A Dream of Red Mansions is China's first classical Four Great Classical Novels and a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty. There are two editions of this book: 120 "Cost" and 80 "Fat Edition".

A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture.

The novel takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, the family affairs of Jia's family and the leisure of boudoir as the main line, and the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, depicting the beauty of humanity and tragedy of lovers centered on Jia Baoyu and Jinling Twelve Chai.

Through family tragedy, daughter tragedy and the protagonist's life tragedy, the crisis of the last days of feudalism is revealed. A Dream of Red Mansions is a classic with ideological and artistic features.

It can become a masterpiece for the following reasons:

1, unique creative background and artistic style:

A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel with Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the center and Jia family as the background.

The novel shows rich and complex relationships and emotional entanglements with vivid and delicate brushstrokes and meticulous descriptions.

The novel profoundly reveals the reasons for the decline of feudal families, and expresses the criticism of feudal society and the reflection on historical vicissitudes. The uniqueness of this writing style and artistic technique makes A Dream of Red Mansions different from other novels and become a unique work.

2. Outstanding artistic achievements and cultural depth:

A Dream of Red Mansions is famous for its outstanding artistic achievements and profound cultural connotations. The characters in the novel are vivid and true, and their fate and emotions arouse readers' attention. Through the profound description of human nature, the novel shows the impermanence of life and the indifference of the world, and guides people to think about the significance of pursuing truth, goodness and beauty. In addition, the novel also involves a wide range of cultural and social issues, including marriage system, family ethics, women's status and so on. , triggered the thinking of social ethics and values.

3. Multiple cultural values and significance:

A Dream of Red Mansions is not only a novel, but also a cultural treasure deeply loved and passed down by people. Poems, songs and music in the novel have become an important part of China's classical literature, and the wisdom and philosophy contained in them have also been widely quoted and praised. In addition, the characters and plots in the novel have been adapted into drama, TV series, movies and other forms, which has become an important symbol and symbol of China culture.

Second, "four generations under one roof".

Four generations under one roof is a million-word novel written by China writer Lao She.

This is a novel that shows the life of ordinary people in the occupied area of Beiping during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. The book takes the Xiaoyangquan Hutong in Beiping as the background, and through complicated contradictions and entanglements, with the Qi family in the Hutong as the main body and the Qian family, the Guan family and other residents as the auxiliary, depicts the images of many ordinary people at that time. The choice of resistance and obedience, the choice of country and individual, and all kinds of difficult choices are intertwined, which profoundly shows the difficult and tortuous road that ordinary people have gone through in the historical process of the great era.

The profound ideological implication of this book shows that the rise and fall of a nation depends not only on its developed economy and advanced weapons, but also on its universal social mentality.

Mr. Lao She once said: It is the longest and probably the best book I have ever written.

With nearly a million words, Mr. Wang presented us with real, vivid and touching characters. It can be roughly divided into four categories. The whole book is about how these people struggled during the Japanese occupation, how they risked their lives in troubled times, and how their hearts were torn apart violently.