Chapter 7 Red Chamber Quest

——Qin Keqing's family background may not be humble 1.China is full of mysteries, but Qin Keqing's mystery is the biggest It is a riddle book.In a nutshell, readers including "Hongxue" experts have not always been able to give a consistent and convincing explanation for the ten "Xue Xiaomei's New Nostalgic Poems".Generally speaking, Cao What is Xueqin's life experience, who is "Zhiyanzhai", whether the whole book has been finished... and the description of time, space and the fate of many characters in the book are still endless mysteries for readers to explore .For example, after recently reading Wang Meng's "Revelation of the Red Chamber" (published by Beijing Sanlian Bookstore in 1991), Zong Pu summed up many mysteries in the previous "Preface": "Time in the Red Chamber is an old problem.  … There is only an approximate age of a person. The four words sister and brother are nothing more than barking. The sequence of events is only approximate, it is 'a spread out plane', not a line or multiple lines... The ranking of Jia's house is very strange, girl They are lined up together by the two mansions, but the brothers not only belong to each mansion, but also arrange each room. Jia Zhu is on top of the second master of Bao, and where is the second master of Lian? Where is the uncle?... Jia She attacked the noble, The main house is lived by Jia Zheng... Ningguo Mansion seems to be very unreasonable in marriage. Qin Keqing was brought from the Yuyingtang by a small official. You's natal family is also very ugly. The origin may not be easy to arrange, so I gave her a no origin, and it is unknown..."

One of the biggest mysteries in the book is Qin Keqing.Other mysteries, such as how Daiyu died according to Cao Xueqin's idea, how Jia Baoyu went to jail, became a watchman, became a beggar, and finally became a monk, etc., because they were found after eighty chapters. It is not the original work of Mr. Cao, so it constitutes a mystery.Psychologically, it is relatively easy for us to bear it-it is useless and boring to guess the "broken line riddle", so we simply don't try hard to guess, but Qin Keqing, the finale of the "Jinling Twelve Beauties", is the first She appeared on the stage five times, and died in the thirteenth time. She is an important character in Cao Xueqin's works who "has a beginning and an end", but the author has written her in full, and she still radiates a dazzling mysterious splendor. This mystery weighs heavily on our curiosity. The heart, so that we have to explore the hidden interest and are willing to guess all the way!

Some scholars of "Red Studies" have proved for us that Qin Keqing did not die of illness but died of "lewd mourning in Tianxianglou". Important articles, this aspect of the mystery, let's not continue to guess now.Now we want to solemnly raise whether the Ningguo Mansion is really "very brainless" in terms of marriage as Sister Zongpu said, and whether Qin Keqing's background is really so humble that he is actually a health care hall (that is, a shelter for abandoned babies) without blood relationship outcast? 2.The explanation in Chapter 8 is suspicious

Cao Xueqin did not explain Qin Keqing’s background in the plot about her, but at the end of the eighth chapter, when explaining Qin Zhong’s background, she mentioned her by the way, according to the first edition of Chinese Art by People’s Literature Publishing House in February 1982 The annotated version of the Research Institute of Dream of Red Mansions (the school’s annotated version is based on the "Gengchen Version"), the text is as follows: His (referring to Qin Zhong——Liu's note) father, Qin Ye, is currently the director of the camp. He is nearly seventy years old, and his wife died early.Because she had no children back then, she brought a son and a daughter to the Yangshengtang, but the son died again, leaving only the daughter, nicknamed Ke'er, when she grew up, she was described as graceful and romantic.Because of some ties with the Jia family, they got married and Xu and Jia Rong became wives.Then Qin Ye won Qin Zhong when he was above Pentecost...

