Chapter 2: Wedge (True)

Cao Gong Xueqin's book "Dream of the Red Chamber" was written 200 years ago; since the day it was published, it has been a word of mouth, a perfunctory drama has been performed, and literati have sighed at it, and countless young men and women have been imparted with God and dreamed of in the world of the book; although it has been repeatedly banned and destroyed, it has been circulated endlessly; in the peaceful and prosperous era, when culture and education were advocated, his literature has been widely circulated, and it is almost a household name, known to women and children, and some scholars have vied with each other to study it to form a school of "red studies" -- it is not a classic study of governing the world, and the existence of a book can be described as a wonder of ancient and modern times. On the other hand, "Dream of Red Mansions" has been circulated, but it is not the whole book; on the day it came out, it was incomplete: only 80 times were scattered and made up, and there were countless mink follow-up episodes after 80 times, and its original appearance was not known after all. Leaving behind hundreds of years of unsolvable problems, so that the world still loves them, for the author, the characters in the book upside down madness, the public opinions, just to argue what the heart loves, arguments and thoughts, hundreds of years of decay and prosperity, this can be described as a great wonder of ancient and modern.

The book "Red Chamber" describes the journey from extreme prosperity to extreme decline, sadness and sorrow, and the parting of life and death is heartbreaking, and no one has attained true consummation. And the people in the world love perfection and pity the affectionate, but they only leave the manuscript, which arouses countless thoughts of making up for the incompleteness of the world. It is also rich and noble, and its prestige and prominence are by no means known to the market, and ordinary gate valves are also rare to see - there is the so-called "family history of the pearl of the former dynasty" in the books-so in addition to the achievement of the family, there are more attempts to promote the advantages and reform the disadvantages, and want to save the end of the world and rebuild the mansion. The author is an idiot from Yun, but he doesn't know how many fools wood, stone, gold and jade have attracted; in the book, he pins on the two mansions of Rongning, but he doesn't know how many Zhao Mansions, Qian Mansions, Sun Mansions, and Li Mansions are involved in Jiafu, Wangfu, and Zhen Mansions. Only this kind of text is almost not free from the flavor of "Red Mansion", but the interest is rare Cao Gong Yazheng. -- However, there are many and many imitators, and there are even many people who sweat and sweat, and there are even some people who can be observed.

The text of "Red Mansion" is not only loved and imitated by people, but also has readers who pursue it exclusively. In the so-called "Red Studies", there is a school that specializes in examining the authors and the roots of the characters in the book. In the general way of "Stone Records", Jiafu was originally an illusion of Cao's weaving in the south of the Yangtze River, and later it was said that it was the history of the royal family and the secret file of the forbidden city. Because it is the first-class love for prosperity, admiration for wealth and nobility, imitation of Cao Gong's penmanship composition narrative, in addition to the love of the short children of the Taoist family to the favor of the Bosch people, and the first-class: even directly returned Jiafu to Caofu, and made Cao's protagonist the one who changed the heavens and the earth, reversed the fate, and wantonly laid out the rivers and lakes. Fun or interesting, taste is tasteless. Cao Gong saw and heard closely, and the descendants were far away, so he couldn't get the affection of the time. However, the future generations really can't see the world of the people and things in "The Red Chamber"? The people of the world study the evidence, think about the renovation, day and night: it is that there are many and many things, one in a thousand miles, there is always a considerable and close to the truth. And for these two considerable and close people, it is enough to make Ji Ji Ji without regrets and tirelessly.

The above hundreds of words, or trivial, are suspected of making up words. However, this paragraph is only for the sake of explaining the origin of the following text, which has a lot to do with "Dream of Red Mansions", and it is recorded in this book so as not to confuse readers.

It turns out that the great changes in the vicissitudes of China in the past 5,000 years are the deepest: the strength and weakness have changed the situation, the mountains and rivers have been reorganized after humiliation, and the rejuvenation of the country is indescribable; However, a hundred years may be a glimpse of a country's history, but a lifetime can be spent on a person. Therefore, the young man was born in peace and grew up in the prosperous era, although he can peek into the past in the history books and the oral tradition of the elders, but he always lacks a sense of truth; because of the abundance of resources, the convenience of information, and the relaxation of literature and Taoism, he dares to be different from the past and the present, and thinks that he is proud of his views, but he often loses his frivolity and rashness. There are also views from the other side, who do not know the root of the nostalgia for the old days, and flaunt the "retro" in their daily life; or claim to love poetry and lyrics, but they have no sound rhythm and no rhyme, only the words are dazzling, and they can't help but laugh at the Fang family, and there is Ye Gong's praise. These types of juveniles can be called "ignorant". However, if he is reminded by others, he "knows" about the world, and sees the prosperity of the world and the good times are short, he will inevitably feel confused, and he will feel lonely and sad for the present world. At this time, if the book is similar to the life experience, the more sympathetic it is, and the deeper the sigh - from this, the state of mind of the predecessors is "out of place" in the present world, but it is quite similar to the "retro" fashion of today, so they are confused and stumbling, and they do not know the rights and wrongs of the past and the present. When encountering doubts, although I often think about being able to go to ancient times, I can't do it with manpower, and I think about it in vain, which is often very different. However, at that time, he could not know the fallacy of his own body, and he must have to change over time, looking back at it calmly and calmly thinking about it, only to feel sad and ridiculous; just like Nan Ke Taishou Huai An Guozhong dream, Taoist porcelain pillow next to the yellow sorghum rice fragrance, and like a line in the too illusory realm, hating the sea in the sky to perfunctory performance of a "Dream of Red Mansions", the splendid prosperity and indulgence in the experience of personal experience, in the end is a passing cloud, but for the sake of others to see, a word, a can, a slump.

At this point, it may have been pointed out that this text has something to do with "Red Mansions". But if you want to go into more detail, there is indeed a story. It turns out that this text is for a Mr. Nian'an, because he is good at ancient roads, and likes to dance and write ink, and he is familiar with the four books and five classics, and his favorite is "Red Mansion". One day, those who have a very different meaning from the words and characters in the book took several editions of the "Stone Record" in their homes and commented on them one by one. In the middle of the night, there is no result, and people are tired, lying on the desk to rest, get a dream, it is a story hundreds of years ago, the Tao is the famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, the family of the valve reading, the name and surname of the person in the dream, all the scriptures and miscellaneous history have been known, the genealogy and family motto have been seen, but there are also things that are absolutely different from the official history, and there are many characters who have been seen in the Chinese side such as Jia Shi Wang Xue and many other novels. When I woke up from a dream, the joy and sorrow were still there, and the stars and moon outside the house in front of the window had not changed. Looking back at the desk "Red Mansion", recalling the words and deeds of the ancestors in the dream, I suddenly have a sense of rebirth. So he studied the ink and wrote the pen. He also showed his close friend Meisheng, and asked him to sort out the words, "hide the name, and omit the age" to write a text to become a legend. His words are as follows: "How dare you look at those who carry Cao Gongxiang's back? Only admire geniuses, learn a little from them, and follow their ears." Mei Sheng made a promise to live in the South Garden, and then read the additions and deletions in the Jin Garden, compiled a table of contents, and divided into chapters; because of the Jiangnan accident, the general title was "The Old Scenery of Zeng Zhi", and the subtitle of the scene of the Red Chamber was "The Stone City Drunk and Helped to Return". And the topic is a must, cloud:

"A few true and false things, an upside-down book.

Knowing is not a guest, the pillow is ripe. ”

If it comes out, it will be clear, and it depends on what story Meisheng recorded.