Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber

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The Literary Style of Dream of the Red Chamber
Looking closely at a minor passage
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An Odd Interlude
Have you ever seen a classical author do this?
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Jia Baoyu The Sexual Deviant
Diving into a troubling passage
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Jia Baoyu's First Sexual Encounter
And you'll never guess who it was with
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David Hawkes on Two-In-One
What do you think?
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Jia Baoyu Learns The Secrets
Jia Baoyu's first erotic encounter
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Sensuality in Dream of the Red Chamber
A deeper look into the book's philosophy
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The Most Passionate Person In The World
Jia Baoyu and the theory of lust and passion
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The Chapter 5 Poems
Looking back
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The Birds Fly Away
Summing up all the chapter 5 poems
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Is Emotion (情) Good Or Evil?
Looking closer into a paradox
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Good Things Come To An End
There's no way out
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