Liu Xinwu's Interpretation of A Dream in Red Mansions

by Liu Xinwu

知名红学家刘心武毕生“研红”经典之作，揭秘《红楼梦》中不为人知的真相，三篇探佚小说写作形式新颖，故事生动曲折，是刘心武续写《红楼梦》的基础。
特别收录刘心武与红学大家周汝昌从未公开过的探讨红学的信件若干，每一封信都是一篇难得的学术文章。两辈红学家观点碰撞，你来我往，精彩纷呈。另有周汝昌赠诗数首。
周汝昌赠诗其一：“手文心武亦痴人，绿叶红楼境自新。每见佳篇吾意来，共启尺素托游鳞。”
其二：“善察能悟慧心殊，万喙红谈乱主奴。唯有刘郎发奇致，近来商略四仙姑。”


“画梁春尽落香尘”，是曹雪芹在《红楼梦》里对秦可卿命运的暗示。
刘心武从研究秦可卿入手，探讨了秦可卿、贾元春、妙玉之死因，并附有百多年来"红学"研究中前人未及道出的憬悟，包括秦可卿的出身和遗言、太虚幻境四仙姑等内容。
他还把自己的研究成果写成了三篇关于秦可卿、贾元春、妙玉的小说，这些学术小说建立在坚实的考据基础上，人物血肉丰满，情节起伏跌宕，细节丰富生动，内行可以看门道，外行可以看热闹。
这本书里还收入“红学”论说、随笔多篇，多有前人未曾道及的新发现、新观点，而且文笔轻松活泼，读来如吮橄榄，回味多滋，意蕴深远。
这是一本"红学"方面的专著，同时也是一本清心悦性的休闲读物。


刘心武，1942年出生于四川成都。曾当过中学教师、编辑、《人民文学》杂志主编。
1977年发表的短篇小说《班主任》被认为是“伤痕文学”的发轫之作。代表作有长篇小说《钟鼓楼》《四牌楼》。《钟鼓楼》获第二届茅盾文学奖。
2005年在中央电视台《百家讲坛》录制《刘心武揭秘〈红楼梦〉》，2011年出版《刘心武续红楼梦》，引发国内新的“《红楼梦》热”。


○ 红学论说·阅红随笔

帐殿夜警　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
红楼探秘
——秦可卿出身未必寒微　　　　　　　　
再论秦可卿出身未必寒微　　　　　　　
“秦学”探佚的四个层次　　　　　　　
樯木·义忠亲王·秦可卿　　　　　
张友士到底有什么事　　　　　　　　　
“友士”药方藏深意　　　　　　　　
可人曲　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
园中秋景令　　　　　　　　　　　　　
《广陵怀古》与秦可卿　　　　　　　　
贾珍何罪
元春为什么见不得“玉”字　　　　　　
“三春”何解　　　　　　　　　　
《红楼梦》中的皇帝　　　　　　　　
牙牌令中藏玄机　　　　　　　　　　　
北静王的原型　　　　　　　　　　　
老太妃之谜　　　　　　　　　　　　　
芦雪庵联诗是雪芹自传　　　　　　　　
太虚幻境四仙姑　　　　　　　　　　
“枉凝眉”曲究竟说的谁　　　　　　　
“三十”与“明月”　　　　　　　　
妙玉之谜　　　　　　　　　　　　
再探妙玉之谜　　　　　　　　　　　
雅趣相与析　　　　　　　　　　　　
薛宝琴为何落榜　　　　　　　　　　　
贾母天平哪边倾　　　　　　　　　　　
“金兰”何指　　　　　　　　　　　
贾环的皮肤饥渴症　
黑眉乌嘴话贾琮　　　　　　　　　　
腊油冻佛手·羊角灯　　　　　　　　　
龟大何首乌　　　　　　　　　　　　　
红楼梦烟画　　　　　　　　　　　　　
远“水”近“红”　　　　　　　　
伦敦弘红记　　　　　　　　　　　　　
讲述《红楼梦》的真故事
——贺周汝昌先生从事“红学”研究五十年
满弓射鹄志锐坚
——读周汝昌先生《红楼家世》有感　　　

○ 红学探佚小说

秦可卿之死　　　　　　　　　　　　
贾元春之死　　　　　　　　　　　　　
妙玉之死

342 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

Liu Xinwu (Chinese: 刘心武; born June 1942) is a Chinese author, and one of the earliest proponents of the post-Maoist wave of Chinese literature.

Born in the province of Sichuan, his family moved to Beijing, a city that figures prominently in his work, in 1950. Liu spent most of his life in Beijing, except for a brief period during the Cultural Revolution, when he was sent to work in rural China.

His short story, "Class counsellor" (also translated as "The Class Teacher"; Chinese: 班主任; pinyin: bān zhǔrèn) published in 1977 was one of the earliest examples of prose condemning the excesses of the Chinese government during the Cultural Revolution. His work has sometimes been referred to as scar literature, though this assessment is disputed.

Liu filled editorial positions in a number of prominent government-sponsored publications throughout most of the 1980s. In 1987, however, he was removed as editor of the publication People's Literature after a story published failed to meet government approval. He left all his government positions after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 because of continual harassment from the government for his pro-demonstrator stance. Since then, he has devoted himself entirely to his writing.

Liu's work, which includes novels, short stories, and children's literature, focuses on the common people of Beijing and people who live on the margins of society.

Since the early 1990s Liu has also been engaging in Redology, also known as studies of the famous 18th-century Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. Liu takes on the controversial stance that in studying this famous Qing novel, the researcher's point of departure should be the figure of Qin Keqing, thus authoring the branch of Qin studies (Chinese: 秦學; pinyin: qínxué) within redology. In 2006 Liu gave a talk at Columbia University introducing this concept. Liu has also published on The Dream with the famous redologist Zhou Ruchang.

(from Wikipedia)