This statement seems to be clear, but it is quite vague.Qin Ye is "nearly seventy years old", probably sixty-eight or nineteen years old. He adopted Qin Keqing about twenty years ago, when he was only forty-eight or nineteen years old; We consider Qin Keqing's age to be younger, so he was only in his early fifties - why did he have to go to the Yangshengtang to adopt his children?It is said that his "wife died early", can he continue to marry after losing his wife?Or else!Because he had his own son Qin Zhong "at the age of fifty", it seems that "the wife died early" seems to mean that the first wife died shortly after giving birth to Qin Zhong (died for more than ten years, since "Now" can be traced back to "early death"), that is to say, both of them have no serious problem of loss of fertility, it's just that it doesn't work for a period of time after marriage - in the society at that time In the environment, it is natural to be anxious and think about the same thing, but the most common, feasible, reasonable and safest way is to adopt a nephew from Qin Ye's brother (brothers without relatives can still find uncles and brothers), Could it be that Qin Ye is actually a "single biography of the third generation" character?There is ironclad evidence in the book: No!In the sixteenth chapter "Qin Jingqing passed away on Huangquan Road", Baoyu heard the news and hurried to Qin's house to attend the funeral. And a few brothers are hiding too much."Although the aunt is a distant relative, there are as many as two, and there are quite a few brothers, and it seems that the relationship between relatives is good. Then, why didn't Qin Ye adopt a stepchild from the distant brother when he was about fifty years old, but chose to marry him? How about going to the Yangshengtang to adopt a child?Adopting a child is generally for the purpose of continuing cigarettes and carrying on the family line. Ordinarily, adopting a boy is nothing more than adopting a boy, so why adopt a girl?After being adopted, why did he treat the son so carelessly, and he died easily, leaving Qin Keqing alone. Since it is not difficult to adopt a son from the Yangsheng Tang, why not adopt another one immediately after the son dies?These are all suspicious.

It is said that Qin Ye "has something to do with the Jia family", what kind of relationship?How could a little camper, even if he had any "connections" with the Jia family, dare to use a daughter he carried from the Yangsheng Tang to marry him?And the mighty Jia family accepted it!Weird! 3."The first proud person among the great-grandson's daughters-in-law" without comparison Ordinarily, since Qin Keqing was from the kind of background explained at the end of the eighth chapter, she would inevitably be discriminated against at least latently after she entered the Jia family; But according to Cao Xueqin's description of Qin Keqing, apart from Jiao Dayi's shocking exposure and criticism of her incest with Jia Zhen, everyone loves her very much She was very pleasing, and the fifth time she appeared on the stage, she confessed: "Mother Jia knew that the Qin family was a very proper person. She was born graceful and delicate, and acted gentle and peaceful. She was the first proud person among the great-grandson's wives."

It's kind of weird.Wang Meng explained Qin Keqing and Qin Zhong's favor in "Revelations of the Red Chamber" in this way: "They radiate a unique splendor mixed with original beauty and evil." "The two are so favored, to a large extent. It’s because of their beautiful appearance.” But regardless of being favored because of their beauty, why did Jia’s mother think that Qin Keqing was “the first proud person among the great-grandson’s daughters-in-law”? According to the book, at that time, among the great-grandchildren of the two mansions of Ning and Rong, Jia Rong was the only one who married a daughter-in-law.

Jia Huan was unmarried and had no children, and Jia Lian had no sons but sister Qiao, so there was no second great-granddaughter-in-law, and there was no comparison at all. Qin Keqing's sentence "is the first proud one among the great-granddaughter-in-laws" is not out of the ordinary ?Perhaps the whole family of the immediate branch is counted?Then, after the thirteenth chapter "Qin Keqing's death and seal of command of the dragon", the great-grandchildren who came to mourn include Jia Qiang, Jia Chang, Jia Ling, Jia Yun, Jia Qin, Jia Zhen, Jia Ping, Jia Zao, and Jia Jia. Fourteen are Heng, Jia Fen, Jia Fang, Jia Lan, Jia Zhu, and Jia Zhi. Some of them are written in the book that they are only in love (such as Jia Qiang and Jia Yun), and some are still very young (such as Jia Lan , Jia Jun), and even if any of them married a daughter-in-law, there is almost no possibility of entering the center of Jia's mother's eyes, so there is no need to compare them with each other. The proud man" is still undecipherable.

To decipher it, one must choose such a logic: Qin Keqing is not only top-notch in terms of beauty and intelligence, but also incomparable in terms of her substantive dignity—so, even if Jia Lan or Jia Lian and Baoyu may Having a son and marrying a daughter-in-law, no matter how good it is, can still foresee Qin Keqing's stable position as "the first proud person". Why is it that an abandoned baby in a health care hall has a latent unspeakable sense of dignity in Jia Mu's heart, and is regarded as "the first proud person", so that no one who comes after him can be ranked above? What a mysterious mystery! !

