Summary Ages ago, in the realm of the Great Void, the Goddess Nugua, whose task it is to repair the Dome of Heaven, rejects a stone that she finds unsuited to her purpose. She touches it, however, so the stone becomes endowed with life. Thereafter it can move as it pleases. In tim...
Dream of the Red Chamber is an 18th-century novel written by Cao Zhan that is generally considered to be the greatest novel of Chinese literature. It details the decline of the Jia family as it blends realism and romance, psychological motivation and fat
Explore Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber (Honglou Meng), also known as The Story of the Stone. Read summary and analysis, examine characters,...
Dream of the Red Chamber is a long and extremely complicated domestic chronicle—the novel contains more than four hundred characters—that is at once a lively comedy of manners, a realistic fable of moral seriousness, and a metaphysical allegory. The title is capable of expressing several meaning...
Dream of the Red Chamber (also Red Chamber Dream, Hung Lou Meng or A Dream of Red Mansions) (simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; traditional Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: Hónglóu mèng), rarely also called The Story of the Stone (simplified Chinese: 石头记; traditional Chinese: 石头 记; pinyin: ...
Dream of the Red Chamber Journal Chapter 1: In the first chapter‚ the author first writes about the origin of the stone. Then it comes to the very end of the story and writes a conversation between the stone and the Taoist called Vanitas. Next‚ it starts to talk about the story...
DreamoftheRedChamber(alsoRedChamberDream,HungLouMengorADreamofRedMansions)(simplifiedChinese:红楼梦;traditionalChinese:紅樓夢;pinyin:Hónglóumèng),rarelyalsocalledTheStoryoftheStone(simplifiedChinese:石头记;traditionalChinese:石頭記;pinyin:Shítóujì;literally"RecordoftheStone"),isamasterpieceofChinesevernacular...
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Finnegans Wake are dream fictions in that they employ dreams as both their frameworks and subject matters. While Finnegans Wake is a fictional representation of its assumed dreamer's dream during one night, Dream of the Red Chamber portrays its protagonist's life as a dream in the metaphorical ...
These books, including Journey to the West, Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Chamber, are not just stories; they are a journey through time, culture, and the human experience. Each book is a testament to the richness of Chinese literature and the enduring...