why did Cao Xueqin write a dream of red mansions?
The first chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions tells why Cao Xueqin wrote this book.
First, all the women Cao Xueqin has ever met are outstanding women.
The author says, "Today, with all the dust and dust, I have accomplished nothing. Suddenly, I think of all the women of that day. After careful examination, I feel that their actions and knowledge are all above me."
Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, Wang Xifeng, Miao Yu, Yuan Chun, Ying Chun, Tan Chun and Xi Chun are all outstanding women with both talents and looks, and they are beauties in the boudoir.
If these people are submerged in the red dust, it will be a great loss to human culture. Therefore, the author should record them for the boudoir. He wants to tell the readers, "Why should I have an eyebrow, and be honest?"
second, when the author was young, he didn't study hard, which led to the boss's failure. He wanted to record his life as a lesson for future generations.
The author wrote: "At this time, I want to make up an episode of the past crimes of relying on the kindness of my father and brother's education and the virtue of the discipline of my teachers and friends, so as to tell the world."
when the author was a child, his living conditions were excellent. He is just like Jia Baoyu, who is a playboy because he was born well and didn't study hard all day and neglected his studies. So old that you can't accomplish anything. Up to now, you can't be an official, you can't farm, and you can't do business. He has no skills and can't support his wife and children. Living a cold life of "a thatched rafter and a crock bed".
The author regretted it. If he had informed of the result earlier, he would have studied hard and strived for an official position, so he wouldn't be so shabby.
The author regrets it. He hopes to write his own story and warn future generations that lying on the credit book of his ancestors as a dude will end up with nothing. Through the mouth of Qin Zhong, the author warned Jia Baoyu and other dude children: "Before, you and I thought we were better than the world, but today I know I was wrong. In the future, we should aspire to fame and honor.
thirdly, the right to write a book is a pleasure.
The author's purpose in writing A Dream of Red Mansions is to warn future generations to learn from his experience and lessons, and not to waste time, lest the family fall. But it's such a big theme, don't worry about it. It's time to give the world a break. Cao Xueqin wrote A Dream of Red Mansions and its relationship with his family.
Cao Xueqin was born in Zhengbaiqi, the interior office of Qing Dynasty. He is the grandson of Cao Yin, a weaver in Jiangning. , the son of Cao Qing (the son of Cao Fu). His great-grandfather Cao Xi was a weaver in Jiangning; Great-grandmother Sun Shi was the nanny of Emperor Kangxi. Grandfather Cao Yin worked as the bandu of Emperor Kangxi and the bodyguard of the command. Later, he was appointed as Jiangning Weaving, and he also served as the salt patrol and supervision platform of the Huaihe River, which was very popular with Kangxi.
Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in his childhood? . So the aristocratic life he described is exquisite, not the so-called wealth of the nouveau riche. In a Dream of Red Mansions, Jiafu people's diet is mainly exquisite and light, rather than what we imagine that nobles often eat bear's paw, velvet antler and fat chickens and ducks. The layout of Jia's house is also elegant, and Mrs. Wang's room is semi-old, which indicates that Jia's house is a century-old family. It can be said that Cao Xueqin's childhood life is a constant source of material for his writing A Dream of Red Mansions. Jia Baoyu lives in Kirara, and there is a shadow of Cao Xueqin's life.
in the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), Cao's family was robbed of their property because of deficit, and Cao Xueqin moved back to his old house in Beijing with his family. Later, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and made a living by selling calligraphy and painting and helping friends? . Since then, the Cao family has been devastated and declining. Cao Xueqin's family lived in poverty. His family is "full of wormwood" and "the whole family often eats porridge and wine on credit". It is also such a life experience that the end of A Dream of Red Mansions was also looted. Jia Fu, who was full of glory, was defeated. It's so clean to end up in a white land.
The purpose of Cao Xueqin's writing is to tell everyone that when the water is full, it will overflow, but when the moon is full, it will be short. A hundred-year-old family can't prosper forever.