A Dream of Red Mansions is a work with rich connotations. The Poems of Good Songs and Twelve Poems of A Dream of Red Mansions remind Jia Baoyu of the triple tragedies he experienced. 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 profundity of the works lies in that this kind of tragedy is not entirely attributed to the cruelty of the wicked, and some of them are directly destroyed by feudal forces, such as the tragic fate of Yuanyang, Qingwen and Siqi, but more tragedies are caused by the "common morality, common human feelings and common circumstances" in feudal ethical relations, and are life tragedies 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. What is particularly profound is that the pictures of Jia's life displayed in the novel show the absurdity of the manners and customs that maintain the rank, birthright, age and relationship between men and women of this aristocratic family, and uncover all kinds of fierce contradictions and struggles in the "warm veil" of feudal families.
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.
Brief introduction of the author
Cao Xueqin (about1715-about 1763), whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name and real name is Qin Pu, is the author of a dream of red mansions. He was born in Shenyang (Liaoyang) and moved back to Beijing when he was about fourteen years old. Cao Xueqin was born in Zhengbaiqi, the interior office of Qing Dynasty. He is the grandson of Cao Yin and the son of Cao Qing (the son of Cao Fu).
Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in Nanjing Jiangning Weaving Institute in his early years. In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), 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. Cao Xueqin has an open mind and a wide range of hobbies. He has studied epigraphy, poetry, painting, gardening, Chinese medicine, darning, craft and diet. With perseverance and years of hardships, he finally created a great work with great ideological and artistic quality-A Dream of Red Mansions.