幽梦同谁近 多情共芹痴——《红楼梦》太虚幻境之梦诸问题探疑

A Probe into Taixu Huanjing of A Dream of Red Mansions

《红楼梦》以写梦著称。在其所写的二十多个梦中,最宏富也最具深意的是第五回的太虚之梦。围绕这个梦的情节构建,许多问题值得探究,比如何以在此回预示人物结局?何以用秦可卿引梦?何以设置警幻仙姑这个人物?梦中可卿与梦外可卿的关系如何?对这些问题的解读,不仅需要从主题方面考虑,更需要从情节构建、创作方法方面入手。

A Dream of Red Mansions is famous for creating dreams. The richest and most profound of the twen- ty-odd dreams in the novel is the dream of Taixu in its fifth chapter. The plot of this dream is worth probing. For ex- ample,why is the character outcome indicated in this chapter？ How does Qin Keqing originate the dream？ How is Jinghuan Xiangu is created？ What is the relationship between the Qin Keqing in the dream and the Qin Keqing in reality？ The above needs to be interpreted from such aspects as theme,plot building and writing technique.