Dream of Red Mansions became a banned book during the Qing Dynasty. Is this related to the character Lin Daiyu?

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is one of the four famous works in Chinese history. As a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, it has great research value in all aspects of humanities and economy during the Qing Dynasty. It is an "encyclopedia". However, during the Qing Dynasty, the rulers at that time exerted great oppression on cultural development. Many cultural people were severely suppressed and even died because they wanted to stick to their literary works. This book is of great cultural value to us now. "A Dream of Red Mansions" was an out-and-out "banned book" at the time.

Not only that, but experts have also found that "A Dream of Red Mansions" is actually half of the "History of Qianlong". In the content of the novel, there are many places where "innuendos" are pointed out, which can be used. "Audacious" is used to describe the author's behavior.

Cao Xueqin basically implicitly wrote Qianlong's "whole family" into this "Dream of Red Mansions", in which each of Qianlong's princes corresponded to many noble sons in Jia's family. And Emperor Qianlong's favorite Princess Heshuo and Jia was Wang Xifeng's daughter Qiaojie.

Not only that, the well-known heroine Lin Daiyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is based on Emperor Qianlong's most beloved empress Xiaoxian Chun. In the article, Lin Daiyu calls Grandma Liu "Mother Locust". If you cover up the word "worm", you will find that it is "Mother Locust", and the homophony of this word refers to the so-called "Mother Queen" . So Grandma Liu, who seems to be a joke character about being overwhelmed after entering the Grand View Garden, actually alludes to Emperor Qianlong's mother, the so-called Queen Mother.

Cao Xueqin not only wrote Qianlong's "family" into the book, but the description of some scenes in "Dream of Red Mansions" is actually closely related to the royal architecture of the Qianlong period. The Grand View Garden, which appears many times in "A Dream of Red Mansions", refers to the Old Summer Palace during the Qing Dynasty. That's because Qianlong once visited the Old Summer Palace with many talented people. When he was very interested, he asked them to draw a painting on the way, and the title of the painting was "Grand View".

Since this book writes about the aristocrats of the palace and the buildings in the palace, it must also write about some things that happened in the palace. These things are very secret, so it has also become a banned book in "A Dream of Red Mansions" a major reason.

Lin Daiyu had a unique title called "Concubine Xiaoxiang", and this title in ancient times referred to Shun's two concubines, Emperor E and Nvying. When Shun died, the two concubines were very sad because they really loved Shun, so they rushed to the bank of the Xiangjiang River. The two of them kept crying over Shun's death, and their crystal tears fell on the bamboo, forming speckled marks. Later people called this bamboo Xiaoxiang bamboo. In the end, the two beautiful concubines threw themselves into the river because of their grief. They died in the rolling water of the Xiangjiang River and reunited with Shun in another world.

Lin Daiyu lived in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and like these two concubines, she liked to be sentimental and shed tears, so she was nicknamed the "Xiaoxiang Concubine" by people around her. In the end, Lin Daiyu's tragic ending was related to this The nickname lives up to its name. Among them, the final ending of Emperor Qianlong's Xiaoxian and Chun empress that Lin Daiyu alluded to was actually also secretly pointed out in Cao Xueqin's writing that she fell into the water and died.

This incident is not a random fabrication. It is also recorded in the "Unofficial History of the Qing Dynasty" that Empress Xiaoxianchun was forced to fall into the water after Emperor Qianlong was drunk, and finally drowned alive. . However, the unofficial history is not an official historical record, and its authenticity cannot be disputed. According to the official record, Empress Xiaoxian Chun died of a serious illness.

The book "A Dream of Red Mansions" has two lines. The bright line tells the poignant love story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, and the hidden line tells the whole sad process of the feudal family from prosperity to decline at that time. Through this story, Cao Xueqin criticized the corruption and ignorance of the powerful officials of the Qing Dynasty at that time, and satirized the incompetence of the authorities at that time.

Cao Xueqin dared to hint at the royal family at that time through such a book, which was definitely not allowed, so "A Dream of Red Mansions" would definitely become a banned book under the sensitive situation at that time.

There is another reason why "A Dream of Red Mansions" became a banned book, which is not as sensitive as the above. Because many of its contents were contrary to many etiquettes in society at that time, so they were not allowed to exist in society at that time.

And some of the special hobbies of Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan were not on the table at the time. In ancient times, when the minds were not enlightened enough, many people could not accept them, so it is not surprising that they became banned books.

The fact that "Dream of Red Mansions" became a banned book has something to do with the times at that time. Many chapters of "Dream of Red Mansions" that became a banned book are missing. Even under such difficult circumstances, it is still handed down for us to learn and appreciate. , it is not easy.