《紅樓夢(mèng)》由曹雪芹和高鶚?biāo)�著。小說(shuō)以賈氏家族為故事核心，描述了賈家從一個(gè)富裕、有權(quán)有勢(shì)的家族淪落為破落家庭的過(guò)程。小說(shuō)成功塑造了100多個(gè)經(jīng)典人物，他們分屬于清朝的不同階層。《紅樓夢(mèng)》對(duì)中國(guó)的封建社會(huì)有深刻的描繪,如果要了解中國(guó)人復(fù)雜的價(jià)值觀,最好先能讀懂《紅樓夢(mèng)》。 毛主席評(píng)價(jià)道：“《紅樓夢(mèng)》不僅是愛情故事，也是歷史故事，因?yàn)樗�描述了封建時(shí)代的興敗。”

　　【精彩譯文】A Dream of Red Mansions is attributed to Cao Xueqin and Gao-E. The author chose Jia Clan as the focus, depicting how an affluent and influential family with prestige lost its favor and descended to crash. In the novel, about 100 classic characters are successfully portrayed. These characters concern people of all ranks in the Qing Dynasty. A Dream of Red Mansions is a remarkable story about Chinese feudal society. To understand Chinese values in all its complexity, one can do no better than to read A Dream of Red Mansions. “It is not only a love story, but also a history story, because it describes the success and failure of the feudal period,” said Chairman Mao.