“宝玉乞花”探源——兼论曹寅、曹雪芹祖孙二人的爱梅情结

On the Origins of"Baoyu Begging for Flowers" ——Doubled as a discussion of the plum-loving complex of grandfather and grandson Cao Yin and Cao Xueqin

"宝玉乞花"的情节似从唐宋诗词以及作者的祖父曹寅《楝亭集》诗词中化出,脂批"此书之妙皆从诗词句中泛出"的评语当不是过誉之词。曹寅的《楝亭集》对曹雪芹的《红楼梦》创作产生了重要的影响,祖孙二人都有爱梅情结,喜爱梅花是他们共同的情趣爱好。

The plot of＂Baoyu’s begging for flowers＂seemed to develop from the poems of the Tang and Song dynasties and the author’s grandfather Cao Yin’s poem collection entitled Liantingji.Zhi Yanzhai’s comment of＂the subtlety of the book is all derived from the lines of peoms＂is not exaggerating.Cao Yin’s Liantingji exerted great influence upon Cao Xueqin’s creation of A Dream of Red Mansions.The grandson and the grandfather all have plum-loving complex,which is their common interest of taste.