论《红楼梦》的“大旨”与“本旨”

On "Macroscopic Meaning" and "Real Meaning" in A Dream of Red Mansions

像《红楼梦》这样伟大的作品必然意味深长,不同的视角会得出不同甚至相反的结论,因而正确把握作品的深层底蕴,就显得很重要。《红楼梦》"两旨"并驾齐驱,灵性与佛性应是作品的根本底蕴,抓住了这两点,才能真正走进作品,走近作家。

Great works like A Dream of Red Mansions are certainly profound in meaning, to which different viewpoint may result in different even opposite conclusions. Therefore it is of vital importance to grasp correctly the profound implications of the work. In A Dream of Red Mansions there exist the fundamental inside information in two meanings： spirituality and Buddhahood. Only by grasping these two points can the reader really merge into the work and close to the writer.