What is the main content of Dream of Red Mansions?

Dream of Red Mansions is a picture of the upper aristocratic society as the central picture, which is extremely realistic and vivid to describe the entire life of China's feudal society at the end of the first half of the eighteenth century, and is a mirror and epitome of this historical life.

Focusing on the daily life of Rongguo Mansion, with the love and marriage tragedy of Baoyu, Daiyu and Baochai and the trivial matters in the Grand View Garden as the main line, and the history of the four major families of Jinling nobles and famous families from prosperity to decline as the dark line, it shows the inevitable trend that the feudal society at the end of the road will eventually perish. And with its tortuous and obscure expression, bleak and deep emotional style, strong and lofty ideological heritage, in China's ancient folk customs, feudal system, social landscape, architectural gold and stone and other fields have irreplaceable research value, reaching the peak of China's classical **, known as "the encyclopedia of China's feudal society".

"Dream of Red Mansions", the first of the four classical Chinese masterpieces, is a long story written by the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin**[1], also known as "The Story of the Stone" and "Golden Jade Yuan". The book is divided into two editions: 120 "Cheng Ben" and 80 "Fat Ben". The first 80 chapters of the new version of the popular version are based on the fat book and the last 40 times are based on the Cheng Ben school, signed "by Cao Xueqin, continued by Anonymous, Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E".

The author of the last 40 episodes is still controversial, but we should also be vigilant against the extreme tendency to dwarf or even cut the last 40 episodes in half.

Dream of Red Mansions is a world-influential work of human feelings, recognized as the pinnacle of Chinese classics, an encyclopedia of Chinese feudal society, and a collection of traditional culture. **With the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, with the family trivia of Jiafu and the leisure of the boudoir as the context, and the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai as the main line, it depicts the human beauty and tragic beauty of the lovers of good and evil centered on Jia Baoyu and the twelve hairpins of Jinling. Through the tragedy of the family, the tragedy of the daughter and the tragedy of the protagonist's life, the crisis of the last days of feudalism is revealed.

The author of Dream of Red Chambers has a preliminary democratic ideology, and he has made profound criticisms of the real society, including the darkness of the court and officialdom, the decay of the feudal aristocratic class and its families, the feudal imperial examination system, the marriage system, the slave and maid system, and the hierarchical system, as well as the corresponding social ruling ideas, that is, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, Cheng Zhu Lixue, and social morality, and put forward vague ideals and propositions with the nature of preliminary democracy.

Focusing on the daily life of Rongguo Mansion, with the love and marriage tragedy of Baoyu, Daiyu and Baochai and the trivial matters in the Grand View Garden as the main line, and the history of the four major families of Jinling nobles and famous families from prosperity to decline as the dark line, it shows the inevitable trend that the feudal society at the end of the road will eventually perish. And with its tortuous and obscure expression, bleak and deep emotional style, strong and lofty ideological heritage, in China's ancient folk customs, feudal system, social landscape, architectural gold and stone and other fields have irreplaceable research value, reaching the peak of China's classical **, known as "the encyclopedia of China's feudal society".

Introduction to Dream of Red Mansions:

Dream of Red Mansions is an ancient Chinese chapter hui style long story**, also known as "The Stone Record", which is listed as the first of the four classical Chinese masterpieces, and is generally believed to have been written by the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin.

**With the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background of the writing, and from the perspective of the rich son Jia Baoyu, it depicts the life of a group of beautiful women whose knowledge and manners are above the eyebrows, showing the beauty of human nature and tragedy in the society at that time.

The version of Dream of Red Mansions can be divided into two systems: 120 Hui Cheng and 80 Hui Ben, Cheng Ben refers to Cheng Weiyuan's printed version, and Fat Ben refers to the early manuscripts transcribed by Zhi Yan Zhai at different times.

The brief introduction of Dream of Red Mansions is as follows:

Dream of Red Mansions, the first of the four classical Chinese masterpieces, is a long story written by the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin, also known as "The Story of the Stone", "The Golden Jade Yuan", and "The Story of the Stone of the Reappraisal of the Fat Yan Zhai". It is a world-influential work of human feelings, a world-recognized pinnacle of Chinese classics, an encyclopedia of Chinese feudal society, and a collection of traditional culture.

**With the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, with the family trivia of Jiafu and the leisure of the boudoir as the context, and the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai as the main line, it depicts the human beauty and tragic beauty of the lovers of good and evil centered on Jia Baoyu and the twelve hairpins of Jinling.

Appreciation of works:

The author of Dream of Red Mansions has a preliminary democratic ideology, and he is very interested in the reality of society, including the darkness of the court and officialdom, the decay of the feudal aristocratic class and its family, the feudal imperial examination system, the marriage system, the slave and maid system, and the hierarchy system.

Dream of Red Mansions is self-exhorting to "talk about love and record its affairs", only according to its own body and reason, follow the traces, get rid of the old clichés, fresh and chic, and have achieved extraordinary artistic achievements, especially the special penmanship of "the real thing is hidden, and the fake village dialect" has aroused the strong curiosity and desire of later generations of readers.