China: Lady Xing, You Erjie ('Second Sister You'), You Sanjie ('Third Sister You') and a child in the garden. Qing Dynasty painting of a scene from the Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century. Dream of the Red Chamber (pinyin: Hóng Lóu Mèng; Wade–Giles: Hung Lou Meng), composed by Cao Xueqin (4 April 1710 - 10 June 1765), is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was composed sometime in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is a masterpiece of Chinese vernacular literature and is generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of classical Chinese novels.

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