以“通灵宝玉”看《红楼梦》玉文化

Study on Jade Culture inThe Dream of the Red Chamber from Perspective of “The Precious Jade of Spiritual Perception”

  • 摘要: “通灵宝玉”是《红楼梦》中所构拟的一枚具有神力的玉石。《红楼梦》通过对“通灵宝玉”的情节设计, 对我国传统玉文化进行了全方位的反思, 既没有全面肯定, 也没有全盘否定。《红楼梦》对玉石成因和功能的理解带有浓重的神话和宗教色彩, 对玉石的自然美给予了浓墨重彩的歌颂, 对社会不同阶层的人对玉石的态度进行了准确的描绘, 对玉石市场上赝品流行的现象进行了揭露, 并对平民百姓制作玉石赝品给予了一定程度的同情。“通灵宝玉”不仅是一块美玉, 也是一个象征符号, 具有封建世袭继承制的象征意味, 它可以决定一个人的政治权力、经济地位、生活方式和婚姻选择, 曹雪芹对此做了巧妙而深刻的批判。《红楼梦》中的玉文化是曹雪芹对他所处时代的玉文化的立体写照。

     

    Abstract: “The Precious Jade of Spiritual Percept”was a piece of mysterious jade created in the novelThe Dream of the Red Chamber.Through the plot design about the“The Precious Jade of Spiritual Perception”, the author of the novel rethought the Chinese traditional jade culture deeply from all aspects, towards which his attitude was neither fully positive nor completely negative.His understanding of the origin and the function of jade had a strong tint of myth and religion.He paid a tribute from the bottom of his heart to the natural beauty of jade, exactly described the different attitudes of the various strata towards jade, disclosed the phenomenon in the jade market which was filled with counterfeits, and had pity on the common people’s production of the counterfeits.“The Precious Jade of Spiritual Perception”was not only a piece of beautiful jade, but also a symbol of the feudal hereditary and successive system.It could decide a person’s political power, economic status, life style and marital choice.Cao Xueqin criticized these skillfully and deeply.The jade culture inThe Dream of the Red Chamberwas a stereo portrayal of the jade culture of Cao Xueqin’s era.

     

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