《红楼梦》并不存在万能的“大对称结构”——与周汝昌先生商榷

No Omnipotent "Big Symmetrical Structure" Existed in A Dream in Red Mansions——Argument with Mr.Zhou Ru-chang

周汝昌先生晚年宣传《红楼梦》"整体一百零八回书,这个整体一百零八回又分为前后两扇,每扇各为五十四回书文,形成一个大对称的格局",这个结构还具有决定一切的作用。经过我们认真考察,他引以为据的"一百零八钗"和"一百零八回"在小说中都不存在。《红楼梦》也不存在"‘十二乘九’结构法",这个结构法根本不符合文学的创作规律。周汝昌支持王国华的"太极红楼梦"的实质就是明目张胆地撕裂《红楼梦》完美的艺术结构。

Mr. Zhou Ru-chang advocates in his later years that, as a whole, A Dream in Red Mansions with one hundred and eight chapters can be divided into two parts, fifty-four each, forming a big symmetrical pattern, which dominates everything. After a careful study, we find that his so-called One Hundred and Eight Maids and One Hundred and Eight Chapters he cited do not exist in the novel at all. ＂＇Twelve Multiply Nine＇ Structure Method＂ does not exist in A Dream of Red Mansions, either. This structure does not meet the law of literary creation. The essence that Mr. Zhou Ru-chang supports ＂A Taiji Dream of Red Mansions＂ by Wang Guo-hua brazenly destroys the perfect artistic structure of A Dream of Red Mansions.