Chapter 27 Where is "A Dream of Red Mansions" better than Qiong Yao's novels?

Qiu Xiaogang Comparing it with Qiong Yao's novels, it is better for someone to get angry when they see this title, so that I will fulfill my mission. In some people's mouths, it has been exalted to an extremely high level. It is said that if there is a good translation, foreigners will be ashamed after reading it, abandon their previous learning, and return to the king; but it is absolutely impossible. There is a good translation, because the beauty is that it cannot be translated, so foreigners can't enjoy the joy of reading the Chinese version anyway, and it is basically a waste of time.Unless you come to China to learn Chinese, especially if you learn from masters such as Zhou Ruchang and Wang Meng, you can hope to escape death.

I am very willing to play against these Hongluns, but I am a little afraid of the word "literature" and "literature".In my opinion, a "literary work" can be criticized from various angles, and "literary criticism" is the worst of them.I've read reviews written by cooks who focus on the food, which is far better than Feng Qiyong's articles. I also want to be like him, but unfortunately I don't have much professional knowledge.My major, unfortunately, is literature. I have tried my best to forget it all these years, but I guess the lingering poison is hard to get rid of, so the bottom will inevitably show my flaws. When I think of this, I will fight at the keyboard.

Comparing it with Qiong Yao's novels, it is better for someone to get angry when they see this title, so that I will fulfill my mission.I hope to make them more angry, so I want to say seriously that it is better than Qiong Yao's novels, better, and in some places, it is much better.The biggest difference is the language, the line drawing is very proficient, surpassing, and these novels are only a little bit worse, which can be regarded as under one book and above ten thousand books.The rich details in it, not to mention Qiong Yao's novels, but looking at Chinese novels, few can compare.The so-called "rich details" is broadly speaking, not referring to Jia Baoyu's recipes, Qin Keqing's decorations and the like; we see that the tone of speech of various people is very suitable for their status, and it is realized by the details in the speech.This is where Cao Xueqin's genius lies.Everyone lives in the details, but when writing a book, most people can't remember anything when they pick up a pen, but an excellent author can make things come back to life in his imagination. He looks at his memory, like watching Watching the play in progress, the details unfold before his eyes, and he only needs to choose according to his interest.Proper language and well-arranged details are two essential features of a masterpiece; without them, nothing can be more than a momentary thrill.

Wrote a few sentences, no matter how you look at it, it looks like "literary criticism".It seems that the poison in me is deeper than I thought.When I wrote the title, I risked it all, because comparing it with Qiong Yao's novel, no matter how careful I was, I would make an "chronological error".Mistakes are inevitable, all I can do is try not to make ridiculous mistakes, only make ridiculous mistakes.For example, if I said "Cao Xueqin supports polygamy, this idea is backward than Qiong Yao's", it would be ridiculous, so I will only talk about some aspects that have little to do with the times.

I have read one of Cao Xueqin's novels, and three or four of Qiong Yao's novels.I found poetry in the books of both men.By comparison, according to the standards of their respective eras, the level is similar. Qiong Yao will hide her clumsiness and not always let her protagonists recite poems.As soon as the talented scholar Jiazi moved into the Grand View Garden, he immediately formed a society to compose poems, and it was not until Gao Jaw took over that this problem was corrected.Characters in narrative literature write articles in lengths, which was common in the early days; after the style matures, if it is not necessary for the plot (such as writing a letter), it is mostly because the author is proud of his own literary talent and feels sad, so he entrusts his writing Character, published on behalf of.Among my favorites, the letter from Elizabeth's uncle is so natural, while the letter from Elizabeth to Darcy is a little bit suspicious.Among the female authors, Austen has the first-class sense of humor. If she is not careful, she even shakes her head. Others with a weaker sense of humor write for the characters in the book, and the risk is very high.There is a kind of author who usually writes some poems and essays, then writes a novel, inserts them, and distributes them to talented scholars and beautiful ladies.Although Cao Xueqin is not this kind of author, he still has this habit.

I have met some people who say their novels are bad, but I have never met anyone who says their poems are bad.We look at the poems and essays in it, but they are collectively unrefined. The poems written by Cao Xueqin on behalf of Lin Daiyu should be done as best as possible. Linshuang writes, chanting to the moon with a mouthful of incense", that is, "forum level".If you say that it is just a teenage student's work, then you think Cao Xueqin is wrong again. In the Cao family, they have tried their best to make beautiful women talented.I dare to say this because we have seen that Cao Xueqin's sense of humor is very underdeveloped. It is okay to write about crying, but when writing about laughing, it is a bit ridiculous. The most famous one is Grandma Liu's tour of the Grand View Garden.The long novels in the book, such as the song "Fu Rong's Daughter", must have been the proud pen of Cao's elaborate structure. He even used Lin Daiyu's mouth to praise a few words, but it is difficult to compliment the article.If he wrote about Lin Daiyu's death, Baoyu didn't know how many long poems he would have to write, and the readers would suffer twice as much. Thinking of this, I feel that he didn't finish the writing, which is very important to the readers. Said, not necessarily all regret.

The "thoughtfulness" praised by many people is ridiculous.If the reader sees various thoughts from the book, it is the reader's own skill, just like Wang Yangming's bamboo, but it has nothing to do with bamboo.Cao Xueqin's own insights are published in the book whenever possible. Those who know a little history should know that they are just clichés and nothing special.Cao's two major insights, one is that the world is impermanent, and the other is that "daughters are flesh and blood made of water", both of which are literati's catchphrases, which have only acidified them.However, he is better than Qiong Yao in being able to express these two points vividly.Qiong Yao's knowledge is the average level of various literary societies in Hong Kong. I would like to think that Cao Xueqin is better than her in this respect.

It is thicker than Qiong Yao's novels, and it is also considered a genius.I heard that craftsmen in Suzhou engrave some jade pieces on pieces of jade, which can only be read with a microscope, and every novel of Qiong Yao, if it is printed in one-size-fits-all characters, it must be equal to the body.Regardless of this situation, the version we have seen, Qiong Yao's novel, is mostly three to two hundred pages.Writing thick can be regarded as clever, because one of the great advantages of writing is calmness, and calmness saved it. If Cao Xueqin was in a hurry to clarify his two major opinions, or he would eat all the birds and throw himself into the forest after filling in the poems, then he might still Not as good-looking as Qiong Yao.

The strange thing is, how did such a whining, short-lived novel become popular in China for two hundred and fifty years?I think the answer to this question is similar to why Qiong Yao's novels are popular.With Cao Xueqin's interest, living today, he must write novels like Qiong Yao's, but his talent is much higher than Qiong Yao's, so he will be more popular. Lin Daiyu, who rides a car, will be more loved by middle school students. What's in it will also be an adaptation of his novel, and there's nothing wrong with Qiong Yao.In the past, Chinese scholars' appreciation for narrative literature was far lower than their interest in other aspects. Otherwise, one book would not have the status it is today, and "Hong Xue" would not have it.

Finally, it comes to "Red Learning".I used to spread disrespectful words about Hongxue everywhere, but now that I think about it, it was wrong.Because this kind of knowledge, like many other kinds, as long as it is within its own territory, it is like a game, and there is no room for outsiders.A former colleague of mine fought with each other over whether Cao Xueqin was originally from Liaoyang or Fengrun, and one head was beaten as big as two.I often satirized him at that time, but thinking about it now, it was wrong, because he was much older than me.In short, I want to take back my disrespectful attitude towards Hongxue. In the future, I would rather cry than laugh when I hear people say that there are all life in the universe in it, and that Qin Keqing is not actually dead.