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Chapter 14 Autumn Scenery in the Garden

Moon in the Red Chamber 刘心武 1712Words 2018-03-20
The late senior writer Ye Shengtao once pointed out: In the eleventh chapter, there is a small order describing the mid-autumn scenery in Huifang Garden of Ningguo Mansion; The question was not answered, and no one was seen to stand up and take over the question to decipher it. The Mid-Autumn Scenery Order of the Que Garden reads: "Yellow flowers are all over the ground, white willows cross slopes, small bridges lead to the stream of Ruoye, and winding paths lead to the road to the roof. The clear stream in the stone is turbulent, the fence is fragrant; the red leaves on the top of the tree are fluttering, The sparse forest is picturesque, the westerly wind suddenly tightens, and the warbler crows at the beginning;

Adding the words, looking to the southeast, building several pavilions next to the mountains; looking at the northwest, there are three pavilions facing the water, with Sheng and springs full of ears, which has a special feeling; Luo Qi wears the forest, adding charm. " It is not uncommon for this book to describe the scenery with poems and melodies interspersed in the novel. What is rare is that Cao Xueqin only used Xiaoling once in the manuscript, and the strange thing is that it is used on a "kaner" that seems to be the least necessary to describe the scenery.Sister Feng went to Ningfu for a banquet, and specially visited Qin Keqing, who was strangely ill. With no one around, the two "said a lot of heartfelt words in a low voice", which were not words commensurate with "the autumn is refreshing". At the end, Sister Feng "didn't feel that her eyes were red again", and because of Youshi's urging, she had to "lead the wives and girls who came with them and the wives and wives of Bingning Mansion to go around the garden's wicket door. ", in such a situation, where is the mind to appreciate the garden view?However, there is such a small order immediately followed, and the three words "but only saw" by Sister Feng are used as a quotation, which means that what Xiaoling sees is Sister Feng's "subjective lens". At the same time, it expresses the state of mind of the spectators, which is obviously inconsistent with the previous scene!

If we look more closely, it becomes even more suspicious.The eighth chapter is "Slightly revealing than the psychic oriole, Tan Baochai and Daiyu are half sour". The cover-up words of "falling down" show that it has already entered winter. The next chapter will continue to write about Baoyu and Qin Zhong's meeting with Jia Mu the next day. The ninth chapter will continue to write about the trouble school. "Physician Zhang", who is not an imperial physician, came to the government to prescribe medicine for Qin's doctor, and the eleventh chapter was written with the tenth chapter in his mouth. The weather can only become more wintery every day, how can it be " Yellow flowers all over the ground, white willows across the slopes"?How can it be "clear and turbulent"?As for "warm days should be exalted, add more slang words", these words are even more strange!

It can be seen that with conventional thinking, it is absolutely difficult to understand the reason why this small order appears here. I have a train of thought, which may be decipherable, and that is—— This "Order of Autumn Scenery in the Garden" actually contains information about Qin Keqing's true identity and family expectations. Qin Keqing's real background is a nobleman like "Yizhong Lao Qiansui"; but because of "something bad", he had to use the "argument" that Qin Ye, a small official, was adopted from Yangshengtang and married to Ningfu as his daughter-in-law To conceal people's eyes and ears; so it is said that "the small bridge leads to the stream of Ruoye". ", Qin Keqing's concealment, vengeance, and subversiveness fit well with Xi Shi; "Road to the Tiantai" is a reference to Liu Chen Ruan Zhao of the Han Dynasty who went to Tiantai Mountain to collect medicine and was stranded by a fairy.The "rooftop" here may have a secular meaning, referring to the emperor's throne, which is exactly what the Qin family covets, and it is extremely blatant that the Ningrong and the Rongfu rely on the Qin sisters—Jing Huan Xiangu and Qin Keqing for political interests In the fifth chapter, it not only writes that the second father Ning Rong "took care for the orphan" to the fairy aunt Jing Huan, but also clearly states that Jia's mother regards the Qin family as "the first proud person among the great-grandson's daughters-in-law". No matter if the "bastard" brought in from the inside can be accommodated, how can the lofty status of "the first proud person" come from?

As for the description of the autumn scene sentence after sentence, it should all imply that the Qin family will rise up in autumn and operate in a dismal manner in the southeast and northwest, hoping to finally reach the ideal state of "full ears" and "more charm". A class of meaning. Sister Feng and Qin's "said a lot of heartfelt words in a low voice", they must be some kind of "unruly" words, so, leaving Qin's bedroom and entering Huifang Garden, it is obviously a winter scene, But because Sister Feng is still immersed in "heartfelt words", she "only sees" a "heartlandscape", which is quickly "shattered" by "a person suddenly walking from behind the rocks", Cao Xueqin used the form of "jumping eyes" to prevent readers from taking the string of cryptic words as a scene.

Unexpectedly, the Qin family not only failed to win in autumn, but was even more in danger. Zhang Youshi (something) said: "This year's winter is irrelevant. If it always passes the vernal equinox, it is expected to be completely healed." Jia Rong is also a smart person. , and did not ask further questions.Why is there no need to ask?Because Qin's disease is essentially a political disease, which cannot be cured by medicine.As a result, on a windy autumn night in the next year, the Qin family had to commit suicide because of the family's decline. The decree came, and Jia's family was frightened "all in a panic", if there is no "grievous thing" in their hearts, why are they so frightened?Isn't it because the Qin family has been hidden, and I am afraid that the emperor Laozi will come to investigate?Although the novel suddenly turned around at this point, Jia's family actually had a very happy event, "It's really a fire cooking oil, and flowers are blooming in brocade", but "the feast must come to an end", and the cause of the feast is hidden by the Qin family ( Later, he actually hid Miaoyu again), I am afraid it is the key!

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