从“黄粱梦”到“红楼梦”——论《红楼梦》的幻化时空与叙事结构

From "A Golden Millet Dream" to "A Dream of Red Mansions"

《红楼梦》中的五个重要梦幻与"黄粱梦"有着深切的历史渊源。"黄粱梦"最早见于《列子》,经过唐传奇、元戏曲、明代拟话本小说和清代笔记小说的发展和演化,形成了独特的幻化时空和哲学内涵。曹雪芹将"黄粱梦"纳入到《红楼梦》的叙事中,在黄粱梦的基础上进行巨大转换,使《红楼梦》形成了独特的幻化时空和天人合一的宏伟结构,这种叙事结构体现着曹雪芹深刻的哲学观。

This paper holds that the five important dreams in A Dream of Red Mansions have their historical origin in an ancient Chinese legend of ＂a golden millet dream＂, which can be traced back in Lie Zi and evolve all the way through the Tang, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties into a unique temporal and spacial structure with philosophical connotation. Cao Xueqin adopted and reconstructed the legend of ＂a golden millet dream＂ in his narration and build up a grand narrative structure in A Dream of Red Mansions, which embodies Cao＇s profound philosophical view.