4.Weird description of Qin Keqing's bedroom There is no need for "Hongxue" experts to point out that as long as readers who have read the whole book will find that Cao Xueqin's description of Qin Keqing's bedroom is really weird-the blame is that his style is not in harmony with the whole book; he wrote about Jia Baoyu's bedroom and Lin Daiyu , Xue Baochai, and Jia Tanchun's bedrooms are all described in detail, but they are basically realistic. Although some romantic sentiments are mixed with a little exaggeration, the style is consistent with the writing style of the whole book. It won't feel "click" like biting a walnut while eating shrimp.But when Baoyu enters Qin's bedroom in the fifth chapter, there is a strange depiction only once in the whole book:

... When you enter the room and look at the wall, there is a painting of "Begonia Spring Sleeping" by Tang Bohu, and on both sides is a couplet written by Qin Taixu, a scholar of the Song Dynasty. It is bouquet.On the table is the precious mirror that Wu Zetian set up in the mirror room that day, and on one side is a gold plate where flying swallows danced, and the plate contains the papaya that An Lushan threw and hurt Taizhen's milk.On it is the couch where Princess Shouchang lies under His Royal Highness Hanzhang, and the linked pearl tent made by Princess Tongchang is hung... Take it out and read it alone, this paragraph of text is not clever at all. If "Shi Taijun breaks the old formula", I am afraid it will be dismissed as "cliché" and cited as a failure.But why did Cao Xueqin write like this?Previous commentators have pointed out that this is a hint of Qin Keqing's sensuality, which has a satirical meaning, or that there is a metaphor for her ambiguous relationship with Jia Baoyu at a deeper level.These analyzes are indeed reasonable, but they seem to have overlooked a very important aspect - I think it is a more important aspect - that is, this group of symbols actually implies the incomparable dignity of Qin Keqing's real background!Wu Zetian, Zhao Feiyan, An Lushan, Yang Taizhen, Princess Shouchang, Princess Tongchang, these historical figures are all "Merry Seeds", but at the same time they are all of the most noble lineage.I thought that Cao Xueqin's writing was a strong reminder, so we must not really believe the smokescreen of "brought from the Yangshengtang" he cast at the end of the eighth chapter! 5.Why Qin Keqing is like a fish swimming in spring water in Jia's mansion Even if Qin Keqing was not an abandoned baby brought from the Yangsheng Tang, but was born of Qin Ye like Qin Zhong, then, given that Qin Ye's Ying Shulang was such a small official, and the book clearly stated that he was "shy as an eunuch", this would mean Two more questions arose: 1. How did she get such a perfect upbringing in the Qin family, that she could not only adapt to everything when she entered Jia's house, but also exude a natural noble lady's demeanor?Beauty can be born, but in a noble family like Jia's mansion, can you behave "properly", is that ability also innate?2. Even if Qin Keqing is a very smart person, and she quickly "entered the role" as soon as she stepped into the door of Jia's house from a poor family, and adapted quickly, then in her heart, there should always be hidden worries bred by her inappropriate background Are you worried?In other words, she should carry some "birth burden" to meet the specific situation of her characteristic character. However, we can't see it at all in the book!When Miaoyu and Xing Xiuyan are written in later books, they all have a certain sense of wariness and a sense of distance against them because their family background is inferior to that of Jia's mansion. , Xing Xiuyan has no fur clothes, and is so cold that she arches her shoulders and shrinks her back without saying a word, but Qin Keqing is swimming in the spring water in Jia's mansion, without the slightest inferiority complex psychologically, and without any background brought by Yangshengtang or Bohuan's family. The mental pressure and sense of alertness, sense of distance, sense of indifference, that style, that mentality, give people a feeling of "at home". On several occasions, she is more elegant than Youshi. Even when he was suffering from a chronic illness, he confided his heart to Wang Xifeng, and he just said: "It's all my fault. In such a family, the father-in-law and mother-in-law treat them like their own girls, and although the aunt's nephew is young, he is also his daughter." Respect me, I respect him, I have never blushed. Even among the elders and peers in the family, except for my aunt, there is no one who does not love me, and no one does not treat me well. Now that I have this disease, I have lost all my desire to be strong..." There is no reflection or shame of "not