The Xue family is one of the four aristocratic families in Jinling, with a profound family background, and has been a merchant of the imperial court for generations. In the novel, the Xue family runs various businesses, including jewelry, silks and satins, medicinal materials and so on. , along with Jia, historian and Wang, became one of the four major families in Jinling. Although there is not much introduction to the Xue family in the novel, it can be seen that the position and wealth of the Xue family can not be underestimated. They have accumulated a lot of wealth, rich social experience and interpersonal relationships through business operations.

In the novel, the representative of the Xue family is Xue Baochai. She is a smart, witty and talented woman with a high position in the family. She received a good education from an early age and has a high cultural accomplishment and artistic talent. Although the Xue family is not the protagonist in the novel, their status and wealth can not be ignored, and their existence adds more colors and levels to the novel.

A Brief Introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions

A Dream of Red Mansions is one of the four classical novels in ancient China and a treasure in the history of China literature. This novel takes Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background and the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, showing the decline of feudal society and various lifestyles.

In the novel, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu are two protagonists, and their love story is the core of the novel. Jia Baoyu is a rich boy. He formed a deep friendship with many women in the Grand View Garden, but he was forced to marry Xue Baochai in the end because of the interests of the family. Lin Daiyu is an extremely clever talented woman, and her emotional entanglement with Jia Baoyu is an important plot of the novel.

In addition to love stories, the novel also describes the decline of feudal society and the colorful life. Through the rise and fall of the four major families, the novel shows various problems and contradictions in feudal society. At the same time, the characters in the novel are also very rich. Everyone has his own personality and destiny, which reflects the diversity and complexity of society at that time.