The Story of the Red Chamber (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Xiao Sai
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Since the publication of Dream of the Red Chamber, scholars and writers have continuously attempted to supplement it, resulting in works such as The Sequel to the Dream of the Red Chamber, The Continuation of the Dream of the Red Chamber, The Supplement to the Dream of the Red Chamber, and The New Continuation of the Dream of the Red Chamber. Among them, The Tale Beyond the Red Chamber, written by the contemporary renowned author Xiao Sai over 23 years in prison with immense effort, is the only work unanimously praised by red scholars both at home and abroad. This book was published twice in the 1980s and became a bestseller at the time. Prominent red scholars such as Duan Riliangliang, Jiang Hesen, as well as literary giants Yang Hansheng and Wu Zuguang, successively wrote poems, inscribed titles, and reviewed the book. The renowned Japanese red scholar and translator of the Japanese version of Dream of the Red Chamber, Ito Shuping, also expressed his admiration: "Beyond the red and green, there are more floors— (Twenty years of hard work are extraordinary)." Now, it is republished to delight contemporary red scholars.