Liu Xinwu 
Liu Xinwu Uncovers the Secrets of The Dream of Red Mansions 
Volume I

The soul of a nation is immortal through dynasties and embodied in various forms in endless time and space. One of the most important forms is embodied in the classic texts written in its native language. Just like Shakespeare and his plays of British, Cao Xueqin and his The Dream of Red Mansions are part of the immortal soul of our Chinese nation. This book is a written collection of lectures on studies of The Dream of Red Mansions given by the famous writer, Liu Xinwu, in Lecture Room of CCTV-10. It is also the crystallization of the author’s many years’ hard work in studying The Dream of Red Mansions. Starting from Qin Keqing, one of the twelve ladies in Jinling, he made a detailed textual research on the live prototypes of the characters in the book and restored the style of the era, in which The Dream of Red Mansions was born.