《红楼梦》的作者·说者·评者

曹雪芹的作者身份,时常被人质疑。究其原因,主要是《红楼梦》的素材来源以及成书过程比较复杂。《红楼梦》的素材来源,既有曹雪芹本人的切身经历,又有他目睹的诸多社会现实,还有他听说的一些"故事"。我们认为,《红楼梦》在其创作过程中,既有"作者",又有"说者",而且还有"评者"。此三"者"各有所长,不可或缺。

A Dream of Red Mansions: Its Writer, Speaker and Commenter

That Cao Xueqin is the author of A Dream of Red Mansions is usually queried because of the complicated resources of materials and writing course of the novel.The materials of A Dream of Red Mansions came from both Cao Xueqin's experiences of himself and social facts he discerned,as well as some stories he was told.It is proposed that the writer,the speaker and the commenter all together contributed to the formation of the book.Each of them has advantages of their own and can not be neglected.