Is there a Cao Xueqin in history? Why is his identity certain?

Cao Xueqin (about1765438+May 28, 2005-about1February 763 12) [1], whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name, and real name is Qin Pu, is a Chinese classic.

A dream of red mansions stills

Cao Xueqin, the author of A Dream of Red Mansions, representing the highest achievement of China's classical novels, is not only admired by later generations, but also concerned by many people.

Mr. Hu Shi believes that Cao Xueqin is the grandson of Cao Yin. He has money at home and can write poems and draw pictures. Cao Jiasheng has received the royal family at least four times. Later, when Cao Yin died and his family came down, Cao Xueqin began to write this Dream of Red Mansions in poverty, but he died before he finished it. After Hu Shi, many scholars began to argue about Cao Xueqin's ancestral home.

Gao Dongchang, vice president of Cao Xueqin Research Association in Tieling City, Liaoning Province, said that Cao Xueqin is a descendant of Cao Bin, the founding father of the Song Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, he moved from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province to Feng Run, Hebei Province, and Cao Duanguang, the ancestor of Cao Shi, settled in Tieling, and generally lived in the area south of Tieling City. 16 18, Taizu Cao Xuanshi and Gaozu Cao Yanzhen became slaves of Zhengbai Banner in Manchuria. Since this generation, the Cao family has been living near Tieling. Gao Dongchang also said that Cao Duanguang, the ancestor of Cao Shi, has the Cao Shi Genealogy since Shunzhi and Kangxi as evidence; Cao Taizu, with the Eight Banners Manchu Genealogy as evidence; The great ancestor Cao is recorded in the local chronicles of the Qing Dynasty. Great-grandfather Cao has Kangxi's "Shengjing Yuzhi" as evidence; Grandfather Cao Yin has "Five Celebrations Hall Spectrum" as evidence. ...

Zou Baoku, former deputy director of Liaoyang Museum, insisted that Cao Xueqin was from Liaoyang. Cao Cao, the great ancestor of Cao family, was born in Liaoyang, which can be verified by historical materials such as Biography of Cao, Shangyuan County Records and three stone tablets discovered in recent years. Dazu Cao is listed as "Liaodong" or "Liaoyang" in the local chronicles of the Qing Dynasty. Great-grandfather Cao also said in historical materials that "the ancestral home is Xiangping" ...

"Tieling School" thinks that "Liaoyang School" has insufficient evidence, while "Liaoyang School" thinks that Cao Xueqin's ancestral home has been proved for more than five generations, which is far-fetched and insufficient.

No one of the two factions can convince anyone, and the dispute over Cao Xueqin's life experience has become a deadlock.

Portrait of Cao Xueqin