The story of the stone : a Chinese novel in five volumes
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The story of the stone : a Chinese novel in five volumes
（Penguin classics）
Penguin, 1973-1986
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- v. 2
- v. 3
- v. 4
- v. 5
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Shih tʿou chi
石頭記
Hung lou meng
紅樓夢
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Translation of: Shih tʿou chi (石頭記||セキトウキ)
Known also by the title: Hung lou meng (紅樓夢||コウロウム)
Cao Xueqin (Tsʿao Hsüeh-chʿin) known also as: Cao Zhan (Tsʿao Chan; 曹, 霑||ソウ, テン)--Introd., v. 1, p. 37
Vols. 4-5 edited by Gao E ; translated by John Minford
Contents of Works
- v. 1. The golden days
- v. 2. The Crab-flower Club
- v. 3. The warning voice
- v. 4. The debt of tears
- v. 5. The dreamer wakes
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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v. 2 ISBN 9780140443264
Description
Table of Contents
- Note on Spelling Preface Chapter 27 Beauty Perspiring sports with butterflies by the Raindrop Pavilion
- And Beauty Suspiring weeps for fallen blossoms by the Flowers' Grave Chapter 28 A Crimson cummerbund becomes a pledge of friendship
- And a chaplet of medicine-beads becomes a source of embarassment Chapter 29 In which the greatly blessed pray for yet greater blessings
- And the highly strung rise to new heights of passion Chapter 30 Bao-Chai speaks of a fan and castigates her deriders
- Charmante scratches a 'qiang' and mystifies a beholder Chapter 31 A torn fan is the price of silver laughter
- And a lost kylin is the clue to a happy marriage Chapter 32 Bao-yu demonstrates confusion of mind by his declaration to the wrong person
- And Golden shows an unconquerable spirit by ending her humiliation in death Chapter 33 An envious younger brother puts in a malicious word or two
- And a scapegrace elder brother recieves a terrible chatisement Chapter 34 A wordless message meets with silent understanding
- And a groundless imputation leads to undeserved rebukes Chapter 35 Sulky Silver tastes some lotus-leaf soup
- And Golden Oriole knots a flower-patterned fringe Chapter 36 Bao-chai visits Green Delights and bears strange words from a sleeper
- And Bao-yu visits Pear-tree Court and learns hard facts from a performer Chapter 37 A happy inspiration prompts Tan-chun to found the Crab-flower Club
- And an ingenious arrangment enables Bao-chai to settle the chysanthemum poem titles Chapter 38 River Queen triumphs in her treatment of chysanthemum themes
- And Lady Allspice is satirical on the subject of crabs An inventive old countrywoman tells a story of somewhat questionable veracity
- And and impressionable young listener insists on getting to the bottom of the matter Chapter 40 Lady Jia holds two feasts in one day in the Prospect Garden
- And Faithful makes four calls on three dominoes in the Painted Chamber Chapter 41 Jia Bao-yu tastes some superior tea at Green Bower Hermitage
- And Grannie Liu samples the sleeping accommodation at Green Delights Chapter 42 Lady Allspice wins over a suspicious nature with some well-intentioned advice
- And River Queen enhances her reputation as a wit with some amusing sarcasms Chapter 43 An old woman's whim is the occasion of a birthday collection
- And a young man's remorse finds solace in a simple ceremony Chapter 44 Xi-feng's jealousy is the object of an unexpected provocation
- And Patience's toilet is a source of unexpected delight Chapter 45 Sisterly understanding finds expression in words of sisterly frankness
- And autumnal pluviousless is celebrated in verses of autumnal melancholy Chapter 46 An awkward person is given an awkward mission
- And a faithful maid vows faithfulness unto death Chapter 47 In pursuit of love the Oaf King takes a fearful beating
- And from fear of reprisal the Reluctant Playboy makes a hasty getaway Chapter 48 The Love-Deluded One Turns his thoughts to trade and travel
