Eighty Red Treatises: The Circulation and Continuation of Dream of Red Mansions

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Scholars who study Dream of Red Chambers have formed many genres due to their different starting points, the basic one is the pursuit of literature, and the fundamental one is the pursuit of origin. The New Red Studies often focus on exploring the origins of The Dream of the Red Chamber, and the 80 rounds of the Fat Commentary are standard research materials, while the rest depends on the historical value, such as the Jiazhu version of The Stone Record, or Cao Xueqin's historical materials and former residence, as well as the controversial Cao Xueqin bookbox, and so on. Although there are regrets in the unfinished version of the eighty fat reviews, it does not hinder the literary appreciation of "Dream of Red Mansions". Literature as an art form also follows the laws of aesthetics, if the aesthetic value can be expressed, then even if the integrity of the work is defective, people can still appreciate it, which is the same as some ancient Greek sculpture works are incomplete and people still appreciate it, people can supplement or associate the work, so incomplete or simplified works do not hinder people's pursuit of aesthetics. This is also the reason why "Dream of Red Mansions" has been circulating since its birth. Unlike most authors who publish and print after completing their works, Dream of the Red Chamber was written and passed on, although it may have been initially limited to relatives and friends. There are discrepancies in the manuscript of Dream of the Red Chamber, which may be due to the author's revisions or the intentional or unintentional ambiguity of the copyist.

There should be no doubt that Cao Zhan is Cao Xueqin and the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions", although some scholars have put forward various theories, but from the comparison of existing historical materials, the inference of A = B = C is so certain, such as Cao Xueqin's own experience, Cao Xueqin's family background and the similarity between the Jia family in "A Dream of Red Mansions" all point to this. Some people say that "Dream of Red Mansions" does not mention the social system of the Qing Dynasty is an obvious loophole, so they put forward all kinds of statements made by others. However, from a practical point of view, Cao Xueqin may never have thought of officially publishing it in public print, and he may have tacitly assumed that copying was the way of circulation of "The Stone Record". Cao Xueqin should have known about the suppression of the literati's "literary prison" ideology in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the comparison with the banned book "Golden Vase Plum" in the twenty-eighth chapter of the book. On the one hand, it shows that the influence of "The Golden Vase of Plums" on Cao Xueqin made him write the book with the aim of making a book of life, and it may also be considered that the circulation of "Dream of Red Mansions" will be banned and can only be copied privately. Even so, "Cao Xueqin read it in the Mourning Red Pavilion for ten years, adding and deleting it five times" may still take the initiative to delete and modify the text content related to the Qing Dynasty, making "Dream of Red Mansions" seem to be the background of the pre-Ming Dynasty. However, in the first eighteen chapters of the first part of "Dream of Red Mansions", when the roots of the rise and fall of Jiafu are explained, if the Cao family's in-laws are old, they will still know at a glance what kind of story is described in the book, and this kind of imprint on the social relationship between the individual and the family is not easy to erase.

There is the most conclusive evidence about the fat inkstone, and the one with conclusive evidence is "the uncle said", which may be the copyist of the Jiazhu book. In other words, even if there is controversy, it should be admitted that the Yan Zhai is divided into different people, because the criticism in the book is not signed and the tone is indeed divided into many types. According to this analysis, the fat inkstone can be divided into the first fat inkstone, the husband and wife, the relatives and friends, and so on, because "Dream of Red Mansions" may not have been created by Cao Xueqin alone. This is not surprising, because the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West" in the four ancient masterpieces all have original material versions, and those materials may not have been circulated but have been preserved in a larger form. The first fat criticism of "A Dream of Red Mansions" said that "Xueqin's old book of "Fengyue Baojian" is the preface of his younger brother Tang Village" refers to this situation, and the development of "Fengyue Baojian" into a grand scene of "A Dream of Red Mansions" requires many other materials, and the biggest possibility from the analysis of the book is that the prototype of the main character Sister Feng's husband Jia Lian is the first fat inkstone of Cao Xueqin's uncle, so there are nearly half of the descriptions of Sister Feng's Lijia Mansion in "A Dream of Red Mansions". Judging from the various fat and inkstone criticisms in the book, the main review of the book has been created, and the first fat criticism says that "on Chinese New Year's Eve, the book is not completed, and Qin died in tears" should refer to the Zhu criticism part of the book Cao Xueqin was not added to all the reviews. Because things like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West" have all been handed down with criticisms, Cao Xueqin personally added criticisms in the book in the hope that those who know the book will remind readers, which is the reason for the criticism of the husband and wife.

