Red Chamber Heart Interpretation - Random Notes on Reading Dream of the Red Chamber

Author: Yu Pingbo
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Yu Pingbo is renowned as a co-founder of the "New Red School" alongside Hu Shi. His work A Study of the Dream of the Red Chamber was first published in 1923 and was revised and renamed A Research on the Dream of the Red Chamber in the early 1950s, becoming one of the representative works of the school. During the "Red School Criticism Campaign" of 1954, Yu Pingbo and his works were targeted for criticism, which also made him a household name both at home and abroad. This book collects some of Yu Pingbo's most important works on the Red School, excluding A Research on the Dream of the Red Chamber. Notes on the Dream of the Red Chamber was written before the criticism campaign and was serialized in the Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, but it was never published as a standalone book. Works such as A Child's Perspective on the Dream of the Red Chamber and "The Moonlight of Old Times" are his late-life summaries, achieved after enduring great hardships. When Yu Pingbo discusses the Dream of the Red Chamber, he takes a small perspective to reveal a big truth, presenting his research in an accessible yet profound manner. His work is both grounded in rigorous scholarship and filled with engaging, witty insights, making it a model for red school studies.