Chapter 48 Chapter 47: Valuable but Insufficient

musk moon Eileen Chang hated Gao E's Pseudo-Continuation extremely, and denounced it with the most "intense" language, which is clear evidence that her literature, cultural accomplishment and aesthetic talent are all above the vulgar.At the same time, she said that the unfinished "Red Mansion" is a great hatred in life.The combination of the two—in fact, it is the "positive" and "negative" sides of the matter, made her embark on the road of "exploring the lost". "fighting". Seeing that Zhibian mentioned that there were five or six drafts of "Prison God Temple", she was very disappointed by the loss of the borrower, so she wanted to take the "time plane" to the borrower's house to "get back" the lost manuscripts!This poet's words are enough to make people imagine her demeanor.

Therefore, the last chapter of her "Nightmare" is actually the study of "Exploring the Lost", a sub-specialty of Red Studies that we have been advocating for many years. Without this, it is impossible to understand Xueqin's true "Red Mansion", its true meaning, and its true spirit. That is to say, the influence of Gao Xu cannot be completely eliminated without this—that is, to "vulgarize" (Eileen Chang's term) a most sublime masterpiece and turn it into a "little tragedy" of "triangle love", confusing and confusing. people's eyes and ears.

She worked hard on "Exploring the Loss", but due to the interference of others' misunderstandings and some misunderstandings of her own, her contribution was not very large, which is a big regret in the history of Hongxue—because she He is the most capable and can be used as a better explorer. Her important insights in this regard do not seem to be very fresh and rich, perhaps one of the reasons why she agrees with other people's research arguments is not to repeat them.So briefly summarize some of its lesser-known points, and get a glimpse of it—— The first is that she believes that the Jia family was convicted and ransacked, and the main cause was the East Mansion, not the West Mansion.The evidence is that Jia Zhen once received people from the Zhen family in Jiangnan and transferred property privately.It was only later that Rong Mansion became the main culprit.

The second is that Jia Huan usurped Baoyu's "hereditary right," and Tengda was honored.But the ending is not good either. The third is that the confiscation of Rongfu seems to be limited to property; as for the mansion and gardens, neither was confiscated.The evidence is the plot of Sister Feng's "sweeping the snow and picking up the jade", which is obviously still in the "walking hall", and it is still an old home.The Grand View Garden has only been reduced to a desolate and desolate place, and its ownership has not yet been changed. The fourth is how to ask Baoyu after the Xiren don't marry, leaving Sheyue with him all the time, and Baoyu's monkhood is just before the end of the book, and it is not because of "seeing through the world of mortals".

The fifth is that she thinks that after Baoyu became a monk, he met Xiren unexpectedly, and each fell down in the snow, which could be consistent with the original work. In addition, she seldom talked about the fate of so many daughters. The impression given to me by the above passages is that she paid attention to the subject of family death, but did not pay much attention to the other subject of separation. My own views can be slightly supplemented, and I might as well record them here for consideration. First, according to her research, Ning's family is the main culprit of copying the house, which may have an important relationship with Qin Keqing's funeral.

Second, the "wealth" transferred by the Zhen family is by no means ordinary gold, silver, pearls and emeralds, but the important handwriting of the old emperor and Prince Yizhong of the "previous dynasty" Lao Qiansui (Yinfeng and his eldest son Hongxi) (such as the secret decree) , such as instructions on secret memorials, other important political documents, relics, gifts, imperial edicts...). Baoyu's "hereditary" claims to have been usurped, but in fact Baoyu disdains fame and wealth, and voluntarily gave up——to embark on another road. Her "exploration" has contributed, but it is also limited - it has been greatly influenced by another expert's argument, and has been disturbed, thus reducing the "score" of the achievement.

What is the level of the overall spiritual realm?She didn't explain clearly, nor could she see clearly.It is a pity defect. The poem says: Tanyi turned out to be smarter than Tanli. It's a pity to be influenced by him, and it's hard to hide his talents.