论《梅花观怀古》与宝琴的命运——兼论《红楼梦》原书的几处删改

Meditation On the Past at Plum Blossom Temple and Xue Baoqin's Fate

薛宝琴所作怀古诗的寓意向来是《红楼梦》研究者感兴趣的一个问题,笔者认为这组诗是作者对后文情节的暗示。我们可从《梅花观怀古》一诗着眼,探讨薛宝琴在佚文中的命运。从中可看出,现存版本中的第六十四回到第六十九回的情节已被严重删改。

The meanings of nostalgic poems by Xue Baoqin have always been an interesting topic to the researchers of The Story of the Stone.The author deems this set of poems as hinds of later plot by the book＇s author.This paper focuses on the poem Meditation On the Past at Plum Blossom Temple to probe Xue Baoqin＇s fate in the lost articles and points out that the plot from the 64th episode to the 69th episode has been seriously altered.