What is the phenomenon of Wang Meng, how to identify it, its ideological content and its value? Urgent need!

Enlightenment from "Wang Meng Phenomenon"

Liu Zhenxing published in the article at 9:8 pm on August 27th, 28

In July, 28, Mr. Wang Meng's monograph "Slave or give me death" was published by Beijing October Literature Publishing House. Because of its title, theme and viewpoint, the book has attracted close attention from the red circle and literary circles, and has been seriously criticized by several experts and scholars.

A famous writer who has been brilliant and won high honor and status, instead of putting all his energy and lifelong pursuit on his own professional and skillful novel creation, he followed the fashion and joined in the fun, and just squeezed into the redology circle, trying to compete with the redologists. A great writer and litterateur who claims to study society, life and literature, has made a staggering explanation of the society, life and literature in A Dream of Red Mansions! A literary giant who was once worshipped by readers and regarded as an idol and model by readers has lost its former glory and started to become dim. There are serious principled mistakes in the titles, themes and main points of his two monographs on Dream of Red Mansions: A Dream of Red Mansions, and Give Me Slave or Give Me Death. This is a wonder in the history of redology and literature! I'll call it "Wang Meng phenomenon" because it happened not only to Mr. Wang Meng, but also to Mr. Liu Xinwu and other famous and unknown writers and writers, which has certain universality. This raises a very serious question for us: Why do famous writers and writers make so many common-sense mistakes when they interpret A Dream of Red Mansions from the perspectives of society, life and literature? How to reasonably explain this phenomenon?

I suggest that the website of "Hong Lou Yi Yuan" should open a column to mobilize netizens to actively participate in the discussion and find out the crux of the problem. If this problem is not solved, it is impossible to talk about the popularization and improvement of redology. Some people say that Mr. Liu Xinwu "misled" readers, but didn't Mr. Wang Meng "mislead" readers? Isn't it true that all wrong and seriously wrong Redology research results are "misleading" readers as long as they are published in books, magazines, forums and websites? Therefore, if the problem of "Wang Meng phenomenon" is not solved, the situation of "misleading" readers will continue! We can't help asking: Who will "guide" the readers?

So, what inspiration does "Wang Meng Phenomenon" give us?

1. The Story of the Stone is not an ordinary romantic novel, but an extraordinary and unique serious social, political and historical novel. Trying to interpret the Story of the Stone in a popular way will inevitably lead to vulgarity. It is bound to be utilitarian and idealistic not to interpret the rich connotation of the serious and profound social and political history of The Story of the Stone from the objective reality, but to compromise the reading ability of readers, and to interpret the Story of the Stone from the perspective of appreciation of ordinary readers and business. "The Story of the Stone" is a "spring snow", and the study of Dream of Red Mansions cannot be reduced to "Xialiba people". Nor should we underestimate the readers' appreciation level and understanding ability. The language form of "easy to understand, playful and lively" deliberately adopted under the pretext of taking care of readers' appreciation interest often backfires.

2. The Story of the Stone is not a pure literary work or novel in the original sense, but a little-known and thrilling social and historical story written by using the artistic form of the novel. Because it has too many particularities that are quite different from other literary works at home and abroad, and it has too many profound "implications". Therefore, it is far from enough to appreciate and study the Story of the Stone as a general novel, but it is necessary to deeply study its particularity different from the general novel and reveal its special essence and connotation.

2. The Story of the Stone is a work of blood and tears created by the author with all his life energy and painstaking efforts. For the author and works, our descendants should have deep respect and reverence, but not the slightest contempt and blasphemy.

3. A Dream of Red Mansions is an extremely serious, lofty and sacred undertaking. Dream of Red Mansions is not only a great cause of pursuing truth, but also a great cause of learning, inheriting and carrying forward China's excellent traditional culture. Any attitude that is not serious, serious, ridiculous, playful, entertaining and vulgar towards the study of Dream of Red Mansions should be regarded as inappropriate.

4. Famous writers and litterateurs should pay attention to constantly overcoming their own inevitable professional limitations when studying Redology. All redology researchers should pay attention to constantly broaden their knowledge and comprehensively improve their comprehensive quality.

5. The study of Dream of Red Mansions should mainly take Cao Xueqin's authentic Story of the Stone as the research version, and comprehensively study its rich connotation including "artistic charm". This is the mainstream and right path of redology. Taking Cheng Gao's fake version of A Dream of Red Mansions as the research version, only studying its "artistic charm" is just a tributary of redology. This research has great limitations and one-sidedness.