Due to the stratification of the people in the Yan Zhai, there may be control over the circulation of the books after the completion of the main bibliography of "Dream of Red Mansions", whether it is one hundred and eight or one hundred and ten, because the circulation of the books is done through Cao Xueqin's relatives and friends. Although Cao Xueqin is well aware of the literary value of "Dream of Red Mansions", he is not worried about the loss of the book, but after all, the circulation of books is not printed publicly, but secretly copied privately. Then, there are only 80 times in society that it may be the result of human control, and Cao Xueqin may or may not know about this, because he entrusts the circulation of books to others. Combined with Cao Xueqin's life experience, we can speculate on the circulation process of "Dream of Red Mansions": Cao Xueqin wrote books, relatives and friends copied books, and flowed to society. Based on the workload of copying "A Dream of Red Mansions", it is certainly not ordinary people who can get an early version of "A Dream of Red Mansions", and it is possible that those who can buy the manuscript are the powerful people of the DPRK and China who are still known after the decline of the Cao family, and then it will spread to other children of rich families. Note that at this time, many of these powerful people may notice the declining ideological atmosphere in the books and impose some restrictions on "Dream of the Red Chamber", such as only allowing the 80 episodes of the book to circulate, and the tragic later ones to circulate internally, so that those in the know can know the ending of the story, or "Dream of the Red Chamber" is listed as a banned book for warning.

So, will other people in society who have the ability to obtain "Dream of Red Mansions" regret that they do not have a look back after 80 times? It is the norm of life for Confucian students to get rid of attachment, and the story of the later episodes of the eighty chapters can be speculated on the basis of understanding the previous plot. The ancients pursued "happiness but not sadness", so ending in tragedy with "the vast white land is really clean" is not the yearning of the ancient literati. In fact, the revision of "Dream of Red Mansions" was already underway at that time, this is Qi Wusheng's book "Stone Records", which is a "clean book" that is, a "rare book". Therefore, when Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E's Cheng Jiaben and Cheng Yiben's "Dream of Red Mansions" came out, they were generally recognized by the society, and their merit was not to make the book in its entirety so that it could be publicly circulated to future generations, but to reverse the excessively tragic life and fate of the characters who were well-known after 80 episodes in the book. Comparing the first 80 episodes of "Dream of the Red Mansion" and the last 40 episodes of Cheng Gaoben, although they are in the same vein, we can still see the gap in their Chinese studies, and the criticism of the book emphasizes the writing method of painting books and the structure of thousands of miles of veins, which makes people inevitably feel the decline of artistry under the single-line development of the plot of the last forty episodes and the atmosphere of some literary circles that praise virtues. However, it is difficult to see that it was the prosperous era of Qianlong at that time, and it was difficult for the society to accept a work with a purely tragic theme, and the decline of a family could not cover up the rise of a later powerful family, which was one of the few aspects of the imperial examination system that emphasized social upgrading.

It is worth mentioning that the ancient famous painting "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" was studied by some scholars and found that there was no lack of exposure and criticism of the disadvantages of the time, but the rulers of the Song Dynasty turned a blind eye to it; Similarly, "Dream of Red Mansions" reveals the inevitable decline of feudal society in today's eyes, and the Qing rulers also coped with twists and turns; People often say that "loyalty is against the ear, good medicine is bitter" refers to this situation, and people who support Cheng Gaoben will emphasize that speaking is also an art, so social truth is absolutely relative, and the relative lies in the way and the persistence.

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