Chapter 40: Shi Taijun’s two banquets in the Grand View Garden and the golden mandarin ducks announcing their teeth.

Jia’s mother hosted a banquet for Grandma Liu. Grandma Liu saw everything fresh and made a lot of jokes. More tricks. Everyone was making wine orders, and the words they said were quite meaningful. Daiyu inadvertently said a few sentences from "The Romance of the West Chamber", which caught Baochai's attention. Grandma Liu's order made the whole room laugh. ?

Chapter 41: Tea in Cuicui Temple, plum blossoms, snow, Yihongyuan robbery and encounter with female locusts

Grandma Liu was coaxed by everyone to eat and drink, and even more so when she was drunk. Dancing. When everyone passed by the Cuicui Temple, Miaoyu invited Baochai and Daiyu to drink tea in the inner room, and Baoyu also went to enjoy the honor.

Grandma Liu used one of Miaoyu’s finished kiln cups. Miaoyu was not going to use it anymore, so Baoyu gave it to Grandma Liu as a favor. After leaving the ceremony, Grandma Liu accidentally bumped into Yihongyuan and fell asleep on Baoyu's bed. Fortunately, the attacker found out and covered it up, hiding it from Baoyu.

Chapter 42: Heng Wu Junlan’s words solve doubts and addictions, Xiaoxiangzi’s elegant banter makes up for the fragrance

Grandma Liu said goodbye and went home. At Sister Feng’s request, she named Sister Feng’s daughter. For Sister Qiao. Baochai interrogated Daiyu about reciting the words and phrases from "The Romance of the West Chamber" during the drinking ceremony, and tried to persuade her with righteous words, but Daiyu bowed her head and remained silent. When Xichun wanted to paint the Grand View Garden, Baochai made a list of items, but Daiyu made fun of her.

Chapter 43: Having fun and saving money to celebrate birthday, but can’t love anymore

Jia’s mother celebrated Sister Feng’s birthday, which was very lively, but Baoyu asked Mingyan to take him with her Go to a secluded place in the countryside to pay homage to "a friend", and finally gather some earth to burn incense at Narcissus Temple.

When Baoyu returned home, he saw Yuchuan'er wiping tears alone. He wanted to mention to her that he was going to pay homage in the suburbs, but was persuaded by Yuchuan'er to go back to Jia Mu. Jia Mu was very angry when she learned that Baoyu was out, but she didn't mention it when she heard that Baoyu was back. ?

Chapter 44: Something unexpected happened to Sister Feng. She was overjoyed when she was jealous. Ping'er was doing her makeup

Sister Feng drank a few more drinks during the dinner. She left the table early and went back to rest, but she crashed. The adulterous affair between Jia Lian and Bao's second daughter-in-law. Sister Feng overheard that Jia Lian and Bao Er both praised Ping'er and thought that Ping'er had something to do with it, so she vented her anger on Ping'er and made a big fuss until Jia's mother came to mediate.

The forty-fifth chapter of Jinlan Qi mutually dissects Jinlan language and makes wind and rain poems in a stormy evening

The sisters came to find Sister Feng and invited her to join the poetry club. Sister Feng knew that everyone wanted her to donate money. , and paid out fifty taels of silver. After autumn, Daiyu's condition worsened. Baochai came to visit, and the two exchanged words of love. The sky suddenly changed after dusk, and Daiyu wrote the poem "Autumn Window on a Stormy Evening" on a stormy night. Baoyu came to visit in the rain. Daiyu laughed at him as a "fisherman", and then laughed at herself as a "fisherman". She regretted it endlessly. Baoyu didn't notice.

Chapter 46: Embarrassing people will inevitably encounter embarrassing things. The Yuanyang girl swears to never marry her.

Jia She wanted to take Yuanyang as his concubine, and his wife, Mrs. Xing, came to discuss it with Sister Feng. Although Sister Feng was heartbroken, Knowing that this is difficult to achieve, he does not express any objection on the surface. Mrs.

Chapter 47: The Overlord Flirting and Being Beaten, Leng Langjun Fears the Misfortune and Moves Away

Jia’s mother decided to keep the mandarin duck and asked Mrs. Xing to tell Jia She and spend money to buy another one. Concubine, Jia She did not dare to see Jia Mu from then on, so he bought a concubine and kept it in his room. Liu Xianglian, a child of the aristocratic family, has a good relationship with Baoyu, but Xue Pan mistakenly thinks that he is an actor and flirts with him.

