![]() When Fiction departs and Truth appears, Truth prevails ![]() This couplet is later reiterated, however this time as: Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real. Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true The opening chapter of the novel describes a great stone archway and on either side a couplet is inscribed: A commentary on the novel by writer Jiang Shunyi, dated 1869 ![]() At this moment, how can he not be enlightened? Finally, there is a time when one feels that everything he does is futile. However, the experiences of prosperity and decline, coming together and dispersing are too common how can his mind be like wood and stone, without being moved by all this? In the beginning there is a profusion of intimate feelings, which is followed by tears and lamentations. The most sagacious and wise is certainly not submerged in considerations of loss and gain. A man in his life experiences several decades of winter and summer. Honglou meng is a book about enlightenment. Home Dream of the Red Chamber Wikipedia: Themes ![]()
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