20世纪曹雪芹家世研究综述

Overview on CAO Xue-qin's Family Research in the 20th Century

曹雪芹创作《红楼梦》是以其家族百年兴衰史为原始素材的,因此研究雪芹的家世就成为作品研究的条件之一。20世纪,关于曹家发迹的起因,曹雪芹祖父曹寅与康熙的关系,他的父辈以及曹家彻底败落的原因,都得到深入的研究,为《红楼梦》文本的研究奠定了厚实的基础。

The hundred history that CAO Xue-qin's family rose and fell is the source material of A Dream of Red Mansions, so CAO Xue-qin's family research has become one of the requirement when we research his works. The achievement of this field is great in 20th century. Many issues have been researched deeply, for example, how CAO Xue-qin's family rose to power and position, what the relation between CAO Xue-qin's grandfather CAO Ying and KANG Xi Emperor was,why CAO Xue-qin's family declined completely, and so on. All the research have laid a solid foundation for the study of A Dream of Red Mansions itself.