It was a class struggle in feudal society.
This is the theme of A Dream of Red Mansions, which runs through it. It was a historical reflection of the class struggle at that time. This is not a simple love novel. You Sanjie didn't commit suicide at will. Yuanyang doesn't simply dislike Jia She and doesn't want to be a concubine. Qiqi wasn't just dating. ......
These are all class struggles, and reading this book should be analyzed from the perspective of historical materialism. These typical class struggles reflect the dark and decadent feudal society, that is, the last days written by Cao Xueqin.
If we don't pay attention to the ideological content of A Dream of Red Mansions, readers will read it with perceptual knowledge. Of course, this is also possible. The literariness of this book is enough to make people feel the charm of traditional culture, and the story is enough to make people think a lot. Poetry can better reconcile the situation of love. At that time, the social descriptions and scenes also made many readers experience the scene, cross the Red Chamber, feel the love of the Red Chamber and live a poetic life.
The scope of redology:
Generally speaking, the study of the text, version, historical background, literary history, author's family background, life, creative experience and character characteristics of A Dream of Red Mansions can be included in the research category of A Dream of Red Mansions.
The debate about the meaning of A Dream of Red Mansions began with Zhou 1980's An Analysis of the Meaning of A Dream of Red Mansions. He believes that the category of A Dream of Red Mansions belongs to Cao Xue, edition, exploration and lipology, and insists that the real ontology of A Dream of Red Mansions is to explore the people who wrote this novel by Cao Xueqin, that is, "skills", and the knowledge of exploring skills is A Dream of Red Mansions. ?
Zhou's views are widely questioned by scholars. 1984, an article should be written in the literary newspaper, pointing out that the study of A Dream of Red Mansions itself should not be excluded from the study of A Dream of Red Mansions, on the contrary, it should be the main content of A Dream of Red Mansions.