"Dream of Red Mansions" is the story of the "four families" Jia family, Wang family, Shi family, and Xue family; The prototype of its story, the "Jia family" is the "Cao family", as well as the "Li Xu family" and so on.
When Cao Xueqin wrote "Dream of Red Mansions", why did she determine the surnames of the characters in the story as "Jia, Wang, Shi, Xue"? The idea is that "Jia" means "false, false", "Wang" means "death, perdition", "Shi" means "die, die", and "Xue" means "snow that is easy to melt", which is temporary and temporary.
Therefore, Cao Xueqin used "homophony" to "start" the surnames of the characters in the story as "Jia, Wang, Shi, and Xue".
Jia", the Jia family's prominence, wealth, prosperity, power, power, etc., are all "fake". If there is any calamity, or after a few years, or if you run out of energy, then all the money, material, power and power will be nothing, and they will all be in vain, like a "dream bubble", just like a dream; Dreams are illusory, illusory, "fake", not "real". Just like Jia Mu watching a play, the three plays are "The Story of the White Snake", "Full Bed", and "Nanke Dream". The "Snake Slaying Uprising" obtained "glory and wealth", and got a lot of "Wats", generals and ministers, and slaughtered officials, but in the end it was "Nan Ke's dream", which was a dream, and when he woke up from the dream, there was nothing.
Cao Xueqin looked at what happened to her family, deeply understood this, looked at her thatched house, thought about the "wealth and prosperity" in the past, and sighed "The humble room is empty, and the wat was full of beds back then". It turns out that those riches and powers are all "fake", like a bubble. The homonym of "fake" is "Jia", so the main surname of the story is determined to be "Jia".
Wang", "the East China Sea lacks a white jade bed, and the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling", "The Wang family" has both power and wealth, and the power is rich and noble. In the end, it is all "dead", and there is not one left to die; Wang Ziteng, Wang Ren, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue surnamed Wang, Wang Xifeng, etc., all died "dead", and the family was ruined, and the people were "dead" and "died". Death is the destination of humans, animals, and plants; However, the death of the "Wang family" was an unnatural death, and it was an accident. The Wang family was "raided", "imprisoned", "dismissed from office", and "confiscated property", and they were both poor and hungry, and they were also "criminals", and then they were sentenced and executed, and there was no one left who died and "died".
What Mr. Cao Xueqin wants to say is that even if you are a relative of the emperor and powerful, in the end, you will die "death", and it is not a normal "death", it is a crime and an accidental death. It is not only the death of people, but also the "death" of family, power, official position, and money. In the end, they are all "dead" and "perish", and the homonym of "dying" is "king", so Mr. Cao Xueqin determined the name of this "family" as "king", not "king and hegemony", but complete "death and destruction"; Or, first "king" for a period of time, and finally "dead".
Shi", Jia's mother's surname is "Shi", the Shi family is the "old relative" of the Jia family, and it is also a rich and noble family, powerful and prominent, and the later generation is Shi Nai, Shi Xiangyun and so on. The final outcome of the "historian" is "death", and the dead are all dead.
"Death" and "death" have similar meanings, together they mean "death" and both signify the end of life. Not only the end of an individual's life, but also the end of a political life, an economic life, are "dead". The historian was also raided, convicted and imprisoned, with no power, no money, and no life, "in the blink of an eye, beggars are slandered". In the past, it was a prominent "big leader", who was touted and sought after, and people flattered him in every way, and in the end, he died of death and starvation. Shi Xiangyun, after her mother-in-law's house was raided, "lived in Fireworks Alley", also died early. Because the women who belong to the "thin life division" are all "thin lives", and they all have to "die" at a young age.
Cao Xueqin watched and witnessed that her "relatives" were all "dead", so the "surname" of that family was determined to be "history", and the homonym was "death".
Xue", the Xue family is a wealthy businessman and an imperial businessman, and the most important thing is money; And with the Jia family, the Wang family "marriage", the money is monstrous, and the gold and silver are regarded as loess, copper and iron, it can be imagined how "rich and prosperous" and "high-end luxury" are. But not long after, the "four major families" collapsed together, and the Xue family soon had nothing, was so poor that they couldn't even eat, and they had to go to prison.
All this "wealth" is like a snowfall; It snowed, and when the sun came out, it melted quickly. It means that "money and wealth" are only short-lived and temporary, just like "snow", which will melt, not last. The homonym of "Xue" is "Xue", so Mr. Cao Xueqin identified the surname of this family as "Xue". Moreover, Mr. Cao Xueqin's thinking here is not to "enjoy the snow scene" and "praise the snow", but to consider the snow from the perspective of "easy melting" and "not long-lasting".
Why is Mr. Cao Xueqin so pessimistic? The primary reason is that "my own family" and my relatives have really encountered those things, those "fake, dead, dead, and snowy", so I have formed such a view from my own personal feelings.
Secondly, Mr. Cao Xueqin was not only himself and his own family, but he also observed other official families in the society at that time, and the final situation was similar to his own family. Then, Cao Xueqin combined with those "rich families" in history and found that it was the same as "his own family", "where will the ancient and modern meet, a pile of grass in the barren mound is gone".
Therefore, Cao Xueqin formed such a "cognition" and "thought": the final result of fame and wealth is "fake, death, death, and snow".
Also, after Mr. Cao Xueqin raided his home, his life was very poor and miserable, and he felt more and more "sad and angry". If Mr. Cao Xueqin had lived a good life, or even "made a comeback" as an official or a wealthy businessman, Mr. Cao Xueqin's thinking would not have been so miserable. The fact is that in the later life of Mr. Cao Xueqin, "the poor can no longer be poor", and "the whole family eats porridge and wine often on credit". Therefore, Mr. Cao Xueqin felt nostalgic for his life experience and "lamented" like that.
Culturally speaking, Mr. Cao Xueqin was also influenced by Buddhism, which pays attention to "emptiness and impermanence", so Mr. Cao Xueqin believes that the ultimate trend of "big people" and "big families" is "fake, death, death, and snow".
In particular, those "nouveau riche" and "rich villains" speculated and got a little "wealth", but they followed the path that the "predecessors" had already walked, and "because they thought that the yarn hat was small, they were shackled".
False, dead, dead, snow" is homophonic is "Jia, Wang, Shi, Xue", which is Mr. Cao Xueqin's "idea" for conceiving the characters in the story of "Dream of Red Mansions".
Jia, Wang, Shi, Xue" is not only the "surname" of Mr. Cao Xueqin's **character, but also the "attitude towards life": the pursuit of fame and fortune, the pursuit of fame and fortune, and the final outcome is "fake, death, death, snow". For the whole life, it is very important to maintain a normal heart and a natural heart.