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What does the red chamber of a dream of red mansions mean?

Interpretation of The Red Chamber

Pan chengyu

The word "Red Mansion" is common in classical poetry, which has attracted the attention of a group of red lovers because of the famous novel A Dream of Red Mansions. In the forty-ninth year of Ganlongmeng, the master "Preface to a Dream of Red Mansions" said: "The red chamber is rich in women, and poetry proves Xiangshan." Bai Juyi's poem "Qin Zhongyin Yi Marriage", "A rich girl in a red chamber, embroidered with gold thread", can be regarded as the first time to use Chinese. Point out that this word mainly refers to the residence of rich women. (Previously, Emperor Kangxi ordered Cao Yin, Cao Xueqin's grandfather, to preside over the compilation of Pei Fu Volume II, and to draw up the eleventh Hou Department, and to collect nearly 100 rhymes such as "bronze building", "red building" and "Zhu building", but not "red building". The revised edition of Ci Yuan by the Commercial Press is interpreted as "Red Chamber". It refers to gorgeous buildings, where many rich women live "; The two revised editions (1989 and 1999) of Ci Hai published by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House are both interpreted as "gorgeous architecture". Old often refers to the residence of a rich woman. "The essence of the two is completely consistent, it should be said that they have grasped the main usage of this word in classical poetry. Previously, 1936, Shanghai World Bookstore published Linz edited by Cai Gai: "The red building refers to the place where women live." In the same year, Zhonghua Book Company in Shanghai published Ci Hai: "Red boudoir, where women live, is like saying red chamber." "Red Chamber, ... At that time (referring to the Tang Dynasty, the same below), there were also many red chambers among the people, which were inhabited by family members. ..... Later, because of the name of the woman. " 1976 The Chinese Dictionary published by Huagang Publishing Company in Taipei has two meanings, one is "red lacquer terrace" and the other is "the residence of rich girls". Women's housing is also common, which is actually based on the analysis of basic meaning and extended meaning. It is no different from the book mentioned above. The seventh edition of Adding Ci Yuan published by Taipei Commercial Press 1984 is almost the same as Ci Hai published by 1936: The Red Chamber. ..... At that time, there were many red mansions in rich families, all of which were occupied by women. ..... Later generations took the Red Chamber as the name of the woman's residence. "Throughout the dictionary circles on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, up to now, except for the Chinese Dictionary, which is well-known in terms of words and definitions, all factions have quite unanimously affirmed that' Red Chamber' refers to the residence of (rich) women. Specific to A Dream of Red Mansions, because it is the story of a young woman like Jia Fu, people also understand the word "red chamber" in the title accordingly, which is of course correct.

1992 The word "red chamber" in the ninth volume of The Great Chinese Dictionary has added a new meaning. Say, "You are a brothel. Where prostitutes live. " On this basis, some scholars have made a staggering interpretation of A Dream of Red Mansions. A redology paper published in Beilun Cong 1993 points out that "Red House" can indeed be another name for a brothel. So it is untenable to say that A Dream of Red Mansions can't be a prostitute's book. [1] A Dream of Red Mansions, published in 2000, published a long article by the scholar in the form of serialization, saying that "the red chamber" has always been another name for brothels, and the "red chamber" in A Dream of Red Mansions will not be pointed out separately. A Dream of Red Mansions is based on the author Cao Xueqin's experience in Qinhuai brothels, taking Qinhuai famous prostitutes as the prototype. [2] The identification of the meaning of the word "Dream of Red Mansions" seems to have been related to the reputation and value revaluation of the historical masterpiece "Dream of Red Mansions". From what he said, a series of incredible views, such as Jia Mu is a prostitute, the dreamland originates from the reality of brothel, the striking similarity between A Dream of Red Mansions and Banqiao Miscellanies, and the reflection of the occupation of famous prostitutes, are supported by a judgment that "a brothel always refers to a brothel". For this reason, the definition of "red chamber" in the dictionary should not be avoided. Carefully scrutinize.

