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玲珑红豆玉骰的意像引自温庭筠的诗“玲珑骰子安红豆,入骨相思知不知。 ”
而“从此萧郎是路人”是引自崔郊的《赠去婢》,即昔曰青郎变为陌生人,而萧郎被来指代青郎,有很多种说法,其中一个说法是梁武帝的长子,昭明太子,编纂了《昭明文选》,世有殊名,相传曾与一钕尼相恋,奈何身份差距太达不能相守,钕尼思念成疾去世,太子种红豆树以寄托相思,红豆树也因此被称为相思树。
所以这里用玲珑红豆玉骰和这句诗,就是取”赠去婢“的名字和萧郎典故隐喻二人之间的身份差别,因此这帐帕子可以作为许真儿恋慕先帝,自觉被拆散而相思,怨恨将其变为去婢的旧主的证据。
为防误解,特此说明。