Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber By Liu Zaifu

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Section 1 (Written Between 1995 AND 2004)

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Section 1 (written between 1995 and 2004)

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The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a collective dream the Chinese nation had in its childhood. It dreamed of Jingwei’s efforts to fill the ocean, Kuafu’s chase of the sun, and Xingtian’s waving of his shield and battle-ax. This is a most innocent, most lively dream. The Classic of Mountains and Seas shows that the Chinese nation had a healthy childhood. Dream of the Red Chamber, from its very beginning, talks about The Classic of Mountains and Seas and continues in its vein. Dream of the Red Chamber is a big dream the Chinese nation had when it came of age, a dream about freedom, about women’s liberation, and about poetic life and a poetic world. Dream of the Red Chamber marks a great beginning for the dream of modernity that the Chinese nation had. It shows that the collective dream of modern China was also healthy.