A Brief Introduction to the Author of "Song of Spring Dreams"

Cao Xueqin (17 15 ~ 1763 or 1724 ~ 1764), a novelist in Qing Dynasty, was named Meng Ruan, and was also known as Xueqin, Qinpu and Xiqin. His predecessor was Han Chinese, and he was merged into Manchuria in the late Ming Dynasty. He comes from a big bureaucratic landlord family with a "century-old family", and his grandfather's uncle has inherited Jiangning weaving for three generations for 60 years. Later, his father was implicated in the incident and was removed from his post. The decline of family fortune made Cao Xueqin suffer the bitterness of life. Ten years later, he wrote the famous novel A Dream of Red Mansions, leaving the first 80 manuscripts after his death. This book is rich in content, tortuous in plot, profound in ideological understanding and exquisite in artistic techniques. It is a great realistic work in China's classical novels.