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A great novel of manners in Chinese literature, this novel charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief.Tags
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The continued life and surrounds of Pao-yu. Interesting to see how gender was viewed during this time and the machinations of the nobles. Long sections of poetry and allusions were hard to follow despite footnotes due to lack of cultural knowledge on my behalf. Looking forward to volume 3.
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- Disambiguation notice
- This is volume 2 (of 3) of the complete work variously known as A Dream of Red Mansions , The Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone, by Cao Xueqin (also known as Tsao Hsueh-chin) and Kao Ngo... (show all) (also known as Kao Hgo, or Gao E). Please distinguish it from the complete work, any abridged versions, or any other portions. Thank you.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 895.134 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Chinese Chinese fiction Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties 960–1912
- LCC
- PL2727 .S2 .A29 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Chinese language and literature Chinese literature Individual authors and works
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- Languages
- Chinese, English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
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