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Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone is an 18th-century Chinese novel authored by Cao Xueqin, considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is known for its psychological scope and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, lifestyles, and social relations of High Qing China.
The Dream of Red Mansions (Chinese: 红楼梦) is a 2010 Chinese television series, produced by Han Sanping and directed by Fifth Generation director Li Shaohong. It is a new adaptation of the classic 18th century novel Dream of the Red Chamber. The series, comprising 50 episodes, made its debut on 6 July 2010 on 9 terrestrial networks across ...
Dream of the Red Chamber was the first outstanding work of Chinese fiction to have a tragic ending, and reached unprecedented psychological depth with its portrayal of the interactions among a large number of well-developed characters.
A Dream of Red Mansions. Cao Xueqin, Yang Xianyi (Translator), Gladys Yang (Translator) 4.18. 5,396 ratings478 reviews. For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations.
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Book Summary. The basic storyline of A Dream of Red Mansions focuses primarily on the Chia family. There are two dukes in the family — Duke Ning-kuo and Duke Jung-kuo. Chia Fu, the elder grandson of Duke Ning-kuo, dies young, so the second grandson, Chia Ching, succeeds to the title after the death of his father, Chia Tai-hua.
May 25, 2017 · Cao Xueqin’s novel The Dream of Red Mansions is one of the greatest works of literature from the whole of Chinese history. It is a novel of 120 chapters which may be read at a number of different levels.
The Story of the Stone 石头记) 【Synopsis】Based on the mid-18th-century novel by Cao Xueqin, the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is known by many to be the ultimate and best ...
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