Poetic Wisdom Perspective In "a Dream Of Red Mansions" Myths Prototype Analyzed

《A Story of the Stone》 has always been believed as the most remarkable representive of the art achievements of Chinese classical novels. Studies on the novel have nearly been made from the realistic angles. However,scholars have never attached importance to the enomous myths system in the novel,even regarded them as feudal superstition. The author observes all the myths carefully from the view ofhuman being's primary mind--poetic intelligence, and thinks that there lies anintegral mythical system to the theme in the novel. This essay plans to revel its mythical system from the three aspects of prototype meanings, prototype images and witchcraft rites. Among the mysterious drawings, dramlands , Nuwa patched up the sky and so on have reflected primitive psychology of maternal worship and goddess worship and have hidden primitive ideas of immortal soul and life integration. Dreams , precious mirror, jade, etc in prototype images have showed some common national psychology. And the witchcraft rites indicate proto-practice of supernatural worship . 《A Story of the Stone》 is like a mysterious and poetic river of soul under the function of unconciousness, which resounded the voice of ancient man.