试说《红楼梦》为何“只存八十回”

Why Only Eighty Chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions were Left?

《红楼梦》为何"只存八十回"?对此一直是众说纷纭。我认为这是乾隆大兴"文字狱"的恶果之一。是乾隆的"文字狱"破坏了《红楼梦》的完整。但"砍掉"八十回之后的文字,最终还是曹雪芹本人做出的抉择。不过,曹雪芹不愧是文章高手,即使"砍掉"八十回之后的文字,八十回本的《红楼梦》仍不失为一部"完整的作品"。

There are divergent opinions about why there are only eighty chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions are left.I think this is one of the evil consequences of literary inquisition in the Qian Long period .It is Qian Long’ s literary inquisition that disintegrates A Dream of Red Mansions.But it is Cao Xueqin ’ s final choice to cut the part after the eighty chapters .Nevertheless, the novel with only the eighty chapters is still a complete piece of works .