Chapter 48: Indulging in Love and Missing Thoughts about Entertainment Mu Ya Nu Ya Gathering and Reciting Poems

Although Xue Pan recovered from his injury, he still felt ashamed to see his relatives and friends, so he found an opportunity to go out and do some work Aunt Xue initially disagreed with the business, but was persuaded by Baochai. Jia Zheng took a fancy to the ancient fan collected by Madman Shi. Baoyu went to negotiate the price but failed. Jia Yucun falsely accused Madman Shi and confiscated his property. Baoyu disagreed and was beaten severely by Jia Zheng.

Chapter 49: In the Glazed World, the White Snow, Red Plum, Fat and Fragrant Baby Cuts the Fish and Eats the Pork

Mrs. The two daughters Li Wen and Li Qi, together with Baochai's cousin Bao Qin, lived in the Grand View Garden. Xiangyun was also left behind by Jia's mother, and the garden became much more lively.

Chapter 50: Luxue'an Competing Coupling Poem, Nuanxiangwu Yazhi Spring Lantern Riddle

Everyone used "Two Xiaos" as the rhyme and snow as the title, and competed for five words. Pailu, most popular in Xiangyun, is said to be the result of venison. Baoqin and others wrote the poem "Red Plum Blossom", and Baoyu marveled at Baoqin's quick thinking. Jia Mu also came to join in the fun, and then they went to Nuanxiangwu to rest together. Jia's mother intended to make Baoyu and Baoqin a couple, only to find out that Baoqin had already been promised to someone else. The next day, everyone had fun guessing lantern riddles.

Chapter 51: Xue Xiaomei’s newly composed nostalgic poems: Hu Yongyi misuses tiger and wolf medicine

Bao Qin composed ten nostalgic poems, which are also riddles. Allusions from operas are used in them. Bao Qin Chai was not happy and asked Baoqin to make another one, but Daiyu quickly persuaded him to stop. Xiren went home because his mother was seriously ill, but Baoyu still called Xiren in his sleep.

Chapter 52: Qiao Ping'er's Love Covers the Shrimp Beard Bracelet and Yong Qingwen's Disease Repairs the Bird's Golden Fur

The little girl Zhui'er in Baoyu's room stole Sister Feng's shrimp beard bracelet , Ping'er concealed it for Baoyu's sake. Qingwen's condition improved slightly, but she tried her best to help Baoyu mend the golden fur that the old lady had rewarded, so her condition worsened.

Chapter 53: Ningguo Mansion celebrates the ancestral hall on New Year's Eve and Rongguo Mansion holds a Lantern Festival banquet

Baoyu felt very guilty when he saw Qingwen's condition relapsed, and sent for a doctor at dawn.

On New Year's Eve, Ningguo Mansion held a memorial ceremony at the ancestral hall, and Heishan Village sent new year's goods to Jia Mansion. Jia Qin also went to pick up things, but was scolded by Jia Zhen. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Jia Mu held a banquet at Rongguo Mansion.

Chapter 54 Shi Taijun breaks the cliché and plays the role of Wang Xifeng in colorful clothes

After finishing the opera, Jia’s mother asked two female gentlemen to read a book. At the beginning, Jia My mother guessed what was going to happen and refuted the common clichés in the story. Sister Feng concluded the matter by imitating a storyteller, and everyone laughed. At the fourth watch, Jia Mu and Sister Feng each told a joke and then dispersed.

Fifty-fifth: Insulting one's own daughter, being a foolish concubine, fighting for leisure, bullying the young master, being a slave, and accusing dangerous intentions

Sister Feng fell ill from overwork, and Li Wan, Tanchun, and Baochai took charge of the internal affairs on her behalf. More rigorous. Aunt Zhao's brother died, and the pension Tanchun gave her was less than when Xiren's mother passed away. Aunt Zhao came to cry and make trouble, but Tanchun reasoned with her and ignored her unreasonable demands. Aunt Zhao secretly instigated Diao Nu not to go along with Tanchun. Ping'er talked to Sister Feng and fought against Tanchun.

Chapter 56: Sensitive exploration of Chunxing's advantages and elimination of old disadvantages, Xian Baochai's small benefits are all in general

Baochai uses Zhu Xi's words to guide family management, but Tanchun does not. Baochai said that trivial matters will rise to a higher level if they are mentioned with knowledge. If they are not mentioned with knowledge, they will become commonplace. Baochai praised Ping'er for being neither humble nor arrogant. Tanchun was sad because he was a commoner. To explore Chunxing's case and eliminate the disadvantages, Ping'er asked Sister Feng for instructions.

Chapter 57: Hui Zicjuan's love words test the busy jade, and the loving words of the loving aunt comfort the idiot

Mrs. Wang brings Baoyu to meet Zhen Baoyu. Rhododendron is far away from Baoyu, Baoyu is in a daze. Zijuan deliberately said that Daiyu would return to Suzhou next spring or autumn. After Baoyu returned to Yihongyuan, he was in a daze. Aunt Li came to see that it was useless.

Chapter 58: Xingzi’s secrets are fake, the phoenix weeps, the phoenix and Qian’s screen window, the true love is foolishness

The Qingming Baoyu walks around with a stick after dinner, Xiangyun points to the mud boat and says: They took the boat out, they were picking up Sister Lin. Baoyu looked up at Xingzi and thought that the branches were full of green leaves and shades. Xing Xiuyan would also have green leaves and shades on the branches in a few years. Seeing the birds falling from the branches and chirping randomly, I sighed again. Seeing Ou Guan burning paper for his companion, the mother-in-law wanted to take her to see her grandma, but Baoyu covered her up.

Chapter 59: Ying Zha by Liu Yezhu, Yan Jiangyunxuan summons the general Feifu

Xiang Yun was attacked by apricot scabies, Baochai ordered Ying'er to go to Daiyu There was a demand for saltpeter, so Rui Guan went to see Ou Guan. Yinger wove a basket of wicker sticks and gave it to Daiyu. Daiyu wants to go to Baochai's room for dinner with Aunt Xue, so that everyone can be more lively. Ying'er sat down on the willow embankment to weave baskets again. Chunyan came and said that Baoyu said that her unmarried daughter was a priceless treasure.

Chapter 60: Jasmine powder replaces the rose saltpeter, and rose water attracts poria frost

Rui Guan asked Chunyan to bring Fang Guan some rose saltpeter to wipe his face. Fang Guan gave Jia Huan jasmine powder instead of rose salt. Aunt Zhao took advantage of this and went into the garden to make a fuss, which made Mrs. Xia add fuel to her jealousy. The Liu family wanted to send their daughter to Baoyu's house as an errand, so they asked Fang Guan to tell Baoyu that Fang Guan wanted rose dew for Liu Wu'er to eat. And promised to let Wuer work as an errand in Baoyu's room.

Chapter 61: The rat-proof weapon Baoyu concealed the stolen goods, and Ping'er was unjustly sentenced and sentenced to exercise his power

The girl Lianhuaer in the Yingchun room wanted to stew the tender eggs for Siqi. Here, Lian Hua'er told Si Qi, who led people to make trouble in the kitchen. Liu Wuer rewarded some poria frost and gave it to Fang Guan. When he came back, he was arrested by Lin Zhixiao's family. Sister Feng ordered Liu's family to give him forty blows and never let him enter the second door. Wu'er was given forty blows and handed over to Zhuangzi, or Sell, or mate.

Chapter 62: Han Xiangyun is drunk and sleeps with peony [] The sweet scent of Ling Qing explains the pomegranate skirt

Tan Chun proposed to gather people to celebrate Ping'er's birthday, and everyone responded and ordered , punch. Have fun without the constraints of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. Xiangyun fell drunk on the bluestone board, with peony all over his body. Bao and Dai were talking under the flowers. Daiyu praised the exploration of spring, and Baoyu also praised the exploration of spring. Daiyu was worried that Jia's family would not take over, but Baoyu said that he would not take over again. He and Daiyu are indispensable for the reception.

Chapter 63: Shou Yihong Qunfang holds a night banquet, and the golden elixir of death alone Yan attends the funeral

Lin Zhixiao's family Cha Ye urged him to go to bed quickly, and Baoyu agreed. After Lin Zhixiao's family left, the girls invited the girls over, and they all had a party and played. It was already the second watch, and Aunt Xue sent someone to pick up Daiyu. After the girls left, Baoyu and the girl played until the fourth watch.

