Jia Chen Edition of Dream of the Red Chamber - (Complete 4 Volumes)

Author: Cao Xueqin
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Publish Date: 1989-10-01
Features: This book is in traditional Chinese vertical layout. This is a great work with high ideological and artistic value. From the ideological trends reflected in this book, the author demonstrates preliminary democratic thoughts. He critically examines the darkness of the real society, including the courts and official circles, the decay of the feudal aristocracy and their families, the feudal imperial examination system, marriage system, servant system, and the 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 yet preliminary democratic ideals and ( means "propositions" or "suggestions" in this context, but since it's a direct translation, I'll keep it as ""). These ideals and propositions reflect the subtle influence of the budding capitalist economic factors at the time.