As we all know, A Dream of Red Mansions is a structural novel, formerly known as A Dream of Red Mansions, also known as A Dream of Red Mansions, Re-evaluation of Mohist Stone, Record of Affectionate Monks, etc. The preface of 030 10 was officially named meiyuebao. This is such an excellent work, but there are many controversies about its author, the reasons for its creation and who should continue to write this book. This has a lot to do with its version and mode of transmission.
After forty times, many people thought it was Gao E's.
Brief introduction of Gao E's life
Gao E was a writer in the Qing Dynasty. The word uncle LAN, the word marble. Because I love reading the novel Yu Jinyuan, I was nicknamed "History of the Red Chamber". Han Huangqi from the internal affairs department. Born in Tieling, he lived in Beijing in the early Qing Dynasty. He is familiar with the history of Confucian classics and has written eight articles. He is quite familiar with poetry, novels, opera, painting and epigraphy. Poetry in Tang Dynasty was prosperous and its style was close to that of Huajian School. The thesis is "What you say must be precise and what you say must be sincere", which emphasizes the importance of meaning. He has been a candidate for Shuntian Township for 53 years. Sixty years of Jinshi. Books in the cupboard, The Cabinetshi Read. Liu Jiaqian is the same examiner after having obtained the provincial examination in Shuntian. Fourteen years, the censor chose Jiangnan Daodu censor. In eighteen years, I was promoted to the criminal department. Known as "integrity, diligence and talent", he has served as an official. Besides the 40 sequels of Gao E's Dream Master, there are many other poems, including A Dream of Red Mansions by Yang Zongxi and Wen Yuaner in A Dream of Red Mansions. At present, there are Poems of Blue Book, Eight Banners Classic, Poems of Gaolan Book and Ten Arts of Blue Book Ci.
How does Gao E continue to be a model of official management? This is a concern of the whole world. The last manuscript of Reading the Hill House was published in the fifty-sixth year of Qing Qianlong. Literary prisons were still very popular at that time. How easy is it to revise and continue to write Xiang Yan Tzu Chi Save Grass as a metaphor for the demise of the Qing Dynasty? From Emperor Qianlong to Gao E's family, friends and relatives, as well as those who are timid and have ulterior motives, all those who want to use this book to trap Gao E are insurmountable high walls and sewers. Gao E broke through all dangers, and with extraordinary wisdom and perseverance, based on a thorough understanding of Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions, he wrote creatively. With the efforts of others, a Dream of Red Mansions finally came out-the girlfriends of old classmates, the friends of Cao Xueqin, the middlemen of the royal family, and especially greedy and Kun! During the sequel to A Dream of Red Mansions, there was a romantic and beautiful love swan song. If Wan Jun, my niece, had not been forced to become a monk, gentle and strong-willed, and stayed in Zhiyanzhai, there would not be today's Story of the Stone.
His real name is Uncle Lan, the son of marble, also known as unofficial history in the Red Chamber. Born around 1738, died around 18 15. Compared with Cao Xueqin's first eighty chapters, Gao E's last forty chapters have a great gap in ideological and artistic level, but they have basically completed the love tragedy between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, which makes A Dream of Red Mansions have a complete form and is conducive to its spread.
With its remaining 80 chapters, a novel has become a literary peak that a nation cannot reach. In the last forty chapters, the whole story can be supplemented, which can actually reach the degree of authenticity, and become a household name together with the original book, which will last forever. Now, even Reddit, who is the most enthusiastic about the sequel, dare not abandon it when completing and publishing A Dream of Red Mansions. The recognition and love of readers make the sequel an inseparable part of A Dream of Red Mansions. The successful continuation of Venus is indeed an unprecedented literary miracle.
It is this miracle creator who has been severely criticized and abused for a long time. Few writers in the history of China literature have enjoyed such treatment. Once upon a time, redologists took all their dissatisfaction and resentment against A Dream of Red Mansions on Gao E, totally negated and criticized his works, and regarded him as a sinner who tampered with A Dream of Red Mansions. Some redologists described him as a cultural spy with ulterior motives and being directed by others. As a result, Gao E paraded in the street as a villain in the textbook of literary history. Until recent years, with the standardization and normalization of academic research, people began to re-examine this case in the history of literature with a fair and tolerant eye. Gao E, who tried to preserve A Dream of Red Mansions, finally got due respect and affirmation. It has been denounced for 40 times recently, which has a new color and connotation in the eyes of redologists. The vicissitudes of a century, ups and downs of honor and disgrace, are really impressive and difficult to express.
Gao E's life can be summed up in eight words: ups and downs, brilliant. Being down and out gave him a life experience similar to that of Cao Xueqin. His unique talent made his last 40 times stand out among many works that continue to be popular. With Gao E's knowledge and skills, if he writes another novel, he will certainly gain a higher reputation. However, he made a very challenging and adventurous choice, supplemented A Dream of Red Mansions, stood side by side with one of the best talented writers, and accepted the unfriendly examination and evaluation of later generations.
"Tired at the end of the world is a depression in Naraku." Unfortunately, due to the lack of information, Gao E is only a vague figure in our field of vision, and we can only glimpse his life from her husband's self-study and sporadic records. Although I won scholarships and scholars, I was over half a year old when I got these qualifications to display my talents, which made people sigh and set the sun. Later, Gao E, who was kind-hearted, felt lost and disappointed with the titles of Cabinet Zhongshu, Shuntian Provincial Examiner, Jiangnan Taoist Punishment Department, and Academic Officer. In many poems, he expressed the sigh of "the dirt road is miserable". The stagnation of the imperial examination hall in his early years and the dullness of his career in his later years kept him in a sad state of mind, which made him understand and approach Cao Xueqin emotionally and completed a touching tragic ending. On the one hand, it is "gold powder loses its old dreams and pays tribute to the sad past", on the other hand, it is "learning to be an official" and "becoming famous in Beijing"
Its extraordinary knowledge, outstanding talent and brilliant eloquence are said to be "I dare to appreciate everything with a purpose", which may be the necessary compensation for my frustrated life. Otherwise, the sequel to A Dream of Red Mansions will become a sigh for the ages.
In addition, we also know that Gao E is loyal and honest, and often exhorts his disciples to be loyal and filial, taking the road of career advancement. His eight-part essay is well written, with excellent ideas and vigorous brushwork. In his poems, he often paints the sentimental feelings of life like a dream with the old color of Buddha. All these can be vaguely felt in the last forty chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions.
Although until today, there are still different opinions about the copyright ownership of the last forty chapters. For example, some people think that Cao Xueqin's manuscript is incomplete, but more people believe that it was written by Gao E because there is more credible evidence. Zhang Wentao, a famous poet in the Qing Dynasty and Gao E's brother-in-law, clearly said in the self-note of his poem A Gift to Gao Lanshu in the same year: "The legendary Dream of Red Mansions was compiled by Gu Lanshu after eighty times." Gao E himself wrote a poem entitled A Dream of Red Mansions: A Completed Topic to express his feelings after hard work. In cheng Weiyuan's preface to a dream of red mansions, his preface to a dream of red mansions and cheng and Gao E's introduction to a dream of red mansions, the work of right is also described in this way: "add and subtract carefully, learn from each other's strong points and copy into a whole." As for what Gao E did, tinkering or constructing out of thin air, Redology scholars can bury themselves in hard work and cross-examine each other, but I'm afraid there will never be a convincing conclusion. After all, there are too many mysteries related to A Dream of Red Mansions. Before there is no new material to overthrow the old theory, we will return the copyright of the last forty chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions to Gao E.