Chapter 64: A Lady's Sorrowful Poetry: A Prodigal Son's Passion in Kowloon

Baoyu came back from Ning Mansion and went to Daiyu's place to persuade her not to commit suicide. Anxiety aroused sadness, and tears rolled down her cheeks. Daiyu was speechless and wept. Baoyu found that Wu Meiyin wanted to read the poem, but Daiyu refused to read it. Baochai came just at this time. Baochai praised Daiyu's Wumei chanting for its novel meaning and uniqueness.

Chapter 65: Jia Ershe secretly marries You Erniang. Third sister You wants to marry Liu Erlang

Jia Lian calls his second sister grandma and writes off Sister Feng. He gave his accumulated years to his second sister, and only waited for Sister Feng to die before taking him in. Xing'er introduced Sister Feng to the second sister.

Chapter 66: The young girl Qing returns to the underworld in disgrace and Leng Erlang enters Buddhism

Xing'er told the second sister that Baoyu was pure on the outside and turbid on the inside. The third sister praised Baoyu for being confused. Third sister You told her second sister and Jia Lian that she wanted to marry Liu Xianglian; Jia Lian went on a business trip to Ping'an Prefecture and met Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian, who were brothers of life and death. Liu Xianglian gave the third sister the ancestral mandarin duck sword as a betrothal gift.

Baoyu praised the third sister to Xianglian. Xianglian said that there were only two clean stone lions in Ning Mansion, so she asked Jia Lian for the sword. The third sister killed herself with a sword. Xianglian regretted it endlessly and became a monk.

Chapter 67: Seeing Tuyi and Qingqing thinking about her hometown, hearing the secret and hearing about the secrets of Sister Feng's family children

Aunt Xue explained to Baochai that the third sister committed suicide, and it was a pity that Xianglian became a monk with the Taoist priest. Baochai didn't take it seriously and asked Mr. Xue to prepare a banquet for the waiter who was going south with Xue Pan. Baochai distributed the earthenware brought by Xue Pan from the south to everyone. Only Daiyu's was different from others and was twice as thick. Daiyu felt sad when she saw the local things from her hometown. She lamented that she had no parents or brothers, so she stayed with her relatives.

Chapter 68: Ku Youniang earns a living in the Grand View Garden, Sister Suan Feng makes a big fuss in Ningguo Mansion

Sister Feng confesses how virtuous she is to the second sister, and asks the second sister to move in. The second sister actually recognized Sister Feng as her confidant and entered the Grand View Garden together. Sister Feng spent money to ask Zhang Hua to sue Jia Lian, and Zhang Hua went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue Wang'er and Jia Rong. Sister Feng dragged Jia Rong to tear up Youshi. Mother You and her son promised to make up for five hundred taels of silver, and asked Sister Feng to be considerate and convenient in front of the old lady;

Chapter 69: Xiaoqiao used a borrowed sword to kill people, but he died after swallowing the gold.

Sister Feng instigated someone to help Zhang Hua sue for his original wife. Zhang's father had both wealth and wealth, so he wanted to go to the Jia Mansion to get his wife. Sister Feng told Jia Mu, Jia Mu asked her second sister to defend her, and Jia Mu asked Sister Feng to cook. Sister Feng told Zhang Hua through Rong and Zhen and his son not to accept anyone. The Zhang family and his son got about a hundred gold and went back to their hometown.

Chapter 70: The History of Lin Daiyu’s Reconstruction of the Peach Blossom Society, Xiangyun Occasionally Fills in the Catkin Poems

Baoyu ran away from Liu Xianglian because of the cold, killed Miss You with a sword, and died of the second sister You in anger. When Liu Wu'er was ill, he was full of idle worries and resentments, one after another, he was infatuated and his speech was often confused.

Chapter 71: People who are suspicious of each other have a suspicion of each other, and the mandarin duck girl accidentally meets the mandarin duck

On the third day of August, Jia Mu’s eightieth anniversary, Jia Mu’s only names are Shi, Xue, Qin, and Lin and Tan met with Princess Nan'an. You were hungry, so she went to Sister Feng's room first. Sister Feng was not there and she hadn't eaten yet. Ping'er gave her snacks. She hadn't eaten yet. Then she went to the garden and saw that the main gate and the corner gate of the garden were not closed. It's my grandma in Dongfu, so she doesn't care much about it and doesn't pass it on.

Chapter 72: Wang Xifeng relied on force and shame to say that she was ill, and the prosperous woman relied on her power to get married

Siqi fell ill because his uncle, brother, and private brother ran away, and the mandarin ducks looked forward to Siqi. , vowed not to tell outsiders, Si Qi was grateful. Yuanyang looked at Sister Feng and said that Sister Feng was suffering from a bloody landslide. Jia Lian asked Yuanyang to temporarily smuggle out a box of the old lady's gold and silver belongings from Khotan, and temporarily deposit thousands of taels of silver there.

