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.
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Chapter 4 - supercondensed
In
his new post, Yucun deals with the case of the Jias’ cousin Xue Pan. Pan visits the Jias with his mother and sister Xue
Baochai, and they are invited to stay on
at Rongguo. Pan is pleased when he sees that it will not end his proclivities.
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