KnowraDream of the Red ChamberLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Dream of the Red Chamber, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 4Related 3Compared with 2Ming dynastyCompared with: Written under Qing rule, it offers a later literary contrast to Ming-era fiction.Chinese literatureBroader topic: Its intricate social portrait and psychological detail mark a high point of the classical novel.Chinese literary canonRelated: Its formal richness and social observation made it a central work of later Chinese fiction.Chinese vernacular fictionBroader topic: Its detailed social world and language reveal the novel's artistic range in the eighteenth century.Leon LaiRelated: Lai took the title role in a 1989 Hong Kong television adaptation.Cao XueqinBroader topic: Cao Xueqin’s principal work, widely regarded as one of China’s greatest novels.The Peony PavilionRelated: Its attention to women’s desire and constrained lives offers a later literary comparison.Tang XianzuCompared with: Its later prominence offers a contrast with the Ming dramatic tradition Tang helped define.Yue operaBroader topic: Yue opera adaptations draw on its emotional conflicts and richly drawn female characters.