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Analysis: Dream of Red Mansions is a literary masterpiece written by ancient Chinese writer Cao Xueqin for ten years. It shows a broad social background, and through the heartfelt portrayal of more than 400 lifelike characters, it depicts the customs and secularity of Chinese society at that time.

This literary masterpiece is a huge improvement in the level of creation of Chinese classics, therefore, together with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West", it is known as one of China's four classical masterpieces and is a household name in China.

Dream of Red Mansions appeared in the Qing Dynasty during the "Qianlong Prosperous Era", the society of this period seemed to be peaceful on the surface, but in fact, various contradictions were intensifying, and the whole dynasty had reached the peak of prosperity and decline, which comprehensively and profoundly reflected the characteristics of this era.

"Dream of Red Mansions" focuses on the love and marriage tragedy between aristocratic young people Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Yuchai. However, the significance of the social troubles of ** lies in the fact that it does not describe this love tragedy in isolation, but takes it as the center and writes the survival process of the representative feudal family at that time, thus reflecting the changes in society. In the history of ancient Chinese literature, there is no work that can write a love tragedy as exciting as "Dream of the Red Chamber".

**, as well as the poems and songs interspersed in between, and even the names of people, seem to have their own deep meanings, triggering infinite reflections on the reader.

Dream of Red Mansions is not only a great literary work, but also an important historical material for the study of ancient Chinese bureaucracy, philosophical thoughts, cultural forms, folk phenomena, and even handicraft manufacturing such as iron and porcelain. 

Summary. **The narrative technique is unique, using two versions, "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Stone Records", of which "Dream of Red Mansions" was completed by Cao Xueqin herself, and "Stone Records" was sorted out by later generations. The language is beautiful, the description is delicate, and the plot twists and turns, which is known as the pinnacle of ancient China.

The characters of ** are vivid, with strong artistic appeal and depth of thought, and have had a profound impact on Chinese literature and culture.

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"Dream of Red Mansions" is a ** written by the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin, which is known as the pinnacle of ancient China. **Hail Wheel takes Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and others as the protagonists, and takes Jiafu as the background, depicting the grand family life and social style of Yichongxin, showing the ugliness and decay of feudal society. Through the profound description of human nature, the meaning and value of life are revealed, and the author's deep thinking about life and deep insight into the world of cultivation are shown.

The main plot revolves around the love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. Jia Baoyu is the young master of Jiafu, and Lin Daiyu is his cousin. The two grew up together since childhood, and their emotions were deep and emotional, but due to various reasons, Shan Ju Oak was unable to be together in the end.

At the same time, ** also depicts the teasing relationship between Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai is a smart, kind, gentle and virtuous woman who has formed a deep friendship with Jia Baoyu.

** Not only depicts love, but also involves multiple levels of relationships such as clan, family, and society. Jiafu is a big family with many family members, each with different personalities and destinies. Through the depiction of the relationship between family members, it reflects the decay and ugliness of the feudal family system.

At the same time, ** also involves all aspects of society, revealing all kinds of shortcomings and contradictions of feudal society.

**'s narrative technique is unique, using two versions: "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Stone Records", of which "Dream of Red Mansions" was completed by Cao Xueqin herself, and "Stone Records" was sorted out by later generations. **The language is beautiful, the description is delicate, and the plot twists and turns, which is known as the pinnacle of ancient China's work. The characters of ** are vivid, with strong artistic appeal and depth of thought, and have had a profound impact on Chinese literature and culture.

**'s narrative technique is unique, using two versions: "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Stone Records", of which "Dream of Red Mansions" was completed by Cao Xueqin herself, and "Stone Records" was sorted out by later generations. **The language is beautiful, the description is delicate, and the plot twists and turns, which is known as the pinnacle of ancient China's work. The characters of ** are vivid, with strong artistic appeal and depth of thought, and have had a profound impact on Chinese literature and culture.

"Dream of Red Mansions", a long story in ancient Chinese chapters, also known as "The Story of the Stone", etc., is listed as the first of the four classical Chinese masterpieces, and is generally believed to be 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, and the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main clues, it focuses on describing the process of Jia Jiarong and Ning Erfu from prosperity to decline.

Dream of Red Mansions comprehensively and profoundly reflects the characteristics of the era of feudal society. What it depicts is not a love story of "flowers and candles in the cave room and the title of the gold list"; Instead, he wrote about the love and marriage tragedy between the feudal aristocratic young Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai.

