Dream of Red Mansions (Guomai Classic)

When I was young, I only knew how to write about beauties, and when I was young, I only knew how to write about love. Now that I know destiny, I can finally understand how to write about life.

Moreover, the descriptions of diet, medicine, clothing, etc. In the book are also detailed. I particularly like Jia Baoyu's character in the book. He grows from a rebellious boy to a monk who sees through the world of mortals. This process is very touching. The author explores the meaning and value of life through his experience, which is worthy of our deep thought. In short, this book is a classic of Chinese literature and highly recommended!

The last forty chapters are somewhat different from the previous ones, and many characters have slightly less personal charm. Minus, but my favorite sentence is: On the day Chai Dai separated, this jade had already left world. One hairpin and one hairpin are combined into one word. One is touching even though he is ruthless, while the other makes people haggard because of his love. A good wind helps me ascend to the blue clouds with its power, while a cold moon buries the soul of the flower. One word becomes a prophecy. One is a good wife who has been disciplined, and the other never believes that a woman is without talent. Virtue. The friendship between the two should be extraordinary, but with such a light sentence, Sister Lin has passed away.

I have watched A Dream of Red Mansions more than ten times, and I feel it is getting clearer each time, but I never get tired of watching it. A classic is a classic!

There is so much to say, and the first eighty chapters are very detailed in some parts, so I almost gave up, but I just persisted and read it to the end, and will come back to read it again when I have time. The Four Great Classics are timeless and their meaning will be apparent after reading them a hundred times.

I spent a total of 10.5 Hours on this e-book reading the first to twenty-four chapters, and then went to the library to read the physical book. It took a total of 31.5 Hours to read the twenty-five to one hundred and twenty chapters. The overall story went from joy to sorrow to joy, and the Jia family turned from prosperity to decline. In Resurrection, most people think this book is a tragedy. In fact, it is because they only saw Lin Daiyu's death and Jia Baoyu's becoming a monk. But in the end, others have tasted the retribution they deserve. It can be said that Gao E has written this ending very well.

I have read many books, and there is no difference between this electronic version and the published book. This story is quite easy to understand. Why can't a bunch of bachelors understand it? ▶This story is that Jia Baoyu was originally a stone left by Nuwa to mend the sky. It became spiritual and could transform into a human being. She often ran around and played. But because Nuwa was useless, she often sighed and felt that she was useless. ▼One day when he was feeling inferior to his original form, he passed by two monks and two immortals on the Qingfeng Mountain where he was located. The two immortals talked about fairy tales and interesting things in the world, which made him want to go down to earth to play. ▶Then it asked the immortal if he could bring it to the mortal world to play. Stupid thing is what it calls itself. He said that although he was stupid, he was not an ordinary creature. If he could take him to see the world, he would be a debt of gratitude to the two of them. ▶The monk listened to it and told it that there are not only happy things but also sad things in the world. It might not be a good idea to persuade it to go. It would be better not to go. But Shitou didn't listen, and still felt that the mortal world was better. ▶The monk agreed to take it with him. Before setting off, he told it that its appearance was ordinary and that mortals could not see how magical it was. Then he helped it change and turned it into a piece of beautiful jade. He also engraved the words "Psychic Treasure Jade" on it, so that mortals would know it was a treasure at a glance. Just took it and left. ▶(Continuing from the previous article, interpreting Zhen Shiyin's dream.) It should be that the monk took the stone to the Jinghuan Fairy to register for his descent to the earth. He happened to pass by Zhen Shiyin's house. On the way, he was chatting with a Taoist friend. The Taoist asked him where he was taking the stone. ▶The monk told him that he had heard an interesting gossip, saying that a fairy grass was transformed by pouring nectar on it by Shenying's attendant, and he kept talking about repaying the favor. He didn't know how to repay the favor, so he said that if that person went down to earth and experienced calamity, he would repay the favor with tears. After hearing this, many gods who were troubled by love felt that it was still possible to play this way, so they all registered to go down to earth to settle the cause and effect. [I interpret the article that someone came down to earth before Baoyu. There is a sentence in the original text where the monk said to carry it in, which means there must be someone in front] ▼ I told my Taoist friend that this stone happened to want to go down to earth to play, so I got together in one place and went down to earth to settle the cause and effect. ▶Here it is implicitly said that the Shenying Waiter is a stone. Don't ask, just ask, you will understand it after reading many versions. I saw an article in Red Mansions that said that the stone traveled to Taixu Illusionary Realm, and was seen by the Jinghuan Fairy. She saw its origin and respectfully called it the Waiter of Shenying. "If the stone and the indigo plant do not collide, then who can bring the cause and effect of the indigo plant together? Why does the monk have to take Baoyu to register with the Fairy Jinghuan to descend to earth? Furthermore, after descending to earth, the stone followed Baoyu, so the stone must be Baoyu. ▶It is also written later that Baoyu will become demented if he loses the stone. I guess the psychic Baoyu is the shape of Jia Baoyu, and the spirit is attached to the baby. As the old saying goes, if the soul is separated from the body for too long, the soul will be unstable, so if the jade is lost, it will cause dementia. ▼And Daiyu often cried for Baoyu, which in disguise proved that Baoyu was a waiter of Shenying, and she cried when she repaid her kindness. When she died, she said that she was crying in return, not to marry Baoyu. ▼I understand that this person forgot the following article...

