《红楼梦》谶语艺术魅力探源——兼议对红楼谶应持的态度

A Brief Investigation into the Glamour of Prophecies in “A Dream of Red Mansions”

红楼谶语的魅力来源于它与小说文本的严密契合 ,包括与结构、主题、意境的契合。在对红楼谶语重新定位的基础上 ,参照红学研究三种方法沉浮变化的大致趋势 ,我们可以对这些谶语有新的认识。一方面承认它们的隐寓作用和在探佚学方面的功能 。

The glamour of prophecies in “A Dream of Red Mansions” stems from their closely agreement with the novel text: including agreement with structure, theme, and mood. Based on the new fixed position of these prophecies, we can get a new idea of attitudes toward them: on one hand, admit their function in studying the missing texts, on the other hand, pay more attention to their esthetic values in former eighty chapters.