Chapter 73: The silly girl accidentally picked up the embroidered spring bag and the cowardly lady did not care about the tired golden phoenix

Mrs. It's so rare, I can't figure out where this thing came from, and it's not tangible. Mrs. Xing reprimanded Yingchun for not talking about her wet nurse. She was caught gambling and no outsiders knew about it. Mrs. Xing scolded Lian and Feng Heyang, and ignored his sister Yingchun. Sister Feng wanted to come to wait on her, but Mrs. Xing refused.

Chapter 74: Seducing and slandering the Grand View Garden, Yagujie eliminates Ningguo Mansion

Mrs. Wang believed that the embroidered spring bag was left by Sister Feng, and Sister Feng knelt down and cried in defense. Mrs. Wang had no choice but to say that she was angry, and provoked Sister Feng to suggest that Zhou Rui's wife, Wang's wife, etc. should be sent to check the gambling, and drive out the older and stubborn ones to match them with others.

Chapter 75: The night banquet is a strange omen and a sad sound is made. Appreciating the new Mid-Autumn Festival poems and getting good prophecies

Jia Mu felt uncomfortable when she heard that the Zhen family had been raided. When Jia Mu was eating, she listened to Yuanyang's words and returned the two bowls of food Jia She had sent. Jia Mu asked Sister Feng, Bao Dai and Lan Xiaozi to deliver soup and vegetables. You discovered gambling, including Jia Zhen, Mrs. Xing's brothers Xing Dequan and Xue Pan.

Chapter 76: Playing the flute in the Tubi Hall and feeling desolate and lonely in the couplet of the concave crystal hall

Sister Baochai went to the house of the full moon, Li Wan and Sister Feng were ill, and Jia Mu Lamented that there are few people and it is deserted. Jia She's crooked foot, Jia's mother asked Mrs. Xing to go back, but You didn't come back because her father-in-law had not fulfilled her filial piety, so Rong and his wife sent Mrs. Xing home. Jia Mu eats wine and listens to the flute. Seeing Jia She's mother-in-law, she said it didn't matter to Jia She. Jia's mother was still upset about Jia She's parents' partiality joke, and Mrs. Wang explained it. The sound of the flute played again, which was more desolate than before. The sound of the flute was sad and resentful, and Jia Mu wept.

Chapter 77: Qu Yao surrounds Qu Yao, the romantic and beautiful actress returns to Shuiyue

Mrs. Wang asked about the inspection of Zhou Rui's family. Zhou Rui's family and Sister Feng have already discussed it, truthfully When they met each other, Mrs. Wang called Zhusi Qi from Zhou Rui's family. She seemed to be reluctant to give up on Yingchun, but Baoyu couldn't stop her. She called a woman married to a man a bastard and more killable than a man.

Chapter 78: The old bachelor's leisurely search for poetry and the idiot son made up the hibiscus poem

After Fang Guan and others left, Mrs. Wang went to Jia Mu's place to spend the morning. Seeing that Jia Mu liked it, she returned Ming Qingwen's incident, Jia Mu said that the girls were not as good as Qingwen in appearance, conversation, and needlework. Mrs. Wang said that Qingwen was not very heavy, and a beautiful concubine must have a gentle temperament and a heavy demeanor, so she chose Xi Ren.

Chapter 79: Xue Wenlong regrets marrying the Hedong Lion and Jia Yingchun mistakenly marries the Zhongshan Wolf

Daiyu's tribute to Cao E can be passed down together with the Cao E stele. Baoyu asked Daiyu to change it. Baoyu changed the red gauze tent, the young man was passionate; in the loess ridge, my daughter's life was poor for Qian under the screen window, and I had no chance; in the loess ridge, how could you be so miserable? Daiyu changed her color after hearing this, although there was infinite suspicion in her heart , but not exposed outside.

Chapter 80: Mei Xiangling succumbs to the stick of a greedy husband. Wang Taoist Hu Zhao is jealous of his wife Fang

Xia Jingui changed Xiangling to Qiuling. Jin Guizhen used Bao Chan and Xue Pan to drive away the fragrant water chestnuts. The fragrant water chestnuts followed Baochai and caused dry blood syndrome. Jin Gui is also known as Jian Bao Chan. Xue Pan regretted that he should not have married this family troubler.

