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.
Friday, 24 August 2012
Chapter 118 - supercondensed
Nightingale volunteers to join Xichun. Qiang,
Yun, Huan and Lady Xing try to sell Qiaojie as a concubine to a Mongol prince,
distressing the others. Inspired by a letter from Zheng, Aroma and Baochai push
Baoyu to study hard.
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