《红楼梦》的英文简介

曹雪芹（1715-1763或1724-1764）大约生活在康熙末 至乾隆中叶，满族正白旗人。清代小说家，名沾，字梦 阮，号雪芹、芹圃、芹溪。他的先世原是汉人，祖籍是 河北丰润县，后移居辽宁铁岭，大约在明末被编入满洲 籍，身份是“包衣”(家奴)。一般认为是中国长篇名著 《红楼梦》的作者。他出身于一个“百年望族”的大官 僚地主家庭，从曾祖父起三代世袭江宁织造一职达六十 年之久。后来父亲因事受株连，被革职抄家，家庭的衰 败使曹雪芹饱尝了人生的辛酸。他在人生的最后几十年 里，以坚韧不拔的毅力，历经十年创作了《红楼梦》并 专心致志地做着修订工作，死后遗留下《红楼梦》前八 十回的稿子。 《红楼梦》内容丰富、情节曲折、思想 认识深刻、艺术手法精湛，是中国古典小说中伟大的现 实主义作品
《A dream in Red Mansions》
《红楼梦》 的英文翻译
1 A Dream in Red Mansions 2 The Story of the Stone 3 Stone Story（石头记） 4.Dream of the red chamber
CAO XUEQIN (1715-1763) was born in a family which three generations held the office of Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in Nanking, a family so wealthy that they were able to entertain the Emperor Kangxi four times. But calamity overtook them and their property was confiscated. Cao Xuegin was living in poverty near Peking when he wrote his famous novel The Story of the Stone (also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), of which this is the second volume.
Lin Daiyu
The characters in “a dream of Red Mansions” ,I like Lin Daiyu the most .she is a proud and arrogant girl, especially the《Bury flower words》 （葬花词）, weakness with unyielding stubborn. Certainly, she has some shortcomings, willful, and bit narrow-minded, but no one is perfect.The most impressive is the《 Chant white Begonia 》（《咏 白海棠》） in “the stolen three white pear pistil, borrow clubs a wisp of soul.”（偷来梨蕊三分白， 借得梅花一缕魂。）" Steal"," borrow" two words are great.
Xue Baochai
• Xue Baochai is a feudal society of women„s requirements of the typical representative（封建社会对女子要求的典 型代表人物). Her appearance bring the love of baodai to be a triangular relationship. In this relationship, who are all right,and vicitims(牺牲品).
The food
Jia Baoyu
Jia Baoyu is a passionate(多情) and devoted （专情） lover.At the first time ,he saw Lin Daiyu, then gave his heart to her. Many beautiful women around him, but his heart never change. At the same time, he is also very talented, his poetries beyond all expectations. He says:“the man is made of clay, the woman is made of water“(男人是泥 做的，女人是水做的骨肉).
Wang Xifeng
• Wang Xifeng, is a superwoman(女强人), just over twenty control of the Rongguo house. she knows how to win the favor of the edlers, and good at dealing with the interpersonal relationship. Her description of the simplest is the“hearded laughter before she opening red lips”(丹唇未启笑先闻).
《A dream of ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ed Mansions》
At the background of Jia,Shi, Wang, Xue four families , story is by Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu love as the center. In the feudal society (封建社会), their views about free marriage ,eventually lost to the feudal system.As a result, Lin Daiyu drops the last tear for her love ,then dead; Jia Baoyu, leave home to be a monk; Xue Baochai, married Jia Baoyu, but she never really win love, loneliness accompany all her life. " A dream of Red Mansions" in medicine, architecture, food culture, poetry and so on, are worthy of our study.