2015-2016 School of Chinese Research Student Seminar
The Concept of Qing in Honglou meng, its lineage to the late-Ming sensitivity and emotion communion between Cao Xueqin and Zhiyan zhai
《紅樓夢》中的情:晚明情欲解放的沿襲與曹雪芹、脂硯齋的契合
Ms Yiu Chun Lam 姚春琳女士
Date and Time: February 26, 2016 (Friday); 5:30-6:45pm
Venue: Room 730, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English
Despite its indispensability for deciphering the novel, Honglou meng, the concept of qing remains somewhat recondite. Among the scholarly attempts to unravel the treatment of the concept in the novel, little consensus has been reached. I believe the ambiguity of the concept lies in part in the evolution of its connotations, as well as the emergence of new interpretations throughout history, particularly in the cult of qing in late Ming; in part in the personal emotions and experiences of the author, Cao Xueqin (1715-1763?), his frustration as a failure in, his nostalgia for bygone days and his disillusionment with life. Hence this seminar will centre on the historical development of the concept of qing, as well as other aspects of qing revealed in the Zhiyan zhai commentaries.
要解讀《紅樓夢》,理解箇中的「情」不可或缺。「情」之為何,渺不可測。學者紛紛探奧索隱,然而眾口不一,至今仍無定案。「情」之難懂一則來自其涵義的演化與日俱新,特別在晚明的自我、情欲解放的氛圍下,文人對「情」有了全新的詮解;二則來曹雪芹(1715-1763?)自身的體悟和經歷,他藉小說抒發身世飄零、追懷往昔及浮生若寄之感。是次演講將概述「情」概念的歷史源流,並探討脂硯齋批語如何締構《紅樓夢》中獨特的「情」。
ALL ARE WELCOME!