Zhī Yànzhāi Chóng Píng Shítou Jì Jiǎ Xū Běn Kǎo

Author: Cao Xueqin
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Publishing Date: 2000-12-01
Features: This is the first corrected edition of the Jiaxu edition of Dream of the Red Chamber published domestically and internationally to date. The greatest difference between this edition and the commonly printed versions lies in: it allows readers to glimpse the early original form of the novel as created by Cao Xueqin, and to directly savor the 1,600+ precious annotations left by the author's "red-haired confidante," Shi Yanzhai, on the Jiaxu original manuscript. This is the key to unlocking the maze of Dream of the Red Chamber! The base text used for this edition is one of the 11 existing Shi-annotated editions of Dream of the Red Chamber, the earliest in terms of production date, most authentic in preserving the original form, and also the most incomplete but precious one. It was discovered and collected by Mr. Hu Shi in 1927 and is now housed in the Cornell University Library in the United States. This edition is typeset and printed based on the photolithographic version first released in Taiwan in 1961, and it comprehensively includes all relevant materials about this edition from both the original base text and the photolithographic version.