If you want to read the original work that is closest to Cao Xueqin's original writing, it is best to choose Zhou Ruchang's proofread version of "Dream of Red Mansions" by Zhou Ruchang. This is the best work that Zhou Ruchang has obtained through painstaking study and comparison word for word for decades. Best version. There are different versions of "Zhi Yanzhai's Re-evaluation of the Story of Stone" on the market, making it difficult to choose. Currently, the Gengchen version is better. As for the 120 chapters of "Dream of Red Mansions", if you are reading it for exams, then choose whatever you like, but if you are reading it because you like literature, it is best to choose the Zhou Hui version.