This dream is also a "trip", and the destination is too dreamy.
Fantasy, four words, can't be understood in two words like most idioms. It should be read in the way of "3+ 1", that is, "dreamland+realm", which means an infinitely illusory place. To put it bluntly, it is also a place that does not exist. Isn't it ridiculous to come to a place where dreams don't exist? It is true that everything in the world, sometimes the more absurd, the more thought-provoking and touches the deepest part of the soul. This "dreamland" painstakingly created by Cao Xueqin is such a situation.
Only people who are crazy about Baoyu are qualified to come here, and the rest, such as Jia Lian and Jia Huan, are out of the question. I think it has been a hundred years since the Jia family built a towering "rich building" from the narrow escape of the palace. By Jia Baoyu's generation, it was already "doomed", and all descendants, such as Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Huan, etc. No one can inherit their family business, there is only one Baoyu. Although he is "extremely clever and has a slight hope of success", he is also "eccentric". If someone can give him a blow, he can make him.
This Ning Guo Gong Rong Guo Gong was worried about future generations in the spirit of heaven, so he earnestly entrusted Jing Huan, the head of the dreamland, to warn Jia Baoyu's "stubbornness" with "eroticism, debauchery, etc.", so that he suddenly repented and stepped into the right path. This is the first purpose of Jia Baoyu's "dreamland".
According to this purpose, the main contents of Jia Baoyu's sleepwalking are music, singing and dancing, and love affairs. Cao Xueqin wrote this dream trip, which is completely a game of teasing pen and ink. The language is humorous and playful, and the absurdity contains some profound meaning. After reading it, he couldn't help looking down in thought. Let me have a closer look.
Let's take a look at the basic environment of Baoyu's "dream trip", that is, what kind of room he fell asleep in.
The dreamer of this "dream trip" is Qin Keqing. I wrote in another article that she is "the first lover of the Red Chamber" and she is the most suitable dreamer. She first led Baoyu to the inner room of the building. Baoyu doesn't like it, because this room is very inspirational, and there is a picture of "Burning Chenopodium" hanging in it, encouraging people to study hard, which makes Baoyu a little unhappy. What makes Baoyu unbearable is another couplet, which is very famous in A Dream of Red Mansions: everything is learned, and people's understanding is an article. Although the couplet is very good, it is precisely the way of the world that Baoyu hates most in his life. Jia Baoyu disliked reading these serious books the most in his life. How can he have a wonderful "dream trip" in such a room? So Baoyu even said it.
This building is already the most ornate place in Ningfu, and Baoyu doesn't like it yet. Qin Keqing had no choice but to lead Baoyu to his room. As soon as I arrived at the door, I smelled a thin sweet fragrance, and Jia Baoyu was tender and tender. A word used by Cao Xueqin is "soft eyes and weak bones", which is a very fragrant word, vividly writing the image of Jia Baoyu as "the first yin person in the world" Zhi Yanzhai's evaluation of this word is: How can you imagine and write an unforgettable scene? That kind of fragrance is called "dream-inducing fragrance" by Zhi Yanzhai.
Look at the furniture in Qin Keqing's bedroom. Unlike the inspirational "Burning Chenopodium" hanging in the front room, Tang Bohu's "Begonia Sleeping in Spring" hangs on the wall here, which reminds people of Yang Guifei's drunken and sleepy state. The couplets hanging on both sides perfectly interpret this fragrant "spring sleep picture": tender and cold lock dreams because of spring cold, and the fragrant breath is wine. Zhi Yanzhai has a four-word comment next to this couplet: extremely gorgeous and extremely obscene. The author of this couplet is also very appropriate. His name is Qin Taixu, that is, Qin Guan, a famous graceful and restrained poet, and one of the four bachelor's degrees of Su Men in Song Dynasty. He wrote that "if two kinds of feelings last for a long time, they must be in the morning and evening".
