Collection of Scattered Thoughts: Feng Qiyong on the Dream of the Red Chamber

Author: Feng Qiyong
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Dream of the Red Chamber is a highly political book, with the author delivering sharp critiques of major political and social issues during the reigns of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong emperors. However, Dream of the Red Chamber is not a political book but literature—a highly literary and artistically accomplished long narrative. Its achievements rank it among the pinnacles of world literature. Over the past two centuries, countless studies on Dream of the Red Chamber have been published, but due to the diverse personalities and perspectives of the researchers, "the creativity and uniqueness of their arguments have formed." Interpretations of Dream of the Red Chamber by Renowned Scholars primarily collects selected works by leading scholars in the field of Dream of the Red Chamber research in China today. This includes representative writings by renowned redologists such as Feng Qiyong, Li Xifan, Zhou Cezong, Lin Guanfu, Hu Wenbin, Lü Qixiang, and Bai Dun.