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The Story of the Stone (also known as Dream of the Red Chamber) is widely held to be the greatest work of Chinese literature, beloved by readers ever since it was first published in 1791. The story revolves around the young scion of a mighty clan who, instead of studying for the civil service examinations, frolics with his maidservants and girl cousins. The narrative is cast within a mythic framework in which the protagonist's rebellion against Confucian strictures is guided by a Buddhist monk and a Taoist priest. Embedded in the novel is a biting critique of imperial China's political and social system.This book is a straightforward guide to a complex classic that was written at a time when readers had plenty of leisure to sort through the hundreds of characters and half a dozen subplots that weave in and out of the book's 120 chapters. Each chapter of the companion summarizes and comments on each chapter of the novel. The companion provides English-speaking readers-whether they are simply dipping into this novel or intent on a deep analysis of this masterpiece-with the cultural context to enjoy the story and understand its world.The book is keyed to David Hawkes and John Minford's English translation of The Story of the Stone and includes an index that gives the original Chinese names and terms.
Susan Chan Egan is an independent scholar. She is the author of A Latterday Confucian: Reminiscences of William Hung (1893-1980) (1987), coauthor of A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit: The Half-Century Romance of Hu Shi and Edith Clifford Williams (2009), and cotranslator of Wang Anyi's The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai (Columbia, 2008), among other books.Pai Hsien-yung (Bai Xianyong) is an acclaimed fiction writer and a professor emeritus of East Asian languages and cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include Taipei People (1971) and Crystal Boys (1983). He has taught The Story of the Stone for decades and is the author of a popular three-volume guide in Chinese on which this book is based.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionKey to Recurring Characters1. The Origin of the Stone and the Vicissitudes of Life2. The Jia Family's Fortune Coldly Appraised by an Antique Dealer3. Dai-yu's Arrival at the Jia Household4. A Manslaughter Cover-Up and the Xue Family's Arrival5. The Girls' Destinies Revealed to a Bewildered Bao-yu6. Bao-yu's First Sexual Experience; Grannie Liu's First Visit to the Jias7. The Perspectives of Two Old Servants; Bao-yu Is Smitten by a Bashful Boy8. Bao-yu and Bao-chai Locked in Fate9. A Schoolhouse Brawl10. Qin-shi's Illness Heads Off an Accusation Against Her Brother11. Xi-feng Visits Qin-shi; Jia Rui Flirts with Xi-feng12. Xi-feng Sets a Trap for the Amorous Jia Rui; Dai-yu Travels South to See Her Ailing Father13. Qin-shi's Warning and Her Lavish Funeral14. Xi-feng Imposes Order on the Ning Household; the Funeral Procession Is Greeted by a Prince15. Qin Zhong Fools Around with a Nun and with Bao-yu; Xi-feng Takes a Bribe16. Yuan-chun's Promotion at Court; Dai-yu's Return and Qin Zhong's Death17. Bao-yu's Poetic Skills Are Tested by His Father; the Household Prepares for the Visitation18. The Imperial Concubine's Visit to Prospect Garden19. Bao-yu's Grand Bargain with Aroma and His Growing Intimacy with Dai-yu20. Bao-yu Tries Unsuccessfullyto Please Everyone; Shi Xiang-yun's Arrival Leads to a Declaration21. Aroma Finds an Ally in Bao-chai; Patience Seizes Evidence of Jia Lian's Misconduct22. An Opera Piques Bao-yu's Interest in Monkhood; Gloomy Riddles Distress His Father23. Bao-yu Moves with the Girls Into Prospect Garden; the Lovers Bury Fallen Flowers24. Two Ambitious Social Climbers: Jia Yun and Crimson25. Jia Huan and Aunt Zhao Exact Their Revenge; the Monk and the Taoist Come to the Rescue26. Crimson Sends Jia Yun a Message; Skybright Carelessly Shuts Out Dai-yu27. Tan-chun Repudiates Her Mother; Dai-yu Ponders Her Fate Seen in Fallen Flowers28. Bao-yu Gives Aroma's