Between "Noble and Humble" : a peculiar family history
The mixing of Manchu and Han culture
The close connection between the Cao family and the Kangxi emperor
Outstanding talents of the early Qing dynasty
After a long drought, heavy rain fell : The birth of a luminary
The plot and cruel persecution
Bondservants in the imperial household department
The old mansion at the Jinling Imperial Textile Factory
The catastrophe of confiscation
A little courtyard in Suanshikuo
Cao Xueqin's most influential teachers
Seventy-two divisions of hell and more than one hundred maidservants
"Petals fall as the water runs red"
Out of misfortune comes happiness : the Paozi riverside
Splendidly clothed but lost among actors
An astonishing new philosophy of "good and evil"
Wandering aimlessly and living off relatives
Friendship with the Dun brothers forged
writing in tears and blood
West mountain and wormwood weeds
"An old dream of Qinhuai, yet the people remain"
The red inkstone commentary
The Yangshi compound at anding gate
"A proud and aloof person like you astonishes the world"
The thin mist of evening over Cao's humble hut
The death of a literary genius
A matter of eternal regret.