Coincidentally, the owner of this house is Qin Keqing, with the same surname as Qin Guan. The word Qin Guan is out of space, and the place where Jia Baoyu wants to sleepwalk is called "space dreamland". These seem to have an intermittent connection, don't you think there is a profound meaning? But this implies that you can't explain it clearly, just like a misty poem, which is fascinating after reading, but can't be expressed in words for a while. This is the effect that Cao Xueqin wants, and it is also his genius.
Cao Xueqin created two completely different scenes with two different paintings and two different couplets. Baoyu chose a scene that is especially suitable for a nap and dreaming. If you dream in such an atmosphere, what beauty will your dream have?
After contrasting and highlighting the "fragrance" of the bedroom, Cao Xueqin was still wanting more, and then made fun of it with the most humorous and playful language, further rendering the splendor of the Qin bedroom. The mirror on Qin dresser is a precious mirror used by Wu Zetian. There is also a golden plate on the case, in which "chubby" Zhao stands and dances. There is also a papaya in this golden plate. This kind of papaya is famous and has a long history. That was thrown by An Lushan in those days and brushed Yang Yuhuan's chest. It seems that it still smells like Yang Yuhuan. The couch was laid by Princess Shou Chang, and the curtains were hung by Princess Tongchang.
Is there anything more "nonsense" than these words? Is there anything more humorous than these words? Wu Zetian, Zhao, Princess Shou Chang and Princess Tongchang, all beautiful, fragrant and charming women are here. Cao Xueqin's "nonsense" is strongly suggestive and symbolic. What kind of woman is Qin Keqing living in such a room? What does Baoyu dream about during his lunch break in such a room? The following words are all implied in this "nonsense".
After reading these, Baoyu showed his true colors and beamed, saying, It's nice here! It's nice here! Judging from these two sentences, Baoyu's hobbies are well known. Baoyu smiled, and Qin also smiled, saying, I think a fairy can live in this room. His pride is beyond words. Baoyu and Qin are kindred spirits. Although they didn't look at each other, they both smiled, which was meaningful.
As Qin spoke, he showed Baoyu the pillow, which was washed by the maid, and it was the Yuanyang pillow that the matchmaker held Yingying. How can you not dream with such a quilt and such a pillow?
After this preparation, Baoyu can sleep in peace. The crowd retreated, leaving only a few close-fitting maids, such as xiren, waiting for you. Qin also came out. As the master, he ordered the little maids to watch the cat and dog fight under the eaves. This sentence appeared again after Baoyu woke up from his dream. It must be meaningful. Unfortunately, I haven't understood it yet, so I dare not talk nonsense. You can experience it with your heart and gain something.
At the beginning of my dream-I met the police fairy.
Baoyu fell asleep under the guidance of Qin: "Then Baoyu closed his eyes and fell asleep in a trance. Just like Qin was in front, he took Qin around." What is the scenery like here? Cao Xueqin used sixteen words to describe it: Cynthia White Stone, green trees and clear streams, people everywhere, flying dust everywhere. What a clean place this is! Especially the word "dust is out of reach", can there be anything cleaner than this word? Zhi Yanzhai said that these sixteen words are "a Penglai Fu", which really lives up to its reputation.
Baoyu was very happy about this place. When he was happy, he suddenly heard a woman sing:
The song begins with the word "spring dream" and ends with the word "love", which is the theme of Baoyu's sleepwalking. The woman who sings is the fairy of the police illusion-the head of the dreamland.
As I said before, this dreamland is a place where there is no illusion, so what does this "too unreal" mean? According to the first song of A Dream of Red Mansions, everything in life is nothing more than fame, gold and silver, wife, children and grandchildren. Among the four, fame and fortune are relatively easy to see through, while the love and affection represented by a wife, a son and a grandson are chains that many people can't escape, especially love. Therefore, this "too illusory" thing refers to the "love" of life, and we can also know a thing or two from the poem "Spring dreams disappear with clouds, flying flowers chase water".