being in the right household", but only the regret of not being able to take on the burden of the whole family due to illness, and being a stable housekeeper grandma.What's going on here? There is only one answer to the mystery, that is, Qin Keqing herself knows her real origin, and her blood is actually noble, even nobler than the Jia family, maybe it is the blood of the royal family at all. , Wang Xifeng, etc. all know, and Jia Rong will not be ignorant, but Jia Baoyu is not. A story about making trouble in the school, and wandering to Ningguo Mansion to "argument" (later, he retreated in front of the silent majesty of Ningguo Mansion)... Besides, Qin Keqing may not have been there at all except for the name of Qin Ye's adopted daughter. The Qin family grew up, and she received a high-level education that the Qin family could not have given her. When she entered the Ningguo Mansion, her bones Not only is Zili well-matched, but even the Jia family has been secretly favored like a "goddess descending from heaven"! 6.The "Secret" Leaked by the Phantom Fairy Qin Keqing is indeed a "goddess descending to earth", because she is the younger sister of Fairy Jing Huan in the illusory realm, which is clearly stated in the fifth chapter.Fairy Jing Huan has a very special relationship with the ancestors of Jia's family. She "wanted to go to Rong's mansion to pick up Jiangzhu, but happened to pass by Ning's mansion, and met the spirit of Ning and Rong's two princes by chance." When I met the ancestor Ningrong and the second father, he had to be cut open, and I couldn't bear the honor of my boudoir alone, and I was abandoned by the world, so I came here specially, drunk with spiritual wine, washed with fairy tea, warned with wonderful songs, and then my sister was alone. , whoever has both a baby name and a beautiful character, betrothed to you..." Fairy Jing Huan leaked the "secret", and the "secret" can be decomposed: the lineage of her and her younger sister Keqing is more noble than the lineage passed down by Jia Jianing and Rong Rong. Therefore, when the spirits of Ning and Rong saw her, they could only humbly beg her, and they could not "sit on an equal footing". Qin Keqing was supposed to be betrothed to Jia Baoyu, but later became Brother Rong's daughter-in-law. It was a "misplacement", a misplacement It seems that clues can be found from the last painting and verdict of "The Twelve Beauties of Jinling" and the song "All Good Things End" in "Twelve Songs of A Dream of Red Mansions". 7.Why do you say that "everyone is respectful"? The last painting of the "Jinling Twelve Hairpins" is "painting a tall building, and a beautiful woman hangs herself on a beam". Needless to say, this painting is "Qin Keqing's obscenity in Tianxiang Building", and the verdict seems not difficult to understand: "Love the sky and the sea Illusory love body, when love meets, you will be obsessed. All unscrupulous words will come out, and it is really safe to start a quarrel." Jia Zhen "climbed to ashes", and this scandal happened, "it is a good start to make a quarrel".However, some words in "Good things end" in "Twelve Songs of a Dream of Red Mansions" are difficult to understand. Of course, Jia Jing can't shirk his responsibility, but compared with Jia Amnesty, he seems to have committed fewer crimes. He just "wanted to be a god" and let Jia Zhen attack the official, "only outside the city of Duzhong. Relatively speaking, his attitude and way of life seem to be less harmful to the society and the family. Jia Zhen succeeded her father as an official (General Wei Lie, the third rank), In his position but not in charge of his duties, blindly making nonsense, it should have been said that "Jiqiu is depraved and fallen from the treasure". All decadents will be forgiven."But why do you have to say, "Everyone who falls down and falls respects"?Is it just for rhyming? It's also a mystery. 8.How can Qin Keqing entrust such a dream Before Qin Keqing died, she entrusted a dream to Sister Feng and instructed her to protect her family property forever. Also located here."The most important basis is, "Even if there is a crime, everything can enter the officialdom, and this sacrificial industry does not even enter the official..." An abandoned baby in a health care hall, a girl who grew up in a small camp repair man's house, what I heard and seen was probably the life situation of "cobbling together" borrowing money to live, and where did this kind of "taking advantage of today's riches and honor, and the future" come from? The experience and lessons of setting up more farm houses near the ancestral tombs? Readers of all ages felt a little baffled by Qin Keqing's dream. It seemed that these words should not have come from her mouth. With such a broad heart and such a big tone, it can be seen that she is not really from such a poor background. Her tone of dreaming, like a "heavenly man", is similar to that of her sister Jinghuan Fairy, which can only make our Thinking turned to such an alley——Qin Keqing's real origin was from a family even richer than Rongning's second mansion, but because he failed to take advantage of his wealth to build more farm houses near his ancestral tomb, he was "guilty" , all her property was taken to the government, and even her real identity had to be concealed, and she pretended to be an abandoned baby from the Yangshengtang, and pretended to be the daughter of Ying Shanlang! 