"Dream of the Red Chamber" is the pinnacle of classical Chinese literature, in addition to the height of literature and ideology, the huge space for controversy and imagination left by this book is also very huge.
In particular, the version of this book has formed a more complex version problem in the process of copying, especially about the forty times the lack of this book, which has added many topics to the book.
After forty times, countless people have criticized, especially Zhang Ailing, who is known for being sharp, and even more is worthless for the last forty times, of course, now it seems that Zhang Ailing should be the wrong object, this pot high osprey can not be backed.
Because now it is examined that the last forty times is not written by Gao Hu, who wrote it is not clear at present, but except for a very small number of people who can bear not to read, presumably many people, knowing that the last forty times of writing is rotten, still have to go to see, because this is already the best version at present.
Others wrote even worse and worse, at least this last forty times still have a lot of merit, at least created such a classic scene as Dai Yu burning the manuscript to break the obsession, Bao Yu Xuetian bid farewell to such a classic scene, so that some people suspect that maybe these forty times were completed on the basis of Cao Xueqin's manuscript.
Different version issues have caused controversy, but the most intense one was the version of Dream of the Red Chamber broadcast by CCTV that year, when it was broadcast, and even some people sent blades to the crew.
As we all know, the CCTV version of the Dream of the Red Chamber, but recognized as an insurmountable classic, at that time look at the name of the literary consultant behind, that is a well-known red school gangster.
But the problem is that this level is too high, so that in the red academic circles are all nailed down, in the public vision completely unknown, this is the famous story of Qin Keqing's obscene funeral of Tianxiang Lou.
To put it bluntly, it is another version of the problem, the cause of Qin Keqing's death, the common book we see so far, she died of illness, but when the red scholar studied this story, he found that the previous sentence and the painting did not match the later story, which made many people have questions.
Later, someone found this version of Qin Keqing's obscene funeral Tianxianglou on the bookstall, and Qin Keqing's real cause of death was hanged, because she and her father-in-law were broken by someone.
Cao Xueqin originally wrote this, but later because of the intervention of Li Yanzhai, she changed this paragraph and changed it to Qin Keqing who died of illness, but the previous sentence and painting had not yet had time to make corresponding changes.
So the version we are seeing so far is that there is no story of Qin Keqing's obscene funeral of Tianxiang Lou, strictly speaking, it only exists in a version before Cao Xueqin, for which Fat Yanzhai also commented that Xueqin is really a thick person, because this matter is very embarrassing family ugliness.
Because of the love for the dream of the Red Chamber, so there is a red study, since Cao Xueqin has been deleted, why do you have to pull this matter out, modern people are indeed too fond of gossip.
This story is indeed a bit on the head, synthesizing the various elements of the current popularity, fortunately Cao Xueqin deleted it early, otherwise this matter would have become a major crime of the Dream of the Red Chamber, which is really contrary to human morality.
Regarding whether Qin Keqing and his father-in-law were voluntary or coerced, there are many theories here, but most of them are speculations, but no matter which one it is, it is an unrequited love, and eventually it also triggered Qin Keqing's death.
The matter was originally very simple, and it could be said in a few sentences, but because it involved the revision of different versions, Qin Keqing's death became a very hot topic.
But excessive research and speculation will also make things go to the other extreme, since Cao Xueqin has personally made changes, this matter should not be dug deep, it is best to cover up.