奇文史笔红楼梦·自序

A Remarkable Piece of Writing and the Historical Writing Style of A Dream in Red Mansions: Author's Preface

自序对全书的内容和宗旨从奇文、史笔、文化、意象、小说艺术及运用的批评方法等方面进行阐述和归结。破译奇文"玉带林中挂,金簪雪里埋""一从二令三人木,哭向金陵事更哀"、儿与茗烟、暖香坞春灯谜、鹡鸰香念珠、冷香丸等。把司马迁"稽其成败兴坏之理""原始察终,见盛观衰""秉笔直书""不虚美、不隐恶"的史笔运用在小说中;对善恶、美丑、是非给予褒贬、爱憎、美刺、斧衮的严正评判。《红楼梦》是文化小说,故有必要对其进行意象溯源、文化寻根和深意探索。

The preface,as an prelusion of the story＇s content and theme,brews a prophesy and conclusion comprehensively from the perspective of insinuating,historical writing style,culture,image,fiction art and criticism. It pries into secrets encoded in equivocal predicts such as ＂ The jade belt in the greenwoods hangs,the gold pin is buried beneath the snow＂, ＂ Two makes my riddle with a man and a tree,returning south in tears she met calamity ＂,characters ＇ names such as ＂ Mingyan（ Tealeaf） ＂,lantern riddles in the Spring and Winter Room,hidden meaning of the rosary made of aromatic seeds,and many others. It employed an impersonal stance while writing,and a historical way of observing,so that in a detached way it distinguishes the good from the bad,and gives a philosophical comments on beauty and moral value. A Dream in Red Mansions is a novel immersed in regional culture,therefore it deserves such a close observation for its images and a trace back to the images＇ culture connotations so as to get the hidden meaning.