Rereading the Stone
Episodes
Ep. 95: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 44 part 2
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Xifeng is shaking with anger. Is there meaning in the madness? What are the real and imagined consequences of Jia Lian’s transgressions? We try to c...
Ep. 94: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 44 part 1
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Xifeng birthday, so everyone is having a good time, even if labor relations in the Jia household leave room for improvement.Support the show
Ep. 93: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 43 part 2
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time for part 2 (earth 土) of Chapter 43 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng 紅樓夢), where Baoyu performs a non-p...
Ep. 92: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 43 part 1
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This chapter (of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢) admits of dualities? So here in part 1 we cover the first half (gold 金), which involves some ex...
Ep. 91: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 2
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daiyu and Baochai exchange literary intimacies, and meta-literary musings! Is reading bad, actually? Or, is it Baochai who is kind of a fascist? Would...
Ep. 90: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 1
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Suppose your child were born on the seventh day of the seventh month, what would you do? If you saw an immortal soul falling into the well of mortal e...
Ep. 89: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 41 part 2
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of our favorite sections of the text — Grannie Liu takes Baoyu’s bed for a spin, dreaming her own dream of red chambers! A full sensory experi...
Ep. 88: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 41 part 1
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Granny Liu’s choice of cups (wood is good!) figures prominently in this installment. A wide-ranging discussion of social class and constructed value...
Ep. 87: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 40 part 3
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This part of chapter 40 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng) is a lot of poetic fun, but is it purely fun and games? What kin...
Ep. 86: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 40 part 2
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More excellent Granny Liu content, as we travel deeper into the garden, soon by means of pleasure craft, with Xifeng at the helm. When withered lotus ...
Ep. 85: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 40 part 1
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Chapter 40 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng), and we're accompanying Grannie Liu on her tour of Prospect Ga...
Ep. 84: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 39 part 2
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we puzzle over Grannie Liu’s arithmetic while questioning how age and social class more broadly inform her interactions with Grandm...
Ep. 83: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 39 part 1/2
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We treat the first part of Chapter 39 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng), as Li Wan and friends wax philosophical on the im...
Ep. 82: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 4
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The end (or is it beginning?) of our Chapter 38 review! (This was originally intended to be the first episode we’d release, but it was the last to b...
Episode 81: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 3
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Chapter 38 poetry review continues! No poetic stone left unturned!Support the show
Ep. 80: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 2
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Chapter 38 poetry review of Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber, Story of the Stone) continues!Note: as indicated in the episode, some “crea...
Episode 79: Rereading Hong lou meng Chapter 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 1
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief but productive hiatus, in which considerable Hong lou meng’ing was happening “behind the scenes,” Rereading returns, with a poetry...
Ep 78: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 37 part 2/2
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New poetry club “The Crab-flower Club” 海棠社 just dropped, and Daiyu is sweeping up sunsets. Meanwhile Baoyu can’t seem to keep on-prompt…...
Ep. 77: Hong lou meng chapter 37 part 1/2
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Why should the founding of poetry clubs be the sole prerogative of the whiskered male, and female versificators allowed a voice in the tunable conc...
Ep. 76: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 36 part 2/2
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Baoyu expounds upon one of his favorite topics, his notion of the ideal death, linking it to idle visions shared by his soulmate. He then goes off in ...
Ep. 75: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 36 part 1/2
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Time to choose: do you believe in the marriage of gold and jade, or do you believe in the marriage of stone and flower? Check out part 1 of our discus...
Ep. 74: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 35 part 2/2
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Baoyu is poorly regarded by visitors, and Baochai sends subtle signals to Aroma. We discuss families and fortunes. Note: I’ve preserved a weird aud...
Ep. 73: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 35 part 1/2
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daiyu is expertly trolled by a bird, and Baoyu tries to charm Silver. Baoyu tries to get Grandmother Jia to praise Daiyu, but she praises Baochai inst...
Ep 72: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 34 part 2/2
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is love disgusting? Why wouldn’t it be? If your love is not reaching toward some infinite embrace, the quality of being unqualified, is it love? Aft...
