Chapter 54 About my "Qin Studies" research

——An answer to a question from Huang Zhunxin, a reporter from Shanghai City Herald Question: Your book "Painting the Liang in Spring and Falling Fragrant Dust - Interpretation of "Dream of Red Mansions"" is called "Qin Xue" by some media, and it is also an example of "writers joining the 'Hong Xue'".What do you think about it yourself?Is it inevitable to be a scholar-type writer or a writer-scholar? Answer: I started researching on Qin Keqing more than ten years ago.My research basically belongs to the category of exploring the lost.My main achievement is: the prototype of Qin Keqing is the daughter of Yinreng, the abolished prince of the Kangxi Dynasty, that is, the younger sister of Hongxi, the mastermind of the "Hongxi Rebellion Case" that happened in the fourth year of Qianlong. "After the three springs go, all the fragrances are exhausted, and each has to find his own door." The "three springs" mentioned do not refer to three people, but to the three springs from the first year to the third year of Qianlong. From the second half of the eighteenth chapter to the fifty-third chapter, he wrote about the first year of Qianlong's first year in full color, from the fifty-fourth chapter to the sixty-ninth chapter to write "Qian Er", and from the seventy to the eighty Huidu wrote "Qian San"; but he didn't expect that in the past three years, he would be involved in the "Hongxi Rebellion Case", which led to the destruction of "the dead and the dead".The lost chapters after the 80th chapter should describe the situation of "trees falling and monkeys scattered" after "Qiansi", and it will definitely not be the one continued by Gao E.My new book "Drawing Liangchun and Falling Fragrant Dust——Interpretation of "Dream of Red Mansions"" embodies the achievements of "Qin Xue" research.As for issues such as "scholar-type writer" or "scholarized writer", they are not in the category of my thinking.My research is not to "turn" myself into a "scholar". I think that "red studies" is a discourse space shared by the public, and it cannot be monopolized by any institution or any "expert" or "authority".Those who do not have the titles of "writer" or "scholar" have a natural right to speak in the field of "red studies" as long as they have experience.

Question: The tragic character Qin Keqing in your novel "The Death of Qin Keqing" is sad and beautiful. When you write about her, including Jia Zhen, the writing style is very humane. Can you say that "fate and humanity" are your works? Theme of?You said that you write "academic novels". Will writing novels and doing scholarship become a contradiction? Answer: Destiny and human nature are indeed the things that I am most concerned about in my novels, not only when I write "Exploring the Lost Novels of 'Red Studies'". "Academic novels" should be a unique variety in novel creation, which is different from ordinary fictional novels. My "The Death of Qin Keqing", "The Death of Jia Yuanchun", and "The Death of Miaoyu" are all strictly written. To: The characters, plots, and details are either based on the text of the first eighty chapters, or based on Zhi Yanzhai's comments, or based on the results of my formal research papers, which should have been specified in the notes at the end of the novel. Considering that it will be cumbersome for ordinary readers and affect the smooth reading, no detailed notes are attached, but there are general instructions at the back.For me, writing novels and researching "red" not only do not have any conflicts, but also have the joy of swimming in spring water.

Q: Can you talk about the impact on you based on your experience? A: I am actually very withdrawn.The heart is very rich, but not good at dealing with others.But in society, especially in contemporary Chinese society, individual life cannot and should not be completely separated from others, groups and society. Therefore, on the one hand, we must adapt to society and try to make ourselves beneficial to society; The self, seeking the poetry of survival.I have been in contact with it since I was a teenager, and I have read it for decades. I dare not say that I have read it well, but I feel that once I enter the first eighty chapters of Cao Xueqin (strictly speaking, one to seventy-eight chapters, more strictly speaking, remove the Suspicious sixty-four, sixty-seven chapters, seventy-six chapters), the soul will be greatly comforted.It is wrong to simply regard it as an "anti-feudal love novel". It is actually a great work about how an individual life stubbornly pursues poetic survival in the intricate entanglement of the times, society, family, and others.The whole book is shrouded in the political gloom on the eve of the decisive battle between the two political interest groups "the sun and the moon" in which "the sun and the moon illuminate the universe". "The confrontation of King Jing of the group reflected the fight against Jiang Yuhan. The evidence showed on Qian Xiangluo, which affected Jia Zheng's political future and the safety of the entire family. It was thrilling and life-and-death. He is ignorant, but he still desperately pursues the poetic beauty embodied in young women and spiritual men.Staying away from vanity fairs and getting close to natural beauty is the lifestyle I choose after being inspired.

