Chapter 8 On Qin Keqing's background may not necessarily be humble

In the article "Qin Keqing's Birth Is Not Necessarily Humble" (published in the second series of "Dream of Red Mansions" in 1992), I have preliminarily demonstrated that Cao Xueqin's explanation about Qin Keqing's background at the end of the eighth chapter is due to the deletion of "lewd mourning Tianxianglou". "After four or five leaves (four or five double pages) of a section, a "patch" had to be typed. Here are twelve more questions about Qin Keqing.If Baoding Qin Keqing was indeed born in the family of a small Yingjilang, and was not her own, but was adopted from the Yuyingtang, then these questions cannot be answered at all; if the so-called "Yingjianlang"

"Nurtured in the Yuyingtang" is just a smoke screen, and assuming that Qin Keqing actually has a family background and lineage similar to "Prince Yizhong Lao Qiansui", then almost all of these questions can be answered to varying degrees. If you don't believe me, please see: 1.In the seventh chapter, Zhou Rui’s family followed Aunt Xue’s order to send palace flowers everywhere. Aunt Xue asked her to give a pair to Ying, Tan and Xi Sanchun each, two to Lin Daiyu and four to Fengjie, a total of twelve; After sending it to Sister Feng, Sister Feng asked Ping'er to take out two sticks, and asked Caiming to say, "Send it to the mansion over there for Grandma Xiaorong to wear." There is a poem before Hui: "The title says: Twelve flowers are the most beautiful, and I don't know who is the one who cherishes them. If you meet him and ask his name, he lives in Jiangnan and his surname is Qin." Mengfu and Qi Xu also have this poem, but some characters are slightly different. .Just ask: How could Qin Keqing "live in Jiangnan"?In the book, it is never stated that Qinye, Yingshulang, is from Jiangnan. Moreover, Qin Keqing was adopted by Qinye, the Yingshulang, from Beijing Zhongying Yuyingtang. Since he is an abandoned baby, how can he know that he "lives in Jiangnan"?Could it be that the parents of the abandoned baby came all the way from the south of the Yangtze River to send her to the nursery hall?If she had to be abandoned purely out of poverty, how could she not be able to support her because of the troubles she ran from Jiangnan to Beijing?Wouldn't it be over if she was abandoned in the Yuyingtang near the south of the Yangtze River?Besides, there are other winners of the twelve palace flowers, so how come they are not "flower cherishers"?Except for Xichun's joke "If you shave your head, where can you wear these flowers?"What is more worthy of scrutiny is the word "meeting". This flower is a palace flower, and only those who come out of the palace or equivalent to get this flower can be called "meeting". Therefore, the last two sentences do not mean that Qin Keqing is the most qualified Do you wear palace flowers?But in the past, people didn't pay attention to the seventh back-to-back poems. The Chinese National Academy of Arts' Red Mansion Dream Research Institute's annotations and the People's Literature Publishing House's first edition in Beijing in February 1992 also excluded this back-to-back poems from the main text.

2.In the tenth chapter, Grandma Huang went to the Ningguo Mansion. She wanted to fight for the injustice of the widowed sister-in-law Jin Rong's mother, Hu Shi, and wanted to "tell Qin Zhong and his sister face to face, and ask him to comment on this truth." After seeing Youshi, "I didn't dare to get angry, I talked about the cold and warm, and talked some gossips", and asked, "Why didn't I see Grandma Rong today?" In the words of Liai Qin, she told Jia Rong to treat Qin Keqing "don't tire him out, don't make him angry, and tell him to raise him quietly", and Youshi also made the final judgment: If Qin Keqing has Good and bad, Jia Rong "will marry such a daughter-in-law again, with such a look, such a temperament, there is nowhere to look for her with a lantern." Listening to these words, people always feel suspicious, Qin Keqing No matter how good his appearance and temperament are, how could the family background of the little camper and the humble blood raised by the Yoyingtang reach the unattainable level of "there is nowhere to look for with a lantern"?In just one book, we saw many aristocratic women with pretty good appearance and temperament. As long as the seniority is suitable, it is not difficult to choose a match with Jia Rong and other sons; Terribly anxious", "like a needle pricking her heart", besides worrying about the health of a daughter-in-law, what kind of thing is she still worrying about Qin's life?