- And the Poetry Enthusiast applies herself to making verses Chapter 49 Red flowers bloom brighter in dazzling snow
- And venison reeks strangely on rosebud lips Chapter 50 Linked verses in Snowy Rushes Retreat
- And lantern riddles in the Spring In Winter Room Chapter 51 A clever cousin composes some ingenious riddles
- And an unskilful physician prescribes a barbarous remedy Chapter 52 Kind Patience conceals the theft of a Shrimp Whisker bracelet
- And brave Skybright repairs the hole in a Peacock Gold snow-cape Chapter 53 Ning-guo House sacrifices to the ancestors on New Year's Eve
- And Rong-guo House entertains the whole family on Fifteenth Night Appendix I: Regulated Verse Appendix II: Threesomes with the Dominoes Appendix III: Unsolved Riddles Characters in Volume 2 Genealogical Tables
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v. 3 ISBN 9780140443707
Description
Table of Contents
- The Story of the Stone Volume 3Note on Spelling Preface Chapter 54: Lady Jia ridicules the cliches of romantic fiction
- And Wang Xi-feng emulates the filifal antics of Lao Lia-zi Chapter 55: A foolish concubine seeks to humiliate her own daughter
- And an ill-natured stewardess tries to outwit her young mistress Chapter 56: Resourceful Tan-chun abolilshes abuses in the interests of econoomy
- And sapient Bao-chai shows how small consessions can be made without loss of dignity Chapter 57: Nightengale tests Jade Boy with a startling message
- And Aunt Xue comforts Frowner with words of loving kindness Chapter 58: In which the cock-bird who mourns his mate is found to be a hen
- And a true heart is able to sympathize with a strange kind of love Chapter 59: By Willow Walk the conververs of property resort to violence and abuse
- And at Green Delights the defenders of law and order invoke a higher authority Chapter 60: As a substiture for rose-orris Jia Huan is given jasmine face-powder
- And in return for rose essence Cook Liu is given lycoperdon snow Chapter 61: Bao-yu owns up to a crime he did not commit
- And Patience bends authority in order that the innocent may be spared Chapter 62: A tipsy Xiang-yun sleeps on a peony-petal pillow
- And a grateful Caltrop unfastens her pomegranate skirt Chapter 63: Flower-maidens combine for nocturnal birthday revels
- And a grass widow copes with funeral arrangments single-handed Chapter 64: Five fair women make subjects for a chaste maid's verse
- And nine jade dragons make a love-gift for a flirt Chapter 65: Jia Lian's second marriage is celebrated in secret
- And the future marriage of San-jie becomes a matter of speculation Chapter 66: Shame drives a warm-hearted young woman to take her life
- And shock leads a cold-hearted young gentleman to renounce the world Chapter 67: Frowner sees something that makes her homesick
- And Xi-feng hears something that rouses her suspicions Chapter 68: Er-jie takes up residence in Prospect Garden
- And Xi-feng makes a disturbance in Ning-guo House Chapter 69: A scheming woman kills with a borrowed knife
- And one who has ceased to hope swallows gold and dies Chapter 70: Lin Dai-yu resuscitates the Poetry Club
- And Shi Xiang-yun tries her hand at a song lyric Chapter 71: Lady Xing deliberately humiliates her daughter-in-law
- And Faithful inadvertently iterrupts a pair of love-birds Chapter 72: Wang Xi-fen refuses to see a doctor
- And Brightie's wife seeks help with a betrothal Chapter 73: A half-witted servant girl picks up a highly embarrassing object
- And an easy-going young mistress refuses to inquire into a theft Chapter 74: Lady Wang authorizes a raid on Prospect Garden
- And Jia Xi-chun breaks off relations with Ning-guo House Chapter 75: Midnight revellers are startled by a sound of evil omen
- And Mid-Autumn moon-watchers listen to quantrains of unequal merit Chapter 76: Flute-playing at Convex Pavillion provokes too much melancholy
- And linked verses at Concave Pavilion betray a morbid sensitivity Chapter 77: A wronged maid takes a loving last leave of her master
