Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I
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Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I
Xueqin Cao Translator · English
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CHAPTER I. Chen Shih-yin, in a vision, apprehends perception and spirituality. Chia Yü-ts'un, in the (windy and dusty) world, cherishes fond thoughts of a beautiful maiden. This is the opening section; this the first chapter. Subsequent to the visions of a dream which he had, on some previous occasion, experienced, the writer personally relates, he designedly concealed the true circumstances, and borrowed the attributes of perception and spirituality to relate this st
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