Extended information:

"A Dream of Red Mansions" has three worlds: one is the poetic world; the other is the realistic world; the third is the philosophical world. The three are interdependent and indispensable.

If we ignore the existence of any one of these worlds, the evaluation of the ideological and artistic value of "A Dream of Red Mansions" will be greatly reduced, and the understanding and interpretation of "A Dream of Red Mansions" will be incomplete or even fallacious. The "triple world" criticism model reflects the ancient Chinese tradition of not distinguishing between "literature, history, and philosophy" and has certain universal significance.

In the 1970s, some scholars once proposed the "two worlds" theory of "A Dream of Red Mansions", believing that "A Dream of Red Mansions" has two distinct and contrasting worlds. These two worlds are called They are "utopian world" and "real world". These two worlds, reflected in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions", are the world of the Grand View Garden and the world outside the Grand View Garden.

This proposition is mainly based on the long-standing shortcomings of the Suoyin school’s “Old Red School” and the Kaocha school’s “New Red School”. Regardless of the mystery of the "history of family and country" pursued by the Suoyin School or the "autobiography" theory of the Textual Research School, there is a suspicion of confusing literary reality with historical reality and life reality.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is a literary work after all, and the focus of Red Studies research should shift from history to literature. The "two worlds" theory indeed had an inspiring effect at the time and was regarded as a "Red Revolution".

In the blink of an eye, nearly half a century has passed. After breaking out of the strange circle of historical research, the garden of Hongxue blossomed and flourished. However, the literary research on "A Dream of Red Mansions" still has a long way to go.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is like a huge artistic maze, and people in the world have different opinions on its understanding. As Mr. Lu Xun said, in a "Dream of Red Mansions", "Confucian scholars see "Yi", Taoists see prostitution, talented people see lingering, revolutionaries see rows, and gossips see the secrets of the palace."

How to grasp the literary world of "A Dream of Red Mansions" more completely and accurately? The "two worlds" theory can only bring Red Studies back to the path of literary research, but it is unable to solve this fundamental problem.

The "two worlds" theory in "A Dream of Red Mansions" still has many shortcomings that need to be corrected and supplemented. The world of Grand View Garden is called "utopian world" or "ideal world", and is used to refer to the entire literary world of "Dream of Red Mansions" built by Cao Xueqin with "ten years of hard work", and to contrast it with the real world.

This view mainly focuses on the criticism of the real world and the praise of the "ideal world" in "A Dream of Red Mansions", while ignoring that "A Dream of Red Mansions" also contains the so-called "ideal world" of the Grand View Garden. Reflection, and love and hate on real life. The so-called "ideal world" is actually not perfect, and the real world is not without its faults either.

The relationship between "ideal world" and "real world" should not be diametrically opposed. The two are actually a contradictory unity, with the possibility of complementation and transformation. In addition, when discussing the "real world", the two-world perspective refers to both real life and literary creation, and does not distinguish the two well.

The "three worlds" theory is obviously different from the "two worlds" theory in terms of content and nature. In the theory of "three worlds", the "poetic world" mainly refers to the world within the Grand View Garden. It may not be so perfect in itself, but in the eyes of young Jia Baoyu, it is full of poetry everywhere.

In fact, there are also intrigues and political struggles in the Grand View Garden, but the young Jia Baoyu is not familiar with worldly affairs and does not pay much attention to it. Therefore, the existence of the "poetic world" is not only related to the environment, but also to the narrative perspective. "A Dream of Red Mansions" sometimes looks at the world through Jia Baoyu's eyes. Jia Baoyu's poetic temperament determines that the Grand View Garden in his eyes exudes a strong poetic atmosphere.

The "real world" mainly refers to the world outside the Grand View Garden, or the world outside the young Jia Baoyu's life vision. As Jia Baoyu grew up, the poetic color of Grand View Garden gradually faded. Jia Baoyu cannot live in the Grand View Garden forever. One day he will grow up and step out of the Grand View Garden to face a more realistic life.

Jia Baoyu was nicknamed by Baochai as a "rich and idle man". He liked to live a life of fine clothing and fine food, and liked all beautiful things. However, as the "Good Song" said, where there is good, there will be good. , there will be prosperity and decline. Life is not dependent on human will.

