Dream of the Red Chamber

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Dream of the Red Chamber
The River Flows To Nothingness
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The River Flows To Nothingness

An extremely mysterious poem

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Daniel Evensen
Jul 18, 2025
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The River Flows To Nothingness

Today’s poem is going to be a mystery for some time. We don’t know anything about the subject of this poem, since she has not even been referred to yet. We’ll talk more tomorrow about why Cao Xueqin would compose his book like this.


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