Why is there a Dream of Red Mansions, but there is no Study of the Three Kingdoms?

In fact, I think there is no answer to this question if we want to go deeper.

However, I think it can be thought that the more famous literary works are all born out of life, but the characters in them have deepened their consciousness, content and form on the basis of them. In this way, people have enough imagination space to leave their imagination there.

Although The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and A Dream of Red Mansions are both processed by the author on the basis of the original facts, they are rich in characters and the stories are ups and downs. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is processed by the author on the basis of the existing historical materials, leaving a little limited imagination space, because a problem can be solved along the historical footprint, which is well proved in a research paper by writers and historians based on historical materials.

The most important thing about A Dream of Red Mansions is that Cao Xueqin didn't finish it, which led to so many people's research and imagination. Although the last dozens of stories were compiled by later writers, people's curiosity made everyone want to break the sand pot and ask Cao Xueqin what he thought, and whether the final ending of the story made people who were keen on Dream of Red Mansions "flock" as it was later compiled.

That's why so many people study A Dream of Red Mansions.

In addition: I don't know anything about redology, and I don't know anything about specific research. You can Baidu it! ~