Chapter 50 full bow shoot swan Zhiruijian

——Thinking of Mr. Zhou Ruchang's "The Family History of the Red Chamber" Is it meaningful to study Cao Xueqin's ancestral home?In my opinion, if you only discuss the ancestral home based on the ancestral home, even if you write a large and magnificent book, you can conclude that Cao Xueqin’s ancestral home is a certain place. For example, it is like drawing a full bow to show superhuman strength, which is acrobatic It's just a performance.Mr. Zhou Ruchang’s research on Cao Xueqin’s ancestral home seems to have established a clear goal. He drew his full bow and flew the arrow out of the string to reach the goal. Of course, it contains superb skills, but it is not only the display of skills, but also the important

, It reflects a persistent spirit of cultural exploration.In January 2003, Heilongjiang Education Publishing House published Mr. Zhou's "The Family History of the Red Chamber". The subtitle is "Cao Xueqin's Clan Culture and History View".Of all the arrows shot by Mr. Zhou, how many of them hit Hu's heart?How many rings did you win in total?I think that quite a few arrows have hit the center, and the total number of rings is quite a lot, and the results are remarkable.Of course, everyone can evaluate and express their own opinions.The point is that at the age of eighty-five, Mr. Zhou is full of bows and sharp ambitions, which is admirable and eye-catching.Mr. Zhou's research on "Redology" involves various branches of "Redology", and the one with the most effort is undoubtedly "Caoology".In the research of this branch, it is necessary to study history, even "the past is more than a thousand years old", and it is necessary to do textual research, and even exhaustive research and analysis, so some people look at it from a distance, and they don't take it seriously, criticizing it as "leaving the text", " It belongs to cumbersome textual research."Of course, reading cannot be separated from its text, but its text is the pinnacle crystallization of Chinese classical culture, and it is extremely unique. It is impossible to take shortcuts and take shortcuts in its interpretation. Western classical, modern, and postmodern literary theories can certainly be used as a reference, such as Wang Guo Wei uses Schopenhauer's theory to express his own aesthetic feelings in reading, which is quite inspiring, but in the end it still gives people a sense of attachment; of course, Chinese literary theories in the past can be used as a tool for interpretation. However, because Cao Xueqin's writing power surpasses all the Chinese culture before him, it is often not enough to measure it with these tools; The background of the times, that is, the political situation, social changes, and cultural customs of the Kangxi-Yongzheng-Qianlong dynasties, this also requires studying history. " and the profound connotations of the words "Double Hanging Sun and Moon Shining on the Universe"?The historical records that have been handed down are often "written by the victors". For example, Yongzheng finally won the struggle for the throne with his dozen brothers. He succeeded to the throne smoothly. When he came to power, he himself paid great attention to implementing the royal family's friendly and gentle policy, but he didn't expect that the power struggle is not based on personal will. case", Qianlong dealt with this political crisis decisively and swiftly, and he won. Therefore, he took the "blank" historical pen of destroying the relevant records. Crucially, Cao Xueqin's family's "a piece of white land is really clean" is exactly this period, and the background of the great tragedy of the Zhongjia Mansion is also the time before and after—returning the true colors of history, "filling in" and not collecting information , and make careful research, how can there be results?Such "complexity" is necessary to face the goal and draw the bow to shoot the bull's-eye.

Mr. Zhou's new work not only reflects his familiarity with history, especially Qing history, but also his knowledge and integration of Chinese classical culture, and also highlights his complete system of "Cao Xue", which is to write Cao Xueqin Studying it within the framework of clan culture, what is meant by "the clan of poems, ceremonies and hairpin tassels", how the cultural accumulation of Cao Xueqin's ancestors was passed down to his works, how his ancestors moved from the south to the north in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Later, how did the branch of his ancestors move from Fengrun to Tieling Yaobao and be captured as a slave there, so that Cao Xueqin's birthday was found to be April 26th, the leap month of the second year of Yongzheng... These "Cao Xue" articles are absolutely unique. It is not some ostentation, but integrated into a key to interpretation.Some people doubt whether this kind of research has replaced "capability" with "history", and even think that such research is a product of ignorance that novels are fiction.As early as in his first "Hong Xue" book "A New Evidence of a Dream of Red Mansions", Mr. Zhou clearly stated that "As for interspersing and borrowing, embellishing and exaggerating, it is the usual practice of novelists." The premise of the discussion that the material to the novel text must be processed, transformed and rendered by fiction.When the British study Dickens, they think it is an autobiographical novel, and start from the historical data of Dickens' life to interpret the characters and plots in the novel. Is it so fussy and intolerable to cross-check with the text of the novel?Mr. Zhou used the framework of clan culture as the system for studying "Cao Xue", and he was full of bows and arrows in this book, and he gained a lot. For example, the last article of the book "A View of the Red Chamber in Qingshi" demonstrated historical facts. "Why Cao Xueqin's family became a thorn in Yongzheng's eyes", and using it as a key, accurately interpreted the life of the golden plaque "Rongxi Hall" in the third chapter and UnionPay's "Pearls on the seat illuminate the sun and the moon, and the front of the hall glows with haze" Based on the basis and profound connotation, isn't it the best academic gift for the readers who love the keys offered by penetrating research like this?

"Redology" research is a discourse space shared by the public, and no one can monopolize it.In his preface, Mr. Zhou said: "I sincerely hope to correct my mistakes—presenting facts, reasoning, giving counter-evidence, and exposing loopholes will help everyone to make progress together." Mr. Zhou is almost blind and deaf, and has lost his wife. , still with his academic backbone, he persevered in drawing the bow and shooting the swan. He was also especially able to guide the backward, encourage innovation, discuss on an equal footing, and communicate cordially. Laomei can be called a national treasure. May the tree grow and the flowers always bloom!