Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber

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Wang Xifeng Teases Jia Lian

And the political background of the novel is revealed

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Daniel Evensen
Jun 05, 2026
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Wang Xifeng Teases Jia Lian

We’ve got an extremely long passage today. However, this is important, and there really isn’t a good way to cut it up into two different passages. We see here a bit of highly significant teasing between Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian, as well as the first direct references we’ve seen to the political reality behind Dream of the Red Chamber. There’s a lot to unpack here.

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