传统经学与现代“红学”既有明显区别,又有相似之处。经学在汉代诞生之初,就肩负起了捍卫儒家经典权威性的使命。至于在学术史上的意义,只是它附带的成果。而“新红学”在诞生之初,是以倡导一种科学的研究方法作为主要目标,由于其声势较大,客观上推动了《红楼梦》的经典化进程。“红学”刚刚踏上征程。《红楼梦》研究还有大量工作要做,如文本研究、文献清理等等。就像传统的经学可以有狭义与广义之分一样,“红学”作为一种治学方法,也不妨有狭义与广义之分。狭义的“红学”主要指胡适开创的“新红学”;广义的“红学”则是开放的,它应致力于廓清笼罩在《红楼梦》上空的迷雾,真正成为研究《红楼梦》的专门之学。 There are obvious differences and similarities between traditional Confucian classics and modern “red school”. At the beginning of Han Dynasty, Confucian classics assumed the mission of defending Confucian classics’ authority. As for the significance in academic history, it is only the result that accompanies it. At the beginning of its birth, “New Learning of Red Mansions” advocated a scientific research method as its main objective. Because of its loud momentum, “New Learning of Red Mansions” promoted the classic process of “Dream of Red Mansions” objectively. “Red Learning ” has just embarked on a journey. There is still a great deal of work to be done in the study of A Dream of Red Mansions, such as textual research, document clean-up and so on. Just as the traditional classics can be narrowly defined and broadly divided, “redology” as a method of learning can also be divided into narrow and broad. In the narrow sense, “redology” mainly refers to “new learning” initiated by Hu Shih; “redology” in a broad sense is open and should be devoted to the clarification of the fog enveloped in “A Dream of Red Mansions” "The special study.