Cao Xueqin's ups and downs life and the arduous process of creating "Dream of Red Mansions", and analyze the content of "Dream of Red Mansions" from the aspects of literature, history and sociology, and try to answer “who is Cao Xueqin” and %why--The Dream of Red Mansions is a masterpiece of Chinese traditional culture, and how to appreciate it - Dream of Red Mansions - these are three main issues.

Episode 1

In 1715, the last year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Cao Xueqin was born in the Jiangning Weaving Department. By this time, the splendid tapestry-like family history of the Cao family had been fully unfolded.When he was thirteen years old, the Cao family was ordered to confiscate their home, which caused the young Cao Xueqin to experience a reversal from heaven to hell.

Episode 2

Qingwen is a character that Cao Xueqin loves very much. Her outstanding appearance and distinctive personality are also loved by many readers in later generations.Jia Baoyu wrote a long poem for Qingwen - Furong's Daughter -, which became a rare ode to a female slave in Chinese history.Qingwen's story must be very relevant to Cao Xueqin and his family, because the Cao family was also born into slaves in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Episode 3

Tanchun is Jia Baoyu's half-sister, and she is also an ambitious and responsible pillar of the Jia family. However, she was born in the last days and could not restore the decline of the Jia family.Cao Xueqin's grandfather created the supreme glory of the Cao family. He was a poet and a promising upright official, but he could not change the general trend of a dynasty's prosperity and decline.

Episode 4

Bao Dai's love is the key story of "Dream of Red Mansions", and Lin Daiyu, who embodies “Feng Lu Qingchou”, is not only the first heroine of "Dream of Red Mansions", but also the first heroine in Chinese classical literature and art.Cao Xueqin also suffered the early death of his first wife, but fortunately his second wife played the piano and the harp in harmony with him.

Episode 5

Wang Xifeng is the most successfully created character in "Dream of Red Mansions". However, she is not only talented in managing the family, but she is also a big worm in the Jia family, and her method of killing Second Sister You can be called sinister and vicious.Emperor Qianlong's favorite He Shen once presented "Dream of Red Mansions" to Qianlong for imperial reading, and was closely related to "Dream of Red Mansions". However, He Shen's character and ending were somewhat like Wang Xifeng.

Episode 6

Jia Baoyu is an unprecedented literary figure in the history of Chinese literature and art. He did not recognize the values ​​of the time, but eventually had to leave the world.Research shows that Cao Xueqin is not only a literary giant, but also a philanthropist who sympathizes with and supports disadvantaged groups.Entering the 21st century, more and more experts believe that Cao Xueqin completed all 120 chapters of "Dream of Red Mansions", while Gao E and Cheng Weiyuan only edited and repaired it.