Editing Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{ObjectInfobox
 
{{ObjectInfobox
 +
| image=undefined
 +
| Age=?
 +
| Element=?
 +
| Related to=?
 +
| Name=?
 +
| Nicknames/previous names=?
 +
| Occupation by design=?
 +
| Script=?
 +
| Script position=?
 +
| Lucky/cursed=?
 +
| Motto=?
 +
| Times reincarnated=?
 
}}
 
}}
−
Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, or Hongloumeng (traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: Hónglóumèng), composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was written some time in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing dynasty. Long considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, the novel is generally acknowledged to be one of the pinnacles of Chinese fiction. "Redology" is the field of study devoted exclusively to this work.
+
An object that not much is yet known about.
−
 
+
==Appearance==
−
The title has also been translated as Red Chamber Dream and A Dream of Red Mansions. The novel circulated in manuscript copies with various titles until its print publication, in 1791. Gao E, who prepared the first and second printed editions with his partner Cheng Weiyuan (程偉元) in 1791–92, added 40 additional chapters to complete the novel.
+
?
−
 
+
==Experiences==
−
Red Chamber is believed to be semi-autobiographical, mirroring the rise and decline of author Cao Xueqin's own family and, by extension, of the Qing dynasty. As the author details in the first chapter, it is intended to be a memorial to the women he knew in his youth: friends, relatives and servants. The novel is remarkable not only for its huge cast of characters and psychological scope, but also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese society. It contains within its pages a sampling of all of the major modes and genres of the Chinese literary tradition.
+
?
−
 
 
  
 +
==Image Gallery==
 +
<gallery class='center' widths='200px'>
 +
</gallery>
 
[[Category: Objects]]
 
[[Category: Objects]]

Please note that all contributions to Life After BOB Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Life After BOB Wiki:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Template used on this page:

Retrieved from "http://lifeafterbob.wiki/view/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber_by_Cao_Xueqin"