- And three young actresses seek to escape matrimony in the cloister Chapter 78: Jia Zheng commissions the Ballad of the Winsome Colonel
- And Bao-yu composes an Invocation to the Hibiscus Spirit Chapter 79: Xue Pan finds to his sorrow that he is married to a termagant
- And Ying-chun's parents betroth her to a Zhong-shan wolf Chapter 80: Unfortunate Caltrop is battered by a philandering husband
- And One Plaster Wang presribes for an insufferavle wife Appendix I: Sandal, Musk, and Skybright Appendix II: Suncloud, Sunset and Moonrise Appendix III: You San-jie, Liu Xiang-lian and Jia Lian's Journeys Appendix IV: Old Mrs. You and the Zhangs Appendix V: Fivey, Bao Er and The Mattress Appendix VI: Euergesia and the Little Actresses Characters in Volume 3 Genealogical Tables
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v. 4 ISBN 9780140443714
Description
Table of Contents
- The Story of the Stone: Volume 4Note on Spelling Preface Chapter 81: Four young ladies go fishing and divine the future
- Bao-yu receives a homily and is re-enrolled in the Family School Chapter 82: An old pedant tries to instil some Moral Philosophy into his incorrigible pupil
- And the ailing Naiad, in a nightmare, confronts the spectres of her fevered mind. Chapter 83: An Indisposition in the Imperial Bedchamber calls for a Family Visitation
- While insubordination in the inner apartments reveals Bao-chai's long-suffering nature Chapter 84: Bao-yu is given an impromptu examination, and his betrothal is discussed for the first time
- Jia Huan visits a convulsive child, and old hostilites are resumed Chapter 85: It is announced that Jia Zheng has been promoted to the rank of Permanent Secretary
- And it is discovered that Xue Pan has once more brought upon himself the threat of exile Chapter 86: Bribery induces an old mandarin to tamper with the course of justice
- And a discourse on the Qin provides a young lady with a vehicle for romantic feelings Chapter 87: Autumnal sounds combine with sad remembrances to inspire a composition on the Qin
- And a flood of passion allows evil spirits to disturb the serenity of Zen Chapter 88: Bao-yu gratifies his grandmother by praising a fatherless child
- Cousin Zhen rectifies family discipline by chastising two unruly servants Chapter 89: Our hero sees the handiwork of a departed love, and is moved to write and ode
- Frowner falls prey to hysterical fear and resolves to starve to death Chapter 90: A poor girl loses a padded jacket and puts up with some obstreperous behaviour
- A young man accepts a tray of sweetmeats and is put out by some devious goings-on Chapter 91: In the pursuance of lust, Moonbeam evolves an artful strategem
- In a flight of Zen, Bao-yu makes an enigmatic confession Chapter 92: Qiao-jie studies the Lives of Noble Women and shows a precocious enthusiasm for Virtue
- Jia Zheng admires a Mother Pearl and reflect on the vicissitudes of Life Chapter 93: A Zhen retainer seeks shelter in the Jia household
- And shady activities are revealed behind the Iron Threshold Chapter 94: Grandmother Jia gives a crab-blossom party - a celebration of the ominous
- Bao-yu loses his Magic Jade - a strange disappearance of the numinous Chapter 95: A rumour comes true and the Imperial Consort passes away
- A counterfeit is deceptively like the real thing, and Bao-yu loses his wits Chapter 96: Xi-feng conceives an ingenious plan of deception
- And Frowner is deranged by an inadvertent disclosure Chapter 97: Lin Dai-yu burns her poems to signal the end of her heart's folly
- And Xue Bao-chai leaves home to take part in a solemn rite Chapter 98: Crimson Pearl's suffering spirit returns to the Realm of Separation
- And the convalescent Stone-in-waiting weeps at the scene of past affection Appendix I: Prefaces to the first Cheng-Gao edition Joint Foreword to the subsequent Cheng-Gao edition Appendix II: The Octopartite Composition or 'bagu wenzhang' Appendix III: The Qin or Chinese Lute, and Knowing the Sound Appendix IV: Iron Threshold Temple and Water-moon Priory Characters in Volume 4 Genealogical Tables
