Zhang reads Red Chamber

Author: Eileen Chang
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Eileen Chang is a female writer with international acclaim. Her works were once immensely popular in Chinese literature. The research on Dream of the Red Chamber is considered a timeless masterpiece, worth reading. In the book Red Chamber Phantom, the author argues that the last forty chapterswritten by Gao E are not as brilliant as the first eighty chapters by Cao Xueqin. The book explores why Dream of the Red Chamber remains unfinished, and the author insists on seeking the authentic version by Cao Xueqin, not the oneby Gao E. The author offers many novel insights on the 120-chapter manuscript of Dream of the Red Chamber and points out that "it is a work of fiction, not an autobiography." Red Chamber Phantom is a richly detailed research monograph, with a significant portion dedicated to textual variations. As a result, some readers might find it challenging to understand. However, this is not the case. It is believed that readers will gain many valuable insights from it.