One character in this novel buries flowers twice, and the second time she ponders, "One may think I am crazy burying flowers" and wonders who will be her caretaker when she is deceased. When this novel's protagonist was one year old, he was given an array of objects symbolizing possible career paths, and chose women's cosmetics. This novel's protagonist enters the World of Illusion and has his first sexual experience after having an erotic dream while resting in his relative Qin Keqing's room, and he has a sister who is the Emperor's favorite concubine for a time. The father of this novel's protagonist wants him to study Confucian classics, but he reads erotica instead. This novel's protagonist, who was born with a piece of jade in his mouth, is tricked into marrying Xue Baochai while thinking that he was marrying Lin Daiyu. For 10 points, name this novel about Jia Baoyu by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels.
One character in this novel buries flowers twice, and the second time she ponders, "One may think I am crazy burying flowers" and wonders who will be her caretaker when she is deceased. When this novel's protagonist was one year old, he was given an array of objects symbolizing possible career paths, and chose women's cosmetics. This novel's protagonist enters the World of Illusion and has his first sexual experience after having an erotic dream while resting in his relative Qin Keqing's room, and he has a sister who is the Emperor's favorite concubine for a time. The father of this novel's protagonist wants him to study Confucian classics, but he reads erotica instead. This novel's protagonist, who was born with a piece of jade in his mouth, is tricked into marrying Xue Baochai while thinking that he was marrying Lin Daiyu. For 10 points, name this novel about Jia Baoyu by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels.
One character in this novel buries flowers twice, and the second time she ponders, "One may think I am crazy burying flowers" and wonders who will be her caretaker when she is deceased.
Dream of the Red Chamber [or The Story of the Stone; or Hong Lou Meng]