3.Qin's first illness, a group of doctors "three or four people took turns to see the pulse four or five times a day...so they changed their clothes four or five times a day", this kind of attention has exceeded the specifications of the Jia family of Zanying , so Jia Zhen said to Youshi: "This child is also confused, why bother to take off and change... The clothes are good, but they are worth nothing... Even if you wear a new one every day, it is not worth anything." Jia Zhen is just rich and powerful, but Qin Keqing is like a princess.Let me ask: How could an abandoned baby who grew up in Yingjilang's family have a more ostentatious dressing habit than Jia's? (The details of changing clothes can be further studied, which will be discussed in another article.)

4.The dreams Qin gave Sister Feng when she was dying, such as "When the moon is full, you will lose money, when the water is full, you will overflow", "You will fall when you climb a height", "The monkeys will scatter when the tree falls", "The feast will come to an end", etc. Of course, there is no insight. It may be derived from the life experience of the family of Yingjilang, who has always been "shy"; and "in the prosperous time, he planned the world's fortune in the future decline", "taking advantage of today's wealth and wealth, we put more farm houses near the ancestral tombs. Acres, all the expenses for the sacrificial offerings come from here, and the family school is also set up here... Even if you have committed a crime, everything can enter the official, and this sacrificial industry does not even enter the official. Then it fell down, and the descendants returned home. There is also a setback in studying and farming, and sacrifices can be continued forever", and other specific instructions can only be produced from the painful lessons of the glorious hundred-year-old clan who failed to plan when they were honored after being convicted and defeated. It can't be the family motto from the family of Yingjiro.When Qin was dying, in Sister Feng's dream, she said with a smile to Sister Feng: "I will go back today, and you will not give me a ride." Where is she going back?From her forecast to Sister Feng of Yuanchun's "Choose Fengzao Palace" and the grand event of visiting relatives, and hinting at the end of the Jia family's decline, she said "the secret must not be revealed", and it is related to the fifth episode where she is clearly stated that she is the younger sister of Fairy Jing Huan. What she "returned" obviously wasn't Ying Shi Lang's house, nor the Yuyingtang, nor was she sentenced to hell by many ghosts like Qin Zhong later, but to "heaven".Isn't her origin a noble and royal family already fully implied?

5.After Sister Feng's startled dream, "I only heard the board of the second door knocking four times", and people replied, "Grandma Dongfu Rong is gone."What was Sister Feng's reaction?It was not sadness, but "I was scared into a cold sweat and lost my mind for a while."Why is this? "At that time, the whole family knew it well, and everyone was surprised, and they were a little suspicious. The older generation thought of him as filial, the ordinary generation thought of him as harmonious and intimate, and the younger generation thought of him as loving, and the servants at home, young and old. Thinking of his kindness to the poor and the lowly, loving the old and loving the young, there is no one who does not cry bitterly." Why did no one—especially the servants, old and young—think that she came from the family of Ying Shan Lang, "Well It's easy to marry into Jia's mansion, live a life of prosperity and wealth, and then stretch your legs within a few days"?When Baoyu heard the news of Qin's death, "I just felt like I couldn't bear to be stabbed in my heart, and with a bang, I went straight to spit out a mouthful of blood." ?Jiaxu Benzhi Yanzhai has a criticism saying: "Baoyu has long been determined to be able to continue the family affairs, Keqing, but now I hear that he is dead, and I am very disappointed." How should this be explained?

6.As soon as the Qin family died, twenty-eight people from four generations of the Jia family rushed over immediately, and Jia Zhen "wept like a tearful person", and said, "Who doesn't know that my daughter-in-law is ten times stronger than my son", crying while talking , clapped his hands and said: "How to cook, just do what I have!" Qin Ye, Qin's father, arrived after all 28 people from Jia's house had gathered. He was brought up in the Yuyingtang, and it is said that his grief is not inferior to those of Jia's family, but there is not a word in the book that explains his grief and tears, it is just a small decoration in the funeral ceremony, which is another what happened?

7.Jia Zhen used a pair of boards sent by Xue Pan, "the bottoms are eight inches thick, the patterns are like betel nuts, and the taste is like sandalwood musk. You can hold them with your hands, and the rings are like gold and jade". "What kind of wood is it called? It came from Tiewang Mountain in Huanghai", "It was originally asked for by Prince Yizhong, Lao Qiansui, but because he broke something, he never took it."I think that "樯木" and "Huanghai Iron Net Mountain" are not written in letter, but they all imply some kind of deep meaning. "樯木" is mast wood, which is used on ships. This mast wood may have come from the "mountain" of the "iron hat prince" of "Tian Huang Noble". Did you go in the realm?I don't want to but "bad things". (Zhi Pi said: "The so-called maze is easy to fall, and the dust net is hard to escape.") The homophonic method used in the book is a metaphor for the fate of people and things. "Ye" is likely to be a homonym of "Qin Ye", that is, Qin Keqing's true blood is also diligently helping the Jia family to hide.Otherwise, how to explain it?