6. redology research is an important social practice. It needs corresponding scientific theories to guide it. It is inappropriate to take western literary theory and Hu Shi's so-called "scientific textual research" as the guiding theory and research method. Only the epistemology of Marxist dialectical materialism is the only scientific guiding theory and scientific method of redology research.

7. Under the new situation of reform and opening-up, the study of Dream of Red Mansions must adhere to the Party's ideological line of "emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts and advancing with the times", break all ideological imprisonments, break all rules and regulations, open all research fields, and open a free, democratic and open sky for the study of Dream of Red Mansions.

8. redology research should innovate the way of thinking and constantly overcome the disadvantages of China's traditional way of thinking and conventional way of thinking. Common sense and conventional thinking can only solve general and ordinary problems, but can't solve special problems. "Common sense is sometimes unreliable". Conventional thinking is the biggest obstacle to the harmonious development of redology research.

Liu Zhenxing, an infrared man, felt deeply about Yining City, Xinjiang on August 19, 28

Appendix 1: The famous writer Wang Meng's explanation of the Red Chamber: "Give me slavery or give me death"

: 47 on July 6, 28 Source: China News Network

China News Service, Beijing, July 5 (Xinhua News Agency) "as the title to express his shocking views.

As the theme of this book, the passage summarized by the author is shocking: "Many slaves in A Dream of Red Mansions, especially the prominent female slaves, regard it as a great shame to stop being slaves of Jia's family, and they all have a kind of fortitude of' give me slaves or give me death', which is a wonder of human nature and a discovery of Wang Meng's reading Red." To this end, Wang Meng not only insisted on the title "Slave or give me death? ",and proudly called the finishing touch.

Wang Meng believes that A Dream of Red Mansions belongs to a novel of life, so his new book mainly interprets it from the perspectives of life analysis, evaluation and literary creation. "I am not the same as a red scientist who focuses on historical materials, and historical materials are not my strong point. I mainly study A Dream of Red Mansions from the perspective of literature and life."

In his view, A Dream of Red Mansions is a particularly good topic to talk about, which can be used as a reference and supplemented by one's own life experience. Birth, illness, wealth, fortune and fate, everything in the book is convenient to talk about, which is also the starting point of Wang Meng's study of A Dream of Red Mansions. In his view, A Dream of Red Mansions is not a history of political struggle, a secret story of the palace, a guessing game or a maze. It is just a great book of life and literature, which is worth reading carefully with a lifetime of experience.

At first, Wang Meng was invited by the newspaper to talk about his specific feelings about A Dream of Red Mansions, mainly about life, supplemented by literary writing. Later, it was revised and compiled into this book. The book is divided into 192 chapters, all with easy-to-understand and playful subtitles, such as "Daiyu is very good at first", "If your boss is Mr. Bao" and "Is Xiren a spy or a renegade?" ...... (end)

Appendix II: Proud Discrimination of The Red Chamber-Refuting Wang Meng's so-called "Give me slavery or give me death"

This article is transferred from Zhang Manling's Comments on A Dream of Red Mansions. Ms. Zhang Manling is a famous contemporary female writer, who has devoted herself to redology with her father for decades. Now I'm posting one or two for the fans of the Red Chamber.

Open the newly arrived Talk on Literary Freedom (No.2, 25) and catch a glimpse of a review of Red.

Mr. Wang Meng's "Politics in A Dream of Red Mansions" is different from ordinary flowing articles. It has no "smoothness" from the book, and it is not a "out-of-pocket" floating. Every word is novel and interesting.

Only by reading such words can we know what experience is and what "evaluation" is. Who can tell these insights without personally turning over the somersault in China's politics?

But a slogan was put forward, which was put on a bunch of rebellious female slaves in A Dream of Red Mansions. It is harsh to read, and this is the so-called "slave or die". Six words, can kill people.

In ancient times, there was a saying that "two peaches killed three scholars". Now, the rebels in the female slave team in "Red Chamber" are summarized as "slave or death", which can kill the ancients and choke the present. Reading is like drowning in the throat, and it is not smooth without refutation. Although it is only six words, the whole article is difficult to write.

The original words are: The description of a slave also makes people sigh. We all know a famous saying, "Give me liberty or give me death". But what I saw in A Dream of Red Mansions was "Slave or give me death". Because his biggest punishment for the slave is to drive him back and out, let her sister-in-law come and take her away and send her out with a boy. From a class point of view, wouldn't it be nice to send a boy out? Got a free identity, didn't you? Become one with one's class brothers. Let's say that you should commit suicide. Mrs. Wang didn't say that you should commit suicide. You said that you were persecuted to death. At least on the surface, it doesn't look like persecution. Just say one, go home, and she committed suicide. This is a model of "give me slaves or give me death". ..... Siqi is another one, and so is Qingwen. Qingwen didn't say anything else. Get out.

so it's all out, because it's really dumbfounded. I think many people who read A Dream of Red Mansions will be as shocked as I am. Just like Qingwen heard Mrs. Wang call her a "fox".

