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R E R E A D I N G T H E STONE

R E R E A D I N G T H E STONE

DESIRE A N D THE M A K I N G DREAM

OF F I C T I O N I N

OF THE RED

CHAMBER

Anthony C. Yu

P R I N C E T O N

U N I V E R S I T Y

P R E S S

PRINCETON AND OXFORD

Copyright O 1997 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 3 Market Place, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1SY A l l Rights Reserved Second printing, and first paperback printing, 2001 Paperback ISBN 0-691-09013-0 The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows Yu, Anthony C , 1938Rereading the stone : desire and the making o f fiction in Dream o f the red chamber / Anthony C. Yu. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-691-01561-9 (cl : alk. paper) 1. Ts'ao Hsüeh-ch'in, ca. 1717-1763. Hung lou meng. 2. Chinese fiction—History and criticism. I . Title. PL2727.S2Y6 1997 895'.1348—dc21 97-2207 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Times Roman Printed on acid-free paper.

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M i avvedevo ora che si possono sognare anche dei libri, e dunque si possono sognare dei sogni... Un sogno è una scrittura, e molte scritture non sono altro che sogni. (Umberto Eco, / / nome della rosa)

Contents

Abbreviations

ix

Preface

xi

Chapter I . Reading Reading Reading Reading

the First Readings as History History, Reading Fiction

3 3 20 26

Chapter I I . Desire

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The Definition The Dialectics Ritual and the Pathocentrism

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of "Qing" of Nature and Disposition Rule of Desire and the Legitimation of Desire

Chapter I I I . Stone The The The The

Stone of Fiction Gate of Emptiness Dream and the Mirror Fiction of Stone

Chapter I V . Literature

110 110 121 137 151 172

Marriage, Learning, Examination Censorship and the Critics

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The Fiction of Desire The Fate of Reading

194 210

Chapter V. Tragedy Choosing the Protagonist The Orphaned Contender The Thwarted Communion Between Delusion and Hope

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Conclusion

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Glossary

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Bibliography

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Index

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Abbreviations

CLEAR CWLM GD WXLL YJ HC J HJAS HLM

HLMJ HLMXK HLMYJJK HLMZP HSWC Itö

JAAR JAS JCP JW Leningrad

NLH Pingyu

PR Qianlong

Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews Chung Wai Literary Monthly (Zhongwai wenxue ^ # f~SC# ) Gudai wenxue lilun yanjiu "ËJ \X ~St S §Ê Wí ^ Historians of China and Japan. Edited b y W . G. Beasley and E. G. Pulleyblank. London: O x f o r d University Press, 1961. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Hongloumeng ¡ $ 1 U W . B y Cao X u e q i n and Gao E W S ^ , f o i ? ! . 3 vols. Beijing: Renmin wenxue, 1982. Citations refer only to this edition. Hongloumengjuan fàLWtW^È. C o m p i l e d b y Y i Su - ^ 3 1 . 2 vols. Shanghai: Zhonghua, 1963. Hongloumeng xuekan K 1 1 W # f J Hongloumeng yanjiu jikan ¡ $ 1 U ^ 5Jf ^ JH f fJ Hongloumeng zhuping ¡ $ 1 U . Edited and compiled b y M a o D e b i a o ^ É Ü l M et al. Nanning: Guangxi renmin, 1981. Hu Shi(h) wencun WM^tfë. B y H u Shi(h). 4 vols. Taipei: Yuandong, 1961. Itö Söhei trans. Körömu UMW. 3 vols. I n Chügoku koten bungaku taikei ^ H t ì A ^ ^ P ^ C ^ . Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1969. Journal of the American Academy of Religion Journal of Asian Studies Journal of Chinese Philosophy The Journey to the West. Translated by A n t h o n y C. Y u . 4 vols. Chicago: University o f Chicago Press, 1977-1984. Shitouji S Í . Facsimile edition o f a handwritten manuscript kept i n the Leningrad branch o f the Institute o f Oriental Studies, Soviet Academy o f Sciences. 6 vols. Beijing: Zhonghua, 1986. New Literary History Xinbian Shitouji Zhiyanzhai pingyu jijiao $ f M ï ï S Í H B íM m ! ¥ ! § Í S I $ . Edited b y Chan Hingho (Chen Qinghao) W. Mìa . Revised edition. Taipei: Lianjing, 1986. La rêve dans le pavillon rouge. Translated b y L i Tche-houa and Jacqueline A l é z a ï s . 2 vols. Paris: Gallimard, 1981. Qianlong chaoben bainian hui Hongloumeng gao l e l ü í ^ ^ H t H U f i S ^ Í I . Reprint o f 1963 facsimile edition. Shanghai: Guji, 1984. f

QSC QTS

Quan Song ci ^5^M. Edited by Tang Guizhang vols. Beijing: Zhonghua, 1965; Tainan: M i n g l u n , 1975. Quan Tang shi g^f. 12 vols. Beijing: Zhonghua, 1960; Tainan: M i n g l u n , 1974. ¡K I l i

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