8."On the first seven and fourth days" after Qin's death, "the Daming Palace had been in charge of the palace for a long time, and they first prepared the sacrificial ceremony and sent people to come, and then sat in a big sedan chair, held umbrellas and gongs, and came to offer sacrifices in person." It's very strange. According to Mr. Zhou Ruchang, there were strict regulations in the Qing Dynasty that eunuchs were not allowed to leave the palace without authorization, not to mention such a swaggering "sitting in a big sedan chair, holding an umbrella and ringing a gong" to give a house to a Jia who should have been regarded as insignificant. The great-grandson's daughter-in-law of the mansion offered sacrifices, almost blatantly committing a capital crime.how to explain?Zhipi said that "Dai Quan" means "big power", and I think "Dai Quan" is also a homonym of "Dai Quan", implying that he did this with the emperor's acquiescence, a gesture of "Dai Wei Quan".Qin's death and Jia Yuanchun's favor happened almost consecutively, and when Qin died, she entrusted a dream to Sister Feng to foretell this event. I suspect that there was a major political transaction in this, that is, the emperor found out that Jia's family was hiding Qin's family. The Qin family had no choice but to die, but because of Yuan Chun's mediation, he was allowed to "die at once". Complete".If the Qin family is just an abandoned baby raised by Ying Shanlang in the Yuyingtang, how can he have this "honor"?

9.Jia Zhen went to Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang and begged Sister Yunfeng to assist Ningguo Mansion, saying: "My aunt doesn't care about nephews and nephews and daughters-in-law, but only about death!" This is actually very untraditional, but If the "dead part" is not only a nephew and granddaughter-in-law, but also not an abandoned baby from Ying Shan Lang's family, but has an extraordinary background and blood, then it is not surprising, so Mrs. Wang "sees Jia Jia today." Jane talked bitterly about this field", and finally agreed to him.Otherwise, what exactly does Qin Keqing's "point up" refer to?Just referring to the fact that she "died"?

10.At the time of Qin's funeral, "The grandson of Niu Qing, the Duke of Zhen, inherited the first-class bo Niu Jizong, the grandson of Liu Biao, the Duke of Li, now inherited the first-class son Liu Fang, the grandson of Chen Yi, the Duke of Qi, inherited Chen Ruiwen, the general of Sanpin Wei Town, and the son of Ma Kui, the Duke of the State. His grandson is the third-rank general Weiyuan Ma Shang, and the grandson of Xiu Guogong Hou Xiaoming is the first-class son of the hereditary Hou Xiaokang..." All the princes and princes attended the funeral personally, and the rest included county kings, princes and counts, and many princes and grandchildren. Countless people swarmed up, is this all necessary in etiquette?Obviously not, the fourteenth chapter clearly stated that when Jia's mansion was holding a funeral for a great-grandson's wife, there was "the order of the Duke of the country to die". Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Baoyu and others will never go.The most frightening thing is that the Qin family not only received road sacrifices from Dongping Palace, Nan'an County King, Xining County King, and Beijing County King. I used to go to the funeral to hold sacrifices, and now I set up a road memorial... I entered the court at the fifth watch, and when I finished my official business, I changed into plain clothes, came in a big sedan chair, gonged and opened an umbrella."Could it be that the dead Qin family was his own sister and niece?Why so much love?so grand?After his "entry into the court", he went straight to the funeral, and "sit in a sedan chair, hold an umbrella and ring a gong" with the man wearing power from the palace, and went straight to Jia's mansion. There is indeed a big secret behind that! 11.Beijing Wang Shui Rong said when Jia She, Jia Zhen and others "come up together to invite you back": "The deceased has ascended to the fairy world, and he is not a person in the world of you and me. Although Xiao Wang is grateful for God's favor, he just invited the county to attack him in vain. , How can you go beyond the immortals and advance?" Is it just "not to be arrogant" and "not to be bound by officials and customs"?If the Qin family is really just an abandoned baby raised by a small camper from the Yuyingtang, or simply a great-grandson daughter-in-law of the Jia family, the King of Beijing will have to wait until "the funeral is over like a torrent" before returning to his family. Home? 12.Not long after the Qin family's funeral was finished, it was Jia Zheng's birthday, and all the people from Ning Rong and Ning Rong gathered to celebrate, and it was very lively.Suddenly a doorman rushed in and reported that Master Xia, the eunuch of Liugongdu, had come to issue an order, "I don't know what the news is for Jia pardoned Jia Zheng and others." After Zheng entered the palace, "Jia's mother and the whole family were all in a state of anxiety", and Jia's mother was especially "unsettled", until she finally found out that it was Yuan Chunjin who was named Fengzao Palace Shangshu and Xiande Concubine, "after listening to Fang's mind is at peace. ", what ghosts are in the hearts of Jiamu, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, etc.? "Master Xia" is naturally a homophony of "Master Xia", that is, "Master who frightens people", but what about "Xia Shouzhong"?I guessed earlier that Qin Keqing's death was likely to be bestowed by the emperor, and in exchange for promoting Jia Yuanchun, the "shouzhong" in "Xia Shouzhong" should mean "keep the promise". "Qin Keqing's obscenity in the Tianxiang Tower", although there is "sexuality" in the cause of the funeral, there is also a thrilling hidden secret. What happened in the Tianxiang Tower that day?Is Ruizhu and Baozhu's death and hiding only because they "accidentally" ran into the adultery of "climbing ashes", or is there another deeper reason?Could they be related to the urgent reporting of some secret news or emergency?Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for them to go to Tianxiang Tower without listening to the call.According to Mr. Zhou Ruchang, the name of Tianxiang Tower is obviously different from that of places like "Doufengxuan" as "the sky is fragrant and the clouds are floating outside". It is a place for women, so Tianxianglou should not be a space that only involves eroticism, but also a hidden political arena.I suspect that Zhang Youshi, the Imperial Physician Zhang introduced by Feng Ziying, is actually a political spy. The discussions about diagnosis and prescriptions are all code words and should be deciphered (to be discussed in another article); Qin Keqing’s illness is actually a political illness, because the political activities of her real family background are at a critical moment. The news made her restless, unable to think about food and drink, her eyes dazzled until her menstruation became irregular.Zhang Youshi's slang words, "In my younger brother's opinion, this year's winter is irrelevant. It is always after the vernal equinox, and you can expect to be fully healed" is actually a timetable for the final political showdown, so he wrote "Jia Rong is also a smart person, so I won't ask further questions."Otherwise, the amenorrhea condition alone seems to be far from the "limit". Suddenly Rong's daughter-in-law died." For her, Qin Keqing's death was not "as expected" but "sudden". It can be seen that Qin's disease was not terminal. Because of this, after deleting the four or five leaves of "Xian Sang Tian Xiang Lou", the chronological narrative of those books became more and more unreasonably confusing. Zhi Yanzhai's comment this time said: "Qin Keqing mourned in Tianxianglou, and the author used a historical pen. Because the old man has two funeral affairs in Fengjie Jia's family, he is rich and honorable. Although the matter has not been leaked, its words and meaning are pathetic and convincing, so please pardon it, and order Qinxi to delete it." It is worth noting that the sentence "although the matter is not leaked" refers to what?Two explanations are possible: (1) (in the original text) Although Qin Keqing's real background has not been completely disclosed, it is not a bad idea to write about her adultery with Jia Zhen. But considering that what she said to Sister Feng in the dream was really sad and convincing, so Qinxi deleted the words "obscene mourning". (2) Although Qin Keqing did not reveal her real background in the words she said in the dream (as if she was entrusted by others to say those words), but considering... Qin Xi still deleted the "prostitution" mourning" text. No matter how you explain it, there is a premise that Qin Keqing's birth, illness and death all contain a "secret" that may be leaked.There is a comment in Gengchen's Zhiyanzhai, "...Keqing dreamed of Afeng, because the author has a lot of deep meaning, but it is a pity that he was born at an untimely time, so there is nothing to do!" If Qin Keqing is indeed an abandoned baby, she will marry after she grows up. After entering Jia's house, the scene after death is so beautiful, how can there be a sigh of "do nothing" about "being born at an untimely time"? It's time to carefully discuss Qin Keqing's "secret"!This is actually related to the re-understanding and re-understanding of many important issues in this book!