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【摘 要】In A Dream in Red Mansions lots of these sentence can be seen everywhere which looked ordinary. If we read these words several time we'll find the quintessence cryptical. Through the words readers could feel lively figures in the book. Each according to his lights; every one to his own taste. These words bring a big picture attract readers to think about what the story going to be in the part of blank space.
【关键词】expression, concision, significance, the art of language
"A dream of Red Mansions" as a great literary writing, the profound theme is expressed by perfect literary language. It has the broad an ideological connotation and perfect artistic form of expression. In the language of Art, it blends the history of Chinese literature art forms and all the advantages. It is outstanding expression in its unique artistic language style which becomes the model of later generations to study. Though the language of the novel seemingly simple, it portray nature and succinct. The writer was good at writing deep connotation by the artless words, express the complex emotion clearly. This book is the climax of Chinese ancient vernacular novel.
There is lots of drawing words in A Dream in Red Mansions which described skilled and implicated. For example, in sixteenth back the express on fight for power and money between Jia Lian and Feng Jie. If we read back the dialogue of JiaLian, Jia ong, JiaQiang and Feng Jie at the same time, we could find the strong irony wrote by Cao Xueqin. It achieved harmony and unity between profound and simplicity. The reader could realize the ability of describing the characters personality by writer. In the novel, to welcome the concubine Jia go home to meeting parents, JiaQiang go to GuSu recruit the girls and goods about teaching and playing. Before he departed the journey, the conversation between the couple of JiaLian is worth pondering. This dialogue could arouse the same experience even analysis around readers. Thus we could in-depth understanding of the roles heart secret and intention from author.
JiaRong ask Wang Xifeng stealthily: what do you want? Wang Xifeng smile answered: Stop your film-flam. I have no place to put my things, let alone sneaking. JiaLian answered: How crafty you! Just learn handle affairs, you mastered this kind of jugglery! If I need anything I obvious to write to you, it is needn't discuss it in here.
By means of conversation we could know the relationship between Wang Xifeng and JiaLian on peoples character (rapacious and simulate respectable). And we also know the different between of them (the former say it indirectly and the latter say it directly). From these points, we could taste the authors meaning which the words simple but marvelous. Compared with the writer who treat reader as blockhead labeled the role in novel, Cao Xueqin's writing characteristics was better qualified which in naturely modality and profundity substance. So he want to perform Wang Xifeng's humble, he wrote her affectation.
In A Dream in Red Mansions, the language is nature and connotation meanwhile it embody creative and authenticity. This writing method make the irony content provide much food for thought to reader. That was brilliant. Cao Xueqin did not use the lengthy article or redundant adjective to attract readers, but the extremely pithy words to imply language, acting of the roles personality traits and psychology.
It is keeping in memory among readers that in fortieth back, which described exquisitely whit the laughter: Grandma Liu stand up and speak loudly: Old Liu Old Liu, eat like cattle, Eat a sow have no time to look up. Then she open her mouth and staring blankly forward keeping silent. XiangYun was so excited that spray the tea; Lin get side stitches and couldn't help lying on the table. BaoYu rolled into JiaMus arms while she said “my sweatheart” with a smile; lady Wang point Wang Xifeng couldn't say anything; aunt Xue sprayed the tea on TanChun's skirt while throwing her teacup on YingChun; XiChun leave her sit pulling her nannys sleeve to rub her tummy.
This paragraph wrote diverse posture lively when different people laughing. The portray was profundity and vivid which set off the Character by contrast. For instance, Shi Xiangyun is too upright to hide her feeling, she always careless others so that she laughs too excited to spray her tea in such situation. She cannot spray on other people like Chun sisters though she is not the consanguinity after all. Lin is used to sickly in front of family with weak body, so she have to “get side stitches”. Though she is made pet of JiaMu who compared with BaoYu is difference. While she is a unsocial and lofty girl, she must not be spray on others like Shi Xiangyun or roll into JiaMus arms, only she “couldn't help lying on the table”. BaoYu inherent looks like a young girl who is used to coquetry in the presence of JiaMu. It is not strange that “rolled into JiaMus arms while saying”my sweatheart“with a smile”. The most interesting delineate is XiChun who totally display her young age posture which is childish and pampered, all things depend on her nanny. As everyone knows, what Liu Laolao's expression is made by Wang Xifeng and the head maid name YuanYang of JiaMu. All the people know YuanYang is fair-haired girl in peoples eyes, even she can overrule JiaMus order. Consequently lady Wang have to point to niece Wang Xifeng but YuanYang to indicate her impartial as a senior.
In twenty-seventh back, when Xue Baochai play butterfly in DiCui gloriette, she perceive the personal relationship between the maid of Hong and JiaYun. She feels anxious and laughing said: I can see you, Lin! By the time she saw the two said: where are Lin sister hiding? From the dialogue we know she is a girl that adept at scheming and good at shift the blame on others.
Since Cao Xueqin wrote roles in felicitous words, all the people could distinguish the difference among personal temperament, character, physique, social class and so on. It is talented that he made the roles as vivid as life.