The little white attic

1/ After the magnificent chapter 56, 57 is a bit of a disappointment. However the mad scene of Bảo Ngọc (Baoyu) explains a scene back in cha...

1/ Chapter 54 has a funny scene where I think Cao Xueqin takes a jab at Chinese romantic fiction —Giả Mẫu (Jia Mu) goes on a rant about the ...

1/ Let’s again compare Hong lou meng and The Tale of Genji , in terms of characterisation. Both novels have a large scope and have about 40...

1/ Chapter 49 introduces several characters at once, whom I can’t fit in my family tree, so I have to write them down:  - Hình Tụ Yên (Xin...

1/ I like that the widow Lý Hoàn (Li Wan) is raised to be a traditional woman in Chinese society, to have a very limited education and to kn...

 1/ There are some readers out there who love Vương Hy Phượng (Wang Xifeng ), though I’m not sure why. So far she has played a terrible joke...

 1/ In chapter 36, there’s a scene where Vương Hy Phượng (Wang Xifeng) has to report to Vương phu nhân (Lady Wang) about salaries and allowa...

1/ Legend is that if you mention Hong lou meng ( Dream of the Red Chamber / Dream of Red Mansions / The Story of the Stone ), you would prob...

1/ Chapter 28 funnily has Bảo Ngọc (Baoyu) first lusting after a guy named Tưởng Ngọc Hàm (Jiang Yuhan), and then lusting after Bảo Thoa (Ba...

1/ In chapter 24, 2 new servants are introduced.  The first one is Uyên Ương (Yuanyang) , a servant of Giả Mẫu (Jia Mu) the grandmother. She...