9.Why did King Beijing come to offer sacrifices to Qin Keqing but not Jia Jing? After Qin Keqing’s death, the funeral was so grand and extravagant, which can certainly be explained from the special emotional relationship between Jia Zhen and him; but your own grand and extravagant funeral may not necessarily be valued accordingly by other families; As far as the old ancestors are still alive, Qin Keqing is just a great-grandson daughter-in-law, and Jia Rong donated her identity temporarily, and it is nothing more than "protecting the imperial guard of the Forbidden Road in the inner court, Long Jinwei". But one has more status than the other, and the standard is higher than the other. Even "the current king of Beijing, Shui Rong", "does not claim to be the throne. He visited the funeral and sacrificed it the day before, and now he has set up a road memorial ceremony, ordering all the officials under his command to be here. Waiting. I entered the court at five o'clock, and when I finished my official duties, I changed into plain clothes and came in a big sedan chair with gongs and umbrellas..." Or it can be explained in this way: the relationship between the King of Beijing and the Jia family is extraordinary, and the friendship between the world and the etiquette should be like this. But the strange thing is that when Jia Jing, the highest patriarch of the Ningguo Mansion, took Jindan bintian, even the emperor personally asked about it, but the funeral was far inferior to his grandson-in-law Qin Keqing's grandeur. At that time, Jia's mansion was not defeated. It was even more prosperous, but for some reason, it seemed to be in a hurry to end it. Although there were still "a cloud of funeral guests, from Tiekan Temple to Ningfu, there were tens of thousands of people watching the funeral", but there was no Beijing Jing. A figure of Wang Shuirong.Why is the friendship of family friends so strong for a great-grandson's daughter-in-law, but so lightly for a long-lived parent? It's also a mystery. 10.Qin Keqing's coffin leaked another piece of news After Qin Keqing's death, Jia Zhen "wanted extravagantly" and "didn't use a few pairs of cedar boards when looking at the boards." As a result, Xue Pan sent a pair of boards, "What kind of wood is it called? It came out on the Iron Net Mountain in Huanghai. , made a coffin, and it will last for thousands of years... It was originally the old man of Prince Yizhong. Qiantui wanted it, but he never took it because he broke something." The wooden planks "are eight inches thick at the bottom, with patterns like betel nuts, and a taste like sandalwood musk. When you hold them with your hands, they are like gold and jade," Xue Pan said. "If you bring a thousand taels of silver, I'm afraid there's nowhere to buy it." At that time, Jia Zheng persuaded him: "I'm afraid that this thing will be enjoyed by very few people. It's just a Chinese fir tree that can be encased. "Jia Zhen didn't listen. When I read this detail in the past, I only felt that the author was revealing Jia Zhen’s special feelings for Qin Keqing, and at the same time exposing the extravagance of the rich and nobles, but ignored that there might be another deep meaning: Jia Zheng said that “this thing is probably not enjoyed by very people.” However, on the surface, Qin Keqing, who was born in a Yangshengtang, a small official with unknown bloodlines, and a humble family background, blatantly enjoyed it-this implies that Qin Keqing's background and the blood flowing through her body are exactly the same as "" "Prince Yizhong, old thousand years old" is so honorable, she is lying in that masonry coffin, it is the right place for her! 11.What is the secret in the four or five leaves that Cao Xueqin wrote and deleted? As we all know, in the thirteenth chapter written by Cao Xueqin, the words "Qin Keqing's obscenity in Tianxiang Tower" were marked in the chapter, and it probably described in detail the incest between her and Jia Zhen in Tianxiang Tower, and this affair happened to be captured by the maid Ruizhu. Met with Baozhu (later Ruizhu touched the pillar and died, Baozhu was willing to take the gift of Qin Keqing's "righteous daughter" as an unmarried daughter, "causing the funeral to drive the spirit, very sad", and "resolutely refused to return" after going to Tiekan Temple to guard the spirit Family", determined to keep silent forever, just to avoid death, these are still reserved in the book), so it led to the tragic ending of "the painted beams are all spring and the fragrance is dusted".However, Zhiyanzhai, who has a close relationship with Cao Xueqin, interfered with Cao Xueqin's creation. He later said in his comments: "Qin Keqing's obscenity in Tianxianglou, the author used a historical pen. Because the old man has two funeral affairs of Fengjie Jia's family, he will (How?) It’s where people can think of Anfu, honor and honor. Although the matter is not leaked, the words and meanings are pathetic and convincing. Forgive me, and I ordered Qinxi to delete it.” How much was deleted?He also said in an eyebrow comment: "This time there are only ten leaves, because the Tianxianglou section is deleted, and four or five leaves are missing." According to the most conservative estimate, more than 2,000 words have been deleted.In Cao Xueqin's narrative style, there is often a huge amount of information densely packed in two thousand words.In the past, ordinary readers always estimated that the deleted texts were mainly pornographic descriptions, and some "red studies" scholars found that there were details such as "changing clothes" and "left hairpins", but I think there are still crucial ones. Things, that is, the revelation of Qin Keqing's real life experience. Jia Zhen doesn't seem to be teasing Qin Keqing in the ordinary sense, he does have deep feelings for her, and even after Qin Keqing's death, he has the idea of ​​"wishing to die instead", which leads to a question: what is Jia Zhen When did you fall in love with Qin Keqing?Was it before Qin Keqing formally married Jia Rong, or after? This is an important mystery.I guess the answer to the riddle has already been revealed in the more than 2,000 words that were deleted. 12.After deleting the important plot, I had to "patch it" Due to the traumatic deletion of the plot of "The Sorrow of Tianxianglou", the written manuscript must be reorganized in order to fill in the "holes" caused by major deletions. This is also true for a genius like Cao Xueqin. Not easy.Mr. Yu Pingbo has already verified that in order to say that Qin Keqing's death was not hanged but died of illness, he had to confuse the transition of time in several books before that, and had to write that after the news of her death came out, "the family was together at that time". Everyone knows, everyone is surprised, and they are all a little suspicious", but everything seems to be normal, not only deleted the secret about Qin Keqing's real identity, but also couldn't explain her background at all, so at the end of the eighth chapter, I added a section from the Yangshengtang The seemingly clear but more ambiguous words such as Baolai are actually a "patch", pretending to be cunning, and becoming clouds and mountains, making later readers more curious and confused. 13.What is the more important reason why Zhiyanzhai "deleted Qinxi to delete"? Said it was because Qin Keqing had a dream, "what she said and what she meant made people feel convincing", so she was no longer allowed to "make a fool of herself in public", let her go, and deleted the plot of her messing with her father-in-law, in fact, I'm afraid There are more important reasons.what reason?Cao Xueqin wrote with the assistance of Zhiyanzhai (it was called at the time), set a purpose early on, and used the mouth of "Kong Kong Daoist" to clearly mark "not interfering with the world" in the book. When buying a coffin for Qin Keqing, he wrote "Prince Yizhong is a thousand years old" and "something bad" has already been suspected of alluding to the government. It's a dense text network, so in order not to cause trouble, it's better to delete it. The original name, and the early prototype was also called "Fengyue Baojian". Zhi Yanzhai has a relatively open attitude towards the description of sex. He has various descriptions about Jia Rui, about Jia Lian and Bao's family, and the description of Deng girl. They didn't suggest Cao Xueqin delete it, but Qin Keqing's "Lawful Mourning Tianxianglou" has been drawn into the "Booklet" to write the verdict and the song "Good Things End". He still wants Cao Xueqin to delete it in four or five leaves. Advice, I'm afraid it's not just because of too much sexual description? 