Chapter 33 Liyuan attire

Although it is a masterpiece of realism, there are many unrealistic parts in it.Why this is so, I think of two layers: (1) romantic elements; (2) deliberate avoidance of reality due to some violations.These two levels are not very separate, and they are both so-called "absurd words".If you don't understand this, you will hit a wall everywhere if you prove it with a dull and boring test.For example, its official system is neither clear nor clear, its appellation is neither Man nor Han, its food may not be delicious, its work may not be easy to do, and so on.Here's an example, please look at Prince Beijing's attire.

It is said that Baoyu looked up and saw the king of Beijing, Shui Rong, with a white hairpin tassel on his head, a silver-winged king hat, a dragon-white python robe with five claws in Jiangya sea water, and a jasper red belt.The face is like beautiful jade, and the eyes are like stars. (chapter fifteenth) Is it the attire of the "prince" of the Qing Dynasty?no.What is that?It turned out that this was Ruan Huzi's attire in the late Ming Dynasty, and people were amazed at the attire for Liyuan.Xia Wanchun's "Continued Survival Records" said: Ruan Yuanhai swears to be a teacher on the river, dressed in plain python and surrounded by jasper. Those who see it are surprised to be dressed in Liyuan.Liu Yin, the wife of Qian Qianyi's prostitute, wears a crown with a pheasant's tail, and wears a military uniform.Soldiers and ceremonies all advocate excellent rehearsal venues. If you want the country to survive, you can get it.

The plain python robe and jasper belt are really beautiful.Ruan beard Jiyun stole it from the pear garden, but Cao Xueqin put it on for the king of Beijing Jing, so there is no deep meaning.Such "spread well" is really "prepared for ridicule". If you look at a book dumbfounded and take it seriously, it is really wrong; if you think it is distorted and doubt its reality, it is even more wrong.In fact, the author himself put it best: The paper is full of absurd words, and tears of bitterness. Whether it is true or not, regard it as such.It is the characteristic of this book to use non-realistic nonsense to express the bitter tears of true feelings, from which all kinds of brushwork are born, all kinds of changes are made by this, and all kinds of misunderstandings and distortions are also born from this.I often say that this is a wonderful book since the existence of written language in China. Readers and listeners may be a little confused, or think that the medicine sellers boast about the efficacy of medicines, and they are exaggerated; The words are clumsy and can't describe it one hundred and one.