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Xueqin Cao (Chinese: 曹雪芹; pinyin: Cáo Xuěqín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in, 1715 or 1724 — 1763 or 1764) was the pseudonym of a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
It has been suggested that his given name was Zhan Cao (曹霑) and his courtesy name is Mengruan (夢阮; 梦阮; literally "Dream about Ruan" or "Dream of Ruan")[...] ...more

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	Dream of the Red Chamber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,826 ratings — published 1791 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 2,484 ratings — published 1791 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	红楼梦 4.53 avg rating — 2,229 ratings — published 1791 — 168 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 1,046 ratings — published 1791 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes (Translator) 4.43 avg rating — 892 ratings — published 1791 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears by Cao Xueqin, Gao E (Editor), John Minford (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 784 ratings — published 1791 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes by Cao Xueqin, Gao E (Editor), John Minford (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 766 ratings — published 1791 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	红楼梦脂评汇校本 by Cao Xueqin, 脂砚斋 (评), 吴铭恩 (汇校) 4.72 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1761 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dream of Red Mansions (Volume I) by Cao Xueqin, Kao Ngo, Yang Xianyi (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 216 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, John Minford (Foreword), Henry Bencraft Joly (Translator) 3.52 avg rating — 211 ratings — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Cao Xueqin (?)

“The cunning waste their pains;
The wise men vex their brains;
But the simpleton, who seeks no gains,
With belly full, he wanders free
As drifting boat upon the sea.”
― Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

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“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true;
Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real.”
― Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days

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“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true. Real becomes Not-Real when the Unreal's Real.”
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2nd Quarter (April - June) 2024 Long Read Poll

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1868, 1392 pages

91 votes, 48.4%

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1962, 658 pages

23 votes, 12.2%

Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore, 1869, 800 pages

21 votes, 11.2%

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, 1995, 624 pages

19 votes, 10.1%

A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin, 1791, 599 pages

16 votes, 8.5%

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages

12 votes, 6.4%

Gone To Soldiers: A Novel by Marge Piercy, 1987, 651 pages

6 votes, 3.2%

188 total votes

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