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.
Monday, 12 March 2012
Chapter 25 - supercondensed
Jia Huan scalds Baoyu with a candle after he
flirts with his maid Sunset. Baoyu
and Xifeng start to suffer mad fits of fever until their deaths are feared. A
monk and a Daoist offer to cure them, using the jade.
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