Chapter 6 Ning Guogong's four sons

In the second chapter, Leng Zixing said, "Ning Gongju gave birth to four sons." The old manuscripts of various Zhiping and Cheng Weiyuan's first edition (that is, Cheng Jia's edition) are the same; ) was changed to two sons.Four sons or two didn't seem to matter much.The preface of the Yadong edition has the following passage: The fragmentary version of My Zhi Yan Zhai Ji is also called "four sons", which proves that "four" is the original text.However, in the original text of the four sons of Ning Guogong, only the eldest son was named Daihua, and the names of the other three sons were not mentioned. Therefore, Gao E felt that "four" was too much and changed it to "two".But this sentence does not need to be revised.There are gaps in the remnants of Zhiyanzhai. Zhu commented: "Jia Qiang, the ancestor of Jia Jun, is self-evident."

Although Gao E's modification was not wrong, it was troublesome. Although he thinks that Gao's modification is troublesome, it is not wrong. This judgment is wrong.In the seventy-sixth chapter of this book, there is this passage: Youshi said with a smile: "I also learned a joke about entertaining the old lady." Jia Mu forced a smile and said, "It's better this way. Let me hear it." Of the four sons, the eldest son has only one eye, the second son has only one ear, the third son has only a nose and eyes, and the fourth son has everything, except that he is dumb."

This is echoing the "Four Sons of Ning Gong" in the second chapter, but few people have noticed it since then.This kind of ruthless mockery of Jia's ancestors came from Youshi's mouth, and the author's intention is profound.The following said, "Jia's mother was blindfolded and seemed to be falling asleep, and Youshi stopped her mouth."The connection is so natural, it seems to be describing the desolation blindly, and the micro-words have been uttered in the dark.In fact, even if Jia's mother hadn't fallen asleep, Youshi couldn't continue talking.Gao E's revisions became more and more wrong. He not only read the above but not the following, but also took the extremely important hint, the exposure of the feudal shabby settlements, as an unfinished and uninteresting joke. It can be said that Zhu Chengbi turned black and white up.