A Deep Dive into the Versions of Dream of the Red Chamber

Author: Liu Shide
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: Literary Heritage Series. This book consists of two volumes. Volume 1, "Exploring Cao Xueqin's Creative Process through Red Chamber Version Issues," is divided into ten chapters, which can also be viewed as a series of ten consecutive research papers on Red Chamber version issues. Volume 2, "Notes on Reading Red Chamber," is divided into eighty sections, which can also be seen as a series of eighty consecutive notes on Red Chamber version issues. The nature of the two volumes is slightly different. However, their content is intrinsically connected, as both approach and study the version issues of Dream of the Red Chamber from the perspective and method of "exploring the subtle." Literary Heritage Series. This book consists of two volumes. Volume 1, "Exploring Cao Xueqin's Creative Process through Red Chamber Version Issues," is divided into ten chapters, which can also be viewed as a series of ten consecutive research papers on Red Chamber version issues. Volume 2, "Notes on Reading Red Chamber," is divided into eighty sections, which can also be seen as a series of eighty consecutive notes on Red Chamber version issues. The nature of the two volumes is slightly different. However, their content is intrinsically connected, as both approach and study the version issues of Dream of the Red Chamber from the perspective and method of "exploring the subtle."