Chapter 62 Review of "Good Song"

Bitter crimson pearl soul returns to Lihentian In 1978, someone asked me to write the "Commentary to "The Song of Hao" (originally only part of it) for him, and I had some thoughts after writing it.This is the text of "Zhen Shiyin's Psychic Channeling of Dreams and Consciousness".It is generally believed that the love affairs in the song must correspond to the foreshadowing in the later chapter, just like the book of twelve beauties and the text in the fifth chapter.I also said this when I wrote "A Dream of Red Mansions" in my early years.Later, I found out that Zhi Yanzhai's comment quoted many names to explain it. I think it is not accurate, and I don't believe his statement.If you read this "Commentary" carefully, you will find that some seem to correspond to the later chapters, while others do not.Its purpose is very broad, perhaps beyond the plot of the novel, which cannot be compared with the Twelve Hairpin Booklets and Quwen.In addition, I recently re-read the fragment of "Zhiyanzhai's Commentary on Stones" handed down by Hu Shi, and I was very disappointed.As early as 1931, I had some doubts about the value of this book (see "Yanjiao Collection").Just judging from the comments in the "Comments to "The Song of Goodbye", most of them are just empty talk, each saying its own thing.The names of many people listed in this batch are disorganized.For example: Dai and Qing are famous people who died young, and the so-called "the world is not allowed to see whiteheads", but next to the sentence "How to make frost on the temples", Zhipi refers to "Daiyu and Qingwen are a dry person", how can this be true? Woolen cloth?If it is reversed, the others can be known.I used to have a poem saying, "It's hard to talk about Zhiyan, Qinxi and Xixi".Although circumflex, but still very euphemistic.

The topic is far away, let's go back to the "Notes to "Song of Goodbye"" from Zhipi.Please understand first.Zuo Si said, "Looking up gives rise to prosperity, and admiration brings about withering"; Tao Qian said, "The decline and glory are uncertain, and they are more shared with each other"; the poetic flavor is similar to "Good Song".They all say that ups and downs are impermanent, and good and bad depend on each other.However, the "Commentary to Good Songs" seems to focus more on the rise from decline, which should be noted.For example, the "Commentary" said at the beginning: "The empty room was empty, and the wat was full of beds; the decayed grass and poplars were once a singing and dancing hall." This is a general saying that goes from prosperity to decline.But the next line is "the spider's silk is full of carved beams, and the green gauze is now pasted on the tent window", but it is said upside down, that is, one declines and one prosperity.The cycle repeats; the declining ones decline by themselves, and the prosperous ones flourish by themselves, just as Wu Meicun's poem said: "Where the music is on the road, whose mausoleum is facing the setting sun." up.

There is a large section in the middle, starting from "fat thick powder fragrance" and ending with "broken jacket purple python". It seems that the relationship with this book is not quite clear. "Yesterday Huangtu Longtou sent bones, and tonight the mandarin ducks lie under the red light tent", Zhipi is "Xifeng Yigan", but there is no explanation for the previous sentence "Huangtu Longtou", and the upper and lower sentences are not symmetrical. The two sentences "Train well" and "Choose Jiaoliang" refer to men stealing women and prostitutes, but it is difficult to identify someone or something; , and does not necessarily correspond to the future.It can be seen from this.

"Good Song" is not quite right, not by chance. 1. Wide and narrow differences.As a novel, the aspects it reflects are limited, and it is always nothing more than the stories of characters of one surname or several families. "Good Song" is different. Its scope is very wide, covering ancient and modern times, east, west, north, south, and everything.The story is naturally included in it, it is just a drop in Taicang.The wonderful thing is that the whole book is covered with a false spirit, and if it is pointed out one by one, it will be stunned instead. Second, the focus is different.It talks about the decline of Jia's family from prosperity, and the reflection of the last days, the decline does not return to prosperity. The so-called "birds throw themselves into the forest" and "trees fall and monkeys scatter". (Zhi criticized "Jia Lan, Jia Yin and others" as a symbol of revival, which has another meaning, just like the sequel to the last forty chapters.) However, the meaning of the "commentary" is not that way, and its focus is also declining and reviving. However, it does not contradict this book, because there is another family that is prosperous.So the Taoist clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's clear! It's clear!" Shi Yin laughed and said, "Let's go!"

Du Fu's poem said: "The clouds in the sky are like white clothes, and they suddenly turn into gray dogs." The rise and fall of Zhanyan, one bright and one dying, is in the alternation of Ming and Qing, and the meaning of the text is very clear.The original text of "Song Note" is quoted below.To explain, as follows: You sing and I come on stage (paraphrase: see off the old and welcome the new), and deny that the other country is the hometown (recognize the thief as the father).It's absurd, in the end it's all for others to make wedding clothes ("after harvesting a hundred flowers into honey, it will be sweet for whomever works hard").

As mentioned above, it is not necessarily exciting, but it is another account, which is very clear.Not only is the state of the world hot and cold, but it is also ups and downs, and the words have been exhausted.The above-mentioned "song notes" that do not necessarily correspond to the following text refer to the details in the book, and those that correspond to the words refer to the general idea of ​​the book.The two are different.The original book is divided into two sections at the beginning: "The old name is Zhenshi Yinyun" and "The old name is Jia Yucunyan"; but the talk about "psychic communication" is very short, while "Huaiguixiu" is extremely long and very unbalanced.This is the tendency of development.

One more point, or a digression.In the front, there were two monks and Taoists, why did only one Taoist remain, but Zhen Shiyin was abducted?This "single mention" of the pen separates the guest and the host, which is extremely noticeable.The first book at the beginning is a complex, confused account, mixing many myths and legends together, and even contradicting itself.It is said that Zhen Shiyin followed the Taoist, but the Kongkong Taoist shaved his head, and once he became a love monk, he resembled and resembled, and he turned the Taoist into a monk. Isn't it strange!Another example is the entanglement between the stubborn stone in the wilderness, the celestial herb of crimson pearl, and the waiter of Shenying.Wouldn't it be refreshing if they were separated from each other; how happy it would be if they were pulled out and burned, but helpless and impossible!As a result, Suo Yin's princes heard about the rise of the wind, and the teacher, Su Ru, was astounded. This should be treated separately, and cannot be generalized.

That's about it for the two paragraphs above.Knowing that it is incomplete and wrong, please advise.The past is like dust, looking back, it is really a bit like "the moonlight in the old days".Nowadays, with the progress of the research career, new people and new things emerge one after another, and I only wish to "make further progress". In Beijing on January 20, 1986. (Originally published in the second issue of "Literary Review" in 1986)