How is the ending of the story of the stone

Answer 1

The ending of the original work of "Story of the Stone" is difficult to know, and the existing versions have different endings. Judging from the comments, the general context of the chapters after the 80th chapter included the punishment of Jia's family, imprisonment in the Prison Temple, and Baoyu becoming a monk.

The ending of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling in the 100th chapter and the 120th chapter versions of "Dream of the Red Chamber"(related to "Story of the Stone") was different. For example, in the 100th chapter, Jia Yuanchun's husband was an iron-fisted monarch. She was strangled to death by a bowstring. In the 120th chapter, she died of illness. In the 100th chapter, Shi Xiangyun became a singer on the ship because of the white head and two stars of the Kirin. The couple lived a long life. In the 120th chapter, Wang Xifeng committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. In the 120th chapter, she died of illness. In the 100th chapter, Jia Qiaojie married Baner and lived a rich life. In the 120th chapter, she was rescued by Granny Liu after wandering in the fireworks alley. In the 100th chapter, Qin Keqing lost her virginity in the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion. In the 120th chapter, she died of illness.

In the last 40 chapters of the Story of the Stone (relevant versions), Jia Baoyu lost his intelligence after losing the psychic Baoyu. He was tricked into marrying Baochai, and Daiyu died. After that, he was a high school candidate in the imperial examination and revived the Jia family. However, there was a point of view that the versions after the eightieth chapter might be fake. The original author, Cao Xueqin, might have integrated the content related to the ending into the first eighty chapters. For safety reasons (less revealing of family affairs to avoid literary prison) and writing artistic techniques (avoiding traditional novel writing methods to increase literary charm), only the first eighty chapters were retained.
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