What are the sad details in "A Dream of Red Mansions"?

The reason why "A Dream of Red Mansions" is a masterpiece lies in the grand narrative, but also in the depiction and description of details, which captures the heart and lungs and makes people sigh.

The following are two small details as examples.

First, Yuanchun appears as the protagonist for the first time in the book and has already become an imperial concubine. We have no way of inferring what kind of youth story Yuanchun has. We can only know what this woman (or girl) carries. It was the fate of a big family. Her youth was strangled in the cradle early. Compared with other girls in the Grand View Garden, Yuanchun was even more miserable. And when I meet my sisters, parents, and ancestors during a family visit, everyone can only say some pleasantries. Although I feel superior, you can imagine how I feel in my heart. When their fathers cried one by one, did they ever think that Yuanchun was sent to the palace by their own hands? Then they thought about how much bitterness and helplessness Yuanchun expressed in his words.

Secondly, "no place to see people" may not be as simple as not being able to see relatives. How much filth Yuanchun saw in the palace was not written by Cao Gong. Even today we don't know what Yuanchun really is. How he died, but we can think of how careful and difficult it was for Yuanchun, who was burdened with the fate of his family, to survive in the palace, and how many unspeakable things he experienced.

Chapter 54 "Shi Taijun breaks the old routine, Wang Xifeng plays the role of colorful clothes". It is written about the Lantern Festival night banquet in Rongguo Mansion. The answer to the lantern riddle becomes a prophecy. Needless to say, the interesting thing is that Sister Feng made a joke. : Sister Feng stood up and clapped her hands and said with a smile: "People said hard, you guys are messing around, so I won't say anything." Jia Mu smiled and said, "You tell me, tell me, what happens next?" Sister Feng thought for a while and said with a smile: " There was a room full of people sitting together, and they dispersed after a night of drinking. "Everyone saw that he had spoken sternly and had nothing else to say. They were all waiting for words, feeling cold and tasteless. Shi Xiangyun looked at him for a long time. ...Thinking about the unfinished topic from before, I asked him: "How about the first one? It's time to finish." Sister Feng patted the table and said, "It's so annoying. The next day is the 16th, New Year's Eve." It's over, the festival is over, I can't see people busy collecting things, and they still know what's going on." When everyone heard about it, they started laughing again.

?Every festival in "A Dream of Red Mansions", whether it is the Lantern Festival or the Mid-Autumn Festival, is worthy of careful consideration. The riddles and jokes in the festival often have great hints on the plot. Here, "the year is over, the festival is over, I saw people busy collecting things and still couldn’t figure it out. I didn’t know what was going on.” It was so sad to hear it as a joke from Sister Feng. In the future, the Jia family was in ruins, the birds fled to the forest, and the white earth was so clean. The dejection can be imagined.

What is even more paradoxical is that the last chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions" is not known to everyone. It really is "who knows what is going on underneath."

In the thirty-seventh chapter "The Qiu Shuang Zhai Occasionally Wedding Begonia Society Hengwu Garden Night Patterning Chrysanthemums", Daiyu made a joke about Tanchun:

Daiyu said: "Since we are going to set up a poetry club, and we are all poets, it would be wise to change the names of these sisters, uncles and sisters first." Li Wan said: "Exactly, why don't we all have separate names and call each other elegantly? I am Ding "Old Farmer Daoxiang" is no longer occupied." Tanchun said with a smile, "I am the layman Qiu Shuang." Baoyu said, "The master is not suitable, and the sycamores and bananas are everywhere." Yes, maybe it’s better to have Wutong Banjiao.” Tanchun said with a smile, “Yes, I like Banana the most, so I’ll just call it ‘Jiao Xia Ke’.” Everyone said it was unique and interesting. Daiyu smiled and said, "Take him quickly and let's stew the preserved meat and drink wine." Everyone was puzzled. Daiyu said with a smile: "The ancients once said that 'the deer is covered with banana leaves'. He calls himself 'the banana guest'. Isn't he a deer? He's about to make deer breasts." Everyone laughed after hearing this. Tan Chunyin smiled and said: "Don't use clever words to curse people in your busy schedule. I have already thought of a great nickname for you." ”

The allusion of the banana leaf covering the deer comes from Volume 3 of Liezi, "King Mu of Zhou Chapter", which is quite novel and interesting.

Zheng people who have a salary in the wild will occasionally scare the deer. , I attacked it and killed it. I was afraid that people would see it, so I hid it among the gods. I was so happy that I left it in the place where it was hidden, so I thought it was a dream.

The meaning is also very simple: In the Spring and Autumn Period, a woodcutter from the state of Zheng killed a deer. He was afraid that others would see it, so he hid it in a pit and covered it with banana leaves. Later, when he went to get the deer, he forgot where he hid it, so he Thought it was a dream. Later, it was used as a metaphor to describe gains and losses, honor and disgrace, like a dream. This story seems to be similar to Zhuang Zhou's Mengdie, but Yan'er is really clever in making fun of Tan Chun here. Tanchun calls herself a banana guest. In fact, when she later worked for the Grand View Garden to prosper and eliminate old disadvantages, she was not like a "deer covered with banana leaves". She was "a thousand miles away in the east wind and a dream away", so she was not like the deer under the banana leaves.

This is the coldness of "A Dream of Red Mansions". The author leaves foreshadowings everywhere, and it reads like:

In the midst of the laughter of the masses, it is often like climbing high and looking around, but seeing the vast wilderness. , ruins and ruins, lonely and helpless. ————Du Mu "The Prime Minister Asks for the Second Enlightenment of Huzhou"

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