Red Chamber Dream Poetry, Lyrics, and Prose Appreciation

Author: Cai Yijiang
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: The arguments are fascinating and highly inspiring. The contents collected in the "Appendix" are all important and highly reference-worthy materials for studying Dream of the Red Chamber and its author. The article "Introduction to Editions" incorporates the latest research in the field of Red Studies and is well worth reading. Dream of the Red Chamber is a revised and expanded version of the author's highly acclaimed book, Commentary on Poems, Lyrics, Quatrain, Odes, Songs, Ancient Prose, Letters, Riddles, Drinking Games, Couplets, and Pairs of Lines in Dream of the Red Chamber, which has gained fame both at home and abroad over more than two decades. The book includes all types of literary forms such as poems, lyrics, quatrains, odes, songs, ancient prose, letters, riddles, drinking games, couplets, and pairs of lines from various editions of Dream of the Red Chamber, including poems unique to the Zhi Ping manuscript that are generally difficult to find. The collection is extremely comprehensive. To enhance readers' understanding, each piece is accompanied by "Explanations," "Annotations," "Appreciations," or "Commentaries," with some also featuring "Appendices" or "Supplementary Notes." For the notoriously challenging "Eulogy for the Plum Blossom Maiden," an "Translation" has been added.