Dream of the Red Chamber (Upper and Lower)

Author: Cao Xueqin, written by Gao E
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Publish Date: 1996-12-01
Features: This book is a great work with high ideological and artistic value. From the ideological tendencies reflected in the book, the author demonstrates preliminary democratic thoughts. He critically examines the darkness of the real society, including the courts and official circles, the corruption of the feudal aristocratic class and their families, the feudal imperial examination system, marriage system, servant system, and hierarchical system. He also critiques the corresponding social ruling ideology, such as Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism, as well as social moral concepts. Furthermore, he proposes faint but preliminary democratic ideals and that reflect the budding factors of capitalist economic development at the time.