Chapter 5
Below are the posts for Chapter 5. There are more posts here than in most chapters due to the nature of the poetry.
Jia Baoyu Enters The Illusory Realm Of The Great Void
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Jia Baoyu Enters The Illusory Realm Of The Great Void
The Hanging Jade Belt And The Buried Golden Hairpin
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The Hanging Jade Belt And The Buried Golden Hairpin
The Evanescent Life
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There’s some confusion about which character this poem is referring to. We’ll get to that discussion later on in the translation of the book, when it becomes relevant. For now, we’ll just look at the poem itself.
