There are four main theories about the identity of Red Circle Zhiyanzhai: (1) The author says; (2) the wife said; 3 uncle said; 4 cousin said. These are all about the relationship between Zhi Yanzhai and Cao Xueqin.
Some redologists tend to say "wife", which was put forward by Mr. Zhou. He picked out a number of comments similar to women's tone from the criticism and identified Zhi Yanzhai as a woman.
For example, in "Twenty-six Lines of Geng", he criticized: "If Brother Yu sees this batch, he will say,' Old goods, they refuse to relax me everywhere. How hateful!" "Looking back, I compare Yu to a hairpin, and they are bosom friends. Why am I lucky? Smile. " Back to Baoyu, saying that "a sentimental girl accompanied her on her honeymoon" annoyed Daiyu, and he criticized Yun sideways: "I will be annoyed, too.
Teacher Zhou thinks that "it is definitely not a woman" and "it is a female voice". He thinks that Zhi Yanzhai is Shi Xiangyun in the novel, and guesses that he will marry Cao Xueqin in the future.
In a word, judging from the content of Zhi Pi, Zhi Yanzhai should have a very close relationship with the author of A Dream of Red Mansions and his family, and have the same social status.
Extended data
Zhi Yanzhai often explains the author's creative intention and metaphor, which provides the most direct and main basis for the branch of "Lost Studies" of Redology.
1. Zhi Yanzhai reveals the author's family background and the inside story of the relationship between the novel and the prototype, that is, the Cao family. For the first time, the monk pointed to Zhen Yinshi and smiled: In the third sentence of the four poems he read, "After the Lantern Festival", Jia Xu had a saying: "Before and after, you are ignorant." It reminds us that the Cao family was robbed in the past.
It was before the Lantern Festival in the sixth year of Yongzheng that the Cao family was robbed of their property. So the fat group said, "If you don't go straight before the clouds, you may know something."
Secondly, Zhi Yanzhai revealed the meaning of the text, annotated the words and allusions, learned the story of the book, and revealed the inside story of novel writing skills and artistic creation.
For example, in the JOE edition, there is a comment for the first time on the "secret method in the book": "Although it is practical, it is also described as a frame, with twists and turns, reflections, hidden views and positive jumps, so that the grass snake gray line, the sound of empty valleys, the sound of one blow and two sounds, the plank road, the dark night Chen Cang, Yunlong fog and rain.
Thirdly, Zhi Yanzhai reveals the theme and general outline of the book.
The purpose of the book is: "Nothing can fill the sky." The side approval of the first JOE edition clearly defined these seven words as "the original purpose of this book".
The general recognition of the book is: "I forgot to put my hand behind me, and it is now in no way back." Jia Shuben criticized for the first time: "First, I drink for Ning and Rong, but I drink for Ning and Rong." Then, at the back of the text, "I read it in Yucun, because I thought these two sentences were very shallow, but they had deep meanings", and there was a marginal note saying, "The general comment of a book."
Revealed the general outline of the book. In the first time in Jiaxu, the monk said: "There are some pleasures in the world of mortals, but we can't rely on them forever;" In addition, the words "fly in the ointment, good things are more magical" are closely linked;
Blink of an eye, is extremely sad, people have not been changed; After all, it was the first dream and everything was empty. "Bian criticized:" Four sentences are the general outline of a book. "After" How many years have passed ",Zhi Yanzhai criticized:" If you are ashamed, you will cry. "
Fourthly, Zhifu clearly revealed that Zhifuzhai participated in the novel creation. Zhi Yanzhai can decide the title of the book. In the ten years after 1754, when Cao Xueqin was still alive, the title of A Dream of Red Mansions was always called "Re-evaluation of the Stone in Hongyan Zhai", and it was always the title from re-evaluation to four evaluations. There is such a sentence in the text of Jia Xu's novel: "Reading and commenting on Jia Xu in Red inkstone is still useful."
Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhiyanzhai