Chapter 84 "Characters of the Six Dynasties" said that the Red Chamber

Mr. Zhang Zhongxing published an article in the Shanghai News, falsely praising me as a "person of the Six Dynasties"; he explained that the purpose of writing the article was to discuss people rather than learning, but he then wrote: Regarding my views on red studies, if I advocate Cheng Gao's continuation, it is political. However, "I always feel that there are too few reasons that can destroy objections."Mr. Zhang's prose is wonderful, and in this case, it can be used as a model for those who learn to write. To put it bluntly, he does not believe that the sequels of Cheng Weiyuan, Gao E and others have political backgrounds.In fact, Mr. Zhang is not the only one, there are many unbelievers.It's just that there are not many euphemisms like Mr. Zhang's.

Is there a "reason" that Mr. Zhang doesn't believe?We should learn from each other and discuss, it is really necessary.Now try to say clumsy.As for the "destroying" power?Then how dare he call himself self-confident, and wait for the Fang family to rectify it.This "political reason" was not fabricated by me.It was narrated by Zhao Liewen, a scholar and anecdote master Song Xiangfeng, and recorded it on paper and pen.Song Gong said: In the late Qianlong period, the favorite minister Heshen "presented" and Qianlong "read it".The original text can be found in Mr. Jiang Ruizao's "Fiction Research".

What is "ranzhi"?Nodding, agreeing, agreeing.Would Qianlong "appreciate" this novel?A big story too.Furthermore, why did He Shen suddenly "submit" this book—to seek the emperor's opinion?The second strange talk is also.You know, He Shen is the president of "Siku Quanshu", the person in charge of deleting, revising and destroying books.In addition, Xueqin's book has been a taboo book from the beginning, and it is not open to copying and reading. Gao E openly wrote "this book has long been appreciated by famous officials and giants" in the volume of "Cheng Ben". Big talk too!Thirdly, the layout of the so-called "Cuiwen Bookstore" wooden movable type printing (today's typesetting), some people know that the "Bookstore" is so a smoke screen, it is actually the version of the Royal Hall of Martial Arts - the Royal Publishing Office, printed by Cao Xueqin Banned books?The Four Great Tales!How do you explain these strange stories?I wonder if Mr. Zhang suspected me, or Zhao Liewen and Song Xiangfeng?Could it be that Cheng, Gao, Heshen, and Qianlong were the only ones who didn't question them?

During the Qianlong period, Chen Yong lived in Beijing for a long time. When he wrote the book, he personally saw 80 chapters of Qin Shu, and the last 40 chapters were added by others when it was published!It turned out that at the end of the "Siku" book, He Shen shifted his attention to the novels and plays, which were also deleted, revised and destroyed.Up to now, you can still see the detailed documents of the results of the general investigation of Yiyang opera scripts by local officials in Jiangxi.What He Shen "submitted" and the emperor "repeatedly" was the fake full copy of Qin Shu, which was deleted, altered, destroyed, and added with a fake continuation.Some people refuse to believe that "Cuiwen Bookstore" is a pseudonym, thinking that it is in Suzhou; some people say that there is also this "bookstore" in Beijing, and the two are related to our branch... In short, this is a bookseller who printed and sold books at that time , and so on.However, after the "Cheng Jia Version" was printed in the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong (1791), in 1794 Kamensky, head of the tenth Russian church, came to Beijing.He is a sinologist and a corresponding academician of the Russian National Academy of Sciences. He attaches great importance to it. Under his guidance, the Russians bought two manuscripts and brought them back to their country.Kamensky also inscribed on a "Cheng Jiaben": "Moral critical novels. It was published by the court printing house." (See the quotations from the papers of Russian scholars Meng Bofu and Li Fuqing)

All right!Ka Shi came to Beijing in the third year after the release of the full and false version of "Cheng Ben", when Qianlong was still in power.Foreign missions, religious groups, and business groups are well-informed, and they don’t have to be taboo like the Qing Dynasty literati. The Qing literati said that it was not easy to know the political inside story, and even if they knew it, they would not dare to see it between paper and pen. Therefore, members of the religious group His reports, diaries, memories and other documents have always been necessary reference materials for the study of Qing history.Kamensky's record is one example.Of course, when he wrote the pen, he never thought that this would become a secret and "good story" in the history of Hongxue two hundred years later!

Even so, although I personally believe in Kashi's faithful records, I still dare not impose on Mr. Zhang Zhongxing.Whether Mr. Zhang thinks that Kashi's words are enough to "destroy" the doubts of those skeptics is even more beyond my wildest expectations. After "Cheng Jiaben" was printed in 1791 with wooden movable type at the Office of the Hall of Martial Arts, a banned book was immediately spread all over the world, and it spread to Nagasaki, Japan two years later.Without a "political reason", how could the scholar-bureaucrats dare to "everyone has one on their desk"?Last year was 1991. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of "Cheng Jiaben", quite a few red scholars held a grand meeting, singing and dancing about the value and achievements of this book.And yet there is no sign of anyone citing Kamensky's historical testimony alone, why?Since the "commemoration" has passed, I feel that I might as well write this small article as a supplement to it.Mr. Zhang of quality, Shang Xi has taught me.

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