A dream of red mansions is characterized by appealing to both refined and popular tastes. Elegant, with some talented young men and women's poems; Vulgar, there are flies in the grass and dogs in the grass. I think the first theme of the red chamber is: one meter raises a hundred kinds of people. As the first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities says, the world is full of opposites.
Throughout the Red Chamber, we can not only see the emotional entanglements between the rich and the idle, but also see the situation and fate of the four Jia Xue families and the ruling society on them, as well as the living conditions of civilians, handmaids, page servants, businessmen, gentry and other classes. Who are they? What are they? What things are natural, cool thin's? What are insidious, ungrateful and shameless hypocrisy? What are witty, decisive and kind?
Unfortunately, in the hopeless world of the red chamber, the latter situation is rare. When reading A Dream of Red Mansions, readers will unconsciously compare the current situation in China and use their imagination to diagnose and reflect on the society in China.
Foolishly speaking, there should be three realms in reading the red chamber: first, only seeing the red chamber for marriage; Second, look at the world of mortals in the red chamber, from high society to local ruffians and hooligans; Thirdly, we can see the morbid society described by the Red Chamber and compare it with the current China society. When you see the third realm, you will come out and have a better understanding of the world.
Reading the Red Chamber helps readers to understand the world from more angles and get rid of naivety. Instead of just looking at the world through political propaganda.
The above is just a personal opinion, I hope to adopt it.