Rereading the Stone

Episode 30 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 16 part 1/2

February 22, 2021 Kevin Wilson, William Jones Season 1 Episode 30

While Yuan Chun ascends to palace halls of Heavenly Grace, Qin Zhong is dragged away to the Yellow Springs. Why don’t we learn directly what Yuan Chuan thinks of her new position? Is this a commentary on the author’s part? And why can’t Baoyu try harder in his interactions with Lin Daiyu? Why are his gifts so thoughtless? C’mon, man!

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