Author Cao Xueqin, name
Meng Ruan was born in 17 15 and died in 1763. His ancestors were originally Han Chinese, but they became the "coat" of Zhengbaiqi's internal affairs office (Manchu means slave), full of books. Grandfather's uncle Cao started, and Gong Jiangning became an official for three generations.
Because of being involved in the struggle with the royal faction, Jiangning Weaving was short of money and was dismissed from office, and his family wealth declined from then on. The author's life has just experienced the process of Cao family's prosperity and decline, from a "rich" noble son to a "poor man" When he was writing a book, he lived a life of "rafters and rope beds", which prompted him to have a deep and painful memory of his past experiences, which laid a good foundation for him to have a dissatisfied and critical attitude towards all kinds of darkness in society and write A Dream of Red Mansions, which reflected the decline of the feudal ruling class and feudal system.
A Brief Introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions
The exact date when Cao Xueqin wrote A Dream of Red Mansions is unknown. We can only know from the first time that he "lost the Red Pavilion for ten years and added and deleted it five times". According to experts' research, A Dream of Red Mansions * *110, 80th.
Back to Cao Xueqin's death about 10 years ago, the author of the last 30 chapters was basically completed, but for some reason, it was not copied to the world and finally lost, which is an irreparable loss. By the end of 18, Gao E continued to write the last 40 chapters, forming the current 120 chapter.
This article is selected from the third episode of A Dream of Red Mansions and is an integral part of the preface of this book. A Dream of Red Mansions is the best classical novel in China18th century. It reflects extremely rich life contents, has profound ideological significance and high artistic achievements, and occupies an important position in the history of China and world literature development. It takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background and Jia Baoyu and Lin as the background. This paper focuses on the process of Jia Hening's prosperity and decline, exposing the dissolute corruption of the aristocratic group of the landlord class, exposing their cruel exploitation and oppression of the working people, praising the rebellious behavior of the rebellious youth and some slaves in the landlord class, and widely reflecting the social contradictions and class struggles at that time. This paper criticizes the traditional ideas of the landlord class such as feudal ethics, but also reflects the author's fantasy of "mending the sky" in the feudal system and some nihilistic thoughts. In the art of writing, the language is refined, natural, beautiful and vivid, and the characters are full of flesh and blood, which have shaped many artistic images with typical characters. The writing scale is grand and the structure is rigorous. This book has high ideological content and outstanding artistic achievements, and it is the peak of realism in China's ancient novels.