A Buddhist monk and a Daoist pick up a magic
stone. The same stone later passes its story indirectly to Cao Xueqin. Zhen Shiyin,
in Suzhou, overhears the monk and Daoist talking about the stone in a dream,
and then, when awake, about his daughter’s fate. Poor student Jia Yucun takes the civil service
examinations. Years later the Zhens lose their house, daughter and money, and
Shiyin wanders off with the Daoist.
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