Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I
Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I

Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I

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Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I

Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I

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Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I

Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I

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Author: Cao, Xueqin,1717?-1763
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Language: English
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Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I

This translation was suggested not by any pretensions to range myself among the ranks of the body of sinologues, but by the perplexities and difficulties experienced by me as a student in Peking, when, at the completion of the Tzu Erh Chi, I had to plunge in the maze of the Hung Lou Meng. Shortcomings are, I feel sure, to be discovered, both in the prose, as well as among the doggerel and uncouth rhymes, in which the text has been more adhered to than rhythm; but I shall feel satisfied with the result, if I succeed, even in the least degree, in affording a helping hand to present and future students of the Chinese language. H. BENCRAFT JOLY, H.B.M. Vice-Consulate, Macao, 1st September, 1891. Chen Shih-yin, in a vision, apprehends perception and spirituality. Chia Y-ts'un, in the (windy and dusty) world, cherishes fond thoughts of a beautiful maiden. This is the opening section; this the first chapter. Subsequent to the visions of a dream which he had, on some previous occasion, experienced, the writer personally relates, he designedly concealed the true circumstances, and borrowed the attributes of perception and spirituality to relate this story of the Record of the Stone. With this purpose, he made use of such designations as Chen Shih-yin (truth under the garb of fiction) and the like. What are, however, the events recorded in this work? Who are the dramatis personae? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 9603
Author: Cao, Xueqin
Release Date: Jan 1, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Joly, H. Bencraft, 1857-1898

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