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Chapter 20 Jia Rui's Disease and Qin Keqing's Disease

Red Mansion Heart Solution 俞平伯 1139Words 2018-03-20
The twelfth chapter of the book records Jia Rui's illness: (Jia Rui) I got sick without realizing it, my heart was swollen, my mouth was tasteless; my feet were like cotton, my eyes were like vinegar; I had a fever at night, and I was tired all day; It was completed last year.So I couldn't stand it, I fell down, and when I closed my eyes, I was still dreaming, talking nonsense, and terrified.Seek medical treatment in every possible way, such as cinnamon, aconite, turtle shell, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum and other medicines. After taking dozens of catties, there is no movement.Soon it will come back to spring, and the disease will become more and more serious.

"Swift and late and spring back" refers to the "weather of the twelfth lunar month"; "again" means another twelfth lunar month.It is clear that Jia Rui has been ill for a year, and it has never been a problem.That is to say, it has recently been discovered that Zhiyan Zhaiji Maoben and Gengchenben are also written as "less than one year".Recently, according to an unknown recent book (it is said to be a commentary on the history of Die Xiangxian), someone changed it to "more than one month".As everyone knows, (1) Jia Rui was originally a young man without any illnesses. If his heart is swollen, his mouth tasteless, his feet are like cotton, his eyes are like vinegar, he has a fever at night, he is tired during the day, he is drowning and nocturnal emission, and he has bloody phlegm. There are so many diseases, medically speaking, there is no reason to improve them in less than a month. (2) In less than a month, how can I eat dozens of catties of cinnamon, aconite, turtle shell, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum and other medicines?Even if the prescription is prescribed heavier, it is absolutely impossible to have so many.Random changes like this can be said to become more and more muddled.

But Jia Rui was ill for a year, and this year there was nothing in the book, it was completely blank, which is really strange.There is a reason for this way of writing, and it is about Qin's death.If you don't understand Qin's illness and death, you can't understand Jia Rui's illness and death.in other words.The author wrote about Jia Rui just for Qin Keqing's sake.The main thing is "proof of time", telling us that a year has indeed passed. The death of this secretary, Qin Shi, took a lot of trouble.Saying that she was not sick, or that she was sick but not serious would not work; since the book refuses to say that she was hanged, then she must be sick, seriously ill.Otherwise, a person dies suddenly in a good manner, which is called "buci" in the meaning of the text.But saying that she died of illness is useless, she didn't die of illness in the first place.Therefore, on the surface, it must be written that she was very ill, as in Chapter 11:

Sister Feng lowered her head for a long time and said, "There's nothing you can do about it. You should also take care of the funeral for him. It's okay to rush." ​​You Shi said, "I also secretly asked someone to prepare. That thing is not good wood, let's do it slowly." Secretly, she must be cured of her illness. Even if it is not good, it is not fatal.In this article, Dr. Zhang, Sister Feng, and Mrs. Qin have repeatedly said that the vernal equinox will be fine.Now that it has lasted for a year, it has gone through the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Even if the disease is not good, it has become chronic.But this way of writing must not be obvious. Once it is a little obvious, it will wash away the very sick air in the previous article.In a word, on the surface of the text, serious illness must be connected with death; in this way, it can be expressed that she seems to have died of illness.In the essence of the text, it must be said that she recovered from her illness and died suddenly; in this way, it can be shown that she did not die of illness, and the whole family's "nahan" and "suspiciousness" in the future have a basis.It seems to be a mathematical problem to speak two languages ​​with one mouth.Therefore, using the method of "attachment" by historians, Jia Rui was borrowed.A year later, this sentence is not found in Qin Keqing's biography, nor in other places. There is no other incident (so it is blank), and it is only attached to Jia Rui's biography, and it is lightly mentioned.

Nearby people don’t know that Jia Rui died of illness in this book, even if it took one year, and they don’t understand that Qin’s death is not due to illness, especially that it takes one year, but they believe in unreliable and rumored books. Change the book, I think it's wrong.
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