Hong lou meng: Hong lou meng yin zi 紅楼梦：紅楼梦引子
by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 (ca. 1715–ca. 1763)
Dynasty: Qing 清 (1644–1911)
Included in: Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹. Gao E 高鶚 (ed.). Hongloumeng 红楼梦 Beijing: Renmin wenxue chubanshe, 1973. 60.
Translations
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David Hawkes (1923–2007): A Dream of Golden Days: Prelude: A Dream of Golden Days
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 139f. -
Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 (1919–1999) and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益 (1915–2009): Dream of Red Mansions: First Song: Prologue to the Dream of Red Mansions
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in: Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益. A Dream of Red Mansions: Volume 1. Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1978. p. 79f.
开辟鴻濛，誰为情種种？ 都只为风月情浓。 奈何天，伤怀日，寂寥时，試遣愚衷： 因此上，演出这悲金悼玉的「紅樓夢」。