Ep. 71: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 34 part 1/2
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the beating, who really cares and who is putting on appearances? What pain can more tears rebalance? A stained handkerchief can be...
Ep. 70: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 33 part 2/2
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Baoyu is beaten! How does the ideology of filial piety inform this scene, when it is intra-familial conflict that, in part, brings it in being? Suppo...
Ep. 69: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 33 part 1/2
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An actor, the female impersonator Jiang Yuhan, has exited the Prince of Zhongshun’s stage, his gifted sash contradicting Baoyu’s claims of ignoran...
Ep. 68: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 32 part 2/2
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The death of Golden 金釧! Who is at fault for her premature demise? Is there any agency in, and meaning to one’s actions, when symbols prefigure, ...
Ep 67: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 32 part 1/2
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Xiangyun 湘雲 is here, and she comes bearing gifts and opinions. What’s the meaning of a gift? Do duplicates double in value? For Baoyu, is the va...
Ep 66: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 31 part 2/2
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A short Xiangyun 湘雲 episode! We attempt to decipher her thoughts on yinyang 陰陽 philosophy and how it relates to her relationship with her maid...
Ep. 65: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 31 part 1/2
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the ethics of using an object? Is it immoral to break something just for the sound of it? What social, political, and economic sacrifices are...
Ep. 64: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 30 part 2/2
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What meaning could reside in a hairpin? When is a hairpin a pen, and which character is being written? Would a false Xi Shi 西施 dream of real roses...
Ep. 63: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 30 part 1/2
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the space between dreaming and waking, what rules apply? What feelings are displaced in acts of judgment? Do those who dream us wish us well? A tur...
Ep 62: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 29 part 2/2
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Plays within plays, and a meta-cognitive dispute! Is every jade tear still a microcosm? Do two false representations make one shared reality? Part 2 o...
Ep 61: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 29 part 1/2
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 29 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hongloumeng 紅樓夢, Story of the Stone 石頭記), the crew is out and about in full force. Even before ...
Ep 60: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 chapter 28 part 2/2
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The poetry party, an artistic dream within a dream, continues! Readers of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone 石頭記, Hongloumeng 紅樓夢...
Ep. 59: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 28 part 1/2
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Baoyu and Daiyu try to work through mutual misunderstanding, and matters of medicine reemerge. At Feng Ziying’s party, verses are improvised on the ...
Ep 58: Hong lou meng chapter 27 part 2/2
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we broach one of the most central questions of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — why bury fallen flowers? Attempting to answer th...
Ep. 57: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 27 part 1/2
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Baoyu seeks Daiyu, who is notably absent bemoaning the season. Baochai chases butterflies, and Crimson enumerates a bewildering array of ladies.Suppor...
Ep. 56: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 26 part 2/2
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A scion of great wealth demonstrates a dearth of erudition, while a legendary worrier transcends nature’s limits.Support the show
Ep. 55: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 26 part 1/2
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Real affections between Crimson and Jia Yun are ornamented by dream and fantasy, while the Name of the Father is appropriated for idle pleasures. Da...
Ep. 54: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 25 part 2/2
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Things get weird when Mother Ma throws down a surprisingly efficacious curse. Xifeng starts slaughtering miscellaneous animals, and Baoyu is consumed ...
Ep. 53: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 25 part 1/2
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A time of danger, with molten wax and curses raining down on Baoyu! We discuss Aunt Zhao’s resentment, Mother Ma’s sesame oil subscription service...
Ep 52: Hong lou meng review episode (Ch. 13-24)
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our second twelve-chapter review episode, chapters 13-24. A great chance to review one's rereading, with some fresh takes thrown in for good meas...
Ep. 51: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 24 part 2/2
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue discussing Jia Yun’s perilous navigation of our constellation of stars, while Baoyu from an empty center thirsts for tea and attention.S...
Ep. 50: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 24 part 1/2
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s talk Jia Yun, a distant and poorer member of the extended Jia universe. How does this peripheral player navigate our constellation of stars? W...
