The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days
Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978.
Translations
89- David Hawkes (1923–2007): No title ("Found unfit to repair the azure sky") (Wu ti "Wu cai ke qu bu cang tian" 無題 "无才可去补蒼天")
- ——— No title ("Pages full of idle words") (Wu ti "Man zhi huang tang yan" 無題 "滿紙荒唐言")
- ——— No title ("Fond man, your pampered child to cherish so") (Wu ti "Guan yang jiao sheng xiao ni chi" 無題 "慣养娇生笑你痴")
- ——— No title ("Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true") (Wu ti "Jia zuo zhen shi zhen yi jia" 無題 "假作真时真亦假")
- ——— No title ("Ere on ambition's path my feet are set") (Wu ti "Wei bu san sheng yuan" 無題 "未卜三生愿")
- ——— No title ("The jewel in the caset bides till one shall come to buy") (Wu ti "Yu zai du zhong qiu shan jia" 無題 "玉在櫝中求善价")
- ——— No title ("In thrice five nights her perfect O is made") (Wu ti "Shi feng san wu bian tuan luan" 無題 "时逢三五便团圞")
- ——— Won-Done Song (Hao le ge 好了歌)
- ——— Won-Done Song: Commentary (Hao le ge: Zhu jie 好了歌: 注解)
- ——— No title ("Sometimes by chance") (Wu ti "Ou yin yi hui gu" 無題 "偶因一回顾")
- ——— No title ("As long as there is a sufficiency behind you") (Wu ti "Shen hou you yu wang suo shou" 無題 "身后有余忘縮手")
- ——— No title ("May the jewel of learning shine in this house") (Wu ti "Zuo shang zhu ji zhao ri yue" 無題 "座上珠璣昭日月")
- ——— No title ("Oft-times he sought out what would make him sad") (Wu ti "Wu gu xun chou mi hen" 無題 "无故寻愁觅恨")
- ——— Mandarin's Life-Preserver (Hu guan fu 护官符)
- ——— No title ("Spring's dream-time will like drifting clouds disperse") (Wu ti "Chun meng sui yun san" 無題 "春梦随云散")
- ——— No title ("She has left her willow-tree house") (Wu ti "Fang li liu wu" 無題 "方离柳塢")
- ——— No title ("Ancient earth and sky") (Wu ti "Hou di gao tian" 無題 "厚地高天")
- ——— No title ("Spring griefs and autumn sorrows were by yourselves provoked") (Wu ti "Chun hen qiu bei jie zi re" 無題 "春恨秋悲皆自惹")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Supplementary Register No. 2: "Seldom the moon shines in a cloudless sky" (Jin ling shi er chai you fu ce "Ji yue nan feng" 金陵十二釵又副册 "霽月难逢")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Supplementary Register No. 2: "What price your kindness and compliance" (Jin ling shi er chai you fu ce "Wang zi wen rou he shun" 金陵十二釵又副冊 "枉自温柔和順")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Supplementary Register No. 1: "Your stem grew from a noble lotus root" (Jin ling shi er chai fu ce "Gen bing he hua yi jing xiang" 金陵十二釵副册 "根并荷花一茎香")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "One was a pattern of female virtue" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Ke tan ting ji de" 金陵十二釵正册 "可叹停机德")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "You shall, when twenty years in life's hard school are done" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Er shi nian lai bian shi fei" 金陵十二釵正册 "二十年来辨是非")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "Blessed with a shrewd mind and a noble heart" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Cai zi qing ming zhi zi gao" 金陵十二釵正册 "才自清明志自高")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "What shall avail you rank and riches" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Fu gui you he wei" 金陵十二釵正册 "富貴又何为")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "For all your would-be spotlessness" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Yu jie he ceng jie" 金陵十二釵正册 "欲洁何曾洁")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "Paired