“以南写北”和“以北隐南”——《红楼梦》写作策略新探

“Writing North via South” and “Hiding South via North”——A New Probe into Writing Strategy of Dream of the Red Chamber

《红楼梦》在以假隐真、石头撰书、僧道交通等明显的策略之外,还采用了"以南写北"和"以北隐南"的写作策略,这个超越了选材、地域局限的写作策略是可以通过文本分析和家世引证得到明证的。发现并利用它来分析小说,不仅可以调和红学研究中因南北因素共存导致的争论,而且对理解作者的"述祖德""明盛衰"的写作目的都大有助益。

In addition to the strategies of hiding truth via falsehood,stone writing and monks'transportation,Dream of the Red Chamber also adopts such a writing strategy as"writing north via south"and"hiding south via north".This strategy goes beyond the selection of materials and the geographical limitations,which can be proved by text analysis and citation of family background.Analyzing the novel from this perspective can not only reconcile all kinds of controversies caused by the coexistence of south and north factors in Redology,but also contributes to the understanding of the author's writing purpose of"telling ancestors'virtues"and"knowing about the way to rise and fall".