Episode 49 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 23 part 2/2
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we finish our read-through of Baoyu’s seasonal poems, empathizing common themes and images. Meanwhile Baoyu has newly procured scan...
Episode 48 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 23 part 1/2
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An imperial injunction — to enjoy? Baoyu and the young ladies of the compound receive orders from the Imperial Concubine Yuanchun to move into the g...
Episode 47 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 22 part 2/2
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the enigmatic, prophetic riddles in the second half of Chapter 22 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone). What c...
Episode 46 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 22 part 1/2
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
‘Can’t you be a bit quieter and attend to the play? This is Zhi-shen at the Monastery Gate we’re supposed to be listening to, not Jing-de Acts t...
Episode 45 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 21 part 2/2
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our coverage of the second half of Chapter 21 of Dream of the Red Chamber, we focus on the infidelities of Jia Lian and the dynamics of his marriag...
Episode 44 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 21 part 1/2
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 21’s quotidian garden affairs prompt a discussion of desire, identity, naming, and boundaries. Passive aggressive feuding between Baoyu and ...
Episode 43 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 20 part 2/2
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enter the garden Shi Xiangyun, one of the most beloved characters in Dream of the Red Chamber. Meanwhile the status anxieties of Jia Huan and Aunt Zha...
Episode 42 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 20 part 1/2
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enter the garden Shi Xiangyun, one of the most beloved characters in Dream of the Red Chamber. Meanwhile Nanny Li exchanges bitter words with Aroma, J...
Episode 41 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 19 part 2/2
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Baoyu, the idle subject, subjects Aroma to surprise visitation. Aroma engages Baoyu with artful artifice, as characters and readers alike question the...
Episode 40 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 19 part 1/2
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Baoyu, idle and seeking artifice, stumbles upon real acts of desire. If Chapter 5 represents the dream as a form of desire, how does Chapter 19 repres...
Episode 39 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 4/4
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final part of our deep-dive into the poetry showcased in Chapter 18 celebrating Yuanchun’s visit home. In this part we consider all of the contr...
Episode 38 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 3/4
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first part of our deep-dive into the poetry showcased in Chapter 18 celebrating Yuanchun’s visit home. In this part we consider all of the contr...
Episode 37 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 2/4
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue exploring Yuanchun’s new social standing in this episode. What does it mean to live in a gilded cage, a shimmering space of ritual and p...
Episode 35 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 1/4
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Imperial Concubine Yuanchun returns home to visit family, to see the garden constructed in her honor, to review and edit the names and couplets assign...
Episode 35 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 4/4
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final part of our first garden tour, can you handle this assault on the senses? Can you process this profusion of effusive allusions? Will it prom...
Episode 34 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 3/4
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The garden gives and gives, and the tension between Baoyu and Jia Zheng is heightening! As one penetrates art and artifice ever more deeply, fiction b...
Episode 33 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 2/4
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deeper — into the garden! This leisurely stroll through Prospect Garden 大觀園, a location of central significance for Hong lou meng (Dream of th...
Episode 32 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 1/4
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An episode not to be missed — enter the garden! This leisurely stroll through Prospect Garden 大觀園, a location of central significance for Hong...
Episode 31 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 16 part 2/2
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rereading the Stone explores the subtext of a rather oblique discussion between Xifeng and Jia Lian, and Qin Zhong’s descent into t...
Episode 30 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 16 part 1/2
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While Yuan Chun ascends to palace halls of Heavenly Grace, Qin Zhong is dragged away to the Yellow Springs. Why don’t we learn directly what Yuan Ch...
Ep. 29: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 15 part 2/2
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Still outside the Jia compound and the city walls, Baoyu and Qin Zhong further explore the vicissitudes of youth, love, commitment, and debts both spi...
Ep. 28: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 15 part 1/2
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whereas the last chapter was heavy, even somewhat brutal, this chapter of Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) gets our protagonist and his buddy ...
Ep 27: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 14 part 2/2
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Xifeng lets power get to her in Ch. 14 of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, while shedding real tears for the dearly departed Keqing, and the young ...
Episode 26: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 14 part 1/2
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Qin Keqing’s funeral is upon us, and Rereading the Stone is learning all about Daoist and Buddhist funerary rites and mourning rituals, and ponderin...
