Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber

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Much Ado About Wine

A somewhat confusing exchange

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Daniel Evensen
Nov 15, 2025
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Much Ado About Wine

There’s an interesting and slight contrast here between Jia Baoyu’s preference to drink wine cold and Xue Baochai’s insistence that he drink it warm. I’ll write a bit more commentary on that tomorrow.


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