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.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Chapter 21 - supercondensed
The four make peace the next morning,
although Aroma and Baoyu argue over his excessive frolicking. He writes a
pastiche of Zhuangzi when drunk, which Daiyu finds. Patience discovers one of Lian’s infidelities, and he argues with
Xifeng.
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