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Cao Xueqin ( [tsʰǎʊ ɕɥètɕʰǐn] tsow sh'weh-chin; Chinese: 曹雪芹; Pinyin: Cáoxuěqín); (4 April 1710 — 10 June 1765) [1] [2] [3] [4] was a Chinese novelist and poet during the Qing dynasty. He is best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone is an 18th-century Chinese novel authored by Cao Xueqin, considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is known for its psychological scope and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, lifestyles, and social relations of High Qing China. [1]
4 days ago · Cao Xueqin was a Qing Dynasty writer and the author of the classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions. The novel depicts the decline of a feudal family and the tragic love story of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.
Apr 18, 2018 · Cao Xueqin, the author, was himself the scion of a family in slow collapse, and the work (left unfinished and completed after his death) is often read as an elegy to his own...
- Josh Stenberg
3 days ago · It is not only a great Chinese novel but also a gem of world literature. The author is Cao Xueqin (1715-1763), also known as Cao zhan. He was born into a noble and powerful family, which was reduced from extreme prosperity to poverty.
Cao belonged to a Han Chinese clan which reached the height of its prestige and power under the Emperor Kangxi(康熙皇帝, 1654 -1722), who appointed Cao Xueqin's great-grandfather, Cao Xi (曹玺), as the Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in Jiangning(江宁织造).
Xueqin Cao ( Chinese: 曹雪芹; pinyin: Cáo Xuěqín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in, 1715 or 1724 — 1763 or 1764) was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
