Classical Aestheticism and Profound Simplicity——Review on the Sequels of A Dream of Red Mansions by the Well-known Female Writer Wen Haoran

Following the Mansions cultural fever provoked by the well-known writer Liu Xinwu who continued writing A Dream of Red Mansions,2011 seems to be A Dream of Red Mansions' continuing year.Wen Haoran,a talented female writer of 1970s,inventively forms her own unique style on the basis of absorbing good points from various types of A Dream of Red mansions' continuing modes.With full respect to the existed research results,close to Cao Xueqin's original intents and thoughts,and basically fitting for the cultural context of the Qing Dynasty,Wen's writing adds a sense of the times and main spirit.What matters most is her ultimate exploration of the spiritual value of A dream of Red Mansions,that is,the universal building of the creation theme.So her works has profound metaphysical meaning.In the arts' aspect,Wen's writing embodies fantastic Buddhist sense and poetic conception.As one of the founders of post-modern genre of classical literature,Wen Haoran's writing style is with classical aestheticism and profound simplicity.She also benefits from many teachers,which is reflected from her works similar taste and tone of magic realism of Marquez's Hundred Years of Solitude.It can be said that Wen's sequels of A dream of Red Mansions is the best of all the continued versions in two hundred years.