Cao Xueqin (17 15~ 1764), whose real name is Meng Ruan, is also known as Qin Pu, Qin Xue and Qin Xi lay man. Originally from Liaoyang, he was originally a Han Chinese, and joined Zhengbaiqi in Manchu, a descendant of Qing Dynasty. In my grandfather Cao Yin's generation, he was dazzled and inherited Jiangning weaving. Cao Xueqin moved back to Beijing with his family and lived in poverty in his later years. In the eighteenth year of Qianlong (1763), only 80 unfinished rare books were left on New Year's Eve because of the premature death of his only son, which was extremely painful and seriously ill. A Dream of Red Mansions was first circulated in the world in the name of stone, only eighty times. The last forty chapters of the popular120th floor Dream of Red Mansions were written by Gao E.
Gao E (1738~ 18 15), whose real name is Uncle Lan, was nicknamed "History of the Red Chamber". Originally from Liaodong, he belonged to the Yellow Flag of the Han Army. In the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong (179 1), Gao E and Cheng Weiyuan printed and published A Dream of Red Mansions in movable type for the first time, ending the reproduction era of this book and making it widely circulated.