Episode 25 Summary and Review Episode for Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapters 1 through 12
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus Content! By popular request, check out our summary episode for chapters 1 through 12 of Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber! This...
Episode 24 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 13 part 2/2
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A turning point in Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber, Rereading the Stone is there for when Xifeng takes on new managerial responsibili...
Episode 23 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 13 part 1/2
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rereading the Stone takes a darker turn, as Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber begins its second 12-part chapter cycle (Chapter 13). Wil...
Episode 22 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 12 part 2/2
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jia Rui and Rereading the Stone plunge head first into the alluring yet vacuous realm of fantasy in this chapter of Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of t...
Episode 21 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 12 part 1/2
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jia Rui learns a lot — all too much — about fantasy and the reality of fantasy in this chapter of Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber...
Episode 20 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 11 part 2/2
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you pass through a garden, something is going to happen. Snake-in-the-grass Jia Rui shows interest in his cousin Xifeng, who has plans of her own...
Ep 19: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 11 part 1/2
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Jia Jing’s birthday, and we are going to celebrate whether he's immortal or not! As the festivities proceed, an ailing Qin Keqing opens ...
Ep 18 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 10 part 2/2
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of 2 of Chapter 10 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢) takes us to the Ning Branch of the Jia clan, as Qin Keqing suffers fro...
Ep 17 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 10 part 1/2
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 10 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢) takes us once again to the Ning Branch of the Jia clan, as Qin Keqing suffers from a ...
Ep 16: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 9 part 2/2
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The anarchic and unforgettable second half of chapter 9 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! We delve even more deeply into the ques...
Ep 15 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 9 part 1/2
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 9 is truly an eye-opening chapter of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! We discuss Jia Zheng’s questionable ideas on educat...
Ep 14: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 8 part 2/2
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The second half of our discussion of a truly iconic chapter of the Qing classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! What is the ...
Ep 13: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 8 part 1/2
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another iconic chapter of the Qing classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! In this dream within a dream, Baoyu navigates a s...
Ep 12: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 7 part 2/2
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Whereas last week we pondered the representation of flowers, this week we dig into their social and symbolic roots. On what foundation does the Ning h...
Ep 11: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 7 part 1/2
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 7 is a beautiful chapter, a perfect microcosmic portrait of this novel, a self-enclosed small dream 小夢 from which to glimpse the greater w...
Ep 10: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 6
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After our epic 4-parter dedicated to Chapter 5, the infinite dream of desire, we return with a light-hearted whole-chapter-as-one-episode discussion o...
Ep 9: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 5 part 4
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In pt. 4 of 4 of our epic Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Ch. 5 “Dream Chapter” discussion, a leisurely jaunt through the lyrical Land of Illusion 太虛幻...
Ep 8: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 5 part 3
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In part three of four of our epic Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 5 “Dream Chapter” discussion, a leisurely jaunt through the lyrical Land of Illu...
Ep 7: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 5 part 2
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our exploration of the lyrical Land of Illusion 太虛幻境 showcased in one of the most famous chapters of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hon...
Ep 6: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 5, part 1
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 5 part 1 It’s part one of Chapter 5, a return to the Land of Illusion 太虛幻境 in one of the most famous chapters of Dream of the Red C...
Ep 5: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 4
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Bottle-gourd girl meets an unfortunate young man, and the Bottle-gourd monk settles a protracted law suit! In this episode things get "extrem...
Ep 4: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 3
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Enter Jia Baoyu! In this episode of Rereading the Stone, covering Chapter 3 of the classic novel Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, we are finally introduced to...
Ep 3: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 2
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we cover the entirety of chapter 2 of Hong lou meng 紅樓夢. We discuss Jia Yucun's twists of fate and his visiting a dilapida...
Ep 2: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 1 part 2
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we finish the second part of chapter 1 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢), discussing the representation of dreams...
Ep 1: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 1, part 1
08 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this very first pilot episode, Kevin Wilson and William Jones give a general introduction to Qing dynastic history and the famous Chinese author Ca...