So, where is this dream and what is it? According to the illusion of the police, there is a sad ocean above the heaven of hatred. There is a spring mountain in the sad ocean, and there is a fragrant cave on the spring mountain. The dreamland is in the fragrant cave, which is really a cave. Taixu Dreamland specializes in "human affairs, human women hate men." Please carefully consider these names: leave the sky to hate, fill the sea to worry, release the spring mountain, and send the incense hole. Like the hate in the sky, like the sorrow in the sea, there is as much sorrow as there is hate! Release spring, send fragrance, spring is Chun Qing, fragrance is fragrance. How many earthly men and women looking for marriage will be charmed, if Chun Qing is laid down, Fragrant will be fired!
It is no accident that Baoyu met the illusion of the police here. The police fairy is here waiting for Baoyu to take him to visit the "dreamland". The police fairy has arranged the itinerary and projects of this "dream trip" properly. What "projects" are waiting for Baoyu? Please look carefully:
It turns out that Baoyu's "dream trip" this time is to drink tea, watch dances and listen to songs, but this tea, wine and dance music are not owned by the world. That tea is "thousand red holes (crying) tea", that wine is "Wan Yan's same cup (sad) wine", that dance is the singer's magic dance, and that dance is the twelve immortals' song of a dream of red mansions. Please take a closer look at "Hongqiandong (crying) tea" and "Wan Yan with a cup of (sad) wine". Hong Qian and Wan Yan both refer to countless spoony women. The words "cry" and "sadness" represent the fate of these countless infatuated women. Cao Xueqin's genius "brushwork" is really amazing!
In the dream-fugue is too illusory.
Baoyu was very happy to hear these contents, so he followed the police fairy forward. I came to the "gate of the scenic spot" of the "dreamland". Above the gate, there are four characters of "dreamland" written horizontally, and on both sides are the most famous couplets in A Dream of Red Mansions: when it is true, when it is false, it is true, and nothing is still there. Zhen visited this gate in the first time of A Dream of Red Mansions. But he just saw the "stone" side at the gate in a hurry, so he didn't enter the "dreamland". Baoyu's visit this time is a "true story" describing the dreamland, which is a "daughter country" in the celestial world and a "grand view garden" in the sky. Probably only Jia Baoyu is qualified to come here.
Entering this door, there is a palace not far away, and there are four words on the door: love in the sea, and a pair of couplets on each side:
After reading this pair of couplets, Baoyu seems to have realized something, saying "so that's it", but he doesn't know what "love of ancient and modern times" and "debt of years" are, so he wants to take this opportunity to "appreciate it". Cao Xueqin has a very important saying here, which should not be missed: Baoyu only thought so much, but he did not expect that he had recruited some evil spirits. After reading this sentence, I realized that the word "hate heaven" and the couplets below it were originally a dose of "poison". When Baoyu looked closely, the medicine had penetrated into the bone marrow, and it was difficult to cure, that is, as Qin Xue said, "evil spirits came back to life." Think about the idiom "terminally ill", and then look at Baoyu's "love"
Men and women who are sipping the "bitter wine" of love today should understand something when they see this.
When Baoyu entered the temple, he saw plaques on the doors of the affiliated halls on both sides: infatuation department, hatred department, morning crying department, night resentment department, Chun Qing department, autumn sadness department ... The police explained that all the "destiny books" preserved in the affiliated hall recorded past lives of all women in the world, and Baoyu was now a "mortal body", so it was inconvenient for the prophet to go.
However, under Baoyu's four entreaties, Jing Huan took him to the "Unfortunate Section" to give Baoyu a glimpse of the fate of women in the Grand View Garden. In order, Baoyu saw the book of destiny of Qingwen, Xiren, Xiangling, Daiyu, Baochai, Yuan Chun, Tanchun, Xiangyun, Miaoyu, Yingchun, Xifeng, Qiaojie, Li Wan and Qin Keqing here, but Baoyu couldn't understand it at this time, just read it in a hurry.
The police fairy knew that Baoyu was "gifted and intelligent", and she was afraid that he would see it for a long time and reveal the secret. He took Baoyu out of the "Evil Sea Love Heaven" temple and went to the back garden to enjoy the scenery. There is also a palace in this back garden, but it is different from the previous one. The palace is hidden in the fragrance of flowers and grass. Baoyu entered the temple with a warning illusion, but smelled a faint fragrance, which was made by collecting the essence of precious flowers and plants born in various famous mountains and mixing the oil of various precious trees. The name is "Qunfangsui" (carefully considered).
