The dream of the Red Chamber is not empty, and even many names and place names have been given a deep meaning by Cao Gong, just as the so-called "Zhen Shiyin, Jia Yu Village" Yunyun, it is often difficult to find when reading at first, and it is possible to taste it carefully to get a glimpse of its deep meaning.
Let's talk about a few more interesting place names, such as the First Ten Mile Street and Renqing Lane mentioned in the opening chapter, and the list of places also looks more elegant and interesting.
Taken literally, this ten-mile street seems to refer to the total length of the street, or the distance from a certain place to this point. Renqing Lane, about the place of Renhe Qingming, the people's customs are simple, but the comments of Li Yanzhai tell us that this is not the case at all.
Ten Mile Street harmonic snobbish, Renqing Lane harmonic human feelings, together to say that the current snobbish human feelings, in a common phrase summed up is "the world looks cold and warm, the face of the people is high and low." From the perspective of writing intent, this can also be regarded as Cao Gong's breaking of the problem, because the dream of the Red Chamber is a human love novel.
Many of the stories after the Dream of the Red Chamber actually revolve around the two themes of "snobbery" and "human feelings", Zhen Shiyin's funding of Jia Yu Village to enter Beijing to take the examination is human feelings, Feng Su's half coaxing and half profit for Zhen Shiyin is snobbish, and those slaves in Jia Fu are a rich heart and two decent eyes, which is both snobbish and human.
Speaking of the place name of the Zhitong Temple, this is a desolate ancient temple that Jia Yu Village encountered by chance when visiting the suburbs in the spring light after being dismissed, the doors and alleys of this temple are decadent, the walls are decayed, and there is no one except a dim-witted old monk with blunt teeth.
This old monk who cooked porridge answered not what he asked, and he was deaf, and such a scene was completely incompatible with the temple name of "Zhitong Temple", but the couplets on both sides of the temple door had a deep meaning, and the couplet was "There is more than one hand behind him, and there is no way to turn back." According to the deep meaning of the couplet, it is indeed not an exaggeration to call it "Zhitong Temple".
What is wisdom? What is Tong? It is said that only the wise can understand. But who are the wise men? Jia Yu Village full of fire? Apparently not. Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu, who are fascinated by the sound and color of goods and profits? Apparently not either.
Don't underestimate this humble Zhitong Temple, but the author first gave Ning Rong people and even the world a stick to drink, but this organ leaked too early, at that time, everyone was still in the rich field, the heart was in the red dust, either single-mindedly made a name, or wandered in the fat powder bush, or trapped by love, or greedy for money and power, not to talk about wisdom, let alone talk about it.
This desolate small situation that appeared in the second time can actually be moved to the eighty times after the fall of Jia Fu and then reappear, when everyone has experienced a hot and cool world, maybe they can really achieve wisdom. But Cao Gong first wrote about desolation, first said Zhi Tong, this power ordinary people can no longer think of.
In fact, the old monk, who looked deaf and dim, was a truly intelligent man. It's just that Jia Yucun, who is intoxicated with his career, has a mortal eye and is full of anger, how can he penetrate the mysteries?
Speaking of the LixiangYuan where the Xue family's mother and daughter lived after they lived in Jia Province, this place is quite interesting. The original text said that this Lixiangyuan was "a place of recuperation for the late years of Rong Gong on that day, small and clever, with about ten houses." ”
That is to say, this Lixiangyuan was originally the place where Rongguo Gong retired for the elderly, but why was it called Lixiangyuan? We know that Jia Fu's hometown is in Jinling, but because of his military achievements, the new emperor was knighted after he ascended the throne, and he had a mansion in the capital, and the recent generations of Jia Fu lived here.
The talisman of the menzi to Jia Yu Village is also mentioned: after the second duke of Ning Guo and Rong Guo, there are a total of twenty rooms. In addition to the eight rooms sent by Ning and Rongqin in the capital, there are now twelve rooms for the original residents. So for Rong Guogong in his later years, will he often think of his hometown of Jinling? So this pear fragrant courtyard, the harmonic sound is far away from the hometown. This contains the thoughts of Rong Guogong's hometown in Jinling in his twilight years.
Later, the three members of the Xue family were arranged to live here, which is actually a meaning, the Xue family is one of the four major families, and the hometown of the four major families is in Jinling. After Xue Gong's death, Aunt Xue came to the capital with a pair of children, saying that she had sent Baochao to the palace to be elected, and by the way, she took care of the business in Duzhong, in fact, she came to rely on relatives.
Later, the Xue family moved out of Lixiangyuan, which was arranged to live in the plays of the Jia Fu opera class, and "ordered the teachers to teach female drama here." "We all know that the opera industry is also called pear garden, and the opera is also called the pear garden disciple, and the name of the pear xiangyuan is exactly in line with this opera industry.
Why is this line called Pear Garden? Liyuan was originally a place name for the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, because Tang Taizong Li Longji taught entertainers here, and later associated with the art of opera and became synonymous with the opera industry.
These small dramas in the Jia Fu opera class were all purchased by Jia Qiang from Jiangnan, and they not only became the lower nine dramas under the compulsion of life, but why were they not other than their grandfathers and brothers, people far away from their hometowns?
Therefore, whether it is rong guogong who is recuperating here in his twilight years, or the Xue family who came to Beijing to join his relatives and friends, or a group of dramas bought from Jiangnan, behind the perennial or even his life away from his hometown, how can it not be full of resentment of leaving his hometown?
Of course, in the dream of the Red Chamber, there are similar place names with deep meanings, everywhere, in addition to Zhitong Temple, Lixiangyuan, as well as Xinglong Street, Ping'an Prefecture, Huazhi Lane, TianxiangLou, etc., there will be time later, let's continue.
Author: Xi Si Shao, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.