"Dream of Red Mansions" is worthy of being a legend. The most amazing thing is that anyone can see what they want to read in this book. I saw the cry of "writing a biography for women" and the rebellious consciousness of writing about strange women and strange things. This is really rare. In that feudal era, there was finally a book written for women, and it was not written by scholars with "warm fragrant nephrite" and "yingyingyanyan". Beauties are not appendages, tools or backgrounds, but living women with three-dimensional flesh and blood, strengths and weaknesses. They have their own thoughts, ambitions, and calculations. It's really touching. They are not described as someone's wife or mother, but rather have their own expressions and attitudes first. Their identity is only a part of them, not their framework. Every woman in the book deserves our love. My favorites are Tanchun, Yuanyang, Fengjie, Pinger, and Xiangling. They are all angular multi-faceted crystals. When I first saw them when I was a child, I was touched by what Tanchun said. She said that if she were a man and wanted to go out and build a career, she would have her own reasons at that time. I want to pick up Tanchun's light in every corner of the book, her astute rescue, her warm introduction, and she gives me a sense of security every time she appears. Yuanyang's resistance to marriage is even more enlightening. Women do not have to be trapped by marriage. She bravely escaped from this marriage curse and showed countless readers over the centuries that women have another way out - not to get married, but to work hard in their careers. And Sister Feng is shrewd and cruel, and she also shows an unconventional image of a wicked woman. She loves money and power, and fights in the field of fame and fortune. Maybe the author didn't mean to write about feminism when writing, but these characters really show the cry of women. Their souls keep making noise!

Through the ages, China cannot live without the Dream of Red Mansions, just as the West cannot live without Jerusalem.

"... Not only the author doesn't know it, but the copyist doesn't know it, and the readers don't know it either..." It has been so long that I have no way of knowing the author's thoughts. To this day, after reading the book, I am still confused... Maybe this is the charm of this book! ! !

A very powerful book, with delicate emotions and easy description of the characters. Just like showing off skills, all kinds of rhetorical descriptions seem to come naturally. If you don't study the deeper meaning of the text, you can just read the story and have fun. It is also a very interesting book and you will not feel bored. As for all kinds of nonsense and gray lines, I have only roughly read through the first 80 chapters, so I don't dare to comment here. As for the last 40 chapters, if you read all the way, you will clearly feel the changes in the writing style from chapter 81 onwards. If you want to get a rough idea of ​​the ending. You can read them together. If you are not used to it, you can stop here. Overall, among all the literary works I have read, this book is almost unmatched in terms of its skill and exquisiteness of writing. Highly recommended!

A Dream of Red Mansions should be from the Wanli period to the time of Zhu Changluo. There is mention of clocks in it.

There is no need to say more about this classic. I will review it later when I have a deeper understanding.

I feel that the previous books had few sentences, and often a bunch of words crowded together would hurt my eyes. It is better to listen to books and listen with your eyes closed. You can rest while listening to books, but sometimes you accidentally fall asleep.

It deserves to be the first of the four great classics, very good

I can only say that a classic is a classic. I couldn't read it before because I had too little experience. Now the more I read it, the more I appreciate it. It is indeed a strange book that comes out of nowhere after reading it a hundred times. Especially this kind of masterpiece, it does have its own strengths [Like]

It's really good to calm down and read. It's the first of the four great classics. [Like] It's so well written.

An eternal classic. A literary book that everyone must read!

Nice! ! It's truly a classic! Various characters are unique.

Very good, like it very much

Every word looks like blood.

Everyone has a purpose when telling others, especially those who write novels. I firmly believe that the person who wrote this book cannot be Cao Xueqin. At the end of 2025, Xiangling, who lost his memory, finally woke up and realized who he was. He is not Xiang Ling who was sold by his parents, she is Zhen Yinglian who was loved by her parents but was stolen by a thief and lost her original memory. The beginning of the story about Xiangling being stolen means that those of us whose memories have been tampered with by the Manchus should not forget who we are.

As a male reader, I never thought I would read Dream of the Red Chamber seriously. After reading it, I just felt that I had read it too late. Unfortunately, the real original work only had the first 80 chapters, so I read other versions of The Dream of the Red Chamber, but finally felt that there were flaws in it, and the modern fan fiction was even worse than the original work. Therefore, I came across the Tomato article "A Respect from Outsiders: Three Lives and Three Worlds". Although it is only a biography of one of the characters, it is loyal to the original story and spirit and provides a unique perspective. It is very rare and I recommend it to everyone.

The content is rich and substantial, the description is vivid, and the multi-dimensional explanation and analysis are worth reading carefully! Wall crack recommended! I love reading "Dream of Red Mansions" and become a fan! Can't be surpassed before 80 chapters of careful reading! After patiently reading the last 40 chapters of Gao Lao's continuation, my interest suddenly dropped. Generally speaking, the current read-through version is also an interpretation of one type of human nature... (Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages) with a mediocre ending. The last 28 chapters written by teacher Liu Xinwu explore the content of the lost text. The plot development is reasonable and the tragedy is rich, which is in line with Cao Xueqin's original intention! Inspire deep thinking and discussion about human nature! Wall Crack recommends reading "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Redology" related interpretations carefully and repeatedly!

You have to read Dream of Red Mansions five times before you have the right to speak! [Learned]

Who knows the deep bitterness and helplessness after reading Dream of Red Mansions

Very exciting and beautiful😊

I have to say that Tomato's annotations are really good. The physical book I read only has simple annotations, and even some obscure words are not annotated, and there is no plot explanation. On the contrary, Tomato's annotations are very good. Many words that I don't understand are annotated, and even explanations and understandings are added to the plot. I have to say that Tomato is still awesome! Especially if you have read the physical book several times, then look at this annotation by Tomato, it has a unique flavor [Like][Like][Like]

I've also watched the 1980s version of the TV series several times, and I'm watching the original work to fill in the gaps that the TV series doesn't have.

It's a classic. I only knew about Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu before. It's the first time I read everyone's stories in such detail. There is still a lot to understand, so let's take your time and take a closer look. It should be in semi-literary Chinese, and I can probably read it.