However, it is generally believed in Redology that Yuan Mei is good at deceiving people, and his words are not credible. The main reason is that Yuan Mei called Lin Daiyu a prostitute! This is tolerable.
Did Yuan Mei really say that?
Yuan Mei in the "official" has such a record:
1. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Cao Lianting was built for Jiangning ... His son Qin Xue wrote A Dream of Red Mansions to commemorate the prosperity of romantic life. I was envious when I saw it. At that time, there was a school book in the red building that was particularly beautiful. My fasting topic says: "Sickness is better than peach blossoms, and sweat and tide will return to heat in the afternoon. I am still afraid that people in my heart will see today's sophistry. " "Di Wei Di, if mountains and rivers, should take a romantic continuation. Unlike a small family, it is not so silent when laughing. " (Qianlong fifty-seven years edition)
2. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Cao Lianting was built for Jiangning ... His son Qin Xue wrote A Dream of Red Mansions to commemorate the prosperity of romanticism. There is a so-called literary (big) garden watcher, that is, to follow the garden. At that time, there was a girls' school book in the Red Chamber. Qin Xue presented a cloud: "Sickness is better than peach blossoms, and the dirty tide (sweat) will return to heat in the afternoon. I am still afraid that people in my heart will see today's sophistry. " "If Dwight comes out of the river (mountain), it should bring a romantic renewal. Unlike a small family confined to the east (beam), it is not so silent when laughing. " ("Suiyuan Poetry" Daoguang four-year edition)
At one time, textbooks for girls' schools were synonymous with prostitutes. Their sickly faces are more beautiful than peach blossoms, and the sweat tide in the afternoon turns back to hot air. If it's not Daiyu in the Red Chamber, who else will it be? This leads to the conclusion that Yuan Mei said Daiyu was a prostitute!
I said it was taken out of context.
The difference between Yuan Mei's two sections is that one is the theme cloud of my Zhai and the other is the cloud given by Xueqin. My fast is a word with a clear meaning, and this clear meaning is my fast. They are friends of Yuan Mei. They meet each other with poems, echoing Yi Ming's twenty "Dream of Red Mansions", two of which are "The better the peach blossoms get, the sweat stops in the afternoon." I'm afraid the right person will see that today's words of comfort are even worse. ""prestige Didi is like a mountain and river, but it's time to stay away from the romance of renewing the frontier. Unlike a small family, I laugh less and laugh more. "And" A Dream of Red Mansions "written by Cao Zixueqin, which records the prosperity of romantic life, was built by Jiangning Weaving Society. Its so-called Grand View Garden is the former site of today's garden. Unfortunately, his book has not been passed down, and little-known people in the world can see his banknotes. " Say it.
If the first of these two poems refers to Lin Daiyu, then the second poem refers to Xue Baochai (who else? ), according to the reasoning of redology, it can be concluded that both Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are prostitutes! One (female) school book is a person, but it is concluded that there are two prostitutes. The Red Chamber became a brothel. Is it a combination of beautiful women or a combination of women and wear? Promise. promise.
"At that time, there was a school book in the Red Chamber."
Please read the word "at that time" clearly. If there is this word and there is no such word, the meaning of the sentence is very different. If there is no word "at that time", it is only "there is a school book in the Red Chamber that is particularly beautiful", and "a school book" can be understood as a character in the book A Dream of Red Mansions. However, the word "at that time" means that "a school book" is a real person in real life. Lin Daiyu is a character in A Dream of Red Mansions, while A School Book is a real person. They are virtual and real, so they can't be equal.
"Collating books" is an official in charge of proofreading and collating books in ancient times. As netizens said, this "proofreader (for women)" should be a beautiful and elegant woman. Our first thought is red inkstone, which helps Cao Xueqin to sort out and proofread the manuscript of A Dream of Red Mansions. On the contrary, we blindly think it is "proofreading".
Yuan Mei said that Cao Xueqin was Yinzi, and Mingzhai said that Cao Xueqin was Cao Zhi. Their words confirm each other. However, some Redology scholars either say that they are talking nonsense or that what they say is not credible. Yuan Mei clearly didn't say that Lin Daiyu was a prostitute, but some Redology scholars misunderstood her, but insisted that Yuan Mei said that Lin Daiyu was a prostitute, thus denying Yuan Mei. There is very little information about Cao Xueqin, and it is really sad that it has been misinterpreted so seriously! Yuan Mei is more unfair than Dou E!