论林黛玉、薛宝钗的宗教意义

自《红楼梦》问世以来，研究者对林黛玉和薛宝钗两个人物的争论不断，但多是着眼于她们的异质特征的对比，很少有人论覆其人物形象的共性。从这两个人物的前生、今生和来世等不同的经历寻求二者的相同处，进而阐释了她们作为一个艺术构思整体在小说文本中的意义，揭示了曹雪芹塑造这两个人物形象的真正意图。

On the Religious Implication of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai in "A Dream of Red Mansions"

Since the birth of "A Dream of Red Mansions",there have been many arguments about its two main characters Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.These arguments mainly focus on their different personalities while the shared personalities between them are seldom touched.This article probes their shared personalities based on their different stories in the previous life,this life and the future life,in an effort to illustrate the importance of the two characters in the novel as a integrated artistic conception,and to reveal the author's intention of creating the two images.