His throat was dry from all the talking.
Zhang Ye drank a mouthful of tea.
"These explanations and analyses of mine are quite convincing, right?" Putting down his thermos flask, Zhang Ye looked at everyone, mainly at the people from the literary world in the first row.
Some of the Peking University students nodded lightly.
Ma Hengyuan took the microphone from a person beside him, "But it's just an analysis. It's just your personal deduction. Even if you can turn it around, it's not enough to explain the problem. The 120 chapters of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' has long been a conclusion in the academic and historical world. How can it be overturned with just a few words? From my point of view, I feel that the 120 chapters of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' are a complete whole. Although there are all sorts of small flaws, they are harmless. After the eightieth chapter, the character changes of Jia Baoyu, Mother Jia, and company might have been deliberately done by Cao Xueqin. He wanted to convey some information and code words to the readers that we have not discovered. At least, the endings of the characters in 'Dream of the Red Chamber' have a beginning and an end. "
"Is there really a beginning and an end?" Hearing him quibble with such fallacious reasoning, Zhang Ye laughed instead. To even use such an argument, it meant that Zhang Ye had already made them dizzy.
Ma Hengyuan said coldly, "Of course, what's the problem with that?"
Meng Dongguo also said, "The 120 chapters of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' is still complete. There are flaws, but what needs to be said has been said. What needs to be written has been written."
Zhang Ye shook his head. "I don't agree to that."
Meng Dongguo said, "You still have doubts about this?"
These people were once again in conflict with Zhang Ye!
The Peking University students did not understand why Zhang Ye was questioning the completeness of the book. Could it be that the 120 chapters of "Dream of the Red Chamber" did not even have completeness?
Zhang Ye chuckled and said, "This was originally what I was going to talk about later on, but now that I've mentioned it, I can also say that while you might think that the 120 chapters are a complete set of characters and plots, I don't see it that way. The plot and characters are not complete, and this is also the reason why I suspect that the chapters after the eightieth are not written by Mr. Cao. I will not use a 9 × 12 structural analysis, nor will I use historical data to prove it. Let's just take a look at the 120 circulated chapters. I would like to ask everyone, after the eightieth chapter, where did Drunken Guardian Deity go?"
Drunken Warrior?
Who was this person?
The Peking University students did not know much about it and had forgotten about it.
However, the Redologist, Teacher Yang's expression changed slightly. He glanced at Ma Hengyuan and Meng Dongguo but did not say a word.
Yan Yu also frowned and remained silent.
Meng Dongguo was startled. What Drunken Vajra? Was there such a person? His research on 'Dream of the Red Chamber' was just so-so. He had not read the text in detail.
Ma Hengyuan was a literature professor, so he knew this person. After a pause, he said, "This person is not important, and …"
Zhang Ye interrupted, "Isn't it important? This person had appeared in the first 80 chapters — Drunken Guardian Deity Disregards Wealth and Upholds Righteousness! Hehe, how could Cao Xueqin casually let an unimportant person go up? A person who appeared in a chapter review disappeared mysteriously in the end? "
Ma Hengyuan forced himself to say, "There is no need to explain such a side character."
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Alright then. Let me ask you again. Where's Little Red? Where did Little Red go? "
"Little Red? This … "Ma Hengyuan choked.
More people knew about Little Red than Lin Yuhong.
At first, they did not pay much attention to it, but now that Zhang Ye mentioned it, everyone remembered. That's right, where was Little Red?
Zhang Ye said to everyone, "If you insist on saying that Drunken Guardian Deity is an unimportant side character, then Little Red can't be, right? Everyone can recall that Little Red was also a character who appeared in the chapter. Furthermore, she was an important character who appeared in the chapter more than once. Chapter 24, 'Infatuated Daughter Leaves Her Handkerchief to Arouse Lovesickness'. Chapter 26, 'Bee Waist Bridge Sets Up Words to Convey Thoughts'. Chapter 27, it was written that Little Red was tactful and quick-witted, so she was recognized by Sister Feng. " Zhang Ye was already prepared for this. He immediately got the staff to hand out the information and displayed it on the screen. He pointed at it and said, "It's written clearly in black and white. Such an important character can be seen from the first 80 chapters. Although Cao Xueqin did not use many words, he mentioned this character more than once. Then after the 80th chapter, why did Little Red disappear?"
No one could answer!
Zhang Ye pressed on, "This is considered a complete plot and character? If the circulated version after the 80th chapter was really written by Cao Xueqin, then no matter how muddle-headed Mr Cao was, or how sick he was, or how many mistakes he made, he couldn't have forgotten an important character and setting up, right? "
It had always been others questioning Zhang Ye, and Zhang Ye had answered them one by one!
Now, it was Zhang Ye's turn to ask questions, but none of them could explain!
