天缘与人力--从"金锁"来历看"木石前盟"与"金玉良缘"

《红楼梦》中“金锁”的来历颇有可疑之处 ,文章主要从“何时而来语焉不详 ,薛姨母女话语自相矛盾 ,旁人影射真相 ,形势所迫、利益使然”四个方面论述了“金锁”应是薛家为制造“金玉良缘”而有意自造 ,并在此基础上对“木石前盟”和“金玉良缘”进行再认识。

God's Will and Man's Attempt--An Approach from "the Gold Lock" to "the Oath between Wood and Stone" and "the Happy Match of Gold and Jade"

When reading Dream of the Red Chamber carefully,some people may feel suspicious at the origin of the Gold Lock. The present paper is trying to study from the following four aspects:nobody knows when it comes the Xues, the self-con tradiction of Aunt Xue's words, the truth reflected from others' words,forced by the difficult situation and for the sake of profits to prove that it is the Xues themselves who produce it for the "The happy match of gold and jade". Then the author will give a new recognition of the "the oath between wood and stone" and "the happy match of gold and jade".