Sash to Jiang Yu-han; Yuan-chun, in Her Gifts, Favors Bao-chai Over Dai-yu29. Grandmother Jia Shows Her Compassionate Side; a Matchmaking Abbot Provokes a Lovers' Rift30. Bao-yu Is Chastened by Bao-chai for Being Rude; He Causes Golden to Be Dismissed31. Bao-yu Lets Skybright Rip Up Two Fans for Fun; Shi Xiang-yun Finds the Kylin Meant for Her32. Criticism of Dai-yu Prompts Bao-yu to Avow His Love; Golden Commits Suicide33. Bao-yu Is Savagely Beaten by His Father Due to Jiang Yu-han's Disappearance34. Aroma Confides Her Worries to Lady Wang; Bao-yu Sends Dai-yu Two Used Handkerchiefs35. Grandmother Jia Indicates Her Preference for Bao-chai; Bao-yu Makes Golden's Sister Laugh36. Aroma Receives an Informal Promotion; Bao-chai Hears Bao-yu Reveal He Prefers Dai-yu37. The Founding of the Crab-Flower Club38. A Crab-Eating Feast Is Hosted by Shi Xiang-yun39. Li Wan Laments Her Lack of an Able Assistant; Grannie Liu Is Enlisted for Entertainment40. Grannie Liu Is Given a Tour of Prospect Garden and Made the Butt of Practical Jokes41. The Finicky Adamantina Serves Tea; Grannie Liu Passes Out on Bao-yu's Bed42. Grannie Liu Names Xi-feng's Daughter Before Departing; Bao-chai Befriends Dai-yu43. Xi-feng Squeezes Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao for Her Party; Bao-yu Makes an Offering to Golden44. Xi-feng Catches Jia Lian with a Servant's Wife; Patience Is Struck and a Woman Hangs Herself45. The Steward's Son Is Made a Magistrate; Bao-chai Supplies Dai-yu with Edible Bird's Nest46. Jia She Tries to Take Faithful as His Concubine47. Grandmother Jia Gives Lady Xing a Scolding; Xue Pan Is Thrashed by Liu Xiang-lian48. Jia Lian Is Beaten by His Father for Criticizing Him; Caltrop Becomes Obsessed with Poetry49. The Arrival of Xue Bao-qin, Xue Ke, Xing Xiu-yan, and the Li Sisters50. Grandmother Jia Invites Herself to a Merry Gathering in a Garden Blanketed by Snow51. Aroma Makes a Trip Home in Style; Skybright Catches a Cold52. Xue Bao-qin Recites a Poem by a Blonde Girl; an Ailing Skybright Mends a Cloak for Bao-yu53. Solemn Ancestral Rites Are Performed on New Year's Eve; the Festivities Last Half a Month54. Grandmother Jia Holds Forth at Her Banquet55. Tan-chun Takes Charge of the Household; Xi-feng Shares Her Views of the Cousins with Patience56. The Girls Put the Garden to Work; Jia Bao-yu Learns That He Has a Double in Zhen Bao-yu57. Nightingale Forces Bao-yu to Declare His Love for Dai-yu; Xing Xiu-yan Is Betrothed to Xue Ke58. A Dowager Consort's Death Disrupts the Jia Household; the Child Actresses Stay On as Maidservants59. Conflicts Break Out Between the Ex-Actresses and Their Foster Mothers60. The Ex-Actresses Gang Up to Assault Aunt Zhao; Parfumée Tries to Help Fivey Join Bao-yu's Staff61. Fivey Is Accused of Theft; Chess Tries to Replace Cook Liu with Her Own Aunt62. A Garden Party Is Held to Celebrate Bao-yu, Xue Bao-qin, Xing Xiu-yan, and Patience's Birthdays63. The Party Continues Into the Night; Jia Rong, in Mourning, Flirts with the You Sisters64. Dai-yu Writes About Beauties in History; Jia Lian Is Urged to Take Er-jie as His Second Wife65. Jia Lian Secretly Installs You Er-jie in a Second Household; You San-jie Enthralls Cousin Zhen66. You San-jie Kills Herself with a Sword; Liu Xiang-lian Goes Off with a Crippled Taoist67. Bao-chai Gives Away the Presents from Her Brother; Xi-feng Discovers Jia Lian's Second Marriage68. Xi-feng Lures You Er-jie into the Rong Compound and Humiliates Jia Rong with a Bogus Lawsuit69. Xi-feng, Feigning Kindness, Drives Er-jie to Her Death70. The Cousins Release Their Kites; Bao-yu, Though Deeply Troubled, Catches Up on His Studies71. Jia Zheng Comes Home for Grandmother Jia's Birthday; Faithful Catches Chess in Flagrante72. Jia Lian Is Driven to Pawning Grandmother Jia's Valuables; Sunset Is Promised to a Wastrel 73. A Maidservant Shows Lady Xing a Piece of Erotica; Ying-chun Refuses to Discipline Her Staff74. Lady Wang Turns Against Skybright; a Raid Is Conducted on Prospect Garden75. The Zhen Clan of Nanking Is Disgraced; the Jia Men Take to Gambling76. Grandmother