白雪红梅 浓淡相宜——论《红楼梦》雪梅图兼薛宝琴、邢岫烟形象

Excellent Layout of White Snow and Red Plum Blossoms: On the Images of Painting of Plum Blossoms in Winter, Xue Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan

《红楼梦》中最美的雪景主要集中在第四十九回和第五十回。在这两回中,作者除描写大观园众姊妹外,又宕开一笔,写薛宝琴、邢岫烟等姊妹的到来,为诗社注入了新鲜的血液,给读者描绘出几幅或简或繁、极富意趣的雪梅图。而宝琴、岫烟二人皆为红楼过客,她们仿佛梅花一般形神俱美,有着迥异于“十二钗”的人生经历。曹雪芹在对她们的描绘中,体现出对封建时代女性命运的思考和探索。

The most beautiful snow view has been described in chapter 49 and 50 of the Dream of the Red Chamber.Depicting all sisters in the red Chamber,the author also described the coming of Xue Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan,which brought the new blood into the poetry blood in that the author depicted several meaningful paintings of plum blossoms in winter.As passers-by in the red Chamber,Xue Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan seemed to be plum blossoms and had different life experience from the“twelve women”.Based on the description on Xue Baoqin and Xing Xiuyan,Cao Xueqin presented his thinking and exploration on the women’s fate in feudal time.