The great social significance of "Dream of Red Mansions" lies in the fact that it does not describe this love tragedy in isolation, but takes this love and marriage tragedy as the center, and writes the rise and fall of the four representative families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue at that time, which takes Jiafu as the center, exposes all kinds of darkness and evil in the later period of feudal society, and its insurmountable internal contradictions, and makes a powerful criticism of the decadent feudal ruling class and the feudal system that is about to collapse, so that readers have a premonition that it is bound to fall into ruin. At the same time, it also expresses a new hazy ideal through the praise of the aristocratic rebels.

Dream of the Red Chamber is the most literary masterpiece of classical literature in China, the pinnacle of China's classical literary creation, and the cultural treasure of all mankind.

"Dream of Red Mansions" was completed in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, originally published in a hand-copied version, and now we have found the earliest hand-copied version, which was Qianlong in 1754, but only sixteen times in a row, and later found a number of hand-copied versions, such as the hand-copied version of Qianlong 1761, almost eighty times, these hand-copied versions are named this ** "Stone Records", and there are many comments signed "Fat Yan Zhai". According to research, the author of this ** is Cao Xueqin, he was born in the last years of Kangxi or the early years of Yongzheng, died in 1763 or 1764, what is his life experience, so far can not form a unified view, but he was poor and sick, and his son died, and failed to finally complete this **, it is a certain fact, the first 80 times that have been handed down now, are basically his handwriting. Thirty years after his death, another 120-volume edition of Dream of the Red Chamber appeared in movable wooden type, which was printed twice in succession in 1791 and 1792, and has been very popular ever since.

However, according to the research of experts, in this popular version, the last forty chapters were written by a bureaucrat named Gao E, and although his sequel book gave the story a complete scale and the characters generally had an ending, because his own ideological realm and artistic accomplishment were far inferior to Cao Xueqin's, the content of his continuation did not conform to Cao Xueqin's original intention. According to Cao Xueqin's conception, the Jia family will finally fall to the point that "it is like a bird that eats all the birds and throws itself into the forest, and the white land is really clean", while Gao He wrote Baoyu "Zhongxiang Kui", and the Jia family "Mu Huangen" and "Yonsize". Therefore, the last forty rounds of Gao Yi are a big failure.

However, this practice of 120 times has become a custom in the past two hundred years, and the tragic ending of Bao Dai written by Gao He is also accepted by the majority of readers. Therefore, when people talk about "Dream of Red Mansions" now, they often refer to the general name of Cao Xueqin's first 80 chapters and Gao E's last 40 sequels. These 120 times of the book,The total number of words is about 1075000 words.。

There is a brief introduction to the content at the front of the book!

Contents: Dream of the Red Chamber is an encyclopedia of feudal society in late China; **The upper-class aristocratic society is the central picture, which is extremely realistic and vividly describes the entire life of the feudal society in late China in the first half of the eighteenth century, and is a mirror and epitome of this historical life. It is a true portrayal of the irretrievable collapse of China's ancient feudal society.

Experience: The tragedy of Dream of Red Mansions is sad that we have seen the love tragedy produced by this absurd class concept, and we still can't avoid the idea that in the real society, we are still forced to get married, so that the marriage is far away from love, until it withers, and the tragedy continues forever.

"Dream of Red Mansions" takes the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, through the description of the prosperity and decline of the four major families of "Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue", the process of a feudal aristocratic family from prosperity to decline, and the sad and joyful ending of the characters' joys and sorrows, and the bleak ending of life and death entanglement, to expose the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the feudal social system, and also imply that the feudal society will inevitably perish.

"Dream of Red Mansions" mainly tells the process of a feudal aristocratic family from prosperity to decline, with the joys and sorrows of the characters, and the bleak ending of life and death entanglements, to expose the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the feudal social system, and also imply that the feudal society will inevitably perish.

Dream of the Red Chamber is a great work of high ideology and artistry, which systematically summarizes the culture and system of China's feudal society, makes a profound critique of all aspects of feudal society, and puts forward vague ideals and propositions with the nature of preliminary democracy. These ideals and ideas were a tortuous reflection of the embryonic factors of the capitalist economy that were growing at that time.

Dream of Red Mansions, also known as the Stone Story, is a long chapter back style**, the whole book takes Bao Dai's love tragedy as the main line, with the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang, Xue, and the four major families as the background, depicting all aspects of ancient Chinese society.

Cao Xueqin reveals the darkness of social reality, the decadence of human sophistication, and the inevitability of the decline of feudal families through Bao Dai's love.

The love tragedy of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai is the main line.

The love story of Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu is the main line, telling the experience of a big family from prosperity to decline.