Amazon.com description: Product Description: Cao Xueqin Biography"" is one of the most significant works of Mr. Zhou Ruchang relating to the study of A Dream in Red Mansions, which not only reflects various connections between the royal family of Qing Dynasty and Cao Xueqins ancestors, but also presents twists and turns in her whole life and describes the course of her putting A Dream in Red Mansions into publication, showing us vivid, detailed and narrative descriptions. ""Cao Xueqin Biography"" presents a profound and systematic discussion on the character of Cao Xueqin itself, starting from Cao Xueqin as the center of the circle, constantly extending the radius to his whole family and the entire background of his time, enriching the rendering of Cao Xueqins thinking, personality as well as his artistic pursuits.