What do you think of the continuation of Dream of Red Mansions?

The benevolent see the benevolent, and the wise see the wise.

1.As far as Gao E's continuation is concerned, in terms of language style and character depiction, the imitation has made some achievements, and it is indeed somewhat similar to Cao Xueqin's original work, which can be said to make up for the integrity of Cao's original works that have been scattered so far in a certain sense, so as to facilitate readers to form a complete understanding of Dream of Red Mansions. However, judging from the many researches of the Red Chamber, especially the conscientious research on the Red Mansion by the Red Studies experts since Zhou Ruchang, it is not difficult to find that the continuation of the Red Mansion by Gao Yi is contrary to the original intention of Cao Xueqin, the author of the original book.

The prosperity, prosperity, prosperity and decay of the four major families of Jia Shi and Wang Xue are the main lines followed by the author's writing, the so-called "a good white land is really clean", and it is not a sign of revival such as Gao E's continued writing of the Jia family and the emperor's grace and abonement. Therefore, it does not correspond to the spirit of the original book. Moreover, the plot arrangement and portrayal of the characters are improper, such as Cao Xueqin wrote earlier that Liu Wuer had died of illness, but there was a plot in the continuation that he became Baoyu's maid, how could he be miraculously resurrected?

Make the reader wonder. It can be seen that the sequel writer did not read through Dream of Red Mansions in detail, and the appearance and arrangement of the characters were inappropriate. In addition, in the first 80 chapters of Cao Xueqin, there were many plots that buried a lot of foreshadowing for the later texts, but because the last 40 chapters were unfinished or scattered, readers did not see the story that would happen to which they referred.

However, based on these foreshadowings, it is still not difficult to guess the general direction of the following. As in the first thirty-one episodes, "because of the unicorn and the white-headed double star", the coincidence of Baoyu and Xiangyun Qilin, foreshadowing may be the story of Xiangyun wandering in Fireworks Lane, and then becoming husband and wife with Baoyu. Once, Daiyu and Baoyu had a conflict, Baoyu said that Daiyu would become a monk when she died, and then said to the attacker that I will be a monk if you die, Daiyu smiled and said that he had become two monks, and it was also a matter of Wen Baoyu becoming a monk twice after foreshadowing.

But in the current Gao E's sequel version, there is no such foreshadowing story. On the other hand, the continuation of Gao E's version is the officially approved continuation of the Red Mansion, which reflects the consciousness of the ruling class, and is naturally contrary to the history of the decline of the more feudal dynasty that Cao Xueqin tried his best to express, so the efforts made by Gao E's continuation in many aspects are a change and distortion of the spirit of the original work, which is very inappropriate. The reader will also find it stiff when reading it.

2.Now, with the deepening of the study of Red Studies, many experts have done comprehensive and profound research on its historical significance, character analysis, and the spirit of the times, so that we can grasp the overall connotation of the Red Chamber more appropriately and thoroughly. Therefore, there are many speculations and predictions about the last 40 chapters, and the researchers have seen multiple sequel versions according to their own conjectures and foreshadowing of the foreshadowing.

We are well known for the hundred pulpits, including Liu Xinwu's continued version. It can be said that these sequels show the spirit of a research and our love for the Red Chamber, as long as they do not violate the epic meaning of the original work, as long as we are in a rigorous academic attitude, these sequels are desirable, appreciative and worth considering.

In fact, Gao E's writing is also very valuable, and the content is also very unique, and I still appreciate "The Death of Daiyu".

Onlookers, references, that's all.

I think it's pretty good, and it's relatively close to the original text that Cao Xueqin may have written.