《红楼梦》公开刊行前曾长期在曹雪芹亲友或他们的交游圈中流传,本文尝试根据新史料厘清这群早期读者间的人脉网络,论证淳颖与敦诚不是连襟,明仁应非弘晓的姊丈,额尔赫宜不是明义的堂姊夫,明琳亦非明义的堂兄弟。这些常被红学界引用的人物关系,或属误读的结果,或为不正确的臆测。 Before the publication of A Dream of Red Mansions, it had been circulating in Cao Xueqin’s relatives and friends or their circle of friends for a long time. This article attempts to clarify the network of early readers based on new historical data and demonstrate that Chun Ying and Dun Cheng are not linked with each other. Zhang, Erh, should not be clearly defined as a cousin, Ming Lin nor clumsy cousin. These are often quoted by the red academia as the relationship between people, either as a result of misunderstanding, or as incorrect speculation.