Chapter 32 Cao Xueqin compares herself to Lin Daiyu

"Dream of Red Mansions" Recently, people believe that Cao Xueqin uses Baoyu, the person in the book, to explain his life, and some people even think too much, as if Jia Baoyu, the owner of the book, represents Cao Xueqin in every move.Such a statement is not only wrong and cannot solve anything, but it is unnecessary and will cause more troubles.I once talked about one point in "A Brief Commentary on A Dream of Red Mansions", and here I only raise the question "Why is Cao Xueqin comparable to Lin Daiyu" to break away from such confusing views. I once said that everyone in the book can represent a part of the author, but no one can represent the whole of him; I also said that if Baoyu's "Fu Rong Yi" is eligible to be included in Cao Xueqin's anthology, then how can Daiyu's "Fury Flower Poem" be included? Don't they all have the same qualifications?Therefore, it seems strange that someone compares Lin Daiyu to Cao Xueqin, and the author compares himself with it, but it is not surprising at all.That's why I find it strange, just because we were confused by the "self-legendary" and tied the author Cao Xueqin to Jia Baoyu's body at the end of his life.

For the first time, the Jiaxu edition of Zhiyanzhai commented on "A page full of absurd words, a handful of bitter tears": Only those who can understand it will have bitter tears, and this book will be written in tears.On Renwu New Year's Eve, before the book was completed, Qin died of tears.Yu Chang cried and cried, and the tears were waiting to be exhausted. The sentence "Qin died of tears" is not clear enough. The reviewer compares Xueqin to Lin Daiyu in the book.According to the theory of "returning tears", it was found in the first chapter, here is the article written by Gengchen Zhi:

The Crimson Pearl Fairy said: "He is the benefit of nectar, and I have no such water to return. He has become a human being in the next world, and I will also go to the next world to be a human being, but I can pay him back all the tears in my life. . ” Therefore, in one matter, many romantic friends were drawn to accompany them, and they went to settle the case.The Taoist said: "It's rare to hear about it. I haven't heard of tears being returned." The saying of "end of tears" can be found in the forty-ninth chapter: Daiyu wiped her tears and said, "Recently, I only feel sad. The tears seem to be less than those of the old year. I just feel sore in my heart, but there are not many tears." It will be less."

If the other Daiyu didn't attract each other every time she cried. "The tears owed to tears are exhausted" is Lin Daiyu's famous story, why compare her to Xueqin?Not only that, there are two other comments in the first chapter of Jiaxu, which further reflect this. Knowing that most of the debts are repaid with tears, the author has only one ear.Yu also knew what he meant, but he couldn't tell. Only the author knows about the repayment of the debt with tears, so it can be seen that this matter has a very close relationship with the author, let alone.The other one seems to be more relevant. Next to the article "One Plant of Annatto", there is a comment saying:

Click on the red letter.Think carefully about the word Crimson Pearl, isn't it blood and tears? This not only compares Lin Daiyu to Cao Xueqin, but also compares it with "Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass".how do you know?According to the theory of "blood and tears", it can be found in the opening poem of the Jiaxu edition: Every word seems to be full of blood, ten years of hard work is unusual. The blood and tears are clearly the author's true self-narration.Crimson pearl is the insinuation of blood and tears, and it can be compared with Cao Xueqin. Not only should it be so, but it is the only possible reasonable metaphor, that is, the above-mentioned "knowing that tears pay off debts is mostly written by one person's ears".

Or some people will say that these are the words of the critics, but the author himself does not seem to have said so.He had blood and tears, and Lin Daiyu also had blood and tears, but when did he pull Daiyu with himself?Yes, this is what the critics said.But such words clearly represent the author's meaning. If you look at "Blood and Tears" and "Crimson Pearl" together, it is by no means nonsense, so let's leave it aside.In fact, the author himself said so.As quoted above, "every word seems to be blood, ten years of hard work is unusual" is the author's words, especially worth noting the above two poems:

It is said that the red sleeves have heavy crying marks, and there is even more love and hatred. It is clear that the last sentence refers to Lin Daiyu, and the next sentence refers to herself.Translated into the vernacular, that is, "Don't say that beauties love to cry, and so are people who are infatuated."Since Xueqin himself said this, the comment of "Jiawu August" is "gone with tears", no matter whether it is Zhiyan or Jihu, it is the author's intention anyway.If Xueqin didn't have such meaning or said so, how could Zhiyan, Jihu and others compare the women in the book to Xueqin?

The above text proves "it is indeed so", and the following says "why should it be so", what is the significance of this way of writing.I think an answer to this question is also necessary. The theory of "returning tears" is originally a fable, and the author just uses it to complain. It is not true, and it is very unreasonable in terms of the circumstances in the novel.According to the book, Jiangzhu wanted to repay Shenying's kindness, so she returned her tears.But return the tears, what good is Shenying?No.Baoyu is very upset when Lilin Daiyu cries like this.In the end she "died in tears", which was worse.Nothing is upside down to repay your kindness.But this is not only a myth, but also a false and false brush. Although the brush is false, the emotion is real.The main meaning is after all just:

The paper is full of absurd words, and tears of bitterness.It is said that the author is crazy, who can understand the meaning. It is said that the red sleeves have heavy crying marks, and there is even more love and hatred.Every word seems to be full of blood, ten years of hard work is unusual. That is what another reviewer said: Taking stubborn stones and plants as my spouse, I have experienced all the wind, moon and waves, and tasted the taste of love, until I have no choice but to form the cause and effect of this wood and stone to vent the depression in my chest.The ancients said that if a flower and a stone are intended, they can keep people without saying a word or laughing.

Here it is explained that "wood and stone cause and effect" does not belong to him.This is true of stone, and of course wood.Xueqin's self-living with Daiyu is only on this point, but "taking other people's wine cups and pouring one's own piles" does not compare herself with mahjong beauties everywhere, like the later novels of the school of mandarin ducks and butterflies.This is the last point I must solemnly state.Otherwise, just escaped one level of magic barrier, and fell into another ecstasy circle.