Dream of the Red Chamber: A Family Chronicle by Gao Yang. The Dream of the Red Chamber Series

Author: Gao Yang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book includes: Cao Xueqin's final conception of Dream of the Red Chamber; My View on Red Chamber; New Examination of Cao Xueqin's Age and Biological Father; Red Chamber Characters and Cao Family Relatives; Cao Xueqin's Life; My View on "a Major Controversy in the History of Chinese Literature"; Red Chamber Conversations; I Wrote The Red Chamber in Ruins; A Major Controversy in the History of Chinese Literature; Further Discussion on the Circulation of Cheng's Edition of Dream of the Red Chamber; Cheng Weiyuan's Paintings; A Controversy in the History of Red Studies Blends Artistic Imagination with Historical Inquiry, Restoring Cao Xueqin and His Family's Rise and Fall; From military and state affairs to market gossip, everything is captured; A novelistic style combined with a historian's perspective, forming a unique voice. The author has written a series of novels such as The Red Chamber in Ruins and Biography of Cao Xueqin, which, when compared with this book, can further enhance reading interest. This book compiles several articles by Liu Yang on the study of Dream of the Red Chamber, proposing unique perspectives on controversial issues in red studies, such as the relationship between Dream of the Red Chamber and Cao Xueqin's family background, etc. It features rigorous research combined with bold imagination, presenting a highly influential viewpoint in the field of red studies.