Q: In your opinion, what inspiration and significance does it have for today's people? A: Hold on to your individuality.If you can't live poetically, you should at least capture and enjoy the poetry in life as much as possible.Get close to people with water quality, and even if it is impossible to stop contact with people with muddy quality, you should be vigilant and try not to be polluted by it.Of course it doesn't stop there. Question: Among the many research and review results of "Redology", which school do you personally admire? Answer: I admire Mr. Zhou Ruchang's research the most.This is not from "pie".Mr. Zhou is of his own accord.He has made fruitful academic achievements in the branches of "Hong Xue" such as "Cao Xue", "Zhi Xue", "Edition Study", "Tan Yi Xue".Recently, I read the book "Red Mansion Dazzling Red" just published by Writers Publishing House. In the vagina, ideas and insights emerge in endlessly, and can be explained in a simple way, so that both refined and popular tastes can be appreciated.Of course, what I admire most about him is that, on the one hand, he is full of academic self-confidence, and on the other hand, he always sincerely expresses that it is only his own opinion, welcomes criticism and correction, and especially likes to learn from each other. This is a very valuable academic mind.

Q: Did your research also go through a process? Answer: Of course.I published my research experience on "Red", which started more than ten years ago, and published three books with constantly updated and developed contents - "The Death of Qin Keqing", "The Mystery of the Three Hairpins in the Red Chamber", "Painting The Fragrance of Liang Chun--Interpretation of "Dream of Red Mansions", my research has received the enthusiastic encouragement and careful guidance of my predecessor, Mr. Zhou Ruchang, and the kind criticism of experts like Mr. Chen Zhao, and of course, the support of many readers. and media attention. In 2000, I was even invited by the UK-China Council and the University of London to give two lectures in London.Of course, I am only a "red study" fancier, but I have formed my own research "red" track, and the reference to "Qin study" should be said to be a matter of course, which can be criticized or even criticized, but it is not allowed to criticize my research "red". "Track, my main treatise, I don't even read it, I don't even turn it over, and I get annoyed when I hear it, and reprimanded: "It's completely layman!" (See "Beijing Morning Post" on September 2, 2003) I can only say that such an "expert" is too "arbitrary". Is it true that only those who are approved by him can "enter the industry"?Which emperor gave him this "hand-picked" privilege?I have been researching for more than ten years, and there are already many articles. How can it be "somewhat" and "immediately"?The good news is that the current world is no longer a pattern of cultural dictatorship, so there is still a certain amount of room for my "Qin Studies" research, which cannot be blocked or banned.

Q: What will you explore next?Do you have plans to continue after the 80th episode? A: Of course, the exploration of the post-eighty chapters is my most important subject.But after 80 chapters with "Cao Ti", I still don't have that ability.However, my "Qin Studies" starts with the relationship between the Cao family and Kangxi's prince Yinreng, who was at odds with Kangxi, and his son Hongxi (that is, Kangxi's grandson), to study Cao Xueqin's life experience and creative environment. , creative psychology, and explore the projection of this major political, social, and family change in the book. I have accumulated a lot of research results on this, and what I have learned

There are more and more, so I am planning to use these materials to write a novel.The long academic essay "Night Watch in the Tent", which I have published, actually has the outline nature of this novel.