I once visited an antiquities restoration and saw expert technicians at work.For example, when they got an ancient porcelain vase, only two-thirds of it was roughly complete, and the rest were all fragments, and the fragments were not complete. What should they do?They spent a long time and patiently made a fetus first, arranged the relatively intact part that is easiest to recover, and then used tweezers to find ways to reassemble the numbered fragments one by one The process of sticking together is very patient, take a piece to try, the stubble seems to be right, carefully scrutinized but not completely fit, so give up, try another piece... They took a long time to repair this porcelain vase, When I visited, they had basically restored it, and it looked so beautiful, I couldn't believe the damage in the original photos.According to them, there is a basis for the restoration. There are colored pictures on the outside of the porcelain vase. They have a lot of information and know the taste of that era. According to the extension trend of the color picture on the broken porcelain vase, most of the extensions have internal logic, but there are also some parts where the relevant tiles cannot be found, so it is necessary to rely on speculation and imagination, and even more on understanding , allowing a little lack, allowing a little filling, and finally restoring a precious ancient porcelain bottle.The ancient porcelains they restored were displayed on black velvet, and when illuminated with spotlights, it was almost impossible to see that they were broken from a little distance.Their work inspires me deeply.I feel that since there are many foreshadowings and revelations in the original texts of Cao Xueqin's first eighty chapters, there are many kinds of ancient texts cross-referenced, there are also a large number of criticisms collectively known as Zhipi in the red academic circles, and there are such as Fucha Mingyi. Some poems and essays of Cao Xueqin's contemporaries, plus other historical background materials, then I can learn from those expert technicians in cultural relic restoration, just like patiently repairing an incomplete and broken porcelain vase, let's try it out and see if it works. Can you try your best to recover the content of the last twenty-eight chapters of Cao Xueqin, which has not been found yet?

I am alone, without the support of a institute or society, collecting information at my own expense, thinking and researching independently, it is extremely difficult, but I also enjoy it.My exploration and recovery will definitely lead to controversy.But out of my love for Cao Xueqin, I did not take the liberty to be invited by CCTV's "Hundreds of Lectures" column again, and in early 2010, I recorded a new series of lectures on "The True Stories After Eighty Chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions". On the basis of the lecture copy, this new book was expanded and revised.Although this lecture and this book overlap with previous lectures and published books, the perspective is new and there are many advances, adjustments and revisions to present the latest results in my research , Whether you watch my new series of lectures on "Lectures of Hundred Schools" or read this book, you will feel refreshed and feel a strong impact.

Chirping to seek friends, eagerly waiting for contention.I hope that Chinese people, especially the younger generation, will set off a new upsurge in reading and commenting.As for foreigners, to be honest, most of them are sinologists, and most of them are far from appreciating and understanding. However, if you cannot appreciate and understand, you cannot really enter the essence of Chinese Chinese culture. The trend has already emerged, and we have enough patience to wait.