The Interpretation of the Dream of the Red Mansions with Emphasis on its Connotation:An Interpretation of the Characters of Qin Keqing and Bei Jingwang
This thesis proposes the concept of yili hongxue(Studies of the Dream of the Red Mansions with an emphasis on its connotation),trying to transcend traditional analytical methods(such as index and textual research)that limit the research of the surface and so have failed to taste the essence of the Dream of Red Mansions or to find the fundamental contradiction of Chinese culture and its regularity.The thinking of placing emphasis on connotation of the Book of Changes is of universal significance.This thesis has employed an analytical method of philosophical connotations and image-numerology of the Book of Changes to analyze and extract the intrinsic meaning of the text of the Dream of the Red Mansions in order to seek its potential connotation.The paper holds the idea that the Dream of the Red Mansions embodies an intention of affirming and reverting to the original Confucianism while criticizing the ritual ideas of the Confucian school.The methodology of this interpretation is based on the thinking method of"deducing the meaning by the image"which derives from the resemblance between connotations of trigrams in the Book of Changes and figures in the Dream of the Red Mansions,considering that Qin Keqing and Bei Jingwang have corresponding meaning of gou and fu trigrams.The relationship between the two trigrams is also reflected in the text of the Dream of the Red Mansions as the actual connection between the two characters,which is the key to unlock the cultural purport of structure of this book,thus further demonstrating the practical value of the method of placing emphasis on connotation in exploring the internal meaning of the text of the Dream of the Red Mansions.The connotations of figures from the yili hongxue is useful for understanding the purport of the Dream of the Red Mansions and its deep connection with Confucianism.
yili hongxueconnotation beyond figuresQin KeqingBei JingwangBook of Changes
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