Es geht spürbar dem Ende zu...Band 4 des in fünf Bände aufgeteilten Werks bricht in zweierlei Hinsicht mit den Vorgängerbänden. Der erste Punkt ist, dass nun zwei Autoren genannt werden - neben Cao Xueqin taucht Gao E's Name auf dem Titel auf, der den Roman nach Caos Tod aus Manuskriptfragmenten ...
The Story of the Stone is one of the "Four Classic Chinese Novels." The value to the Western reader is that it provides great insight into the daily lives and culture of the Chinese Nobility in the 18th Century. Religion, which had been present but not prominent in the first four volumes of the...
Chia Cheng gives good advice to his wayward son. Li Kuei receives a reprimand. Chia Jui and Li Kuei rebuke the obstinate youths! Ming Yen causes trouble in the school-room.But to return to our story. Mr. Ch'in, the father, and Ch'in Chung, his son, only waited until the receipt, by the hands of a...
A brief inspection of it satisfied Mrs You that, if not quite what Jia Rong had led her to expect, it was at least excellently furnished, and it could be said that both she and San-jie were reasonably happy about the move. Bao Er and his wife could not do enough for them. It was ‘yes, milady’, ‘n...
