1, Cao Xueqin said
This theory was put forward by Mr. Hu Shi. He believes that Jia Zhen and Yu Bao in A Dream of Red Mansions are the incarnations of Cao Xueqin himself; That day and Jia Fu were the shadows of the Cao family.
First, A Dream of Red Mansions clearly states at the beginning that it is a self-narrative book of "hiding the truth". Since the author is Cao Xueqin, Cao Xueqin is the self-confessed "I" at the beginning of A Dream of Red Mansions, that is, Jia Zhen's two treasures in the book (true and false);
Secondly, the stone clearly stated that "this book is my own personal reason" and "I spent half my life seeing it with my own eyes";
Third, 16 talk about the southern tour. The Zhen family and Jia family are both Cao Shi families, and Emperor Kangxi made six southern tours, and four were poor drivers. This is also a poem that Dunmin sent him, saying that "Qinhuai's old dreams recall prosperity";
Fourth, Jia Zheng in A Dream of Red Mansions is also the second son, the first one not to attack the nobility, and also the foreign minister. These three layers are consistent with Cao Fu, so Jia Baoyu is the son of Cao Xueqin and Cao Fu;
Fifth, it is said at the beginning of A Dream of Red Mansions that the author, the protagonist in the book, was already in a sad and unfortunate situation when writing this book. From the poems given to Cao Xueqin by the Duncheng brothers, we can see that Cao Xueqin is a man living an old dream of prosperity. He is a genius in art and literature. He can write poems and draw pictures. He was in a very poor situation in his later years. This is the history of Jia Baoyu.
2. Cao Fu said
This theory comes from the record of Essien Yu Rui of A Qing Dynasty in his "Idle Pen at Jujube Window". Yu Rui said, "I've heard of the old book" A Treasure Mirror of Yue Feng ",also known as" The Story of the Stone ",and I don't know why someone wrote it. Cao Xueqin got it, so the story told in the book is similar to that of his family. Because of the use of the title, this book has been deleted five times, which makes it more and more strange. The people in his books are hiding at home, and whenever they are in trouble,
They are all written in dictation, but they are not real names. People who heard about Baoyu still refer to his uncle, not his own portrayal. The so-called "Yuan Ying explores pity" implies the word "should sigh", which is also the case in past dynasties. Yu Rui's uncle Lin Ming is a friend of Cao Xueqin, so his records say that Jia Baoyu's prototype is not Cao Xueqin, but "someone of his uncle", which has attracted more and more attention in the red circle.
Because of Cao Qing's early death, Cao Fu was Cao Xueqin's only uncle. Most contemporary redology researchers think that Cao Fu is the prototype of Jia Baoyu. Hu Shi also thinks that Aunt Cao Xueqin, who married Pingjun, is the prototype of Yuan Chun, which is consistent with Yu Rui's statement.
3. Other theories
Suoyin attached many irrelevant and fragmentary historical events to Jia Baoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions. Widely circulated are: the first faction said that Jia Baoyu was the emperor shunzhi; The second faction said that Jia Baoyu was the emperor of the Qing dynasty, and Baoyu was the person who passed the national seal, that is, Yin Ren; The third faction said that Jia Baoyu was Nalan Rong Ruo. Since 1990s, some grassroots dream lovers have put forward more bizarre and profound views on Jia Baoyu's prototype.
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Jia Baoyu introduced in A Dream of Red Mansions:
Jia Baoyu is the protagonist in China's classic Dream of Red Mansions. In a previous life, he was really the second son of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, and the waiter of Chixia Palace. Born with the title of psychic Baoyu, he is the grandson of Jia Fuyu, so he was named Jia Baoyu, and Jia Fu is known as Master Bao. He is the only male resident of Daguanyuan's daughter country.
Jia Baoyu was deeply loved by Grandmother Jia since he was a child. He wandered around the gentle and wealthy countryside, devoted himself to raising powder and getting close to his sisters and maids at home. He and Lin Daiyu, childhood friends, became bosom friends and developed into a rare pure feeling in the world. He valued affection over ceremony, and formed an indissoluble bond with Qin Zhong,,, and other sentient people. He likes temperament literature such as poetry, music and fu, and hates four books and eight essays.
Criticize Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, and call those feudal literati who pursue imperial examinations and official career economy "Lu Ji". But in the end, "for a moment, I was extremely sad and people could not change." The clean daughters he loved died and dispersed; Under the family arrangement, she married Xue Baochai in a muddle, which led to Lin Daiyu's tearful death. After experiencing the pain of property seizure, he became more and more crazy and stupid.
In order to repay Tian Enzude and get rid of dust as soon as possible, he and Gao Kui's son revived the family business together. Finally, I feel extremely poisonous. I gave up the cliff and returned to Gengqingfeng with a monk. "It is a dream after all, and everything is empty."
Baidu Encyclopedia-Jia Baoyu (the protagonist of the classical novel A Dream of Red Mansions)