Why is A Dream of Red Mansions also called The Story of the Stone?

First, the origin of the story of the stone: The beginning of A Dream of Red Mansions introduces the origin of the work in the form of myth, saying that Nu Wa refined 3650 1 stone to fill the sky, only 36500 pieces were used, and the remaining piece was useless. There is only one stone left to feel sorry for myself, sad day and night. A monk saw its lovely shape together, carved numbers on it, and brought it to the world by the waiter of the Red Defect Palace. I don't know how many times I have been robbed. When I saw a story burning on a stone, I entrusted me to copy it from generation to generation. It was sent to Cao Xueqin, who read it for ten years, added and deleted it five times and wrote a book. So A Dream of Red Mansions is also called The Story of the Stone.

Second, expand the scope of knowledge:

1. Introduction to the work:

A Dream of Red Mansions, the first of China's classical Four Great Classical Novels, is a novel written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in Qing Dynasty, also known as The Story of the Stone, Jinyuyuan and Re-evaluation of the Story of the Stone by Hongyan Zhai. There are two editions of this book: 120 "Cost" and 80 "Fat Edition". The first eighty chapters of the new edition of Tongshu were collected according to Fat Book, and the last forty chapters were collected according to Cheng Shu, with the signature "Cao Xueqin, Anonymous, Cheng Weiyuan, Finishing". 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 China's feudal society and a master of traditional culture. The novel takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, the family affairs of Jia's family and the leisure of boudoir as the main line, and the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, depicting the beauty of humanity and tragedy of lovers centered on Jia Baoyu and Jinling Twelve Chai. Through family tragedy, daughter tragedy and the protagonist's life tragedy, the crisis of the last days of feudalism is revealed. The author of A Dream of Red Mansions has a preliminary democratic thought. He profoundly criticized the real society, including the darkness of the court and officialdom, the decay of feudal nobles and their families, the feudal imperial examination system, the marriage system, the handmaiden system and the hierarchical system, and the corresponding social ruling thoughts, namely, Confucianism and social morality of Confucius and Mencius, and put forward vague ideals and propositions with preliminary democratic nature. These ideals and concepts are the tortuous reflection of the budding factors of the growing capitalist economy at that time. A Dream of Red Mansions encourages itself by "talking about love with great ambition and keeping a record of events", only follows its logic, gets rid of old habits, is fresh and unique, and has achieved extraordinary artistic achievements. In particular, the special brushwork of "the truth is hidden, and the village words are false" has aroused the strong curiosity and prying desire of later readers, and all kinds of speculations about marginal notes are becoming more and more bizarre.

2. Introduction to the author:

Cao Xueqin (about1715-about 1763), whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name and real name is Qin Pu, is the author of a dream of red mansions. He was born in Shenyang (Liaoyang) and moved back to Beijing when he was about fourteen years old. Cao Xueqin was born in Zhengbaiqi, the interior office of Qing Dynasty. He is the grandson of Cao Yin and the son of Cao Qing (the son of Cao Fu).

Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in Nanjing Jiangning Weaving Institute in his early years. In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), the Cao family was robbed of their property because of a deficit, and Cao Xueqin moved back to his former residence in Beijing with his family. Later, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and made a living by selling calligraphy and painting and helping his friends. Cao Xueqin has an open mind and a wide range of hobbies. He has studied epigraphy, poetry, painting, gardening, Chinese medicine, darning, craft and diet. With perseverance and years of hardships, he finally created a great work with great ideological and artistic quality-A Dream of Red Mansions.