Hong Lou Meng is one of the most beautiful and important novels in world literature, but, well... it's a bit long. And a bit dense, especially in translation. So I'll be posting an English summary, a chapter per day, a supercondensed summary and maybe other thoughts or articles.
I use the 1791 Cheng-Gao version, simplified characters, pinyin and Hawkes' English character names, as they are so much more evocative and distinctive.
Whether you're a student, a literary fan, or just curious, enjoy.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Chapter 3 - supercondensed
Yucun
accompanies Daiyu to the Jias’ Rongguo mansion, where patriach Jia Zheng helps him find another post. Daiyu meets Grandmother
Jia and the household’s ladies, and then
Baoyu, who upsets her by showing off.
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