Dream of the Red Chamber

Author: Cao Xueqin
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Although Dream of the Red Chamber is merely a novel, it is a highly exceptional one. Beyond the extremely rich and complex content it contains and its unprecedented artistic achievements, numerous issues related to this novel have attracted countless scholars and literati throughout the ages to dedicate their lives to exploring it, thus forming a specialized field of study known as "Red Studies." Dream of the Red Chamber is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels and is also a rare masterpiece in the world's literary treasury. Its author, Cao Xueqin, poured his life's efforts into crafting this work, which, with the rise and fall of the Rong and Ning families as its main thread, profoundly and vividly depicts and portrays the life conditions and spiritual histories of all social strata in the late feudal society of China, particularly its ample narration of the marriage and love of young men and women. For centuries, their tragic fate has continuously evoked sighs from people. This book is a rewritten version of Dream of the Red Chamber, rewritten by Lin Guanfu, an authority on the textual studies of Dream of the Red Chamber. With his profound expertise and a spirit of faithfulness to the original, he even adopts a style of writing that is close to Cao Xueqin's, rewriting the book to provide young readers with an excellent and simplified edition for reading the classic.