~TONGHUA~
As early as 2019, Tonghua hinted at the correct way for readers to open this book in the introduction of "Sauvignon Blanc 1 Like First Meeting".
"Everything is just a gray line of grass and snakes, stretching for thousands of miles.""What we can see with the naked eye is really the truth of everything?"
Its traces and gray lines are left on the paper, and its context can be discerned, which is a metaphor for things leaving vague clues and signs that can be found.
The so-called "the gray line of grass and snakes, the hidden pulse is thousands of miles away" means that before an event happens, the author has already written some signs of its occurrence (i.e., foreshadowing), so that people will not feel surprised about it.
Therefore, although the author's pen seems to be writing "A", he can inadvertently write "B", so that the plot about "B" can also progress, and readers can naturally understand the work slightly. From this line "Fu Mai" fills in other plots about "B"
Through this, we can weave a network, write about someone at a certain time, and write about other people "in the midst of our busy schedule", so that multiple plot lines blend with each other and become integrated.
Some scholars have generally summarized the use of this technique in the writing of "A Dream of Red Mansions" in three aspects: as a structural clue, as a "metaphorical" expression, and as "foreshadowing" and "anaphora."
Example: The whole process of Yao Jing's emotional line actually uses the "grass snake gray line". The author seems to be writing about the marriage of Sang Tian'er and Chuanzi, but it makes the plot about Yao Jing also progress. Using Sang Tian'er and Chuan Zi Strings of characters are used to hint at the nature of the love between Xiaoyao and Tushanjing. The inconvenience of Xiaoyao's feelings for Tushanjing in the book is already reflected in Sang Tianer's words.
The writing method "Gray threads of grass and snakes can run thousands of miles" runs through the whole book of "Sauvignon Blanc". The most typical example is the metaphor of the nine-tailed fox and the snake demon. This story is a clue that runs through the entire book. It is easy to understand that "Qing is Dai Ying, Xi is Chai Fu", which means writing one character to profile another character.
Let me give two examples here.
1. Chi You and A Heng: Xiang Liu and Xiao Yaodescribes the love between Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao by comparing Chi You and A Heng. The book links Xiang Liu and Chi You many times, and compares Xiao Yao and his mother. The implication is that if Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu are together, the tragic ending of the previous generation will serve as a lesson to the past.
2. Left ear: Xiang Liuwrites about Xiang Liu by describing his left ear. Chi You and A Heng are the possibilities that Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao would face if they broke through the window paper and expressed their love for each other; Zuo Er and Miao Pu are the possibilities that Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao would have faced if they had not met Gong Gong. Another possibility for Yao. This is "Qing is the dark shadow, and the attack is the hairpin."
This is just part of it. And there are many more.
When the author wants to write about A, she might actually write about B.