Its plot concerns the Jia family, and its youthful heir, Jia Baoyu.
This novel, first published in the 18th century, is known as one of China's Four Great Novels. Its plot concerns the Jia family, and its youthful heir, Jia Baoyu. The story gets interesting when he is torn between his love for Lin Daiyu and the beautiful woman he is destined to married. For ten points, what work tells this story of the Jia family's trials and tribulations during the Ming Dynasty, a classic by Cao Xueqin (kow shoo chin)?
This novel, first published in the 18th century, is known as one of China's Four Great Novels.
{Dream} of the {Red Chamber} (or The Story of the Stone or Chronicles of the Stone or shi tou ji)