A Dream of Red Mansions is China's first classical Four Great Classical Novels and a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty. In the early days, only the first 80 manuscripts were circulated, and some of them were not completed after 80, and the manuscripts were lost. Formerly known as "Re-evaluation of Stone Story by Zhi Yanzhai". A Dream of Red Mansions encourages itself by "talking about love with great ambition and keeping a record of events", only follows its logic, gets rid of old habits, is fresh and unique, and has achieved extraordinary artistic achievements. In particular, the special brushwork of "the truth is hidden and the false words are hidden" has aroused the strong curiosity and prying desire of later readers, and all kinds of guesses are becoming more and more bizarre.

A Dream of Red Mansions is an earthly novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture. The novel takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, focuses on Jia's family affairs and leisure, and focuses on the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. It describes the beauty of humanity and tragedy of lovers of good and evil centered on Jia Baoyu and twelve women in Jinling, praises the rebels who pursue light, foresees the inevitable demise of feudal society through the tragic fate of rebels, and reveals the crisis of feudal eschatology.