What the author wants to express is to expose all kinds of darkness and evil in the late feudal society and their insurmountable internal contradictions, and strongly criticize the decadent feudal ruling class. At the same time, the novel also expresses a new hazy ideal by praising the noble rebels.

In the history of China literature, no work can write such a gripping love tragedy as A Dream of Red Mansions. No work can reveal the social roots of love tragedy in such a comprehensive and profound way.

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Creation background

A Dream of Red Mansions was born at the end of China feudal society in the18th century. At that time, the Qing government closed its doors to the outside world, and the whole country was immersed in the dream of Kangxi, Kangxi and Qianlong, and went to China. This period seemed peaceful on the surface, but various social contradictions in the bones were intensifying, and the whole dynasty reached a turning point from prosperity to decline.

Brief introduction of the author

Cao Xueqin (about1715-about 1763), whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name and real name is Qin Pu, is the author of a dream of red mansions. He was born in Shenyang (about Liaoyang) and moved back to Beijing at the age of thirteen. Cao Xueqin was born in Zhengbaiqi Paint Family, the interior office of Qing Dynasty. He is the grandson of Cao Yin and the son of Cao Qing, a weaver girl in Jiangning.

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