Literary Common Sense Related to A Dream of Red Mansions

A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel with the style of chapters and chapters in ancient China, also known as The Story of the Stone. It is listed as the first of the four classical novels in China, and is generally believed to be written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in the Qing Dynasty. The novel is based on the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue.

From the perspective of Jia Baoyu, a rich boy, this paper describes the lives of a group of boudoir beauties whose manners and knowledge are beyond the needs of men, and shows the true beauty and tragedy of human nature, which can be said to be an epic that shows the beauty of women in all directions.

A Dream of Red Mansions is an earthly novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture. The novel encourages itself with the theme of "talking about love and recording things", only follows its logic, gets rid of the old conventions, is fresh and unique, and has achieved extraordinary artistic achievements.

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A Dream of Red Mansions has been circulated in the form of a manuscript for 30 years since its publication, and is regarded as a treasure. "At that time, a copy of every good man was placed in the temple city, which raised its price and won dozens of gold. It can be said that it is gone! " (Cheng Weiyuan engraved the preface to A Dream of Red Mansions) After it was printed and published in movable type, it immediately swept the country north and south.

In the development of China literature, the outstanding realistic creation achievement of A Dream of Red Mansions provided rich artistic experience for later writers. Until the modern literature in China, some works were obviously influenced by A Dream of Red Mansions and made some achievements. There are countless poems, songs, operas, novels and movies with the theme of A Dream of Red Mansions.

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