The background of A Dream of Red Mansions is: the social life picture of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods in the Qing Dynasty is the so-called prosperous period of Qianlong in history. In fact, behind the heyday of the dynasty were various contradictions and heavy crises.
With the rise and fall of four historical families, Wang and Xue as the background, Jia Baoyu, a rich son, as the perspective, and the love and marriage tragedies of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, the novel depicts the lives of a group of boudoir beauties, showing the true beauty of human nature and tragedy. It can be said that it is an epic work that shows the beauty of women and various social conditions in ancient China from all angles.
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The outstanding artistic achievement of A Dream of Red Mansions is that it is as rich, complex and natural as life and nature itself, and the author writes life realistically and tastefully. The great events and waves in A Dream of Red Mansions are well described. As the story goes on, characters are constantly emerging, full of interest in life, and the secrets of life are revealed. Its detailed description and language description inherit and develop the tradition of excellent novels of the previous generation.
A Dream of Red Mansions exposes all kinds of darkness and evil in the late feudal society and their insurmountable internal contradictions, and strongly criticizes the decadent feudal ruling class and the feudal system that is about to collapse, making readers feel that it is bound to perish; At the same time, the novel also expresses a new hazy ideal by praising the noble rebels.
In the history of China literature, no work can write such a gripping love tragedy as A Dream of Red Mansions. No work can reveal the social roots of love tragedy in a comprehensive and profound way, thus making the most profound and powerful criticism of feudal society.
Which emperor did Jia Yuanchun marry?
In reality, Jia Yuanchun married Emperor Qianlong, and she was promoted to imperial concubine because she reported that Qin Keqing was the daughter of the abandoned prince. However, due to the counterattack of the abandoned princelings, she finally had to sacrifice. After the death of "Jia Yuanchun", the Hongximi case occurred in Qianlong Dynasty, and the Cao family was involved in it, and finally it was completely destroyed.
How did Jia Yuanchun know Gan Long?
Cao Cao was caught in the battle of princes in Kangxi's later years, and made chips on princes, eight sons of the emperor and four sons of the emperor. Before the Prince was abolished, he secretly sent his own daughter to Cao Cao's home in the south of the Yangtze River, which is the prototype of Qin Keqing. This kind of thing was entirely possible in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the prince held a high position, and the Cao family took it for investment.
After the prince was abolished, Cao Cao began to attach himself to the eight emperors. At the same time, he also sent his young lady to Yusizi Yin _ to act as a coated handmaiden. This is the prototype of Jia Yuanchun. After Yin, the fourth son of the Prince, succeeded to the throne, the Prince and the eighth son of the Prince were liquidated, and Miss Cao accidentally got the love of Prince Yong. Although Cao Cao was investigated for being attached to the Prince and Imperial Eight Children, he harassed the post office and lost money.
Miss Cao Jia became Li Hong's personal maid, and was loved by Li Hong for her outstanding talent and understanding of poetry and prose. At this time, Cao Jia also got the support of this young lady.
How did Jia Yuanchun become an imperial concubine?
In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng suddenly died and Qianlong acceded to the throne. In order to eliminate old grievances, Qianlong overturned some cases in Yongzheng, including Cao Jia, who was an official again. At this time, Miss Cao also became a concubine in the palace. At this time, Miss Cao told Qianlong that the Cao family had "Qin Keqing".
Emperor Qianlong deeply felt that the deposed prince was powerful, so he joined forces with the Cao family to force Qin Keqing to death. Cao's loyalty to Emperor Qianlong forced Qin Keqing to die a natural death and gave up many plots. Miss Cao was promoted to the imperial concubine, and the Cao family regained Rong Lu, which is also the prosperous time of the Jia family described in the book.
Jia Yuanchun's Tragic Experience
Due to the informers, the abandoned princelings suffered heavy losses, especially the Cao family. The Cao family was once again involved in the dispute, and the royal family represented by Hong began to fight back, with the Cao family bearing the brunt. In this power struggle, in order to stabilize the situation, Qianlong had to sacrifice the interests of the Cao family. Miss Cao was given suicide and the Cao family lost power in the palace.
After Miss Cao's death, political opponents began to attack the Cao family crazily, which made the Cao family worse. Later, because of Hong's rebellion, Cao's family was found to have an affair with Hong and was severely examined. Not only was it robbed again, but Cao Xueqin's grandmother died of fright, and the Cao family completely declined. Cao Xueqin could only make a living by selling calligraphy and painting, and finally died of depression in the New Year's Eve before the completion of A Dream of Red Mansions, ending Cao's glorious life for decades.
Which dynasty is a dream of red mansions?
A Dream of Red Mansions belongs to the Qing Dynasty.
A Dream of Red Mansions, written in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, is bound to bear the imprint of the times. The rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were great, and Cao Xueqin proved that Jia's rise and fall were small! It is easier to understand the story of ups and downs in A Dream of Red Mansions by telling the story of small ups and downs.
Sixteen times of A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Yuanchun Grand View Garden ordered four plays, among which Luxury Banquet was written by Li Yu in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Qiao Qi is from the Palace of Eternal Life and was written by Hong Sheng in the early Qing Dynasty.
