A Brief Introduction to the Appreciation Authors of Poems, Songs and Fu in A Dream of Red Mansions

Cai Yijiang, born in 1934, was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Famous redology experts, scholars and professors, and national experts with outstanding contributions. 1954 graduated from former Zhejiang Normal University (now Zhejiang University) and stayed on as a teacher after graduation; 1978 transferred to Beijing, founded the Journal of Dream of Red Mansions and established the Red Society. 1986 once served as member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department. He used to be a deputy to the National People's Congress, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president of China Dream of Red Mansions Society and vice president of China Classical Literature Popularization Research Association. He has made great achievements in the study of China's classical literature, especially the poems of Tang and Song Dynasties and A Dream of Red Mansions. The main published works are: Comments on Poetry and Fu of A Dream of Red Mansions, On Lost Manuscripts of A Dream of Red Mansions, Notes on Collation of A Dream of Red Mansions, Comments on A Dream of Red Mansions in Cai Yijiang, Complete Works of A Dream of Red Mansions, Chronology of Jia Xuan's Long and Short Sentences, Shanghai-Hong Kong Bookstore, An Introduction to Qing Dynasty Literature (Japan Daily Press), Notes on the Essence of Song Poetry, etc.