Chapter 106 The Relationship Between A Dream of Red Mansions and Nanjing

Relationship with Nanjing "A dream of Red Mansions, two hundred autumns, the search for the site fee of the Grand View Garden; Yandu Jianye's gossip, dry sea The dry spring seeks a boat in vain! " It is said that this is the relic of the Grand View Garden that some people can't find in Beijing and Nanjing. After addressing the address, I wrote this small poem to send, see "Where is the Grand View Garden in Jinghua" written by Mr. Wu Liu one article. Originally, the Grand View Garden was originally said to be in Nanjing or Beijing, but now the latter theory has the upper hand.Depend on

As for the discovery of new materials, it has been affirmed that the Grand View Garden is located in Beijing.but, Although the Grand View Garden is located in Beijing, this does not mean that it has nothing to do with Nanjing. "red The relationship between "Dream of the Lou Meng" and Nanjing is still very close and very large. First of all, the ancestor of the author Cao Xueqin was a "weaving" official in Nanjing. This is of course needless to say.Moreover, Cao Xueqin himself was born in Nanjing.biographies of the past It is said that he left Nanjing when he was three or four years old, but the new textual research now concludes that he left Nanjing for Beijing

At the time, he was at least thirteen or fourteen years old (see Wu Enyu's "A New Exploration of Cao Xueqin's Life and Life").this one Later, his relationship with Nanjing became much deeper.At the age of thirteen or fourteen, I naturally know many things, "Qinhuai Old Dream Reminisces the Prosperity" (a poem presented by Dun Min to Cao Xueqin), there are many things to remember. Ming Yi, a contemporary of Cao Xueqin, wrote in the preface to "Reading the Poems of a Dream of Red Mansions" that there is a saying: "Dream of Red Mansions, written by Cao Zixueqin, records the prosperous prosperity of Fengyue and surpasses his ancestors

It is Zhifu in Jiangning, and its so-called Grand View Garden is the former site of today's Sui Garden. " The theory that the Grand View Garden was based on Yuan Zicai's Suiyuan Garden has been overturned for a long time, but at that time Nanjing was In the old capital of the Ming Dynasty, there are many old houses and pools in the city. The specific outline of the "Grand View Garden" is even in Beijing. When he was drafting, he recalled the prosperity of the Qinhuai River in the old days, and put some places where he lived and played in Nanjing. It is really possible to write the scenery of the famous garden pool and pavilion into the book.A novel is a novel after all, "big

The scenery of "Viewing the Garden" is not an unchanging on-the-spot description of the scenery, but it is mixed with the scenes seen in Nanjing when I was a boy. The garden structure is also really possible.This point has yet to be determined by the new "red scholars" today. More detailed research will be done later. What particularly interests me about the relationship with Nanking is the book's initial Naming process.It turned out that it was not called "Dream of Red Mansions" at first.The "wedge" of today's current edition son" said:

"Cao Xueqin read it for ten years in the Mourning Hongxuan, added and deleted it five times, compiled it into a catalog, and separated it. Chapter back, the title is Jinling Twelve Hairpins.... " Although the name of "Jinling Twelve Hairpins" is the same as "Fengyue Baojian" and "Love Monk Record", later It was never officially adopted as the title of the book.However, the word "Jinling" is crowned on top of "Twelve Hairpins", It can be seen that the stories in the book have a deep relationship with Nanjing. Although Cao Xueqin was born in Nanjing, his ancestors were bannermen, so it is inconvenient for us to say that he is from Nanking.

Beijing people.However, there is one main character in the novel, who is from Nanjing, and later also The one who died in Nanjing was Wang Xifeng.According to Cao's first draft seen by Zhiyanzhai, no But the pungent Wang Xifeng was degraded to a concubine by Jia Lian, who was fearful at first. Further, she was divorced and returned to her natal family, so she returned to "Jinling's natal family" crying. Come and die in Nanjing. As for Yuan Zicai's theory that "Suiyuan" is the Grand View Garden, this was originally said by Yuan Zicai himself. own mouth.Suiyuan is located in Cangshan, Nanjing. Yuan Zicai said in his "Suiyuan Poetry Talk": "The Grand View Garden

Those who, that is, Yu Zhi Sui Yuan also. "This is the saying that the Grand View Garden is in the south and not in the north, and it is the predecessor of "Suiyuan" The reason.There are quite a few people who have always supported this view.According to Mr. Zhang Cixi's "Records of Qi Baishi Talking about Cao Xue Qin and A Dream of Red Mansions said: "First of all, the address of the Grand View Garden. Qi Baishi believes that the Grand View Garden should be in Nanjing, Yuan Zicai said that the Sui Garden is the site of the Grand View Garden, which is credible.Because Cao's family is in Nanjing,

I have been weaving for decades and have a rather magnificent garden. Of course it is not a big deal. question.In the fifth year of Yongzheng (AD 1727), Cao Xueqin's father, Cao Fu, was dismissed. In 1999, the family was confiscated, and all the family property was rewarded by the emperor to his successor Sui Hede.Cao Fuzai The garden in Nanjing was renamed Sui Garden by Sui Hede.After Yuan Zicai bought it, he changed his name to Suiyuan. It is a very clear history.Cao's family was confiscated and moved back to Beijing. In the era when officials and officials protected each other,

It doesn't have to be poor, maybe there is another garden in Beijing.But it can be asserted that Beijing's The garden must not be more magnificent than the garden in Nanjing.Although Cao Xueqin was still very young when the house was raided, But I can always hear old people recalling their living conditions in Nanjing, so I write At that time, the garden in Nanjing was taken as the blueprint for the Grand View Garden. "(Quoted from "A Dream of Red Mansions" This book. ) The theory of the Grand View Garden in Nanking is said to have now been completely dispelled by new and powerful evidence.

Turned over (see Mr. Wu Liu's "Where is the Grand View Garden in Jinghua").But emotionally, I still hope At least part of it should be related to his hometown in Nanjing.The Grand View Garden written by Cao Xueqin It is very possible that he would think of the scenery of his hometown and old garden in Nanjing. Many of the dialect proverbs used in the book are also Nanjing dialect.like maids in big The kite flying in Guanyuan uses the method of "scissors", which is Nanjing dialect.because of this The method is to tie a pair of scissors to the bamboo pole, pass the kite string through the handle of the scissors, and straighten the bamboo pole. Use the height of the bamboo pole itself to drag the kite line so that it is easy to put it on.this is from our hometown The way girls play and fly kites at home.