In classical poetry, the meaning of "Red Chamber" is indeed rich. From the dictionary's point of view, its meaning is subdivided. There are nine kinds: 1, ordinary red building or gorgeous building. 2. The residence of a rich woman or a woman in general. 3, refers to the emperor and his family code. Wang Jian's Sunrise Palace: "Painting a maid in a red chamber laughs, while Yu Di cares for passers-by." "Dancing Horse", one of Lu Guimeng Miscellaneous Talks in Kaiyuan: "At the end of the song, I seem to invite your pet, but I dare not boo when I look back at the Red Chamber." "Peach Blossom Fan", the 25th time, "Selecting the Best": "The Red Mansion and the Cuidian are beautiful, and everyone is happy and noisy." 4. refers to the temple. In particular, it refers to the names of specific temples and buildings enshrined by the royal family in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Shen Quanqi's "The Courtyard of the Red Chamber Should Be Written": "The Red Chamber is suspicious of seeing white light, and the temple forces Chen Jusheng to become a Tang Dynasty." Zuo Zheng's "Registration Form": "Zilu is gone now, and the Zen guests in the Red Chamber have heard about it for a long time." Also refers to the general temple. For example, The Complete Works of Tang Poetry (Volume 477) and Toutuo Temple after Early Spring by Li She: "The Golden Temple in the Red Chamber leans against the green hills. At the beginning of the rain and snow, I look at Hanyang. " Volume 8 14 Xie Xue: "The Red Chamber knows that there is wine, and I am willing to learn from Yuan An." 5, refers to the nobility. For example, Tang Lizhong's "Guangling Cold Food Night": "Guangling Cold Food Night is luxurious and full of ritual. When Mozi returned, the Red Chamber was on the moon. " Ancient jade "A trip to Chang 'an": "Teenagers play at the jade emperor's place, and quasi-parrots talk about the red chamber. I just look at him once a year, which is not as expensive as Nanshan. "Ming Yan" Volume 15, "Zhao Shihong Dragon and Tiger Club": "Tiger Dragon Boat Festival Wanghou Town, the home of the Red Cross Society. "6, the beauty of the heart's residence. For example, Li Bai's "Giving Beauty to Strangers": "Beauty smiles with pearls as a foil, and refers to the Red Chamber as my concubine's home. "Ugly Slave" written by Huang Tingjian (or Qin Guan) in Song Dynasty: "When a beauty leaves, she is quiet, thin and difficult to spell. The moon has no reason. Room 12 has passed the Red Chamber. "Qing Gong Zizhen's" Langtaosha ":"There is no trace to find him used to, the red chamber, the picture, the lamp curtain. "7. A place for singing and entertainment, a place for singers and beautiful women who live on it. For example, Shi Jianwu's "Reward the Ming House" in the Tang Dynasty: "At this time, the Red Chamber wanted to get drunk and was persuaded by the singer to drink. "Mao Wenxi's Ganzhou Times:" Looking for incense to catch the banquet, the silk and bamboo never stopped, and the beauty sang, and it was changed to Ganzhou, drunk red house. "He Xinlang" was written by Liu in the Song Dynasty: "Tell Qing 'e and Xiaohong to go upstairs and earnestly persuade them to drink. I think of the resentment on the pipa, and bamboo shoots light up their sleeves. "These A Dream of Red Mansions do have some narrow and evil colors, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the eyes of some literati, it is almost the same as a "brothel." The second volume of Suiyuan Poetics says that "there was a school book in the Red Chamber at that time (the laudatory name of a prostitute)" is an example. 8. refers to the residence of a romantic fairy. Such as the Tang Dynasty's "Fairy Song": "Spring Luo cut the words and invited the Queen Mother to hold a banquet in the deepest part of the Red Chamber. "Xiang Si Dream Fairy:" Last night, my soul dreamed of Jin Xian and found Pengshan immortal. ..... The red chamber should be cold in recent months, and the green apricot shakes the wind to occupy the ancient spring. "Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen's" Spring Poetry Sleeping in Hundred Rhymes ":"Yesterday, you sleepwalked in the spring and sleepwalked in the fairy songs. ..... For a red house, love is not enough. ..... transferred to the deep courtyard and lived in a heavy house. Seeing the people under the window from a distance, I hired Christine Liu Shiwu. ..... NingQing didn't say anything, I paid the money. ..... it's easy to fall asleep. Dreams are hard to sustain. "It's very similar to the dreamland written in A Dream of Red Mansions. Song Zhangyan's Dream also said: "Twelve Little Red Mansions, where are people and Yu Di? "9. Jude Building. Don Ma Feng's "Join the Army": "Han and Ma are in a group, and they only know about ancient friends across the mountain. Shaling rises under the Red Mansion, and flies to the sky to make clouds. "Generally speaking, the word' red chamber' in classical poetry has as many as nine meanings, but one of them is similar to a brothel. Just as prostitutes can be called beauties, but extraordinary beauties all refer to prostitutes, a dream of red mansions can't all refer to brothels. It is close to the fact that the red chamber can be another name for the brothel, but it has always been another name for the brothel, which is beyond doubt.

As for A Dream of Red Mansions, perhaps one of the roots of its magical charm lies in Cao Xueqin's careful choice of titles with multiple meanings and directions. If you regard the word "Red Chamber" as a general red chamber, you can notice the author's self-proclaimed "Mourning the Red Chamber" and the "Hongyiyuan" where the protagonist lives. As a palace, the indexers say that it is a love story between the emperor shunzhi and Dong Xiaowan, which seems to have a basis. As an aristocratic family, the "Pearl Family Theory", "Zhang Hou Family Theory" of the Indicator School and "Reflecting the Decline Fate of the Feudal Aristocratic Family" of the Social School all have their ups and downs. As the residence of a rich girl, we can understand its concern for aristocratic young women; If we regard it as the place where we have an emotional relationship with ourselves, that is, the beauty in our hearts, we can calculate the weight of "a piece of nonsense and a bitter tear" after the wedge and realize that it can be said to be blood flowing out of the author's veins; As the residence of immortals, we can understand why the songs sung by immortals in dreamland are called Twelve Dreams of Red Mansions, and we can know that its dominant plot is to write extraordinary love (in China's ancient poems, immortals mostly appear as the parties to the love between man and god); Since the temple is the residence of a monk, we can foresee the final destination of the protagonist's becoming a monk and the actual reference of The Monk and The Record of Feeling a Monk at the beginning, thus showing the pity for others from the author's creative tone ... Thanks to this word in our classical poetry, it has been integrated into the protagonist, background, plot trend, leading clues, philosophical recollection and so on in the novel A Dream of Red Mansions.

Precautions:

Ouyang Jian. Query on tihongloumeng in Ming Dynasty. Northern Essay, 1993(6):72-78.

[2] Ouyang Jian. A New Interpretation of A Dream of Red Mansions, 2000 (2): 3-9; (3):3— 1 1.

Original: Dictionary Research, No.6, 200 1