Chen Sha Ji: Li Xifan on the Dream of the Red Chamber and Chinese Classical Fiction

Author: Li Xifan
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: For over two hundred years, there have been tens of thousands of research works on Dream of the Red Chamber. However, due to the individuality of researchers and the different perspectives on textual study, the creativity and uniqueness of arguments have been formed. Interpretations of Dream of the Red Chamber by Renowned Scholars primarily collects self-selected works by prominent scholars in the field of Dream of the Red Chamber studies in China today. It includes representative writings of famous redologists such as Feng Qiyong, Li Xifan, Zhou Cezong, Lin Guanfu, Hu Wenbin, Lü Qixiang, and Bai Dun. Cao Xueqin elevated the idea of opposing [Reason] with [Emotion] in the humanistic of the Ming and Qing dynasties to the height of respecting women's rights and dignity, and created the rebellious image of a noble youth like Jia Baoyu, who [awakened to the cruelty of the late era], to his ideals. Even in the numerous works praising marital and romantic freedom, the love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu demonstrates new qualities and deeper meanings.