Essays Tagged: "Dream of the Red Chamber"

Analysis of Bao-yu's dream in Cao Xueqin's 'Story of the Stone'

single rock left outof the goddess Nu-wa's repairing of the sky, is one based on amagico-religious dream world. The rock is found by a Buddhist and a Taoistwho take it down to the mortal world where ... ''from beginning to end and took it backwith him to look for a publisher''.Cao Xueqin's emphasis on dreams can be seen in the alternative titles forhis masterpiece. A Dream of Red Mansions is the titl ...

(14 pages) 71 0 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History