with a brute like the wolf in the old fable" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Zi xi zhong shan lang" 金陵十二釵正册 "子系中山狼")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "When you see through the spring scene's transient state" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Kan po san chun jing bu chang" 金陵十二釵正册 "勘破三春景不长")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "This phoenix in a bad time came" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Fan niao pian cong mo shi lai" 金陵十二釵正册 "凡鳥偏从末世来")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "When power is lost, rank matters not a jot" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Shi bai xiu yun gui" 金陵十二釵正册 "势敗休云貴")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "The plum-tree bore her fruit after the rest" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Tao li chun feng jie zi wan" 金陵十二釵正册 "桃李春风結子完")
- ——— Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Main Register: "Love was her sea, her sky; in such excess" (Jin ling shi er chai zheng ce "Qing tian qing hai huan qing shen" 金陵十二釵正册 "情天情海幻情深")
- ——— No title ("Gleam of gold pavement flashed on scarlet doors") (Wu ti "Guang yao zhu hu jin pu di" 無題 "光搖朱戶金鋪地")
- ——— No title ("Earth's choicest spirits in the dark lie hid") (Wu ti "You wei ling xiu di" 無題 "幽微灵秀地")
- ——— No title ("Celestial nectar filled the crystal cup") (Wu ti "Qiong jiang man fan bo li zhan" 無題 "琼浆滿泛玻璃盞")
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Prelude: A Dream of Golden Days (Hong lou meng: Hong lou meng yin zi 紅楼梦：紅楼梦引子)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: First Song: The Mistaken Marriage (Hong lou meng: Zhong shen wu 紅楼梦：終身誤)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Second Song: Hope Betrayed (Hong lou meng: Wang ning mei 紅楼梦：枉凝眉)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Third Song: Mutability (Hong lou meng: Hen wu chang 紅楼梦：恨无常)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Fourth Song: From Dear Ones Parted (Hong lou meng: Fen gu rou 紅楼梦：分骨肉)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Fifth Song: Grief Amidst Gladness (Hong lou meng: Le zhong bei 紅楼梦：乐中悲)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Sixth Song: All at Odds (Hong lou meng: Shi nan rong 紅楼梦：世難容)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Seventh Song: Husband and Enemy (Hong lou meng: Xi yuan jia 紅楼梦：喜冤家)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Eighth Song: The Vanity of Spring (Hong lou meng: Xu hua wu 紅楼梦：虛花悟)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Ninth Song: Caught By Her Own Cunning (Hong lou meng: Cong ming lei 紅楼梦：聪明累)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Tenth Song: The Survivor (Hong lou meng: Liu yu qing 紅楼梦：留余庆)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Eleventh Song: Splendour Come Late (Hong lou meng: Wan shao hua 紅楼梦：晚韶华)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Twelfth Song: The Good Things Have An End (Hong lou meng: Hao shi zhong 紅楼梦：好事終)
- ——— A Dream of Golden Days: Epilogue: The Birds Into The Wood Have Flown (Hong lou meng: Fei niao ge tou lin 紅楼梦：飞鳥各投林)
- ——— No title ("Nü-wa's stone-smelting is a tale unfounded") (Wu ti "Nü wa lian shi yi huang tang" 無題 "女媧炼石已荒唐")
- ——— No title ("Golden chrysanthemums covered the open spaces") (Wu ti "Huang hua man di" 無題 "黃花滿地")
- ——— No title ("Three pole-thrust lengths of bankside willows green") (Wu ti "Rao di liu jie san gao cui" 無題 "繞堤柳借三篙翠")
