Chapter 31 Protagonist of Chapter Thirty

A writer will make additions, deletions, and embellishments at the time of writing and after it is written. Read it for ten years, add and delete it five times", is it empty talk.But after reading Zhang Ailing's textual research, I always find it difficult to accept her argumentation methods and results. I feel that if the "addition and deletion" method is like that, the attraction to me will be greatly reduced, and my interest will be greatly reduced. For example, in the previous chapter of "Qi Ben", it was said that "after hearing the song, I wrote back the medicine, and it was because Shao'er was seriously ill...", but she read it as "Writing back the prescription, because Shao'er was seriously ill... ".Then I made an "assessment", saying that those "prescriptions" that came back have all been deleted!

No wonder she was fascinated by "Nightmare", so that she was "smart for a lifetime, but ignorant for a while".Who has ever seen a book that "writes back the prescription"? ! Zhiyan once said a sentence when criticizing books: "Chenghe characters", which can be used here.There are more clumsy "writers" than "Cao Xueqin" in the world, who "write prescriptions back and forth"! (This is again influenced by someone's fallacy.) In fact, even "returning to writing about medicine", such as when Jiahui talked with Xiaohong in the twenty-sixth chapter, she mentioned that Daiyu "takes medicine from time to time"... But it's just like this, just seeing a pen from time to time, isn't it true? The reason for "Huihui"?When reading the ancient texts, it is okay not to notice that the words are exaggerated sometimes, but it is okay to understand the meaning. If you "use the words to harm the meaning" everywhere, and use them as the basis for "textual research", it is clearly stated that "Huihui" has "prescriptions" ", I don't see it now, it's all "deleted"...If there is only this one case, it is not necessary to discuss it deeply; but Zhang Ailing has too many judgments of this kind, which makes it difficult to deal with: Do you believe her?Still suspect her?If you doubt it, it seems too serious.Everyone is "idiot's talking about dreams", and it's okay to laugh at each other.

This is interesting, but research is a serious and important issue, and it is inappropriate to approach it with a cynical and playful attitude. For another example, she deduced that when Xiangyun was young, he lived in Rongfu according to his aunt, aunt, and emperor, and lived and played with Baoyu. Yes, I am husband and wife with my second elder brother, you also married him, we will be together forever... (this is my imaginary "dialogue").This meaning is not bad. From the later text Xiren asked him, there is a clear meaning that can be understood. Not only Ms. Zhang, but many people can feel the same.But Ms. Zhang's "theory" came again: the original manuscript was written like this, and "it was deleted later" (to the effect that this is always the case)!

I want to ask: why not write this?Innocent little Xiangyun, if you say this, don't you feel more affectionate and interesting?Why is it necessary to "delete all" later?What is the intention? ——Is it a taboo for Xiangyun?That's not too "Taoist" or "feudal"? "Delete" is fine, but there is no word for "delete" - there is no such character!It wasn't until after the twentieth episode that suddenly, "Miss Shi is here!" No head, no brain, as far as this is concerned, does this conform to the "narratology" of ancient and modern China and foreign countries?

Zhang Ailing here only talks about "deletion", not "reason". Just imagine: Later Wen Qingxu observes a grand event, Du Xiangyun is not present, and he is just with his relatives; once the event is over, it is immediately "Ms. Shi is here!" The brushwork is the same, why? I personally think that Xueqin created this style of writing to show that Xiangyun is an important protagonist in the "Later Thirty Chapters", and she only played a key role in the overall situation after the Rongfu fell.This is not a "deletion" at all, a trivial detail of the "modification" technique of "big demolition" and "big relocation".

Zhang Ailing's connection of Xiangyun and the word "Xia" is an important topic.Allow another article to discuss. The poem says: Bamboo horses and green plums play many dramas, and Hanxiang loves his brother when he is young. I don't know what hinders writing, and the word "delete" gently cuts off the river.