The Story of the Stone (or Dream of the Red Chamber ), a Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin and continued by Gao E, tells of an amazing garden, of a young man\'s choice between two beautiful women, of his journey toward enlightenment, and of the moral and financial decline of a powerful family.
Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides info.
Published in 1792, it depicts virtually every facet of life in eighteenth-century China--and has influenced culture in China ever since.
The Story of the Stone (or Dream of the Red Chamber ), a Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin and continued by Gao E, tells of an amazing garden, of a young man\'s choice between two beautiful women, of his journey toward enlightenment, and of the moral and financial decline of a powerful family