Cao Xueqin (about1715-about 1763), whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name and real name is Qin Pu, is the author of a dream of red mansions. He was born in Shenyang (about Liaoyang) and moved back to Beijing at the age of thirteen. Cao Xueqin was born in Zhengbaiqi, the interior office of Qing Dynasty. He is the grandson of Cao Yin and the son of Cao Qing (the son of Cao Fu).
Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in Nanjing Jiangning Weaving Institute in his early years [5]? . In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), the Cao family was robbed of their property because of a deficit, and Cao Xueqin moved back to his former residence in Beijing with his family. Later, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and made a living by selling calligraphy and painting and helping friends? . Cao Xueqin has an open mind and a wide range of hobbies. He has studied epigraphy, poetry, painting, gardening, Chinese medicine, darning, craft and diet.
With perseverance and years of hardships, he finally created a great work with great ideological and artistic quality-A Dream of Red Mansions.
A Dream of Red Mansions is the first of China's four classical novels, and it is a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty. It is also called The Story of the Stone and Jinyuyuan. This book is divided into two editions: 120 Cheng Ben and 80 Fat Ben. The first 80 times of the new edition of the encyclopaedia were submitted to the school according to the fat book, and the last 40 times were submitted to the school according to Cheng Shu, with the signature "Cao Xueqin, anonymous sequel, Cheng Weiyuan, finishing". The author of the last 40 chapters is still controversial, but we should be alert to the extreme tendency of dwarfing or even deleting the last 40 chapters.
A Dream of Red Mansions is a human novel with world influence [3]? It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, the encyclopedia of China's feudal society and the master of traditional culture. The novel takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, the family affairs of Jia's family and the leisure of boudoir as the main line, and the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, depicting the beauty of humanity and tragedy of lovers centered on Jia Baoyu and Jinling Twelve Chai. Through family tragedy, daughter tragedy and protagonist's life tragedy, the end-time crisis of feudalism is revealed. .
The author of A Dream of Red Mansions has a preliminary democratic thought. He profoundly criticized the real society, including the darkness of the court and officialdom, the decay of feudal nobles and their families, the feudal imperial examination system, the marriage system, the handmaiden system and the hierarchical system, and the corresponding social ruling thoughts, namely, Confucianism and social morality of Confucius and Mencius, and put forward vague ideals and propositions with preliminary democratic nature.
A Dream of Red Mansions encourages itself by "talking about love with great ambition and keeping a record of events", only follows its logic, gets rid of old habits, is fresh and unique, and has achieved extraordinary artistic achievements. The special brushwork of "the truth is hidden and the village tells lies" has opened the brains of later readers and speculated for a long time. Around the study of reading A Dream of Red Mansions, an outstanding school-Dream of Red Mansions has been formed.