A Dream of Red Mansions, the first of China's classical Four Great Classical Novels, is a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty. In the early days, only the first 80 manuscripts were circulated, formerly known as the Story of the Stone. Cheng Weiyuan collected the last 40 manuscripts and invited Gao E to coordinate the publication of all 120 manuscripts entitled A Dream of Red Mansions. There are also versions such as Yu Jin Yuan and Re-evaluation of Strange Stone by Zhi Yanzhai.

A Dream of Red Mansions is an earthly novel with world influence. It is recognized as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, an encyclopedia of feudal society in China and a master of traditional culture. With the rise and fall of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue as the background, the family affairs and leisure of Jia's family as the main line, and the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, the novel describes the beauty and tragedy of the twelve women in Jinling, praises the rebels who pursue light, foresees the inevitable demise of feudal society through the tragic fate of the rebels, and reveals the desperate crisis of feudal society.