"Qin Keqing's mourning for Tianxiang Tower" is the original plot in the thirteenth episode of Red Yanzhai's Re-evaluation of the Stone Story, which was later deleted by Cao Xueqin.
At the end of this cycle, there was a Zhu Pi: "Qin Keqing mourned the heavenly tower, and the author used a historical pen. Because the old man has two things: "the soul is entrusted to Xifeng" and "the Jia family's funeral", the first place (which should be "吆吆") is that people can think everywhere. Although the matter is not leaked, its meaning is sad and convincing, and it is forgiven. It was ordered to delete Qinxi. "
At the end of the 13th cycle of Jia Xu Ben, there was also an eyebrow criticism: "This cycle is only ten pages. Due to the deletion of the section on Tianxianglou, four or five pages are missing. "
At present, with the publication of Gui You Ben Shi Ji, the holder (collector) of the manuscript revealed that Gui You Ben is the earliest manuscript of Shi Ji today, and the contents about Qin Keqing's mourning and sweet house have not been deleted by the author. Although it was only published in the last 28 chapters, the tenth, eleventh and thirteenth chapters of this manuscript completely recorded the plot process of Qin Keqing's mourning for Tianxianglou, which enabled us to have the honor to understand how Qin Keqing was mourning.
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The reason for deleting "Qin Keqing's mourning for the sweet house" is:
The literary inquisition reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty. If Cao Xueqin wrote it truthfully, it would be easy for people to guess that the book reflected the internal life of the royal family, and the charge of "revealing and vilifying the royal family" would easily lead to his death.
Moreover, Qin Keqing's talent is really rare among women in the Red Chamber, especially the later paragraph of "Wang Xifeng", whose foresight is not comparable to that of ordinary rouge, and it is indeed true that she is abnormal and affectionate, asking Cao Xueqin to show mercy, which is also one of the reasons why this paragraph was deleted.
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