Compiler: Zhou Lunling & Zhou Ruchang 
Work of Might and Main in Red Mansions 
Biography of Cao Xueqin

This book is an indispensable biography of Cao Xueqin even in the academic study of A Dream in Red Mansions. It is created with excessive passion, familiarity with the history of the Qing Dynasty, a clear understanding of A Dream in Red Mansions, and the bold conjecture and careful verification of the research and analysis. The book joints several pieces of Cao Xueqin»s life fragments to represent a living person, vividly showing the inner world and the excellent talent of the novelist»s great work "written in the ink of tear and blood".