Conversation with Cao Xueqin

A soul dialogue across time and space, a literary epic that reveals the mystery of the creation of "Dream of Red Mansions" Jiang Xue, a 21st century researcher on red science, discovered a mysterious ancient jade while sorting out her great-grandfather's belongings, and accidentally traveled to the Xishan Mountains of Beijing in the 23rd year of Qianlong's reign. Under the eaves of Huangye Village, she met Cao Xueqin, who was writing "The Story of the Stone" - a troubled but unyielding genius, a scholar who had an insight into the times but was unable to change the situation. Jiang Xue stayed in the Cao family as a "woman in distress in the south of the Yangtze River" and witnessed the birth process of great works: she witnessed Cao Xueqin's perseverance with blood and tears in the hunger and cold, participated in his long late-night conversations with brothers Zhi Yanzhai and Dun Min about literature and destiny, and witnessed the caution and fear in the shadow of the literary prison. At the same time, she also intervened in this creation from a modern perspective, launching an in-depth dialogue with Cao Xueqin about women's destiny, the complexity of human nature, and the nature of art. When the aura of Qianlong's prosperous age faded, and when personal destiny collided with the torrent of history, Jiang Xue not only witnessed how "A Dream of Red Mansions" crystallized and sublimated from the sufferings of reality, but also discovered that her connection with this period of history was far deeper than imagined. Her time travel was no accident, but a cultural inheritance spanning three hundred years. From Xishan huts to modern research institutes, from manuscripts to printing civilization, "Conversation with Cao Xueqin" uses a two-line narrative to weave a magnificent picture of creation, memory and eternity. This is not only a historical novel, but also a philosophical journey about how literature resists time and how individuals face their fate.