CAJ | 학술논문

《红楼梦》中“因空见色，由色生情，传情入色，自色悟空”四句是作者曹雪芹放在小说前面对小说创作主旨的概括，它是从形而上的角度对生命及人生思考的结果，同时也是借空空道人的心理变化对小说主人公贾宝玉生命的心路变化历程作概括。曹雪芹想要表达的小说主旨既不是一般理解的“四大皆空”的虚无，也不是为谈情而“大旨谈情”，这些都只是表象。作者是以一个“翻过筋斗来的”一种人生大智慧来审视：世事无常，无常即苦，这就是佛学所讲的“空”，是对人生、生命的关照和生命意识的思考。
《홍루몽》중“인공견색，유색생정，전정입색，자색오공”사구시작자조설근방재소설전면대소설창작주지적개괄，타시종형이상적각도대생명급인생사고적결과，동시야시차공공도인적심리변화대소설주인공가보옥생명적심로변화역정작개괄。조설근상요표체적소설주지기불시일반리해적“사대개공”적허무，야불시위담정이“대지담정”，저사도지시표상。작자시이일개“번과근두래적”일충인생대지혜래심시：세사무상，무상즉고，저취시불학소강적“공”，시대인생、생명적관조화생명의식적사고。
"Yin kong jian se,you se sheng qing,chuan qing ru se,zi se wu kong" the four sentences in the begin-ning of the novel A Dream of Red Mansions is the summary of the whole novel written by Cao Xueqin. It is an idea about life from the metaphysical perspective,it is also a brief summary of the mental changes of the protagonist Jia Baoyu. The understanding of "kong" and "qing" in the four sentences was much biased before. The theme which Cao Xueqin wanted to express in the novel is neither a general understanding of nothingness nor love;both of them are just the representation. The author examined it using the great wisdom of life:everything is impermanent,impermanence is bitter;this is the Buddhist saying "kong ",and a thought of life,life caring and life conscious.