- ——— No title ("From the empty cauldron the steam still rises after brewing the tea") (Wu ti "Bao ding cha xian yan shang lü" 無題 "宝鼎茶閑烟尚綠")
- ——— No title ("Emergent buds swell where the washerwoman soaks her cloth") (Wu ti "Xin lü zhang tian huan ge chu" 無題 "新綠涨添澣葛处")
- ——— No title ("A musky perfume of orchids hangs in the sunset courtyard") (Wu ti "She lan fang ai xie yang yuan" 無題 "麝兰芳靄斜阳院")
- ——— No title ("Down garden walks a fragrant breeze caresses beds of melilot") (Wu ti "San jing xiang feng piao yu hui" 無題 "三径香风飘玉蕙")
- ——— No title ("Composing amidst cardamoms, you shall make verses like flowers") (Wu ti "Yin cheng dou kou shi you yan" 無題 "吟成豆蔻詩犹艳")
- ——— No title ("For all earth to share, his great compassion has been extended") (Wu ti "Tian di qi hong ci" 無題 "天地启宏慈")
- ——— No title ("Embracing hills and streams, with skill they wrought") (Wu ti "Xian shan bao shui jian lai jing" 無題 "銜山抱水建来精")
- ——— Heart's Ease (Kuang xing yi qing 曠性怡情)
- ——— Brightness and Grace (Wen cai feng liu 文采风流)
- ——— Art the Creator (Wen zhang zao hua 文章造化)
- ——— All Things Bright and Beautiful (Wan xiang zheng hui 万象爭輝)
- ——— Auspicious Skies (Ning hui zhong rui 凝暉鍾瑞)
- ——— The Fairy Stream (Shi wai xian yuan 世外仙源)
- ——— The Phoenix Dance (You feng lai yi 有凤来仪)
- ——— The Garden of Spices (Heng zhi qing fen 蘅芷清芬)
- ——— The House of Green Delights (Yi hong kuai lü 怡紅快綠)
- ——— The Hopeful Sign (Xing lian zai wang 杏帘在望)
- ——— No title ("What wretch would here, with scurrile pen") (Wu ti "Wu duan nong bi shi he ren" 無題 "无端弄笔是何人")
- ——— No title ("I swear, you swear") (Wu ti "Ni zheng wo zheng" 無題 "你證我證")
- ——— No title ("You would have been at fault, if not for me") (Wu ti "Wu wo yuan fei ni" 無題 "无我原非你")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "Big brother with eight" (Deng mi: "Da ge you jiao zhi ba ge" 灯谜："大哥有角只八个")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "My body's square" (Deng mi: "Shen zi duan fang" 灯谜："身自端方")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "At my coming the devils turn pallid with wonder" (Deng mi: "Neng shi yao mo dan jin cui" 灯谜："能使妖魔胆尽摧")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "Man's works and heaven's laws I execute" (Deng mi: "Tian yun ren gong li bu qiong" 灯谜："天运人功理不穷")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "In spring the little boys look up and stare" (Deng mi: "Jie xia er tong yang mian shi" 灯谜："阶下儿童仰面时")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "At court levée my smoke is in your sleeve" (Deng mi: "Chao ba shei xie liang xiu yan" 灯谜："朝罢誰携两袖烟")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "Southward you stare" (Deng mi: "Nan mian er zuo" 灯谜："南面而坐")
- ——— Lantern-riddle: "My 'eyes' cannot see and I'm hollow inside" (Deng mi: "You yan wu zhu fu nei kong" 灯谜："有眼无珠腹內空")
- ——— Spring (Chun ye ji shi 春夜即事)
- ——— Summer (Xia ye ji shi 夏夜即事)
- ——— Autumn (Qiu ye ji shi 秋夜即事)
- ——— Winter (Dong ye ji shi 冬夜即事)
- ——— No title ("A bottle nose he had and shaggy brows") (Wu ti "Bi ru xuan dan liang mei chang" 無題 "鼻如悬胆两眉长")
- ——— No title ("Up, down he hopped on his unequal legs") (Wu ti "Yi zu gao lai yi zu di" 無題 "一足高来一足低")
- ——— No title ("Time was you lived in perfect liberty") (Wu ti "Tian bu ju xi di bu ji" 無題 "天不拘兮地不羈")
- ——— No title ("Vain sensual joys the jade's sheen have besmirched") (Wu ti "Fen zi zhi hen wu bao guang" 無題 "粉漬脂痕污宝光")
- ——— No title ("Few in this world fair Frowner's looks surpassed") (Wu ti "Pin er cai mao shi ying xi" 無題 "顰儿才貌世应稀")