红楼风行天下之奥秘——三论程、高续书之功

The Profound Mystery of the Popularity of the Dream of the Red Mansion --the third Discussion on the Merit of Mr.Cheng and Mr.Gao for the Continued Book

本文从程伟元、高鹗所续红楼梦四十回与前八十回曹雪芹原著的比较中指出它虽有许多不及 原著的地方,但因掺入并突出了宝黛爱情和钗黛冲突的内容,使原著从叙写贾府子孙不肖、后继无人的故事, 转变为呼唤爱情自由、婚姻自主的历史要求,此乃其得到读者认同、风行天下之奥秘。

This passage argues that because of mixing and stressing Baodai's love and Chaidai's confliction, it change the book's theme to calling for love to be free and marriage to be act on one's own, though it has many places inferior to the original work form comparison between Honglongmeng' s last 40 chapters re - witten by Cheng Weiyuan, Gao'e and former 80 chapters written by Cao Xueqing. This is the secret why Honglou are identitied by readers and could popularized throughout the world.