Cao Xueqin mentioned Buddhism and Taoism many times in A Dream of Red Mansions. For example, Baoyu realized the Zen machine. It shows that he knows a lot about religion. He should also know this basic cultivation method very well. Perhaps there is no metaphor beyond the content of the novel. Perhaps it is a cultivation method, an idea, and a Buddhist view embodied in the treasure of concrete things. In the original work, Jia Baoyu is a stone to experience life. The lame Taoist monk always wanted to take Jia Baoyu away, so that Jia Baoyu could not be infatuated with rouge pollen and the love between men and women. In the original work, Jia Baoyu's jade will be blinded by rouge.
It is better to say that the romantic moon in the romantic mirror refers to the romantic moon, not the cool wind, which is closer to the role of the romantic mirror. The word romance itself has the meaning of men and women. For example, romantic places refer to brothels. Taking history as a mirror, we know the rise and fall, because we have seen through the law of historical operation, and taking romantic as a mirror, we can see through the essence and not be confused by lust. I always suspected that this was for Jia Baoyu. Let Gary catch up. A Dream of Red Mansions is famous for its bright moon as a mirror. Maybe the author wants to be a mirror like a historian. Although he can't write the rise and fall of dynasties, he can write the rise and fall of the world and family. A dream of red mansions, this book has some metaphors about officialdom, but it is not "all metaphors about officialdom." What I read is that people are cold and warm, and the world is mostly cold. The relationship between characters, the attitude of characters towards each other. For example, grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, and everyone's reaction. Another example is the subtle feelings between Baoyu and his sister. For example, Jia Yun was looked down upon by his uncle Bushi. The name Bo is homophonic "not a person", which shows how much Tsao Gong hates such people.
This also proves that A Dream of Red Mansions is Cao Xueqin's autobiography, and only people who are really looked down upon by snobbish relatives will hate such people so much. This also corresponds to the decline of Cao Xueqin's family. But not all the plots in A Dream of Red Mansions are Cao Xueqin's autobiography. For example, Zhi Yanzhai's comments used to be similar to "I wrote this thing". Many writers write novels by chatting with friends first. He told a story as well as an experience. Then the screenwriter retouchs it, for example, the short story includes a serial, or the life and friends' experiences are collected as material, and then edited and kneaded into a long story.