Dream of the Red Chamber

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Dream of the Red Chamber
The Evanescent Life
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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.


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