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v. 5 ISBN 9780140443721
Description
Table of Contents
- The Story of the Stone Volume 5Note on Spelling Preface Chapter 99: Unscrupulous minions make use of their master's virtue to conceal a multitude of sins
- and Jia Zheng is alarmed to read his nephew's name in the 'Peking Gazette' Chapter 100: Caltrop disturbs an elaborate seduction and inspires bitter resentment
- Bao-yu learns of a distressing betrothal and laments an imminent departure Chapter 101: In Prospect Garden a moonlit apparition repeats an ancient warning
- and a Scattered Flowers Convent the fortune-sticks provide a strange omen Chapter 102: Illness descends upon the Jia family in Ning-guo House
- and charms and holy water are used to exorcize Prospect Garden Chapter 103: Jin-gui dies by her own hand, caught in a web of her own weaving
- Yu-cun encounters an old friend in vain, blind to the higher truths of Zen Chapter 104: Drunken Dime at large again - a small fish whips up a mighty storm
- our Besotted Hero in agony once more - a chance thrust quickens a numbed heart Chapter 105: The Embroidered Jackets raid Ning-guo House
- and Censor Li impeaches the Prefect of Ping-an Chapter 106: Wang Xi-feng feels remorse for the consequences of her past misdeeds
- and Grandmother Jia prays for the family's deliverence from further calamity Chapter 107: Impelled by family devotion, Grandmother Jia distributes her personal posessions
- favoured with an Imperial dispensation, Jia Zheng recieves his bother's hereditary rank Chapter 108: A birthday party held for Sister Allspice necessitiates a false display of jollity
- and ghostly weeping heard at the Naiad's House provokes a frech outburst of grief Chapter 109: Fivey shares a vigil, and receives affection meant for another
- Ying-chun pays her debt to fate, and returns to the Realm of Primordial Truth Chapter 110: Lady Jia ends her days, and returns to the land of shades
- Wang Xi-feng exhausts her strength, and forfeits the family's esteem Chapter 111: A devoted maid renders a final service, and accompanies her mistress to the Great Void
- a villainous slave takes his revenge, and betrays his masters into the hands of theives Chapter 112: Admantina discharges a karmic debt and recieves a blow from the Hand of Providence
- Aunt Zhao concludes a deadly feud and sets out on the road to the Nether World Chapter 113: Xi-feng repents of her former misdeeds, and entrusts her child to a village dame
- Nightengale softens a long-standing animosity, and warns to ter besotted master Chapter 114: Wang Xi-feng ends her life's illusion and returns to Jinling
- Zhen Ying-jia recieves the Emperor's favour and is summoned to the Palace Chapter 115: A private obsessoin revived confirms Xi-chun in an ancient vow
- a physical likeness verified deprives Bao-yu of an imagines friend Chapter 116: Human destinies are revealed in a fairy realm, and the Stone is restored to its rightful owner
- mortal remains are transported to their terrestrial home, and duty is discharged by a filial son Chapter 117: Two fair damsels conspire to save the jade, and forestall a flight from earthy bondage
- an infamous rogue takes charge of the mansion, and assembles a gang of cronies Chapter 118: Provoked by a ranking antipathy, Uncle and Cousin plot the ruin of an innocent maid
- alarmed by riddling utterances, Wife and Concubine remonstrate with their idiot master Chapter 119: Bao-yu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties: the House of Jia receives Imperial favour and renews ancestral glory Chapter 120: Zhen Shi-yin expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion
- and Jia Yu-cun concludes the Dream of Golden Days Characters in Volume 5 Genealogical Tables
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