A short story about Cao Xueqin

20 1 1 In June, Cao Xueqin's Legend of Xishan was selected into the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. These oral materials are numerous, and the stories and legends cover a wide range, including Cao Xueqin's character, life experience, experience, relatives and friends, how Cao Xueqin wrote A Dream of Red Mansions, where Cao Xueqin lived, how Cao Xueqin helped the poor and so on.

In contrast, there are still traces of the story of A Dream of Red Mansions painted under the eaves of the Niangniang Temple in Siwangfu near Zhengbaiqi Village.

"The old wood in front of the door is crooked, and the small bridge is flowing." This statement about Cao Xueqin's former residence has been circulating in Xishan for a long time, just like the author at the beginning of A Dream of Red Mansions said that he lived in a place called Liu, and Zhang Yiquan wrote that Cao Xueqin's residence was "painting in front of the door".

Flowers and birds set each other off in front of the hall, so many scholars infer that the flag camp of Zhengbaiqi in Qing Dynasty, where the original site of Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall in Beijing is located, is where Cao Xueqin lived and wrote A Dream of Red Mansions.

At that time, Zhengbaiqi Banner Camp was completely controlled, and buildings were built in rows. Different buildings had different functions, such as stalls for storing household registration files and distributing food. The University Square was the place where children of Zhengbaiqi Banner Camp received education. ?

2. Indulge in poetry and wine

Dunmin and Duncheng's poems record Cao Xueqin's obsession with poetry and wine. On a rainy morning, Duncheng visited Dunmin's apartment Huaiyuan (located in Taiping Lake in the southwest corner of the inner city) and met Cao Xueqin by chance.

Because it was still early, the boy came out before the master woke up, and they dragged each other to the pub to drink. Duncheng took off his sabre and served wine, and Cao Xueqin thanked him by singing drunk. Duncheng also wrote "Sabre Tasting Song" to answer. On another occasion, Dunmin and Duncheng took several cans of good wine to visit Cao Xueqin in Xishan to pick melons and cook. There is a saying in Duncheng that "melons and flowers are like wine".

3. Husley

In A Dream of Red Mansions, several public guests came to Jiafu. Cao Xueqin wrote here to satirize them with their names, so he named one of them "Husley".

But many people don't know what "Huslai" is. In fact, this is a kind of fruit in Xiangshan area. This kind of fruit is grafted by local people with apples and betel nuts. It looks beautiful, but it tastes dry. Only suitable for posing in fruit bowls.

Fan Zhibin said, "It is said that Cao Xueqin also knows this kind of fruit in Xiangshan. Give diners this name, which means they are people with glamorous appearance and nothing in their hearts. " ?

4. Fair old people

Fan Zhibin recalled that there was a 90-year-old man at the top of Xiangshan Mountain. He described the origin of Jia Baoyu's praise of Xiren as a "fair old man". "Fair old man" is actually a kind of plant, and people in Xiangshan area like to grow it. However, it is not planted for harvest, but to draw a clear line. Some people like to be greedy and cheap. When they farm, they dig more into other people's homes every year, and they don't admit it when they are found.

But with the "fair old man", you can know at a glance where the border is and who the land belongs to. Because its roots are deep, it is not easy to be dug up by greedy people. Therefore, locals call this plant the most "fair".

"Cao Xueqin lived at the top of the mountain, so he was probably the' fair old man' he knew at that time. Unfortunately, the next year we tried to find the old man again, but we learned that he had passed away. "

5. Noble medical ethics

According to Mr. Kong Xiangze's memory, when he visited Baijiatuan with Mr. Wu Enyu in the early 1970s, he heard a villager say that there was a doctor in Qianshan (Xiangshan) Banner who often treated the poor for free. At first, he temporarily borrowed tables and chairs from an empty temple in the south foot to treat people, and later moved to Qiaoxi.

Mr. Shu Chengxun once told Mr. Kong Lao that there are many pharmacies in indigo plant, and Cao Xueqin often goes to these pharmacies to get medicines or prescribe medicines for patients. Kong Lao also said that Qin Xue had cured many incurable diseases for many poor people, and people praised him for his brilliant medical skills and noble medical ethics.

6. Empty Temple

Mr. Yang Yi once lived in Taizhouwu near Baijiatuan for a long time. He once wrote an article by Nalan Xingde, a famous poet in Qing Dynasty, saying, "Just at the south foot of Cao Xueqin's Baijiatuan residence, there is a small temple at the foot of the mountain.

There is a temple with an area of about 10 square meter. Because there are no gods, idols and memorial tablets in the temple, it is empty, and the locals call it an' empty temple'. This temple was demolished in the late 1970s and early 1980s when the land was razed.

Although there is no written record, from its shape and location, it belongs to the category of mountain temples. The age of the building cannot be verified. Some people think that this "empty temple" may be related to the "empty Taoist" written at the beginning of Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions. "

Extended data:

Cao Xueqin's life experience;

Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in Nanjing Jiangning Weaving Institute in his early years? . Great-grandfather Cao was appointed Jiangning Weaving; Great-grandmother Sun Shi was the nanny of Emperor Kangxi. Grandfather Cao Yin was the squad leader and bodyguard of Emperor Kangxi. Later, he was appointed as Jiangning Weaving, and also served as the inspection station of Huaihe Salt Affairs, which was very popular with Kangxi.

In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), the Cao family was robbed of their property because of a deficit, and Cao Xueqin moved back to his former residence in Beijing with his family. Later, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and made a living by selling calligraphy and painting and helping his friends.

Since then, the Cao family has been devastated and declining. After a major turning point in his life, Cao Xueqin felt that the world was cold and had a clearer and deeper understanding of feudal society. He despised powerful people, stayed away from officialdom and lived a poor and hard life. Cao Xueqin has an open mind and a wide range of hobbies. He has studied epigraphy, poetry, painting, gardening, Chinese medicine, darning, craft and diet.

With perseverance and years of hardships, he finally created a great work with great ideological and artistic quality-A Dream of Red Mansions. In his later years, Cao Xueqin moved to the western suburbs of Beijing. Life is even poorer, "covered with wormwood" and "the whole family often drinks porridge on credit".

Major achievements:

Cao Xueqin's greatest contribution lies in his literary creation. A Dream of Red Mansions created by him is large in scale, rigorous in structure, complicated in plot and vivid in description, and has shaped many typical artistic images of characters. It is the pinnacle of China's ancient novels and occupies an important position in the history of world literature.

Cao Xueqin left a valuable cultural heritage and spiritual wealth for the Chinese nation and the people of the world, which not only had a far-reaching impact on the creation of later writers, but also produced a large number of excellent derivative works in the fields of painting, film and television, animation, online games and so on. Academic circles and society have studied and discussed the author, version, text and skills of A Dream of Red Mansions, and even formed a special knowledge-A Dream of Red Mansions.

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