A Dream of Red Mansions, formerly known as The Story of the Stone, is an ancient Zhang Hui novel by China and one of the classical Four Great Classical Novels in China. The general edition is *** 120. It is generally believed that the first 80 chapters were written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in Qing Dynasty, and the last 40 chapters were written by an anonymous author, and the organizers were Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. With the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, Jia Baoyu, a rich son, as the perspective, and the love and marriage tragedies of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, the novel describes the lives of some ladies and shows the true beauty of human nature and tragedy. It is an epic that shows the beauty of women and the beauty of ancient China society from all angles.

A Dream of Red Mansions is a human novel with world influence, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture. Its author encouraged himself by "talking about love with great purpose and recording it", only followed his own truth, got rid of the old routine, was fresh and unique, and achieved extraordinary artistic achievements. The special brushwork of "the truth is hidden and the false words are hidden" has opened the minds of later readers and speculated for a long time. Since the 20th century, A Dream of Red Mansions has produced a special knowledge-A Dream of Red Mansions with its rich and profound ideological background and outstanding artistic achievements.