Why is a dream of Red Mansions called a dream of Red Mansions? For more than a hundred years, both Redology experts and ordinary fans of a dream of Red Mansions have been discussing this issue, but there are always different opinions, and there is no unified view. Today, combined with previous studies, we talk about our own unique personal views to share with fans of a dream of Red Mansions.
Mr. Liu Mengxi, a famous scholar, once pointed out that the title of a dream of Red Mansions is still a puzzle until now. In the second part of Chapter 8 of his book a dream of Red Mansions and a century of China, he said: the third unsolved puzzle is that before the first chapter of a dream of Red Mansions, when explaining the origin of the story, four titles are listed below, and each name is specific I'm connected to people who are not. Why does the author list four titles at once? Which title does the author prefer? People who study a dream of Red Mansions all want to find out. However, although a lot of articles have been published in this field, it is far from reaching a consensus. It can be said that the rationale behind these series of titles has not yet been fully clarified.
In the first chapter of a dream of Red Mansions, Zhen Shiyin's dream is the soul of Jia Yucun. The author says four titles successively. The following is a list of the four titles and their paragraphs
1. The story of the stone is the first chapter of this volume. The author said that he had experienced a dream, so he hid the truth. He wrote the story of the stone with the help of the theory of channeling. So it is called Zhen Shiyin.
2. Love monk record: the first time that Zhen Shiyin's dream is to understand the spirit of Jia Yu Village, After pondering for a while, I reviewed the story of the stone again. I found that although there were some words about cheating, criticizing, dismissing and punishing evil, it was not the purpose of scolding the world. When it comes to the benevolence and benevolence of the emperor, the kindness of the father and the filial piety of the son, all the things that are often concerned are praises of merit and virtues. It is not comparable to other books. Although the main purpose of the book is to talk about love, it is only a record of the event, and it is not a false pretense, blindly inviting and stealing The alliance is comparable. Because he didn't interfere with the times, Fang copied it from beginning to end and came out with a legend. From then on, Taoist Kongkong saw color because of the emptiness. He created emotion from color and expressed emotion into color. He changed his name to Seng Qing, and changed the story of stone to Seng Qing.
3. The treasure of the wind and the moon
4. Twelve hairpins in Jinling: later, Cao Xueqin read ten years in mourning for Hongxuan, added and deleted five times, compiled a catalogue and divided the chapters into chapters, which was named twelve hairpins in Jinling.