After sitting down, another Ji Xian brought tea, which was made of fragrant caves in the spring mountain and fairy dew on the leaves of fairy flowers, and was cooked. The name of this kind of tea is the "thousand red holes (crying)" mentioned above. Baoyu took a sip, and it was really fragrant and strange, pure and beautiful. At this time, Baoyu was accompanied by four fairies besides the police fairy: a dream fairy, a girl who loves tuas, a woman who is worried about gold and a woman who hates bodhi. Cao Xueqin's game of poking fun at pen and ink is coming again. Like boundless love before, dreams, love, sadness and hatred are deeply rooted in Baoyu, and all of us here are kindred spirits.
Drink "Thousand Red Cave (Crying)" tea, and then drink "Wan Yan Tongbei (Sadness)" wine. This wine is made from the core of flowers, the juice of trees, the essence of bone marrow and the melody of chicken milk. After reading these words carefully, I can't help feeling that it's a pity that Cao Xueqin didn't write fantasy novel. Where do these imaginations come from? Such a talent can write such a dream of red mansions, which is really once in a blue moon and will never come back.
Between Baoyu and the fairies pushing cups for a change, Twelve Dreams of Red Mansions customized for Baoyu began. These "Twelve Songs" once again give a detailed account of the fate of the most important daughter in A Dream of Red Mansions-Twelve Chai in Jinling. I don't want to go into details here, so I will simply say this "introduction" to have a look.
The word "Dream of Red Mansions" in this introduction is also the source of the novel's name. When was the Twelve Poems of a Dream of Red Mansions staged? How creative these three words are: Naihetian, mourning day, loneliness! Everyone has moments like this. What is the theme of a dream of red mansions at such a moment? Jin Daiyu mourned. Here, "Jin Daiyu" refers to all the people in the Grand View Garden headed by Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu, and also those unfortunate beauties who belong to the "unfortunate teacher". So, who is "mourning the jade with gold"? Of course, it is a "love species"! Is HarmonyOS system since its opening, the most "love" that person! The man used this Dream of Red Mansions to dispel his "ignorance", which is the truest feeling in his heart.
Although the twelve songs in A Dream of Red Mansions are divine comedy in heaven, they are pleasant to hear, but Baoyu has not yet reached enlightenment, so it is difficult to understand its meaning. In addition, he drank a lot of "Wan Yan's Same Cup (Sadness)" wine, and he was already drunk, so he begged the police to find a place to rest. Look, Baoyu is going to enter the "dream" again in his sleep. The dream in the dream is not true!
The end of the dream-the ferry in a daze
At Baoyu's entreaty, the police fairy took Baoyu to a "boudoir embroidered pavilion". To Baoyu's horror, there was a woman waiting here long ago. This woman is bright and moving, as graceful as Baochai, but no different from Daiyu. Do you know who this woman is? This girl used to be the sister of the police illusion. Her real name is both beautiful (and the beauty of Baochai and Daiyu), and her words are impressive (is it shocking). Baoyu was horrified and didn't know what it meant, so Jinghuan gave Baoyu a speech on "Love Theory", saying that Baoyu was "the first Yin person in the world" and the most understanding and caring woman in the world. Therefore, in order to reward Baoyu for "bringing honor to the boudoir", he specially betrothed his sister to Baoyu, and tonight is a good day to get married.
Appreciating the "romantic feelings" in the fairy world is the last "project" of Baoyu's "dream trip". Because Baoyu was not enlightened by the alarm illusion of drunkenness of Dionysus, drunkenness of fairy tea and alertness of wonderful music, he took this kind of romantic feelings in the celestial world as the last "means" in order to let Baoyu understand that there are so many romantic feelings in the dreamland of Xiange, not to mention the human world. In the future, you may be able to "change your mind and stay in the economic way."
With these words, the fairy leaned over Baoyu's ear, quietly explained to Baoyu about "sex and rain", pushed Baoyu into the room, closed the door and left.
