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Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction In Dream of the Red Chamber, Anthony C. Yu, 1997. See Chapter III, "Stone," which connects story, philosophy and novel. "The opening five chapters deftly weave a triple frame (mythic, realistic, narrativistic) wherein to introduce the setting and characters of the tale.." (122).
Men and Women in Qing China : Gender in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Louise P. Edwards, 1994. See chapter V., "Wang Xifeng : Young Women and Power," section one: "The absence of a victim" (pages 68-70) and chapter VI, "Domesticating the Women Warrior : Comparisons with Jinghua yua" (pages 87 - 111).
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A scene from the novel, painted by Xu Baozhuan (1810–1873)