the World of Sentient Beings" is Here: Ye Lang Talks About "a Dream of Red Mansions
by Ye Lang
About This Novel
This book is a collection of essays by Ye Lang discussing "A Dream of Red Mansions" from an aesthetic perspective. The book mainly talks about two contents. One is the metaphysical implication of "Dream of Red Mansions". Cao Xueqin's pursuit of the ultimate meaning of life is to affirm the value of "emotion", pursue the liberation of "emotion", pursue the dignity of love, and pursue the equality of people. In summary, it is the pursuit of "a world with feelings." "The world of sentient beings" is not an illusory existence, but a real existence. "The world of sentient beings" is here, so life is meaningful. This is the "enlightenment" that "A Dream of Red Mansions" gives readers. Another content is the tragedy of "Dream of Red Mansions". The tragedy of "Dream of Red Mansions" is not the decline of the noble family, but the destruction of the "sentimental world". In Lin Daiyu's poem, it is "the cold moon buries the flower soul". In addition, the book also talks about the influence of Ye Xie and Jin Shengtan on "A Dream of Red Mansions", Zhi Yanzhai's comments, and the novel's aesthetics such as "the finishing touch" and "idle brushwork".
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Official(1)Scraped 12d ago
Mr. Ye Lang's book explains in concise words that the tragedy of the Dream of Red Mansions does not lie in the decline of Jia's family, but in the suppression of "emotion" and "love" and the destruction of human nature in the entire society at that time, which is the "sentimental world". In addition, Mr. Ye Lang quoted Zhi Yanzhai's comments, which provided me with new ideas for reading Dream of Red Mansions, which benefited me a lot. Thank you sir🤞🤞
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Official(1)Scraped 12d ago
Mr. Ye Lang's book explains in concise words that the tragedy of the Dream of Red Mansions does not lie in the decline of Jia's family, but in the suppression of "emotion" and "love" and the destruction of human nature in the entire society at that time, which is the "sentimental world". In addition, Mr. Ye Lang quoted Zhi Yanzhai's comments, which provided me with new ideas for reading Dream of Red Mansions, which benefited me a lot. Thank you sir🤞🤞
