[PDF] The Story Of The Stone The Warning Voice eBook

Author : Xueqin Cao
Publisher :
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 1979
Category : China
ISBN :

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This is rated one of the greatest works of Chinese literature. Metaphysical, allegorical, and vividly realistic, the immense scope of The Story of the Stone provides something for everyone. A rich family saga, a tragic love story, and a philosophical meditation it is one of those rare huge books in which one can lose oneself completely. It begins as the story of the Stone, a supernatural entity endowed with consciousness that winds up in the mortal world and must find the path to enlightenment. His fate is inextricably bound with another creature from the Land of Illusion, the Crimson Pearl Flower. The Stone is responsible for its transformation into a fairy girl -- and she vows to repay him with "a debt of tears", willing to suffer for a lifetime in the world of mere mortals. The Stone describes how his story -- The Story of the Stone -- is the record of his journey to enlightenment, and offers the tale as a tool for others to follow his path, as, for example Vanitas does in the first chapter. --www.complete-review.com.

Author : Cao Xueqin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141912812

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The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which The Warning Voice is the third, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the author's own family). The two main characters, Bao-yu and Dai-yu, are set against a rich tapestry of humour, realistic detail and delicate poetry, which accurately reflects the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life. But over and above the novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another plane of existence - a theme which affirms the Buddhist belief in a supernatural scheme of things.

Author : Xueqin Cao
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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A novel of manners in Chinese literature.

Author : Ruoxi Chen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 2004-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780253216908

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Annotation A classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid eyewitness view of everyday life in China during the Cultural Revolution. For this edition, the text has been thoroughly revised and updated to Pinyin romanization. A new introduction reflects on the book's significance in the post-Tianamen era.

Author : Dore Jesse Levy
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,99 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780231114073

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Levy explores the classic Chinese novelThe Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution.