Abstract
<p><em>A Dream of Red Mansions</em>, written in the mid-eighteenth century is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest Chinese classical novels, which is full of mysteries not only about the book, but also about the author. Among many characters in <em>A Dream of Red Mansions</em>, Qin Keqing is the most mysterious. Some researchers claimed she was the key to all the mysteries in <em>A Dream of Red Mansions</em> and the huge secret hidden behind the book is attached to her. This article tries to explore and analyze these mysteries about Qin Keqing from many aspects.</p>
Highlights
1.1 Introduction to A Dream of Red MansionsA Dream of Red Mansions, as a sparkling pearl in literature, is written in the mid-eighteenth century and is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest classical Chinese novels, has aroused persistent interest of scholars from different fields
There are full of mysteries in the book A Dream of Red Mansions from the very beginning
Jia Baoyu was born with jade, Lin Daiyu is a purple strains immortality
Summary
A Dream of Red Mansions, as a sparkling pearl in literature, is written in the mid-eighteenth century and is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest classical Chinese novels, has aroused persistent interest of scholars from different fields. Revolving around a tragic love between Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, A Dream of Red Mansions mainly described the course of prosperity and decline of an aristocratic family-the Jias. The novel was a microcosm of the world of its time and provided a panorama of lives of people of various levels in the degenerating empire. It was the peak of literature in the ancient China
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