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Dream of the Red Chamber

Cao Xueqin

Chinese Literature / Classic

China's greatest novel, following the decline of an aristocratic Qing family through the eyes of the heir Jia Baoyu, saturated with poetry, Buddhism, and the inexorable loss of a world. Wang singles it out as one of the supreme achievements of Chinese literary culture and returns to it as a touchstone for understanding the civilization.

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    Wang singles it out as the supreme achievement of Chinese literary culture, a touchstone for understanding Qing civilization and its decline.

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