Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber

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Smartweed and Flowers

Jia Zheng criticizes Jia Baoyu again

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Daniel Evensen
Jul 07, 2026
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Smartweed and Flowers

This is yet another one of those sections that you’d probably gloss over quickly if you were only reading this book in English. And, of course, that’s a good reason for us to go slowly and focus.

There’s actually a lot going on here, and we’ll wind up coming back to this passage a few times before the book ends.

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