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Dream of Red Mansions begins with a mythical story, in which a man and a monk bring the story recorded on a stone to the world and deliver it to Mr. Cao Xueqin. Let idlers in addition to the cliché stories of talented and beautiful people, there are also masterpieces worth appreciating. The story says that the date and place are unknown, but in fact, it is to hide the true insinuation of the author.

Qing Dynasty Its original name was "Stone Record", "Love Monk Record", "Fengyue Baojian", "Jinling Twelve Hairpins" and so on. Author Cao Xueqin, the sequel was completed by Gao E.

Qing Dynasty. Before and after the prosperous era of Kangqian.

The Dream of Red Mansions deliberately confuses the location of the Rongguo Mansion, sometimes saying that it is the capital (i.e., Beijing), and the other it is Jinling (i.e., Nanjing). It can be understood that the author wrote about a virtual place that mixed the geographical features of the capital and Jinling, not a definite reference.

It is generally believed to be the story of Jinling (now Nanjing) in Jiangsu during the reign of Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.

There is a saying in the book.

And all sorts of things are messy.

For example, the official name or something is a dynasty.

Clothing or something is a dynasty.

And so on the place and the era are not known.

There are also dialects of the North and the South appearing in the book.

It's all chaotic, just to achieve what Cao Xueqin said in the first episode, "don't involve the world, talk about love" or something.

But in fact, you can't write a book without your own business.

Cao Xueqin's childhood experience, her own family's times, etc., are all reflected in the book.

Therefore, if the scholar guesses, it should be written about the Qing Dynasty, his own family, and many of his in-laws

Hope it helps you o( o

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period.

Gangnam area.

Dream of Red Mansions deliberately conceals the time and place where the story took place.

It is said that Dream of Red Mansions is Cao Xueqin's memoirs, and according to Cao Xueqin's birth and death years, the era of Dream of Red Mansions can be roughly known. According to research, Cao Xueqin was born about 1714 (Kangxi fifty-three years) letter leakage filial piety, search for the dream of the Red Mansion Baoyu appeared in Daiyu into Jiafu at the time, Daiyu was about six years old, Baoyu was about 7 8 years old, just remembered, around 1720 (Kangxi fifty-nine years), Cao's family was raided in the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), at that time, Cao Xueqin was 16 years old. Soon after Jiafu was raided, Baoyu ran away from home.

End of story. Therefore, the story of Dream of Red Mansions takes place from the 59th year of Kangxi (1720) to the 9th year of Yongzheng (1731). Since the Cao family has been in Nanjing for the past ten years, it is certain that the story of Dream of Red Mansions takes place in Nanjing.

The background of "Dream of Red Mansions" is: the picture of social life in the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong eras of the Qing Dynasty is the so-called prosperous era of Qianlong in history, but in fact, there are all kinds of contradictions behind the prosperity of the dynasty, and there are also many hidden crises.

**With the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, from the perspective of the rich and noble son Jia Baoyu, and the tragedy of Jia Baoyu's love and marriage with Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, it depicts the life of a group of beautiful women in the boudoir who have behaved and seen from the eyebrows, showing the real beauty of human nature and tragic beauty, which can be said to be an epic work that shows the beauty of women and the world of ancient Chinese society from all angles.