14.Why did Cao Xueqin's father, Cao, secretly hide the golden lion for Seth? Of course it is not Cao Xueqin's autobiography, and the story of the Jia family is by no means a reenactment of the history of the Cao family, but of course Cao Xueqin's life experience is cast in it. In 1728, the sixth year of Yongzheng, the Cao family finally fell. One of the direct reasons was that Cao Xueqin’s father, Cao Ti, was found out for Seth Hei, Yongzheng’s political opponent. It was the "name" that Yongzheng changed to him; another political opponent, the eighth younger brother Yunyu, was renamed Aqina, which is said to mean "dog"). inch" golden lion.Yunyu has clearly lost power, and the golden lion cast privately by Yuzhi is obviously a symbol of ambition to seize power. Why would Cao dare to hide it for it?In addition to all kinds of complicated factors, a very important factor is probably that in the situation where the power struggle is turbulent and the prospects are often blurred and unpredictable, people like Cao always want to be loyal to the current supreme ruler on the surface. Under the premise, one or more aspects of political savings can be invested, so that once the political situation changes suddenly, it will not be overturned, and high political interest can even be charged.Of course, the stakes are great.But at that time, almost all officials like him were doing the same thing, all of them were two-faced, three-faced, four-faced, or even eight-faced. Gold and silver property can be used to send and hide, what about people?Especially for babies who have just been born and haven't attracted people's attention or even registered household registration?Can't they be sent to Yangsheng Tang on the surface, entrusted to be adopted by small officials such as Yingjilang who are involved in the unnoticed and outside the vortex of power struggle, but in fact they are in the big family? Shall they be sheltered and nurtured in the hidden corners of their lives, and then exposed when the time comes? In fact, after the alternation of the Yong and Qian dynasties, many subtle and even obvious changes occurred in the political situation, and the Cao family also continued to He has recovered from the disaster and achieved a brief revival.If the change in the political situation was not that Yongzheng's son Qianlong became emperor, but that Seth Hei survived and ascended the throne, wouldn't the Cao family be greatly favored just because they hid the golden lion for him?If it is not only a golden lion but also a living person, such as Seth Hei's daughter, then I am afraid that not only the family fortune will be rejuvenated, but a "new historical period" will be entered! But it is very dangerous to insinuate such things even in novels in a very artistic and implicit way. It's better not to leak the "secret". 15.The answer to the mystery of Qin Keqing's background can be boldly guessed ※Not only was her family background not humble, but she was quite noble, and even had a blood relationship similar to that of the King of Beijing. ※But in the power struggle within the royal family, her parents' family suffered a disastrous defeat.She and one of her brothers had to hide their true lineage and identity by sending them to Yangshengtang as abandoned babies. ※Jia's family has an unusually deep relationship with her parents' family, so when she and her brothers suffered such a great change, they decided to help their family to preserve and hide them. ※There is no reason for the Jia family to go directly to the Yangshengtang to adopt other people's "abandoned babies". It is necessary to find a suitable character to play this role. ※The Jia family found Qin Ye.Perhaps Qin Ye had received some benefits from the Jia Mansion (it is not difficult for Ying Jianlang to get benefits from the expansion and repair projects of big mansions like Jia Mansion, and Jia Mansion and Ying Shan Lang and other useful small officials have It is normal for him to be related to each other), he happened to be a man in his prime and had no children at that time, and he was not noticeable, so going to the Yangshengtang to adopt a couple of children would not cause too much controversy in the eyes of the world. ※In that pair of children, the son may indeed have died of illness, leaving only Qin Keqing, and Qin Keqing did not stay at his house for long before being picked up by the Jia family and arranged to be treated in an environment with everyone's atmosphere. Tuning, maybe she has been a child bride-in-law in Ningguo Mansion, raising her like her own daughter. ※Jia Jing’s becoming a monk and cultivating Taoism is related to being frightened and chilled by the power struggle of the upper class, so he adopted an evasive attitude.The decision to adopt Qin Keqing may have been made by Jia Daishan.After Jia Daishan's death, Jia's mother always adhered to this will, so she later regarded Qin Keqing as "the first proud person among the great-grandson's daughters-in-law". ※Perhaps Jia's mother once thought about marrying Qin Keqing to her grandson, but Jia Lian and