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Also in Sixteen Chapters, Lingguan's two plays "Meet and Blame Mother" also came from the famous Kunqu Opera "Hairpin Phoenix" in the early Qing Dynasty. Twenty-two times, on Xue Baochai's birthday, Wang Xifeng ordered "Liu Er Dangyi", which was a farce in Yiyang dialect during the Qianlong period.
Xue Baochai's Drunk Wutai Mountain is also a drama of Qing Dynasty. This play can be found in Yuan Qiu's play "Tiger Capsule Bomb", included in "Hundred Autumn Collection" and also found in "The Mysterious Map of Loyalty and Righteousness".
A series of dramas in the Qing Dynasty have proved that A Dream of Red Mansions is an overhead historical novel set in the Qing Dynasty. Just like Jin Ping Mei, it tells the social changes in the late Ming Dynasty according to the story of Song Dynasty.
The Historical Period of A Dream of Red Mansions
A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel about human feelings that happened in Qing Dynasty.
A Dream of Red Mansions focuses on the daily life of the government, focuses on the love and marriage tragedies and trivia of Baoyu, Daiyu and Baochai in the Grand View Garden, and takes the history of Jinling's famous families and the history of Wang and Xue's four families from prosperity to decline as the dark line, showing the inevitable trend that the feudal society at the end of the road will eventually perish.
With its tortuous and obscure expression, desolate and deep emotional style and strong lofty ideological connotation, it has irreplaceable research value in the fields of ancient folk customs, feudal system, social landscape, architectural inscriptions and so on in China, reaching the peak of China's classical novels.
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A Dream of Red Mansions comprehensively and profoundly reflects the characteristics of the ups and downs of feudal society. It does not describe the love story of "wedding candles and being the first"; It is about the love and marriage tragedy between young feudal nobles Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.
The great social significance of the novel lies in that it did not describe this love tragedy in isolation, but centered on this love and marriage tragedy, and wrote the rise and fall of four representative families of Wang, Shi and Xue at that time.
Focusing on Jiafu, it exposes all kinds of darkness and evil in the late feudal society and their insurmountable internal contradictions, and strongly criticizes the decadent feudal ruling class and the feudal system that is about to collapse, so that readers can foresee that it is bound to die. At the same time, the novel also expresses a new hazy ideal by praising the noble rebels.
A Dream of Red Mansions exposes all kinds of darkness and evil in the late feudal society and their insurmountable internal contradictions, and strongly criticizes the decadent feudal ruling class and the feudal system that is about to collapse, making readers feel that it is bound to perish; At the same time, the novel also expresses a new hazy ideal by praising the noble rebels.
In the history of China literature, no work can write such a gripping love tragedy as A Dream of Red Mansions. No work can reveal the social roots of love tragedy in a comprehensive and profound way, thus making the most profound and powerful criticism of feudal society.
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The Real Historical Background of A Dream of Red Mansions
A Dream of Red Mansions reflects the social life in the periods of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, which is the so-called prosperous period of Qianlong in history. In fact, there are various contradictions behind the heyday of the dynasty, and there are also many crises hidden.
I. Introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions
The version of A Dream of Red Mansions can be divided into two systems: 120 "cost" and 80 "fat cost". Cheng Ben is printed by Cheng Weiyuan, while Fat Ben is an early manuscript copied and commented by Zhi Yanzhai in different periods. Fat book is the basic book of craft book. The first 80 chapters of this new edition of popular reading are examined according to the fat version, and the last 40 chapters are examined according to the course version, with the signature "Cao Xueqin, anonymous sequel, Cheng Weiyuan, finishing".
A Dream of Red Mansions is an earthly novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture. This novel has made extraordinary artistic achievements. The special brushwork of "the truth is hidden and the village tells lies" has opened the brains of later readers and speculated for a long time.
Later generations formed an outstanding school-redology around the study of reading A Dream of Red Mansions.
Second, the creative background
During the Kang Yong period, Cao Jiazu Sun San worked in Jiangning for 58 years on behalf of four people. In its heyday, the Cao family had done four large-scale pick-up and drop-off of drivers. Cao Xueqin grew up in Nanjing and experienced a rich aristocratic life in his youth.
However, the family gradually declined. In the sixth year of Yongzheng, Cao Xueqin's family moved back to Beijing because the deficit was confiscated. After returning to Beijing, he worked as a handyman in charge of literature and ink in a royal school, "Right-wing Religion". His family was poor and his life was difficult. In his later years, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing, and his life was even poorer.
Third, the source
From Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty
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, 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.
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I. Appreciation
A Dream of Red Mansions is a work with rich connotations. The author puts Jia Baoyu and a group of girls with different identities and positions in the poetic and real novel world of Grand View Garden, showing the tragedy and beautiful destruction of their youthful lives.
The most profound thing in the works is that this kind of tragedy is not entirely attributed to the cruelty of the wicked, but some are directly destroyed by feudal forces, such as the tragic ending of Yuanyang, Qingwen and Si Qi.
It is a life tragedy caused by the deep structure of orthodox culture accumulated and solidified for thousands of years. The novel depicts a vast historical picture of imperial palaces and rural villages, which reflects the complex and profound contradictions and conflicts in the last days of feudalism extensively and profoundly, and shows the essential characteristics of feudal nobles and the historical fate of inevitable decline.
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