As we all know, Cao Xueqin is the author of the classic book "Dream of the Red Chamber", which tells the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia Wang Xue Shi (family history of death and blood), as well as the love story of Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu. Many people believe that the prototype of Jia Fu in the book is Cao Xueqin's own family experience.
In Cao Xueqin's early years, he used to live a life of brocade and jade food in the Jiangning Weaving Mansion in Nanjing, and his great-grandfather was also an official of the imperial court. Ren Jiangning weaved a position, and her great-grandmother was not a simple figure, she was once the nanny of the Kangxi Emperor. I have also been honored by my ancestors and have enjoyed the best time in my life.
However, not long after the good days, life took a big turn. Cao Xueqin suffered the pain of raiding her home. After experiencing the family change, his life and ideas have changed a lot. What's going on here? Originally, the Cao family had been operating Jiangning weaving for more than 40 years, and after Cao Yin became a Jiangning weaver, the cost of each day could be said to be like flowing water.
And because this person likes to get to know some high-ranking officials and powerful people, in this way, for a long time, he has already lost the Cao family's money to almost nothing. By the time Cao Yin died, the weaving treasury had lost 370,000 taels. This was a huge amount, and the Kangxi Emperor saw that in the case of the great-grandmother of the Cao family, the money was returned by Cao Yin's brother-in-law.
The Cao family can be said to have embarked on the road of decay since then. Unexpectedly, more tragic situations are yet to come. The Cao family was gradually alienated by Kangxi because of their lack of measure. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he did not choose to be merciful to the Cao family's subordinates. Instead, in the sixth year of Yongzheng, he confiscated the Cao family for the crime of JiangNing weaving for years of deficit.
He originally thought that he would be able to let the Cao family make up for the deficit of silver, but he did not expect that after getting the list of the Cao family's family property, he was directly dumbfounded, and his heart was suddenly half cold, and the cao family had less than 60,000 taels of silver left, how could he fill so much silver that had been in deficit before? This is also a big problem for Yongzheng.
In the end, Cao Xueqin chose to return to the old mansion in the capital, at this time he experienced the destruction of his family and had a clearer understanding of the society at that time. He also understood that the officialdom was a place of "eating people", and stayed away from this place, and created the literary work "Dream of the Red Chamber" with peace of mind. For the rest of his life, he lived in a poor environment.
Although he was raided, he created "Dream of the Red Chamber" with perseverance and perseverance, and tasted all kinds of tastes of life in his life, compared with ordinary people. His experience is also destined to be unusual, but it also laid a certain foundation for the creation of his cultural relics works.
Sometimes, people can only feel something impressive after experiencing some setbacks and sufferings. Cao Xueqin also has a great influence on the history of world literature, and many foreign literary artists know his name.