The following is an introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions:
A Dream of Red Mansions is an ancient Zhang Hui novel in China and one of the four classical novels in China. It is generally believed that it was written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in Qing Dynasty. The novel takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, Jia Baoyu, a rich son, as the perspective, and the love and marriage tragedy between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line.
It depicts the life of a group of boudoir beauties, whose manners and knowledge exceed the needs of men, and shows the true beauty of human nature and tragedy. It can be said that it is an epic work that shows the beauty of women and various social conditions in ancient China from all angles.
The version of A Dream of Red Mansions has two systems: 120 "cost" and 80 "fat cost". Cheng Ben is printed by Cheng Weiyuan, while Fat Ben is an early manuscript copied and commented by Zhi Yanzhai in different periods. Fat book is the basic book of craft book.
The above information refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Dream of Red Mansions.