Ah Cao Xueqin

This book describes how Cao Xueqin, a literary giant of our generation and the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions", grew up in a special family background. Due to internal struggles in the palace, the Cao family was implicated and their homes were confiscated. He has experienced the Cao family's life from prosperity to decline since he was a child. When he was a child, he was extremely intelligent, well-read, and knowledgeable, but he disdained the eight-legged essay that was a must-read for the imperial examination at that time. His temperament was incompatible with the social environment at that time. However, in order to write "A Dream of Red Mansions", despite the extremely difficult life, he not only persisted in writing, but also taught the widowed, lonely and disabled people how to make a living through art...