Major commentaries on this work were written by "Odd Tablet" and Zhiyanzhai, and it first became known to the public after an edition was published by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. This novel, which was notably translated into English by David Hawkes, features a frame story in which Zhen Shi-yin reads the lines "truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true / Real becomes not-real when the unreal's real" during a reverie which begins with the fairy Disenchantment deciding to reincarnate the Crimson Pearl Flower.
Major commentaries on this work were written by "Odd Tablet" and Zhiyanzhai, and it first became known to the public after an edition was published by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. This novel, which was notably translated into English by David Hawkes, features a frame story in which Zhen Shi-yin reads the lines "truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true / Real becomes not-real when the unreal's real" during a reverie which begins with the fairy Disenchantment deciding to reincarnate the Crimson Pearl Flower. This novel's main plot describes the love between Lin Dai-yu and Bao-yu during the downfall of the Jia family, and the lives of the "Twelve Beauties of Jinling." For 10 points, name this eighteenth century classic Chinese novel written by Cao Xuequin.
Major commentaries on this work were written by "Odd Tablet" and Zhiyanzhai, and it first became known to the public after an edition was published by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. This novel, which was notably translated into English by David Hawkes, features a frame story in which Zhen Shi-yin reads the lines "truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true / Real becomes not-real when the unreal's real" during a reverie which begins with the fairy Disenchantment deciding to reincarnate the Crimson Pearl Flower.
The Story of the Stone [or Dream of the Red Chamber; or A Dream of Red Mansions; or Red Chamber Dream; or Hung Lou Meng]