Dream of the Red Chamber: A Little Chef Arrives at the Grand View Garden

As the saying goes, "Men don't want to see Red Mansions, and women don't want to see West Wing." Its meaning is in vain. However, due to the fact that "Water Margin" and "Three Kingdoms" have been read since childhood, there is not much meaning in reading them again. In desperation, I picked up the "stone" and chewed it hard, but it didn't taste like "rouge". Here are a few true (naive) and clumsy (clumsy) opinions for your entertainment after dinner. First of all, I feel that this book can be summarized as more than just a romance novel. In order to write this book, the author spent decades studying medicine, gardens, architecture, calligraphy and painting, poetry, cooking, clothing, flowers, antiques, etc. The whole book is very helpful for studying the customs and sentiments of the Qing Dynasty. It is like a small encyclopedia of life at that time, covering everything. No wonder there are still many red experts who specialize in studying this treasure. The sophistication of human beings and the rights and wrongs of official circles presented in this book are often seen today. Its profound connotation can be said to be enough to read it once or twice, and it is not enough to read it ten times or eight times. For me, reading this book intensively has helped me consolidate, improve, and even sublimate my literary literacy. Secondly, this is also a tragedy. I have carefully read some Chinese and foreign literary masterpieces, and almost all of them that have been handed down are tragedies without exception. From Quasimodo to Baoyu, from Ball of Suif to Ah Q, and even Jack and Rose in today's Titanic, they are all tragic characters. The victory of justice over evil can only exist in cartoons, and no hymn from any dynasty or generation has been passed down. In particular, China's "Water Margin", "Three Kingdoms", and "Red Mansions" all follow the principle of rising strongly after a difficult opening, then stabilizing, and finally plummeting. This is strikingly similar to the general product development rules described in the MBA tutorial. There is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever, and the laws of life seem to be closely linked to this. A civilization will inevitably decline when it reaches its peak. Indeed, according to the current development of the environment, human beings will eventually come to an end. Is this an eternal theorem of the universe? Could it be that this is another new model after the theory in Plato's philosophy that "the mental model or abstract model of the appearance of things is certain". I will think about this issue carefully when I have time in the future, and be a Chinese Socrates. Third, I think Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E's continuation was unsuccessful. Although it basically conforms to the above curve principle and does not seem to be mechanically imposed on the previous article, it is still a welding product after all. Based on the hints of the original work, they followed the plots of the first 80 chapters, completed the love and marriage tragedies of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai, and arranged the fate of a series of other characters, making "A Dream of Red Mansions" a complete book, thus promoting the spread of "Red" in society and expanding its influence. However, the last 40 chapters are about Baoyu's success in the imperial examination and the revival of the family business, which goes against Cao Xueqin's original intention; there are some distortions and vulgar writing in character description and plot conception, which are very far from Cao Xueqin's original work. Recently, someone has written the last 40 chapters, trying their best to advocate perfection, but no matter what, it can only be Arichs chasing the tortoise. The last 40 chapters of Dream of Red Mansions will be an eternal mystery. The fourth is the distinctive character image of "A Dream of Red Mansions". Take Wang Xifeng, the most impressive figure, for example. She is "extremely beautiful in appearance, eloquent in speech, and extremely thoughtful in thinking." She was specially invited to preside over the funeral of Qin Keqing in Ningguo Mansion. As soon as she went there, she saw the five major shortcomings of Ningguo Mansion and proposed a complete set of management and rectification measures. Wang Xifeng obeyed orders with great authority and acted as if there was no one around, creating a situation where "all the men with fair hair and pink eyebrows were intimidated, and none of them was capable." Mrs. Wang's niece is competitive, vain, and has a strong desire for power. This young and handsome female head of the Jia family, known as "Feng Lazi", is very sharp-tongued and pleases Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang in every possible way. She flatters and makes jokes in every possible way. In short, Wang Xifeng is a beautiful and smart person. A complex image of being capable, greedy, and ruthless. The author also carefully arranges many auxiliary characters according to the logic of life, expressing the characters and elucidating the theme, so that each auxiliary character not only has its own meaning, but also embodies various meanings and functions. Grandma Liu's third visit to the Grand View Garden is an example of this. Grandma Liu's entry into the Grand View Garden is arranged in the sixth chapter of the novel. At that time, the plot has not yet been fully developed. The author uses Grandma Liu as a supporting character to describe the grandeur of the Jia family from the perspective of the lowest level of society. Through the eyes of a poor old woman from the countryside like Grandma Liu, Sister Feng's arrogance and reserve are described. When Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden for the second time, the relationship between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai was at a delicate stage, and the Jia family was in a period of prosperity on the surface. The author cleverly contrasts two old ladies with very different statuses, Grandma Liu and Jia Mu. Jia Mu took this opportunity to greatly satisfy her sense of superiority; Grandma Liu, in order to get some rewards, was willing to act ugly and act as a joke for the master, wife, and young master. When Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden for the third time, the situation in the Jia Mansion was over, and Grandma Liu rescued Sister Qiao. In this way, Grandma Liu unintentionally became a witness to the prosperity and decline of the Jia family. Finally, let's talk about its artistic achievements. Lu Xun once pointed out: "In short, since the release of "Dream of Red Mansions", traditional thoughts and writing methods have been broken." What Lu Xun means by "all broken" refers to "the courage to describe truthfully without concealment, which is very different from the previous novels in which good people are completely good and bad people are completely bad, so the characters described in them are all real characters." "A Dream of Red Mansions" does not describe the characters as the incarnation of a certain thought or personality, nor does it use the characters as a preaching tool. The author uses delicate pen and ink to show the inherent vividness, richness and complexity of life itself. "A Dream of Red Mansions" breaks the single-line structure of traditional novels. It takes the love and marriage relationships of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai as the central clue, and also unfolds the description of other characters and events in the aristocratic family. While firmly grasping the love and marriage tragedies of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai, it also unfolds a broad description of the social environment, thereby writing out the social roots of this tragedy.

Holly wood phoenix tail feathers... I guess the author is going to write about Fu Dai

Wu'er finally left Jia Baoyu. Isn't this love thorough enough?

Hahahahahaha, there are many ways to cook rice

From the original classic, I completed another book written by my wife. This is really the most imaginative Red Mansion I have ever read.

It's a really thoughtful article.

It's so refreshing to read the article that I've been working on for a long time and finish it in one breath. Thank you so much, I'll finish with flowers.

I just always buy the genuine cutie

Sprinkle flowers~~~Congratulations on the completion!

Very pretty and sweet! Although the ending is a bit ridiculous. . But it's really beautiful