论《红楼梦》索隐研究

索隐研究被广泛应用于文献典籍及文学作品的释读，在《红楼梦》研究中则形成了索隐红学。人们对《红楼梦》产生索隐的兴趣，既是出于文学批评的传统，也是由于作品本身的提示或暗示。索隐派所索隐的红楼本事通常都关乎“本朝”的现实政治。考证派的出现导致了红学的索隐与考证之争以及随后索隐红学的衰微。通过蔡胡论争，索隐红学的研究方法之弊被凸显了出来，“新索隐派”亦由是而改弦更张。但评价索隐红学的功过是非还要考虑到特定的时代环境，不能否定它的历史价值。

On the fact-searching research of the Dream of the Red Chamber

The fact-searching research has been widely used to explain ancient books and literary works.When used to explain the Dream of the Red Chamber,it develops into a rersearch area entitled fact-searching "Hongxue".The emergence of the research area is due to the tradition of Chinese literary criticism and the indication and suggestion of the novel itself.The facts that are searched out by the researchers of the Dream of the Red Chamber are usually related to the realistic politics of the Qing dynasty.The appearance of the textual researchers results in their debate with fact-searching researchers and then the decline of the former.The debate reveals the disadvantages of the fact-searching research and thus caused the innovation of New Fact-searching Researchers.Specific historic background should be considered when we evaluate the historical value of the fact-searching research of the Dream of the Red Chamber.