Cao Xueqin
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5
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4.3
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1791
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Cao Xueqin was an eighteenth-century Chinese novelist best known for writing "Dream of the Red Chamber" (also known as "The Story of the Stone"), one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. Born into a wealthy family that served the Qing imperial household, Cao experienced dramatic reversals of fortune when his family fell from grace. This personal trajectory deeply influenced his masterwork, an epic semi-autobiographical novel depicting the decline of an aristocratic family. Though he died in poverty around 1763-1764, leaving the novel incomplete, his profound exploration of love, fate, and the ephemeral nature of wealth established him as one of Chinese literature's most celebrated authors.
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5
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