu's room. All of them have been married for a long time, and they go to court before and after they marry their wives.Seems to be abandoned on the surface - the man ran away or traveled far - is really a ungrateful. Mr. Qian Wan fell into prostitution twice and sold himself for his parents.In the nineteenth chapter, Xiren said to his mother and brother: "You had nothing to eat that day, and I was worth a few taels of silver. If you don't ask you to sell it, there is no reason for my mother to starve to death.  … Now my father Even though I'm gone... If it's really difficult, redeem me and pay a few more money, it's fine..." First sold as a servant girl, redeemed and then sold for a high price, it's like being a concubine for prostitution.Of course, she just said that, saying that if she was really poor, she would be willing to be sold again.Zhiben repeatedly criticized "filial daughters and righteous daughters". The seventy-seventh chapter of Ding has "In the past two years, because Mrs. Wang has valued him, Xiren has become more and more respectful. Wherever he betrays others, or at night, he will never hang out with Baoyu." Just like Heng Niang from Liao Zhai. After the Lu man was lifted, he cut off his love. He still can't admit that his Wanjun is like this, but he doesn't have to shy away from attacking people, and he can criticize them vigorously. Huachao, the fourth year after winning the imperial examination, finished editing the first edition of A Dream of Red Mansions and wrote this poem: "Growing old, losing the style of the past, sleeping high in the thousands of flowers. I hugged the Chang'e moon last night, and realized the Zen of light and ease." The correction of "Yesterday" was completed. Among the people in the book, he became a monk and became one with his own experience that is always fresh in his memory: After winning the laurel in the Toad Palace, the beautiful woman enters his arms, and participates in the Huanxi Zen. relief.As long as you know the greatest victory and disillusionment in Gao E's life, you can believe that this series of ideas is ready-made and will come naturally. At that time, he failed the three-year examination and his career came to a standstill, so he was at a loss.Seeing that he was "leisure and tired", Cheng Xiaoquan invited him to help revise the Dream of Red Mansions, which was also a matter of boredom.But it is also a kind of relief to have peace of mind, just like in the book.I analyzed this poem in "A Dream of Red Mansions Is Not Finished", and thought it reflected his psychology at this stage.People and friends who knew him at the time should have explained it this way, and this short article is an attempt to go a step further and add a footnote.