《红楼梦》作者考辨

Textual Research on the Original Author of Dream of Red Mansions

关于《红楼梦》的作者问题在红学界一直没有定论。虽然现在普遍认为作者是曹雪芹,但还存在诸多疑问。通过对《红楼梦》文本和脂砚斋批语的细读,不难发现,曹雪芹确实只是"批阅增删"者,原作者另有其人。诸多证据表明,原作者应该是曹雪芹的叔辈——曹寅的儿子。

Who is the author of Dream of Red Mansions is still an issue in Hong Xue circles. It is generally agreed that the author is Cao Xueqin, but many questions remain unsolved. Through textual research of Dream of Red Mansions and Zhi Yanzhai comments on the text, it is easily found that Cao Xueqin is just an editor while evidence shows that the original author may be his uncle, that is, Cao Yin＇s son.