本书大体上以时为经、以事为纬,将传主曹寅置于清初满汉政治、思想、文化诸多方面激烈冲突、碰撞、渐趋和缓以至融合的历史进程中,蹑迹追踪,勾画其恪遵圣旨、鞠躬尽瘁、死而后已的治绩;洞幽烛微,照亮其作为包衣老奴直面惊心动魄的宦海风涛之铭心刻骨的切身感受、举步维艰的心灵历程;旁征博引,探讨曹氏的理学素养和对佛道思想的传承及其与时俱进、对西学东渐的关注;博观约取,全方位审视曹寅诗词文赋和 This book is generally based on the passage of time, taking things as the weft, placing the master Cao Yin in the historical process of fierce conflicts, collisions, gradual easing and even integration in many aspects of politics, ideology and culture in Manchu and early Qing Dynasty. , Outlined its adherence to the imperial edict, spared no efforts to death, and after the performance has been; Cave quiet candlelight, as the coating of the old slave face straight to the soul-stirring Feng Shui Ming implicit feelings, difficult spiritual journey; Cao’s philosophical accomplishments and the inheritance of Buddhism and Taoism, and his advancing with the times, focus on the development of Western learning;