The Story of the Stone (Volume I)(English, Paperback, Xueqin Cao)

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The Story of the Stone (Volume I)(English, Paperback, Xueqin Cao) is written by Xueqin Cao and published by Penguin Books Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0140442936 (ISBN 10) and 9780140442939 (ISBN 13).

The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.