Zhang Ye was not done yet. He took out another set of information, "If someone insists that Little Red is not an important character, or that Cao Xueqin had forgotten about her, and forgot to write about Little Red's plot in the later parts, then alright. Everyone, please look at Zhiyanzhai's comments on the screen. I had already talked about Zhiyanzhai in yesterday's lecture. I had also mentioned the 'Temple of Prison God' that was not mentioned in the entire book, but I did not provide this information at that time. Alright, now take a look. This is Zhiyanzhai's comments. It is clearly written that Little Red will appear in the Temple of Prison God in the later parts! And she even saved Jia Baoyu! Even if the current Redology world does not recognize Zhiyanzhai's ancient book, you can never deny its existence. Zhiyanzhai was just spouting nonsense? How could it be possible! Even if he was spouting nonsense, he would not fabricate a place and plot that had not been mentioned before, right? Besides, even Zhiyanzhai remembered Little Red, so how could Cao Xueqin forget her? No matter how everyone tries to explain or smooth things over, it doesn't make sense! Through a character like Little Red, it can also prove that my point of view is correct! It's not that Cao Xueqin had forgotten this important character, but that the subsequent writers had forgotten about this character! "
"What you said …" Ma Hengyuan said, but he was cut off. He did not continue. Finally, his face turned black and he did not say another word. This was because he realized that he really could not refute this question!
The people from the literary world did not know what to feel.
This Zhang Ye was really quite good. He had really studied 'Dream of the Red Chamber' from the inside out. None of the questions could stump him, and he could answer them all. Furthermore, while answering and explaining, he could also prove his point of view. Could it be … that what he said was the truth?
It couldn't be!
This was too difficult for them to accept!
This was a point of view that subverted history!
Unbeknownst to them, Zhang Ye was of course able to reason with them. To him, this was a piece of cake. This was because Zhang Ye was not fighting alone. He was sparring with all the literary and Redologists from his previous world!
Senior Song raised her hand high, "Teacher Zhang."
"Little Song, go ahead." Zhang Ye pointed at her.
Senior Song stood up and said seriously, "Can you give a few more examples to prove that the eightieth chapter was not written by the same person? Is there any more evidence? "
Zhang Ye smiled, "Of course, but …" He looked at his watch, "Today's class time is almost up. There's only three minutes left."
Senior Zhou hurriedly said, "Aiyah, please continue!"
Senior Song also immediately said, "If it ends now, many people will not be able to sleep well tonight. Can you extend the time a little longer? Extending it by ten minutes is fine too! "She was thirsty for knowledge.
"That's right!"
"Carry on!"
"Don't end the class! This isn't even the beginning! "
"Teacher Zhang, you are keeping us in suspense! How inhumane! "
"You have to carry on! Don't end the class today! We can listen to it even at night! "
When the other Peking University students heard that class was about to end, they began to chatter. The venue immediately turned chaotic. You were f * * king addicted to listening to it, so how could class end!?
Zhang Ye said in a speechless manner, "Many of you have other classes in the afternoon."
"I'm not going!"
"Right, skip class!"
"We'll listen to you!"
"I'm not in the mood to listen to other classes!"
The Peking University students were also very shameless. In front of the Peking University Leaders and lecturers in the front row, they shouted.
Zhang Ye was also at his wit's end. He looked at Wu Zeqing, "President Wu?"
Wu Zeqing looked back at the students and conversed with the Vice President beside her. Finally, she picked up the microphone and said, "We can extend it by another twenty minutes."
Many reporters were at a loss whether to laugh or cry when they saw this scene. In the past, when they were in university, they were always eager for classes to end early. Who would fight to not allow classes to end? The teacher couldn't even stop teaching? This was asking for it! However, they had to admit that Zhang Ye's public lecture was indeed too exciting!
Zhang Ye did not argue, "Alright, since everyone likes to listen, I'll speak a little longer. Hur Hur. Since you are not in a hurry to end the class, neither am I."
Yao Mi giggled and said into the microphone, "As long as you aren't tired."
Zhang Ye smiled, "If you aren't tired, then I'm definitely not tired. I've recorded a program before, and the longest I've ever done was from 8 AM to 9 PM. The live audience changed six or seven times, and I didn't rest for 13 hours. After work, I even ate a bowl of ramen before returning home. Hur Hur, I'm a workaholic. If you want to listen, I can tell you tomorrow morning. "
"Hahaha!"
"Teacher Zhang is so awesome!"
"Don't, we won't be able to stand it tomorrow morning!"
The students' nerves were constantly stretched taut as they were led around by Zhang Ye. Although it was enjoyable and exciting, there was a limit to a person's attention span. This was also the reason why every class had a fixed ending time. There was a scientific basis for this. Since he still had to continue lecturing, he naturally had to adjust his approach. Zhang Ye said something off-topic to make everyone laugh. By making a small talk, it was also to let the students relax a little. In this way, it would help them to continue listening attentively to the lecture.
The people from the literary world did not know.
However, these teachers of Peking University who were in the field of education could tell Zhang Ye's intentions. There was tension and relaxation, and there was tension. This new Teacher Zhang Ye was really becoming more and more like a teacher of the people. After affirming Zhang Ye's ability, their prejudice against Zhang Ye was reduced by a lot!
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