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

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Features: For over two hundred years, there have been tens of thousands of research works on Dream of the Red Chamber. Due to the differences in the personalities and perspectives of the researchers on the text, these arguments have become creative and unique. 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. This includes representative works by 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 thought of the Ming and Qing dynasties to a height of respecting women's rights and dignity, and created the rebellious image of a noble youth like Jia Baoyu, who was "awakened to the cruelty of the late era." Through this, he expressed his ideals. Even in the numerous works that praise freedom of marriage and love, the realm of love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu demonstrates new qualities and deeper meanings.