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"A Dream of Red Mansions" is an ancient Chinese chapter novel and one of the four classic Chinese classics. It is generally believed to be written by the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin. The novel takes the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, takes the wealthy son Jia Baoyu as the perspective, and takes the tragedy of love and marriage between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line. It depicts the various life styles of a group of boudoir beauties who behave and know better than men, and shows the true beauty of human nature and tragedy. It can be said to be an epic work that shows the beauty of women and the various aspects of ancient Chinese society from all angles.