"Dream of Red Mansions", as a representative work of the five thousand years of Chinese civilization, has always been a hot topic in the literary and historical circles, and the study of "Dream of Red Mansions" has become a formal discipline.

However, who is the author of "Dream of Red Mansions"?

But there has been no conclusion.

Ever since Hu Shi, a master of traditional Chinese culture, confirmed that "A Dream of Red Mansions" was written by Cao Xueqin, it has almost become a socially recognized conclusion that Cao Xueqin wrote the first 80 chapters and Gao E wrote the last 40 chapters in the long term.

However, in fact, there are many mysteries and doubts. We cannot believe that a person named "Cao Xueqin" has left no other works, activities or traces in the history of literature except "Dream of Red Mansions"; nor can we be sure that a person named "Cao Xueqin" has not been recorded.

Does Cao Xueqin exist who has no descendants in the Cao family tree?

If there is, according to the research of red scholars, Cao Xueqin was only 5 years old or 14 years old when he ransacked his home and went to Beijing. Then, how many luxurious life experiences can he understand and recall?

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When the reporter started reading A Dream of Red Mansions in junior high school, he was always puzzled by the fact that the clothing of the characters described in detail in the book was completely in the style of the Ming Dynasty. It was not like the Qing Dynasty at all, and it was even less likely to be imagined by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. It must be

It comes from personal experience day in and day out!

Until the reporter set foot on the land of Nantong in mid-November and was driven to Rugao by his old friend Cui Minghua. He met with Hao Jianrong, the operations director and the editor-in-chief Lu Shuang of "Xinmin Evening News Community Edition ● Xinrugao", and got an astonishing statement from them.

News: The real author of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is not Cao Xueqin, but the Rugao scholar Mao Bijiang!

Mao Bijiang was one of the Four Great Gentlemen in the late Ming Dynasty and an important member of Fushe. At the critical moment of national crisis, he and his colleagues published the "Remaining in the Capital to Prevent Rebellion Public Exposure", exposing and criticizing Ruan Dacheng and other eunuchs.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he took the initiative to open up frontiers instead of being an official in the Qing Dynasty. He and Dong Xiaowan retired to the Rugao Water Painting Garden, and staged a classic love story.

These are all well known, but - is Mao Pijiang the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions"?

Is Dong Xiaowan the prototype of Lin Daiyu?

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However, the reporter then went to the famous Water Painting Garden to visit and conduct research, and suddenly understood that "A Dream of Red Mansions" might really have been written by Mao Pijiang!

Why?

Because the design of the Water Painting Garden is almost the design prototype of the Grand View Garden; and the Water Painting Garden plus Maojia’s Dongfu and Xifu, and the Grand View Garden plus Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion in "A Dream of Red Mansions", are both unique "two mansions and one garden"

pattern!

There is no other place in the country with such architectural design!

What's even more surprising is that Mao Bijiang is actually a "stone idiot". There are several rockeries made of stones in the Water Painting Garden!

Before dying, I was still thinking about the stone!

The first title of the masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions" was "The Story of the Stone"!

A stubborn stone was designed inside and turned into a psychic jade!

At the beginning of the last century, Mr. Wu Changshuo got this jade with the mark of Mao Pijiang!

As for Dong Xiaowan, like Lin Daiyu, he is not only from Suzhou, good at writing poetry and painting, but also one of the top ten gourmets in ancient times. Many delicacies have been handed down and are likely to be the source of inspiration for many delicacies in "A Dream of Red Mansions"!

When the reporter came to Mao Bijiang and Dong Xiaowan's room and saw Dong Xiaowan's portrait, the first thing they felt was that it looked too similar to the embroidered portrait of Lin Daiyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions"!

It's not an exaggeration to call her "Zhou'er"!

Subsequently, the reporter interviewed Mr. Mao Lianquan by phone, who put forward the astonishing argument that "the real author of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is Mao Pijiang. He obtained a lot of evidence, and slowly formed a chain of evidence to identify the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions"

Pointed at Mao Pijiang!

Exclusive telephone interview with Mao Lianquan, the evidence points to Mao Bijiang Reporter: Hello, I am Huang Jinqiu, a reporter from Hangzhou Life Weekly. I heard that you wrote an article and proposed that the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is Mao Pijiang and not the "Cao Xueqin" from Beijing.

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Mao Lianquan: Yes.

Reporter: Could you please tell me about your family relationship with Mao Pijiang?

Are they the descendants of Mao Pijiang?

Mao Lianquan: My surname is Mao and I live in Rugao, but I am not a descendant of Mao Bijiang!

I am the 20th generation descendant of Maozhizhong, the first generation of the Mao family in Rugao, and Mao Pijiang is the 12th generation descendant. We only have the same first generation ancestor.