秦可卿病因及死期臆说

秦可卿是“金陵十二钗”之一 ,是作者精心结撰刻画的主要人物。作者对她的态度是遣责、讽刺的 ,故作者先以“淫丧”让她退出小说的情节 ,后接受了评点者的建议删去了有关情节 ,但却留下了许多情节上的漏洞 ,如她的病因和死期 ,这一直是“红学”研究中的一个热点问题 ,笔者撰文略申浅见

The causes of QinKeqing's IlnresseS and Assumptions of the Time of Her Death

Qin Keqing was one of the most beautiful and taleuted ladies from rich families in NanJing in The main characters created carefully by the authors,and was severly criticized and satirized,Because she was lascirious,the author first let her step down from the plots and then deleted some related plots for be had accepted the suggestions of his citics.However,he left many holes in plot,such as the causes of her illnesses and the time when she died.These are the focus topics discussed in the study of this novel all the time.Here the author of this paper presents his opinions about these topics.