Chapter 8 Cao Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions" is Narrated Flexiblely by Three Persons

And back to the previous title poem.It seems that Cao Xueqin originally planned to use the two characters "Ti Yue" to lead a poem titled before the title after each chapter, or five or seven characters.Now in various ancient books, there are not small differences in the appearance of the title poem before going back.I don't know whether it was Cao Xueqin who didn't write all the poems with the title before the return, or whether the manuscripts were in the process of transcribing, and the copyists thought these poems were dispensable, so they deleted them to save trouble.But Zhou Huiben kept the credible title poem back to the front.

This time, it is relatively brief to write about Baoyu's first test of cloud and rain, and it is described in detail as soon as Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion.After tidying up the plot of the "first test", there is a passage in the book: "According to a house in Rongfu, the total population is not large, but there are three or four hundred people from top to bottom. Although there are not many things, one day There are also one or twenty pieces, which are like a mess, and there is no clue to make a program." The narrator suddenly set up a "middle zone" between the reader and the story, pulling out a certain distance, and using the discussion with the reader Tone, to ponder the angle of ink, this is a very clever brushwork.It was not until the 20th century in the West that "reception aesthetics" emerged, which proposed that a literary work should be completed by both the writer and the reader. The reader (receiver) should not be passive, but active. Read while imagining, and participate in the creation of the writer.When I read the above few sentences for the first time, I was stunned: Yes, such a big noble mansion, after you finish writing this paragraph, what should you tell me next?Three or four hundred cents, one or twenty things, who or which thing can make me feel fresh and interesting?Speak fast! Speak fast!Then, I saw the author's narration like this: "I was thinking about which incident and person to start writing Fang Miao, and it happened that I was thousands of miles away. There is a little connection, and I am going to the Rongfu today. Therefore, it is still a clue about this family. Do you know the name of this family? What is the relationship with the Rongfu?" It is not a suspense novel, it attracts us to read What goes on is not mainly suspense, but a piece of life, full of true feelings, wonderful details, poetic and picturesque; but there will also be a little suspense in it from time to time, and this place has set up a little suspense.

In the passbook, the next few sentences were deleted.In fact, these few sentences are very important and should never be deleted.Zhou Huiben has been kept intact——"If you feel trivial and vulgar, you should quickly throw this book away and find another good book to catch your attention; if the conversation is boring, wait for the idiot to talk about it." Everyone must remember the title of "stupid thing". In the first round of wedges, "stupid thing" refers to the leftover stone of Nuwa's sky repair under Qinggeng Peak.It was turned into the size of a fan by someone who cast an illusion, and how it came to the world will not be repeated here.Cao Xueqin wrote this in this place, echoing Wedge.This sentence pattern integrates the first-person, second-person and third-person objective narration, and it reads naturally and kindly.This way of writing once again shows that what we see is the stone (stupid thing) recording what it saw and heard in the world.In fact, it is not stupid at all. Although it has turned into a psychic gem, it is often only by Jia Baoyu's side. It is worn on Baoyu's neck during the day, and at night it will be wrapped by the attacker with a handkerchief and pressed under the mattress to avoid loss. Take it in the morning It won't be cold when it comes out, but it can know many things that it is not there, such as the experience of Grandma Liu when she entered Rongguo Mansion.Of course, "Stone Records" is just an artistic conception and narrative strategy of Cao Xueqin. A Zhiyanzhai comment on Wedge is very clear. I quoted it earlier. If the misunderstanding is true, another author is a "fool" or " Brother Shi", that's the glue stick.Next, if you are interested, you can connect the words that highlight the characteristics of the person in the above passage by dashing left and right according to the prompts.