Jia Resists Ending the Mid Autumn Party; Shi Xiang-yun Commiserates with Dai-yu 77. Chess and the Ex-Actresses Are Expelled; Bao-yu and Skybright Bid Their Final Farewell78. Lady Wang Lies About Skybright; Bao-yu Writes an Elegy to the Hibiscus Spirit79. Jia She Arranges a Hasty Marriage for Ying-chun; Xue Pan Weds a Conceited Girl80. Xia Jin-gui Turns the Xue Family Upside Down; Ying-chun's Husband Treats Her Like a Slave81. Bao-yu Learns the Limits of the Matriarch's Power; He Is Sent Back to the Clan School82. Aroma Probes Dai-yu on Concubines; Dai-yu Coughs Up Blood on waking from a Nightmare83. The Matriarch Is Told of Dai-yu's Condition; Yuan-chun's Illness Alarms the Jia Elders84. Jia Zheng Considers a Bride for Bao-yu; tthe Matriarch Is Pleased When Bao-chai Is Suggested85. Bao-yu Is Kept in the Dark About His Betrothal; Jia Zheng Receives a Promotion86. Xue Pan's Murder Charge Is Reduced; Dai-yu Teaches Bao-yu About Music87. Dai-yu Plays a Tune That Snaps Her Qin String; Adamantina Has a Horrific Dream Vision88. Li Wan Is Consoled by Jia Lan's Achievement; Zhou Rui Is Kicked and Jia Yun Is Humiliated89. The Snapped String Unnerves Bao-yu; Hearing He Is Betrothed, Dai-yu Stops Eating90. Hearing the Bride Is to Be a Cousin, Dai-yu Rallies; the Matriarch Bans Talk of the Betrothal91. A Timetable Is Set for Bao-yu's Wedding; Dai-yu and Bao-yu Communicate by Talking Zen92. Bao-yu Discusses Noble Women with Qiao-Jie; Chess and Her Cousin Commit Double Suicide93. Bao-yu Identifies with Jiang Yu-han; Jia Qin Is Caught Seducing the Young Novices94. Crab-Flower Trees Bloom Out of Season; Bao-yu's Jade Mysteriously Disappears95. Yuan-chun Passes Away in the Palace; Bao-yu Turns Into a Simpleton96. Wang Zi-teng Dies on His Way to the Capital; a Hasty Wedding Is Set Before Jia Zheng Departs97. Bao-yu Is Tricked Into Marrying Bao-chai; Dai-yu Burns Her Poems and Dies98. Bao-chai Tells Bao-yu That Dai-yu Is Dead; Bao-yu Improves After Mourning for Dai-yu99. Bao-yu Is Reconciled to Accepting Bao-chai; Jia Zheng Turns a Blind Eye to Misdeeds100. Tan-chun Is Betrothed to Be Married Afar; Efforts to Save Xue Pan Bankrupt His Family101. Wang Zi-teng's Debt Strains the Wang Clan; Anxious, Xi-feng Entrusts Qiao-jie to Patience102. An Exorcism is Performed in the Garden; Jia Zheng Is Demoted for His Underlings' Abuses103. Xia Jin-gui Mistakenly Poisons Herself; Jia Yu-cun Happens on Zhen Shi-yin at a Derelict Temple104. Jia Yun and Ni Er Vow Revenge on the Jias; Bao-yu Wants Nightingale to Know He Was Tricked105. The Secret Police Conduct a Raid of the Jia Compound; Four Jia Men Are Arrested106. Jia Zheng Realizes His Family Faces Financial Ruin; the Matriarch Begs Heaven to Punish Her107. Jia She and Cousin Zhen Go Into Exile; Grandmother Jia Distributes Her Possessions108. The Matriarch Hosts a Surprise Birthday Party; Bao-yu Wails for Dai-yu in the Desolate Garden109. Bao-yu's Attempt at Intimacy Is Rebuffed by Fivey; Guilt Stricken, He Makes It Up to Bao-chai110. The Matriarch Dies with a Smile on Her Face; Lady Xing Makes Life Difficult for Xi-feng111. A Ghost Shows Faithful How to Hang Herself; the Matriarch's Apartment Is Looted 112. Adamantina Is Abducted by Pirates; Xi-chun Resolves to Become a Nun113. Grannie Liu Playfully Offers to Be Qiao-jie's Matchmaker; Nightingale Takes Pity on Bao-yu114. Xi-feng Dies Babbling of the Register; Wang Ren and Qiao-jie Antagonize Each Other115. Xi-chun Declares She Intends to Take the Vows; Bao-yu Relapses After Meeting His Look-Alike116. Bao-yu Has a Second Dream of Revelations; His Father Takes the Coffins to the South for Burial117. Bao-yu Reaches an Agreement with the Monk; Jia Lian Leaves Jia Qiang and Jia Yun in Charge118. Qiao-jie Is Offered to a "Mongol" Prince; Bao-yu Studies to Discharge His Filial Obligations119. Bao-yu Is Missing After the Examinations; the Emperor Declares a General Amnesty120. Bao-yu Bids His Father Farewell and Vanishes in the Snow; Aroma Marries the Actor Jiang Yu-hanSelected BibliographyIndex
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