Today, we continue to bring you Liu Xinwu's works - "Sister Lin, Sister Bao, Sister Shi Da, who do you like more?" 》
Last time we said that after the fall of the Shi family, Jia Fu was also quickly punished by the emperor's raids. Jia Baoyu, as the main male heir, is likely to be arrested and imprisoned.
But he was relatively young, he had not yet had time to participate in the political activities of the family, and he could not find any evidence of his involvement in the crime, and perhaps someone secretly rescued him, so after a period of detention, he may be repatriated to his hometown, which is a light fall.
The Jia family's original home is in Jinling, so the location of the story should be changed from Beijing to Nanjing.
According to my speculation, Jia Baoyu suffered a lot of hardships on the way back to Jinling, because someone denounced his new "crime", which led the loyal people to pursue him.
At this time, Miaoyu appeared. The master once said that she was not suitable for returning to her hometown in her lifetime, but in order to save Baoyu, Miaoyu Fengchen servants went all the way to Jinling.
At the Guazhou ferry, Miaoyu and king Zhongshun's men reached an agreement to sacrifice themselves and let Baoyu leave.
Of course, this is a very complicated plot, in the flower boat at guazhou ferry, Shi Xiangyun has been resold several times, and now he has become a singer again.
According to the previous article, Miao Yu has some property, such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., which have become the conditions for her to rescue Shi Xiangyun.
Miao Yu used everything she had in exchange for the fulfillment of Bao Yu Xiangyun.
Many people in the Qing Dynasty said that they had seen the full version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and we will not introduce them one by one, but they more or less mentioned a plot, that is, the two houses of Ningrong were indeed raided.
And Baoyu, some people say that he has become a beggar, some people say that he has become a husband, some people say that he has become a coal ball, in short, he has fallen to the bottom of society.
Bao Yu Xiangyun, if it is true that as these circulating plots say, they get together and become a couple, and they grow old with white heads, won't this become the end of a comedy? And "Dream of the Red Chamber" is a conception of a great tragedy.
Cao Xueqin told us very clearly for the fifth time that the final finale would be: "It is like eating all the birds and throwing themselves into the forest, and the land that has fallen into the white expanse is really clean." ”
If Baoyu Xiangyun met as a beggar and lived together, why did Baoyu's cliff give up and get out of the world?
It can be seen that the "white head double star" is not the meaning of white head and old age, but that when they met, because they experienced too much panic or suffering, the head of the young man was white.
According to Cao Xueqin's usual tragic method, he would write Xiangyun to death, so that Baoyu would be completely disappointed in the human world, so as to return to the Celestial Realm.
But this is not in line with Shi Xiangyun's situation as Cao Xueqin's real-life character.
The prototype is still around, how can you write her to death? Cao Xueqin hesitated and did not know how to write.
And this archetypal figure of Shi Xiangyun, I think, is the famous Li Yanzhai .
Who is Li Yanzhai exactly? Is Cao Xueqin's collaborator, an assistant. In an ancient book, the name of Li Yanzhai still appears in the main text, saying that this person lives next to Cao Xueqin, sorting out the manuscript of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and editing and proofreading.
Cao Xueqin and her relatives and friends named many books, and Li Yanzhai chose the name "Stone Record".
Now we can see fourteen or five kinds of ancient texts, the source of which is basically the review book of Li Yanzhai, so most of them are called "Stone Records".
Cao Xueqin wrote books with cursive lines, while Li Yanzhai copied them in clear handwriting, and Cao Xueqin's empty poems were also solemnly reminded by Li Yanzhai's single-page proofreading records, and sometimes made very important suggestions.
Cao Xueqin also followed his advice, and sometimes even deleted as many as the content of the four or five leaves.
In the book, it is written that Feng Jie ordered the play, which was the name of the play written with the help of Xiang Yun, but in the annotation, it is said that Feng Jie ordered the play and Li Yan wrote it.
In one more place, it is written in the book that Jia Mu gave Qin Zhong a Golden Kui Star, and Li Yanzhai's comment reads: "Does the author remember the Jin Kui Star now?" I remembered that once upon a time, my intestines were broken! ”
When the book writes about the vicious woman Ma Daoba, the commentary also says that this person is real, because the author and I have experienced it firsthand!
Moreover, Li Yanzhai even wanted to write a "Pillow Xiage Twelve Pieces", pillow XiaGe, which is the name of the shi family's residence, which shows that he knows the shi family's affairs very well.
You see, Cao Xueqin wrote this book, there is a solid foundation for life, not only the characters have archetypes, events have archetypes, details and even props have archetypes.
In those days, writing books was a lonely thing, nameless and powerless, and risky.
But Cao Xueqin and Li Yanzhai do not have copyright disputes, they cooperate closely and inspire each other.
Although in the process of circulation, there are many losses of Li Yanzhai's criticisms, there are more than 1,800 criticisms that are not repeated, which is a valuable wealth for us to understand the text connotation, writing basis, and creative process of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
To determine who Li Yanzhai is, we must first find out the gender.
Some people say, Mr. Li Yan, is this clearly a man? But the actual title of a woman with an honorific title has been called Mr. since ancient times, especially for learned women.
Through some of the poems and criticisms in the book, we can prove that Li Yanzhai is not only a woman, but also an unusual woman.
The twenty-sixth time there is such a comment: "If the author sees this criticism, he must say: 'Old goods!' Not relaxing everywhere, hateful and hateful! But when I think about it, the author actually compares me to a confidant like Daiyu Baochao, how lucky I am! A laugh. ”
At that time, people were half a life after the age of thirty, so the author would joke about the old goods of Fat Yan Zhai and compare Fat Yan Zhai to a confidant like Chao Dai, from the book, it can only be Shi Xiangyun.
In another comment, Li Yanzhai said: "I approved "Dream of the Red Chamber" today, but I am also in my dream, and I am even more a dream person. "It proves that the incarnation of Li Yanzhai is a character in the book.
There are also many details, not one by one, in general, it can be speculated that Li Yanzhai himself should be the niece of Suzhou weaving Li Xu, that is, the niece of Shi Houye in the novel, Shi Xiangyun.
What is my conclusion at the end of the day?
The prototype of Shi Xiangyun is a cousin surnamed Li of Cao Xueqin's grandmother's family, after the fall of her family, after the fall, she met Cao Xueqin, lived together, and helped Cao Xueqin write the book "Dream of the Red Chamber".
In the early stage, she assumed the pseudonym Li Yanzhai and later assumed the pseudonym Officiating, and constantly edited and sorted out this book, adding criticism.
The latest comment in the ancient benli is "August of the First Afternoon", from which we can deduce that it was August of the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong.
Cao Xueqin died in the Chinese New Year's Eve of the twenty-seventh or twenty-eighth year of Qianlong, and she survived at least eleven or twelve years after Cao Xueqin's death.
This book is going to end with readers and friends at this point, I hope that more friends who like "Dream of the Red Chamber", or friends who are interested in hearing about it but have not read the whole book, can find the joy of reading through the analysis of the characters in this book.
Overall, Sister Lin, Sister Bao, and Sister Shi are all water for flesh and bones, jade for spirit, and lan for breath, all of which are tragic figures in that era and that kind of society. They are all worthy of our exploration, sympathy, sighing, and appreciation.
As for which one each reader prefers, they can speak freely and argue bluntly.
The charm of "Dream of the Red Chamber" lies in this.