But when he talked about forcing female slaves to marry, he used the words "class brothers". If he "became one with his class brothers", it would not only be "funny", but his position was vague and hateful. I really don't know whether I'm satirizing the slave girl or Mrs. Wang. In a word, we can't see the sympathy of human nature, his belief that female slaves also have the right to freedom of emotional choice, and his respect for female slaves' personality. These words are very heartless.

the so-called "freedom" is not abstract for any class or individual at any time. If the Rightists and educated youth stole a few potatoes to satisfy their hunger, we can't say that they were "thieves or give me death".

If the slave girls don't want to marry the boy they deserve, what can they talk about fighting for freedom if they can't resist this personal oppression and injustice? And they resisted, but they were said to be "slaves." This logic is really hard to turn.

Qu Yuan, who is beyond reproach, represents China's excellent culture and has become a contemporary world celebrity and patriotic poet. Once this logical comparison is used, it is a person who "disloyal to the monarch or give me death". It is also feudal and servile. Because he is also a "loyal minister", I don't know what else to do in the world, and I don't know what is more valuable in life. He can't create a new world. He can only stick to the traditional values and forge them. Such as "a scholar can be killed, but not insulted", such as "dying for the country" and so on. And this kind of value is one of the contents of the soul of a nation for us.

why did qu yuan go to the water? It is also similar to Qingwen's fear of being dragged out by Mrs. Wang. He is afraid that he will be caught and humiliated by the enemy's army after the destruction of Chu.

Qingwen and Jin Chuan would rather die than be humiliated, which is the same as Qu Yuan's life and pride in honest and frank. Therefore, Cao Xueqin wrote in "The Daughter of Furong": "I am in danger, and my women are miserable in Haneo. "A high standard makes you jealous, but a boudoir hates Changsha more." Comparing Qingwen to "Changsha" is the aggrieved celebrity Jia Yi. The comparison is "Feather Wild", which means Gun, the father of Dayu who was in charge of water control.

Cao Xueqin himself is a rugged man. All his life, he has reached the point where "porridge and wine are always on credit for the whole family", but he is still "the eyes of the infantry are inclined to people". "If you don't admire violet's pet, you'll never forget the shame of establishing the city.". Tsao Gong had no food to eat, but the Imperial Garden called him, but he didn't go. Li Bai is still too low in style.

combine pride, romance, poverty and freedom. Sing the last song in a dream. Strange people and strange writing create a unique cultural personality. In A Dream of Red Mansions, there are a number of women with masculinity, and among the maids, heroism emerges one after another. Such as Qingwen, Jin Chuan, Siqi, Yuanyang, etc., are all types of "scholars can kill but not insult". The resistance of female slaves is also the pride of Xueqin.

In the past, Sima Qian was imprisoned and lived as a guilty minister, but his freedom was even less. But he holds the freedom to write books. It can be seen that "freedom" is not so simple as a certain style. The style of freedom, like itself, is also free, diverse and relative, with different degrees and levels.

Then, why do you want to obliterate and deny the short-lived relative freedom that Qingwen people have gained in the Grand View Garden? That's the reason and happiness for them to live.

In addition, people must have the freedom to choose different freedoms, so as to realize true freedom. For example, the freedom of "matching class brothers" is not wanted by others, and you impose it on others. Is that called "freedom"?

people who comment on "freedom" should first have a liberal and considerate mind, instead of forcing others with their own values of freedom. The essence of freedom remains "humanity". Human nature has been distorted, life has been destroyed, and what freedom is there? That Jin Chuanqingwen was killed by Mrs. Wang once again, and was killed again by this comment. How can you bear it? Therefore, I have to shout: Keep people under the sword! Or it should be: leave the soul under the sword! Because people have already gone. But Hibiscus, the master of the fragrant soul, passed on my daughter's fragrance from generation to generation.

when a page of the times turns over, people behind us look at us, which is also a picture of freedom. Don't think that you are much better than Qingwen Siqi. At that time, people also laughed at our grand struggle for small interests, which was not much more noble than the struggle of female slaves in the Grand View Garden. But we have to tell them solemnly: little children, without the little disputes of our predecessors, how can you have today's big freedom?

I thought that we should be responsible for introducing famous books to young students. The so-called "slave or give me death" view is immature, which is detrimental to the value of famous works. Young students should first contact with positive things that have been verified by history. From this family, get it. "