Jia Zhu had other women who were more suitable to marry when they became adults, and they were much older than Qin Keqing, and Baoyu was born too late. The final situation formed was that Jia Rong was the most suitable (according to the book, Jia Rong was about sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, and Qin Keqing seemed to be slightly older than him, almost twenty years old). ※But during the process of adopting Qin Keqing, Jia Zhen fell in love with this beauty who was gradually becoming more and more beautiful.Jia Zhen didn't fall in love with Qin Keqing after she married Jia Rong.Jia Zhen has long coveted Qin Keqing, who "grew up with a girl". ※Qin Keqing knew her true blood when she was sensible, so she didn't have any factors of inferiority in her mind.She even knew that Jia's mother and others considered her relationship with Jia Baoyu for a time, so it's not surprising that she tried to seduce Jia Baoyu and deal with it calmly. ※"Being good at style and looking good is the root of a prodigal family." Qin Keqing is indeed a pioneer of "sexual liberation". She has seduced Jia Baoyu who is still in a chaotic state, and she doesn't seem to hate her husband Jia Rong , but she does still love her father-in-law Jia Zhen.If we can understand or even forgive the incestuous love between Zhou Ping and Fan Yi in Cao Yu's "Thunderstorm", then it seems that we may not necessarily stand on the same position as Jiao Da, and treat Jia Zhen and Qin Keqing's love so differently. reluctance to engage in a degree of rational analysis. ※After Qin Keqing became an adult, she might get in touch with some remnants of her own family, so she could sum up the painful lessons of the complete destruction of some big families and some experiences of respite and continuation and even recovery. This is the dream she entrusted to Sister Feng before her death basis. ※The background of the story after the beginning may be that the family of Qin Keqing’s real birth has got rid of the original political shadow, and even gradually brought political profits to the previous political investment of the Jia family, although it is not yet public exposure. She is still called the daughter of Qin Ye to the outside world, but she is actually a key figure in the revival of Jia's family. That's why Jia's mother and others dote on her so much. When the servants see this situation, even if they don't know the truth, they will inevitably treat her accordingly. She is very obedient, and she is good at entertaining people, so she has become the most charming celebrity in Jia's mansion. ※Unexpectedly, the "Tianxianglou incident" happened at this time. Her sudden death brought a strong shock to Jia's house. , blocked the possibility of seeking more and greater political profits from her real family background through the Ningguo Mansion.This was a heavy loss for the entire Jia family. They "raised soldiers for a thousand days", but they died before "using them for a while".Therefore, the grand extravagance of Qin Keqing's funeral was not all due to Jia Zhen's explicit emotional factors towards her. ※Qin Keqing, according to previous analysis, the homonym is "love can be light", if Qin Keqing is not so "sexually liberated", or Jia Zhen is not such a super pervert, maybe it will not be because of "when you meet love, you must be prostitute". And lead to the bad consequences of "Jiqiu decadent".But this is "sincere evil", and it seems that there is nothing to do about it.As for "Jianmei", it may not be because she is "bright and charming, like Baochai, romantic and graceful, but also like Daiyu", the metaphor may refer to the fact that Jia's family adopted her in such a secret way, for her real family Both the background and Jia's house are good things. ※Tang Bohu's "Begonia Sleeping in Spring" and the couplet of Qin Taixu, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, hanging in Qin Keqing's bedroom are probably relics of her own family, rather than the inherent treasures of Jia's family. In the past, "Begonia Spring Sleep" was only interpreted from obscenity. In fact, the "Begonia Spring Sleep" has repeatedly used the withered prosperity of Begonia as a symbol of family decline and revival. Still asleep but hopefully starting to wake up.The first couplet of the antithetical couplet, "The tender cold locks the dream because of the cold spring" means that the political climate has not yet warmed up, but the second couplet, "The aroma is like the smell of wine", implies that the good times will return, and we can raise our glasses to celebrate. ※天香楼上的一场戏，当不仅是“皮肤滥淫”，也许贾珍在情而忘形之中，坦白陈述了打小将她调理大还有着明确的政治投机用意，而引起了秦可卿的极度悲怆，再加上瑞珠、宝珠的添乱，这才导致了她的愤而自杀。倘真有这样的情节，那脂砚斋下命令让曹雪芹删去，实在是太有必要了：你这不是自己往网里撞么？ 也许，这样一些猜测，全经不起“红学”家的厉声呵斥，但建议普通的读者以我这样的“谜底”为前提，再把书中有关秦可卿的情节通读一遍，我想，恐怕还真可以把原来读不通的地方都读通哩！