Baoyu is in a trance. According to the police's fantasy, he may have a "meeting in the Wuxia on the balcony" with the "beautiful woman" waiting in the room. For several days in a row, Ke Qing and I were affectionate and soft-spoken. I have long forgotten the advice of the police fairy.
On this day, Baoyu and Ke Qing played hand in hand and came to a place where "the scenery is everywhere and wolves and tigers are in groups". A big black river blocked the way and they were at a loss. At this time, I saw a police phantom coming from behind and said anxiously, "Stop moving forward quickly, and the important thing is to turn around quickly!" " "The" turning back "in the police fantasy is a pun, which means" there is no end to the sea, and turning back is the shore ",that is, Baoyu should quickly jump out of the" romantic thing "and stay on the" economic road ". Unfortunately, Baoyu can't understand. Baoyu asked where this place was, and the police told Baoyu that this was the legendary "maze"-a ferry that made people lose their nature.
Before the fairy finished speaking, she heard the sound of water suddenly in the maze. Looking back, many temptresses and sea ghosts jumped out of the water and pounced on Baoyu, trying to drag Baoyu down the rolling black water. When Baoyu saw it, he was so scared that he was out of his wits. He shouted, "Please help me!"
Baoyu woke up from his dream with his eyes open and saw xiren waiting in front of him, only to know that it was just a big dream, and he couldn't help but be flustered and lost.
Baoyu shouted, "Please help me". When he woke up from his dream, Qin Keqing heard it and hurried in to tell the maids to watch the cat and dog fight. The cat and the dog have been fighting for a long time. Baoyu is still playing when he is asleep, and he is still playing when he comes out. What's the point? ), while wondering why Baoyu called his nickname in his dream.
Aroma and others rushed to bring longan soup and gave Baoyu two sips. Aroma got up to dress and reached out to touch Baoyu's thigh, only to feel cold and wet. She drew back her hand in fear and asked what was wrong. Baoyu blushed and squeezed xiren's hand hard. Xiren is also a clever woman, two years older than Baoyu, and gradually gets acquainted with people. Seeing Baoyu like this, she understood most of it, blushed and dared not ask again.
When he got home, Baoyu remembered the things in his dream, but he was still unfinished. Aaron found out "Hanfu" and asked him to change it, so he took Aaron, and Aaron was reluctant to part with it. So both of them took the "sex thing" given by the police illusion. Since then, they have regarded each other as the closest people. Baoyu's big dream was completely over.
The fifth episode of A Dream of Red Mansions-Jia Baoyu's dream in a dreamland and a dream of red mansions played by the police-is a crucial episode in the book. To a certain extent, it is an outline of the whole book. Taking Jia Baoyu's "dream trip" as a clue, it makes a "collation" and "preview" of the plot and ending of the main characters in the book.
The police fairy is the tour guide of Baoyu's "dream journey", playing the same role as a "life mentor" and shouldering the mission of warning Baoyu's "stubbornness" and helping Baoyu's "enlightenment". Through her, Jia Baoyu's "true temperament" is further displayed to readers: the kind of love since the HarmonyOS system was opened up, the first yin person in ancient and modern times, brilliant and temperament. Jia Baoyu, who has such a temperament, is also doomed to the failure of "enlightenment". Jia Baoyu finally fell into the maze, which also hinted that he would go astray and become a rebel of the Jia family, singing praises for the daughters of the world.
Qin Keqing introduced Baoyu into the dream, and then brought Baoyu out of the dream. In the dream, Baoyu is also led by a woman with a nickname and good looks, and this woman is the sister of Jingxian. Qin Keqing in fairy tales, beauty in reality and dreams are all confusing. There is something hidden in it, which you can clearly feel, but it is hard to say clearly.
The whole book is about "dream", and its words are as hazy as "dream", surrounded by mist and drizzle. How do you feel when you follow Baoyu into a dreamlike dream, read the book of fate, sip the wine of sorrow, listen to the joy of the red chamber, appreciate the romantic feelings, and then come to the maze where the black water is surging and the big dream wakes up? To be exact: