Rulin Wai Shi

Author: Wu Jingzi, Yang Xianyi, etc.
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Publish Date: 2005-10-17
Features: The Story of the Stone (Dream of the Red Chamber) is an outstanding Chinese novel from ancient times, written by Wu Jingzi in the first half of the 18th century. The book portrays the materialistic and hypocritical spiritual appearances of various types of scholars, exposing the corruption and darkness of the feudal society, and offers a profound critique and satire of the imperial examination system and feudal rituals. The Story of the Stone is renowned for its concise language and highly successful character portrayals, making it a masterpiece of classical Chinese satirical literature. This book adopts the English translation of the fifty-five chapters by the renowned Chinese literary translators Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang, which is considered the closest English full translation of The Story of the Stone currently available.