From the 23rd chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.
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After Yuan Fei returned to the palace, he recorded the poems on Mothering Day and ordered Jia Zheng and others to grind stones and engrave them in the garden. Jia Fei was afraid that the Grand View Garden was sparsely populated and ordered Baoyu and other sisters to move in. Baoyu read and wrote with his sisters every day, played chess and recited poems, and his heart was full and his mind was full. ?
When the peach blossoms opened in March, Baoyu secretly read The West Chamber in the Grand View Garden. When Daiyu came, she found Baoyu reading The West Chamber, so she read it carefully and recited it. They also use the words in The West Chamber to express their love and joking. Baoyu compared himself to Zhang Sheng and Daiyu to Yingying. Daiyu was ashamed and angry.
Baoyu was buried by fallen flowers and was called away by xiren. On her way back to her room, Daiyu heard the wonderful words and songs of Peony Pavilion, and she was sad and wept.
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A Dream of Red Mansions, also known as The Story of the Stone, is listed as the first classical Four Great Classical Novels in China. Based on the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue, the novel depicts the life of a group of beautiful women in the boudoir from the perspective of Jia Baoyu, a rich son, 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.
Its version can be divided into two systems: 120 cycle "technology book" and 80 cycle "fat book". 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.
A Dream of Red Mansions is an earthly novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture.
The novel encourages itself with the theme of "talking about love and recording things", only follows its logic, gets rid of the old conventions, 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.
Since the 20th century, due to the outstanding artistic achievements and rich and profound ideological background of A Dream of Red Mansions, academic circles have produced a special knowledge-taking A Dream of Red Mansions as the research object.
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