【紅樓夢之酒仙】
403.看至此，意趣洋洋，趁着酒興，不禁提筆續曰：焚花散麝，而閨閣始人含其勸矣；戕寶钗之仙姿，灰黛玉之靈竅，喪滅情意，而閨閣之美惡始相類矣。彼含其勸，則無參商之虞矣；戕其仙姿，無戀愛之心矣；灰其靈竅，無才思之情矣。彼钗、玉、花、麝者，皆張其羅而邃其穴，是以謎感纏陷天下者也。
注：
1.焚花散麝：即燒掉襲人，攆走麝月。
2.參商之虞：參、商是二星名，一在西，一在東，永不相見，。虞，憂慮。
Bao-yu was so delighted with this passage that,
stimulated as he was by wine,he picked up his brush and continued in the same vein：“Burn the flower, get rid of the musk, and those in the inner apartments will keep their advice to themselves.Spoil the beauty of the precious trinket, dull the intelligence of the black jade, do away with affection, and in the inner chambers fair and foul will then be on an equal
footing.Advice kept to oneself does away with the danger of discord；beauty marred obviates affection; intelligence dulled cuts out admiration for talents.For trinket,jade,
flower and musk are
alike spreading nets and laying traps to ensnare and bewitch all men under heaven....”
