Cao Xueqin

Novelist, Author

1715 – 1763

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Who was Cao Xueqin?

Cao Xueqin was a Qing Dynasty writer best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Cao Zhan (曹霑) and his courtesy name was Mengruan (夢阮; 梦阮; literally "Dream about Ruan" or "Dream of Ruan").

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Born
1715
Nanjing
Also known as
  • Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in
  • Cao Zhan
  • Tsao Hsueh-Chin
  • Hsüeh-chʻin Tsʻao
  • Hsueh-Chin Tsao
Ethnicity
  • Manchu people
Nationality
  • China
Profession
Died
1763
Beijing

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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