Chapter 34 The sixth floor of "Red Mansion" (4)

What I have seen describing Xueqin's past events and reading "Red" is not as good as this Mr. Pan's few words. Apart from the narration of the people in the Qing Dynasty, another "channel" should actually be sought from the book "Red Mansions".Here is an example to see how—— Among the ten new Poems of Nostalgia compiled by Xue Xiaomei, there is a poem "Huaiyin Nostalgia": A strong man must guard against bullying by vicious dogs, and when the coffin is closed, the three are in the same position.Don't be contemptuous of the secular world: You will know the grace of a meal even if you die.

There is another answer to this poem of "beating a vulgar thing", which is not discussed here. The content of this poem alone is related to Xueqin herself.Xueqin "was a prostitute, had no food and clothing, and sent food to relatives and friends." After a while, she was stared at and issued an "exit order".So sometimes there is not even a place to "send food".The poverty is so extreme that life and death are at stake. Unexpectedly, there is a woman who rescues her, and she is saved from desperation.This is roughly similar to Han Xin's experience. According to the biography of Han Xin in "Historical Records", when Xin was young, he "fished under the city" and had no way of making a living. Fishing in the "moat" area was his "business", and he was very hungry.At that time, many women were "rinsing" and washing "flocculation" clothes by the water. Seeing that he was pitiful, one woman saved him with food.Those who are like this "float for dozens of days", that is to say, they help food every day for so many days, until they finish floating and "Xu" stops coming. (So ​​this became an allusion to ridicule the gluttonous people in later generations.)

In the name of Baoqin, Xueqin wrote "Words to the world, don't be contemptuous: I will know the death of a meal", just lamenting that she had experienced this situation personally, and was despised and ridiculed by the world. "Secular" vision, "secular" values, and "secular" views of "men and women" cannot forgive Xueqin, and they also fabricate many ugly rumors for the kind woman who helps others, saying that he ( She) have "secret affairs" and "scandalous affairs"... This is the great compassion and hatred that Xueqin harbored in her life, which is difficult to vent, so I wrote it in the "novel".

Please see "Chrysanthemum Poetry" "high sentiments are not in the eyes of modern people, clap your hands and laugh at the side of the road", which also means this. The poem says: Few people know about Xueqin's grudge, but she slanders "selfishness" with her holy and compassionate heart. The world has always laughed at Gao Shi, but the roadside clapped his hands and laughed. Xueqin once visited the home of "Fuer" In the 22nd year of Qianlong's reign, Duncheng sent a poem to Xueqin from Xifengkou, advising him to "don't knock on Fuer's door".This is a secret use of the words in the previous title poem of the sixth chapter of the book "Knock on the door of the rich, and the rich are not enough", but it also has a real meaning, and the poems often have puns, and this is also an example.

Who is the "Fu Er" that Dun Cheng refers to? It turns out that this person's name is Fu Liang, so the word "Fu'er" has an extra layer of hidden meaning, which can be called "three passes" in a clever way. Fu Liang is the son of Ma Qi, ranking eleventh.Ma Qi was a great scholar (prime minister level) in the Kangxi Dynasty. He made great achievements and was extremely prominent. At that time, there was a saying that "two horses eat all the grass in the world", and the two horses were Ma Qi and his younger brother Ma Wu.Ma Qi had previously served as a bachelor's servant.In the year when Cao Yin died, he acted as the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was the boss of the Cao family. They were family friends from a very early age.He also liked to invite scribes to give lectures.

Ma Qi is extremely talented, capable of both civil and military affairs, and is in charge of various affairs (diplomacy, commerce) with Russia. He is also the chief of the Russian leader in the Eight Banners.He was made an earl, and his youngest son (line 12) Fu Xing inherited the title; Fu Xing caused trouble, the earl took it away, and changed his name to Fu Liang to inherit the earl, named Dun Huibo. Where is Tun Huibo Mansion?It is located in Shihu Hutong on the east side of the street north of Xidan Pailou. This alley is where Dun Cheng's right-wing Zongxue is located.Dun Cheng sent a poem saying: "At that time, the morning and evening were counting in Humen, and the candles were cut in the west window, and the wind and rain were dim." So I can often come to Zongxue to "drop in".Thinking about it now, not only is the word "Fu'er" used ingeniously, but even the word "Humen" refers to Zongxue in an ancient Chinese language, and also alludes to the alley gate of the "Stone Tiger".In the Qing Dynasty, there were fences and "heaps" at the entrance of Hutong in Beijing.

When Xueqin came to Duncheng's school, she "talked eloquently and eloquently", just like the ancient Wang Meng, who talked about major affairs in the world, as if no one else was around.During this period, he will definitely talk about the affairs of his employer, Fuliang's house.In the early years, Beijing's "Liyan Pictorial" published an article, which recorded that Xueqin was a guest at the home of "Ming Xiangguo", and was falsely accused of "literary but not good", and an order to expel him was issued, and he was fired.This is exactly in line with Duncheng's poem saying that the "rich family" treated Xueqin with a "remnant cup and a virtuous look", which is very consistent-before dismissing, they also treated Xueqin with contempt and thought it was a "gift" to Xueqin ".

The so-called "Ming Xiangguo" is obviously caused by long-standing rumors. One is the old theory of the Suoyin School that Xueqin wrote "Mingzhu Family Affairs" (this is also said to be created by Qianlong), but Mingzhu was the Xiangguo in the early Kangxi period. It's been a long time.But Ma Qi's grandnephew Mingliang was the Xiangguo in the late Qianlong period.In this way, later generations use the character "Ming" to refer to it. Minglin and Mingyi of the "Ming" generation are both Xueqin's friends. The "Fu" generation has Fuwen, and Fuwen's nephew is Yurui (a descendant of Prince Yu). Yurui heard some things about Xueqin's appearance, temperament, hobbies, and speeches from his "older in-laws". The case of eloquence and writing.The older generation's in-laws are referring to the "rich family", which can be said to be completely in line with each other.

The "rich family", originally surnamed Fucha, was a prominent family in Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty, and they were "sons and daughters" with the royal family for generations. Almost every man in his family had an official position. The generation of "Fu" also uses the word "Fu", such as Fu Heng and Fu Qing.Later, Fu Heng lived in the top class and was honored in the world. His family had a queen, and his son married a princess... He also hired Xueqin later, but Xueqin refused.Therefore, Dun Min wrote a poem saying that he is "as proud as the king and the world has been amazing", and there are infinite accidents in his words.

It can be seen from this that even if the relationship between Xueqin and "Fu'er" is not "inextricably linked", it can be said to be indescribable.