The relationship between the "poetic world" and the "real world" is not completely opposite or incompatible. "The World of Philosophy" builds a communication bridge between them.

In "A Dream of Red Mansions", the world of philosophy is not an abstract existence, but is concretely presented through artistic images such as mythology, Taixu illusion, and a monk and a monk. Some scholars believe that "Grand View Garden is too illusory." This is because they fail to recognize the difference between the two and classify them both into an "ideal world."

In fact, the philosophical world represented by Taixu Illusion, Warning Fantasy Wonderland, etc. is superior and governs the world inside and outside the Grand View Garden. It is a higher level existence than the Grand View Garden.

The "three worlds" of "A Dream of Red Mansions" are interdependent, interpenetrating, and indivisible relationships.

From Jia Baoyu's perspective, the "poetic world" is a glamorous appearance of life, and its brilliance covers up the bloody, cruel and cold "real world".

The "world of philosophy" stands high above, looking at daily life with a transcendent attitude. Together, they constitute the flesh-and-blood, vivid and flexible artistic world of "A Dream of Red Mansions".

The wonderful depiction of the "poetic world" is the most artistic charm of "A Dream of Red Mansions". A young boy or a girl, with their first love, reciting poems and composing poems in front of flowers and under the moonlight. This type of writing can easily arouse the excitement of ordinary readers, but it is despised by the red scholars of Suoyin School and Textual Research School.

They believe that the poetic beauty of "A Dream of Red Mansions" belongs to the category of literary appreciation and has no academic research value. Therefore, the focus of red science research is not here.

The description of the "real world" in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is relatively obscure and not as explicit as "The Plum in the Golden Ping". This aspect is what the Soyin and Textual Research scholars are most interested in. The accumulated research results are very rich and complex and need to be sorted out.

As far as the study of the philosophical world of "Dream of Red Mansions" is concerned, although scholars such as Wang Guowei were involved in it as early as the beginning of the 20th century, overall the results have been limited. In the three-dimensional world of "A Dream of Red Mansions", this is the weakest link in the research results, and it is also a key direction for the future development of red studies.

To achieve breakthroughs in the study of red studies, the key is to break the self-enclosed cycle of literary and historical research and introduce philosophical research into it. Just as Zhuangzi's articles are both beautiful prose and profound philosophical works, "A Dream of Red Mansions" not only has the value of literary research, but also contains profound philosophy.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" absorbs the essence of traditional Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and conducts in-depth thinking on life from the two aspects of entering the world and emerging from the world. The image of a monk and a monk often appears in the novel, and the monk and the monk always travel together. It can be seen that the author's purpose is not to promote a certain religion one-sidedly, but has a deeper meaning.

The fictional fairy tales, "Illusion", "Alarm Fantasy", etc. remind readers to look through the appearance of life and recognize the essence of life.

We might as well borrow Laozi’s thoughts to further deepen our understanding of the philosophical world of "A Dream of Red Mansions". Laozi said: "Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives rise to all things." "Tao" is an abstract law, "one" is a concrete and complete thing, "two" refers to the contradictory poles of things, and "three" refers to An arbitrary point between two poles.

Since "three" is arbitrary, it can represent the ever-changing nature of things. In "A Dream of Red Mansions", "poetry" and "reality" represent the two poles of life respectively. Every character in the book wanders between poetry and reality, between being born in the world and being in the world, and takes a different life path.

It can be seen that a one-sided emphasis on "poetic world" or "real world" cannot cover all of the author's thoughts. How to find an appropriate life path between "poetry" and "reality" is the key to the life philosophy of "A Dream of Red Mansions".

It is a major feature of Chinese humanistic tradition that literature, history and philosophy are not separated. The greatness of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is precisely the result of the simultaneous effects of literature, history, and philosophy. As far as the "three worlds" of "A Dream of Red Mansions" are concerned, the "poetic world" is the most "literary", while the "real world" is closer to "history".

Whether it is an appreciation of "literary" or a criticism of "history", one should not ignore the existence of a philosophical world in "A Dream of Red Mansions". We should look at the relationship between poetry and reality from a dialectical perspective, and cannot "stick to one end and ignore the rest."

In such a great work as "A Dream of Red Mansions", the "world of philosophy" is by no means dispensable. Appreciating "A Dream of Red Mansions" only at the literary and historical level, and ultimately failing to rise to the level of philosophy to think about life, is tantamount to buying a coffin for a pearl.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Dream of Red Mansions