Dream of the Red Chamber
Born with a piece of inscribed jade in his mouth, Baoyu grows up petted and idle among the women of a great Qing household at the height of its favor. His love for his frail, sharp cousin Daiyu runs against the family's preference for the composed Baochai, while the estate's finances quietly rot underneath the garden parties. Splendor already mourning itself.
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- influenced by ↑ Water Margin
- alludes to ↑ The Peony Pavilion
- alludes to ↑ The Romance of the Western Chamber
- ↓ Sealed Off
- ↓ The Golden Cangue
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