“Ah?”
“Holy sh*t!”
“It can’t be?”
Everyone was amazed!
Brother-in-law? Your sister, that can even work?
Zhang Ye carried on. “If that is truly the case, then how would Zhang Wentao not know about the accomplishments of his own brother-in-law? What hearsay was there? Hence, what he said was somewhat believable!” However, he did not close the case on the matter. “Of course, as there is limited information, you cannot put a nail in the coffin on whether Zhang Wentao and Gao E are relatives or not. To follow academic rigor, this is just an inference on my part. I am just giving everyone a new perspective.” In his world, there were people who overthrew the argument according to Zhang Wentao’s family history. Some people even speculated if Zhang Wentao knew Gao E when he wrote “Dedicated to Gao Lanshu, My Contemporary Examinee”. Everyone had their own justifications, and there was still a huge controversy.
However, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ was always mysterious. This masterpiece had so many mysteries that even in Zhang Ye’s world, not every one of them had been unearthed!
Having controversy was normal. It would be odd if there wasn’t!
A lot of history could no longer be verified, unless there was new historical data or documents discovered. If not, many mysteries would be forever left unsolved, resulting in endless debate!
The reason why Zhang Ye mentioned this was to tell everyone that his words were backed by information and documents. It also agreed with logical inference. He had not blindly spoken guesswork without any evidence.
Over here.
Chang Kaige, who wanted to leave because he could not stand anymore of it, sat back down!
Many of the Peking University teachers, students and reporters, who had previously shrugged off Zhang Ye’s idea, all turned silent!
Of course, they found it impossible to agree with Zhang Ye’s audacious conjecture, but after a round of demonstration by Zhang Ye, they realized they had no way to retort him. Just like Zhang Ye, they could not provide any evidence or documents to prove the problem about Gao E!