The Ultimate Concern Of A Dream Of Red Mansions

A Dream of Red Mansions with profound and deep spirit meanings contains many philosophical items, which have been the single-minded pursuit of most authors, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. Why survive? (The meaning of life) What's the way? What's the essential predicament we must undergo? Who am I? What's desire, dream, life and death, tribulation etc.? All of these items have been playing a key role in people's spirit life, which we called as ultimate concern. It is not only the essential part of the ideological value of this masterpiece, but also an important sign of the literature depth it achieved, which gives A Dream of Red Mansions a deeper meaning about thought, life and philosophy."The ultimate concern can most unlimitedly embody the value of literature spirit."So it should be understandably taken as the object of literature study. However, it is difficult to find the study on the ultimate concern, because most studies concern about the social meaning and reality influence of literature compositions but ultimate concern. It is also happened in the study on A Dream of Red Mansions.Although with abundant study achievements, there are seldom on the"ultimate concern"of this masterpiece, which is an indeed regret. Based on this condition, this essay will analysis and discuss the ultimate concern of A Dream of Red Mansions from the 120 chapter.This paper aims to discuss six parts as follow:In preface part, firstly, it illustrates the achievements in thought aspect and art aspect of A Dream in Red Mansions. Moreover, it mentions effects and transmission in western literature field. Secondly, it demonstrates the process of research development in different periods and it analyses the emphasis, differences and main characteristic of various schools and research methods after A Dream in Red Mansions was written. Finally, it explains the purpose and entry point. In other words, it analyses and researches A Dream in Red Mansions from an ultimate concern angle. It presents the researchful significance of ultimate concern in the article in order to break through and do further research of A Dream in Red Mansions research, especially in ultimate concern research.In part one, it analyses life significance issues in A Dream in Red Mansions and it discusses from both nihilistic sense and anti-nihilistic sense: in the nihilistic sense part, it explains the understanding of life significance for both A Dream in Red Mansions and author under the universe ultimate angle. Furthermore, it expounds a group of people who have the tendency of nihilistic thought and these thoughts are negative thought. The hope of pursuing life value which is discussed in anti-nihilistic sense part is an obvious anti-nihilistic sense.In part two, it discusses self thought and self-consciousness. In other words, this is the question of'who am I?'. In the first part, the phenomenon of Baoyu Zhen and Baoyu Jia are analyzed by author. In the second part, author focuses on Baoyu Zhen and Baoyu Jia and analyses the issue of'who am I?'.Furthermore, it demonstrates self awareness, self-consciousness, soul and body, sense of belonging. From these aspects, this article particularly explains the question of'who am I?'.In part three, author analyses the difficulties for different characters by using different methods, such as contrasting Shi and Yu, contrasting ideality and reality and differences between motivation and effect. First of all, in the contrasting Shi and Yu part, author analyses changes of Baoyu Jia. Secondly, in the contrasting of ideality and reality part, author analyses and introduces the imagination and hope of human beings based on the reality and the contradiction between ideality and reality. Moreover, it demonstrates the dilemma of all characters, such as Baoyu. Finally, in differences between motivation and effect part, it is demonstrated from different aspects, for instance, interpersonal communication among people and individual.In part four, in A Dream in Red Mansions, it illustrates the deliberateness of limitation and limitlessness from two contrary aspects,"limited"and"beyond"and how people can overcome them. Universe is the place for human beings to live. Universe is limitless, but life is limited. This is a tough nut for humans. Compare with the limitlessness universe, human beings seem extremely limited from both time and space. However, the limitation of human beings'existence and limitlessness of universe lead human being to pursue the meanings of life in order to seek the yard of spiritual life.In the conclusion part, it is going to make a conclusion of ultimate concern. For the essential question, A Dream in Red Mansions has its own understanding and its own way to deal with problems. Nevertheless, the process of spiritual world of human beings can be understood from different literature in different periods regarding deliberate of essential question. Therefore, it is significant important to do research of ultimate concern of literature in various periods.