The Real Story of the Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting Out as a Textile Commissioner in the Late Kangxi Era

The author has done research on the background of the Cao family, the prototypes of the characters in the Red Mansion, and the general rules of the times, but the sense of propriety among the families in the house has not been grasped. In the aristocratic families of the Qing Dynasty, the rules in the family were very clear: When the son was still young, under ten years old, his mother and adoptive mother would reprimand and discipline him, and there was no problem with saying a few words in public. Once a boy reaches the age of twelve or thirteen, he is considered a half-grown young man, especially the legitimate son of a noble family. He must have a good reputation outside, and be watched by the servants and maids in the house. The mother can be called into the inner room privately, the door closed, she can be scolded and beaten, and she can be taught any kind of lesson. But in front of all the servants, women and maids, it is a big taboo to make the son unable to get off the stage. Firstly, the son's dignity must be preserved, and he will have to manage the house and socialize in the future; secondly, the servants in the house will despise the master when they see that the master has lost his dignity. Because he was close to maids like Qingwen and Xiren, his adoptive mother, Mrs. Li, wanted to chase the maids away and beat her adopted son in public. Logically, beating is reasonable. We should guard against the young master and the maid giving and receiving privately to preserve the family tradition. But the method of operation cannot be unilateral hard pressure, forcing the protagonist to kneel down alone and beg for mercy. Aristocratic families usually look like this: Mrs. Li makes a fool of herself, lays out the family rules, makes promises to expel people, and brings the situation to light. There must be a housekeeper, a wet nurse or a close elder nearby who will immediately come out to sing. He stepped forward to smooth things over, plead for the young master, persuade the wife to calm down, and then scold the young master for his lack of sense of propriety. The steps were handed over, and the young master took the opportunity to admit his mistake. The wife took advantage of the persuasion of others and relented. She did not need to directly drive the maid away, but instead punished the maid and warned the young master, so that the big problem was reduced to a minor issue. Everyone has steps and rules, the young master can save his face, and the servants can see the majesty of the family rules. By the time the protagonist kneels on the ground and someone comes out to plead for mercy, half of the scene is already ruined. As soon as a person kneels down in public, the feeling of humiliation is obvious. In the aristocratic family, the right to beat the juniors is here: You can reprimand harshly, you can show off your face, you can criticize your mistakes, you can say harsh words about chasing away the maid, and you can explain the pros and cons. But you should stop the kneeling step and try not to force yourself to kneel in public. The author wanted a dramatic conflict and a fierce rivalry scene, so he just brought out the important plot of kneeling. I also arranged for someone to intercede behind me, but the order was wrong. Pleading for mercy should happen just before kneeling, rather than coming to the rescue after kneeling. This is a typical example. We have done our homework on historical materials and character prototypes, but we have ignored the underlying logic of the family: disciplining the younger generation is the purpose, but the prestige of the younger generation cannot be destroyed. The beating is to stop it, not to lose face.

I originally wanted to vote for a monthly ticket, but I liked the mentality of giving readers eye drops, so I voted for other books.

It's too slow, hurry up and change the status quo, there are too many garden dramas, it doesn't make sense. It's been the 53rd year of Kangxi. If you don't work hard, you won't be able to catch up with the hot ones.

Let's talk about this Red Mansion fanfic first: Most of the Red Mansion fanfics on the Qidian male channel are from a male perspective. The story is about the male protagonist entering Jia's house, seizing power, making money, changing his destiny, and playing games in the court. It is a Machiavellian style of writing. This book is written by a female author. It has a delicate perspective and is completely a female channel's way of observation. It is indeed unique at the beginning. The author's starting point is Hu Shi's old textual research school, which believes that "A Dream of Red Mansions" is Cao Xueqin's account of the rise and fall of his own Cao family, and directly equates the story of the Jia family with the actual records of the Cao family. But here comes the flaw you mentioned: the decline of the Cao family cannot sustain the tragic pattern of "a mountain of bones and a forgotten surname". The Cao family was confiscated in the sixth year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign. The historical data is very clear: after the confiscation, the court left the Cao family seventeen and a half houses and three pairs of servants in Suanshikou, Beijing. There was no massacre of the whole family, and no female family members lived in brothels or begged on the streets. I just started from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River and fell into an ordinary small landlord in the capital. In his later years, Cao Xueqin was so poor that the whole family ate porridge, but the rest of the family did not suffer mass genocide and genocide with piles of bones. "The bones are as white as mountains and the surname is forgotten, it is nothing more than a young master and a red makeup." The intensity of this poem is simply not something that a wealthy family in the House of Internal Affairs can bear. This kind of tragedy with corpses everywhere, the destruction of aristocratic families, and the trampling of women is more in line with the catastrophes of the times such as the Ding Revolution and the Jiangnan War in the late Ming Dynasty. This is also the core view of the Suoyin School: the surface of the book describes the family affairs of the boudoir, but the inside hides the pain of the subjugation of the Ming and Qing dynasties. This The strengths of the textual research school: the prosperity, losses, and confiscation of the Cao family gave Cao Xueqin the material to write about the rise and fall of the wealthy family; Shortcomings: It is difficult to explain the destructive, large-scale massacre ending in the book. Strengths of the Suoyin Sect: Perfectly matched with the tragedy of national subjugation like "mountains of bones"; Shortcomings: Many places rely on word splitting and homophony, making it easy to over-interpret. The problem with the author of this fan book is that he directly equates "Cao family experience as writing material" with "Dream of Red Mansions = Cao family records", Forcibly compressing the huge tragedy of the book to the rise and fall of the Cao family, so there is something that you think is inconsistent - the tragic end of the family and the loss of women written in the story, which is not consistent with the real Cao family historical materials.

Hope is the slaughter of the slaughter, not the slaughter of the master. @Findyoutanyin

This is a very good book. The author's skills are extraordinary @reader

Tell it eloquently, without being impetuous or impetuous, give it a thumbs up~

Don't communicate with readers. If readers' opinions make sense, just revise them as you write. If readers' opinions don't make sense, just pretend you didn't see it.

Can Kangxi be allowed to die? It's very annoying to watch.

If I could only write one book in my lifetime, I hope it would be this one, not The Eunuch. Don't write blindly