Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber

Translation

Soaking In Fragrance

Jia Baoyu's brilliant poem

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Daniel Evensen
Jun 27, 2026
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Soaking In Fragrance

Today’s post will make it obvious why Dream of the Red Chamber absolutely requires extensive textual notes. There’s simply no way you’d ever be able to understand what is going on here without slowing things down and reading very carefully. Jia Baoyu’s poem is absolutely marvelous.


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