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A guide to Dream of the Red Chamber for English speakers
I've been posting about a book called Dream of the Red Chamber for a while. I'm kinda obsessed with it but the tags here on tumblr are pretty much barren. I want to get more people to be interested in it, so here's something more informative with minimal screaming.
Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) is a 18th century Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin. It isn't very well-known outside of the Sinophone aka the Chinese-speaking world, whereas where I come from it's considered a masterpiece and classic and is so well-known and holds so much cultural significance even the people who haven't necessarily read the book make references to it - like, basically everybody knows about the book. It certainly deserves to be known and loved by more people - that's why I'm making a post about it. This post is NOT going to be an attempt to cover everything, though, because there is just so, so much to the book; instead, I am creating a guide to make it easier for people to get started if they are interested.
What is Dream of the Red Chamber about? Why do people love it?
The best way to sum it up is calling it a family saga mixed with a bit of fantasy. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a big and powerful family, focusing on the story of the young girls, the maid servants, and the wives that all live together and run the household. The only male main character Jia Baoyu is a young heir of the family, who grew up among these women and girls. He loves and understands them, loves being surrounded by them, and deeply identifies with them. My dad, who is also a fan of the book, loves saying that Baoyu 'has the heart of a maiden'.
The book is funny and full of drama, and at the same time it's also poetic, tragic and profound, and the tragedy of the characters is written in such a kind way, as if the author wants you to love them and remember how wonderful and alive they are despite the fact that a gloomy fate will claim them all.
The book is also so queer in a way that no other Ming/Qing dynasty Chinese novels can compare. Obviously there are no modern queer labels because it was written in imperial China, but there are characters who are interested in both men and women, characters who are interested in no one, and affairs between boys and between girls; many main characters have the kind of relationships with their gender that make my Chinese transgender heart sing with empathy.
If you want to hear from English speakers who fell in love with the book and learn more about the context and literary/cultural value of the book, I recommend starting with 'Why is China’s greatest novel virtually unknown in the west?' by Michael Wood on The Guardian and 'Why you should read China’s vast, 18th century novel, Dream of the Red Chamber' by Josh Stenberg on The Conversation.
Dream of the Red Chamber is a long novel with many different versions and possibly hundreds of adaptations. How should I begin?
There are two translations that I know have received good reviews:
A Dream of Red Mansions translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang. My partner is reading this version. It's a very faithful translation with footnotes to make up for the language and cultural barriers. (Note: the Yangs finished their translation in prison in China during the Cultural Revolution.)
The Story of the Stone translated by David Hawkes and John Minford. It's a translation that takes more artistic liberties than the Yangs version. For example it differs in the way it translates character names and its writing style. Hawkes wanted to recreate the experience of reading the novel in Chinese for English speaking readers, but it may also be harder for you to talk to those who read the book in Chinese about certain characters and details.
There is also a public domain translation by H. Bencraft Joly, which was first published in the 19th century, and you can find it on Project Gutenberg.
The 1987 36-episode TV adaptation Dream of the Red Chamber is well-loved and considered by many Chinese people to be the best adaptation of the book. Every later adaptation would be compared with the 1987 one and found lacking. I personally love this adaptation a lot, and I think out of all the adaptations I've seen (including TV series, films and Chinese opera) it has the best interpretations of the book and the characters. It also has the best songs, which were adapted from the poems in the book. You can stream the series with English subtitles on the Internet Archive.
If you want something shorter that covers the main romance plot line and includes a few iconic scenes from the book, I recommend the 1977 film adaptation The Dream of the Red Chamber casting legendary actress Brigitte Lin as Jia Baoyu (she also portrayed an iconic classic wuxia character as a trans woman in another film franchise, but I digress). You can find the film with English subtitles on Youtube.
This is not all, but it's a good start. If you ever decide to give it a go, it doesn't matter if you watch one of the adaptations first or read the book first. Don't stress, take your time, and enjoy the ride!
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超度後親人的轉變
以下一位有緣人分享:
「你只管埋頭努力,佛菩薩自會幫忙。」
奶奶過世時,我還不明因果,不認識牟尼精舍,家中沒有真懂的執事者,不知道七七四十九日內誦經超度先亡最好。不知道24小時內不要移動遺體,第二天就火化了。不知道需要燒很多金銀紙錢補冥福,而其他紙房子之類的都收不到,所以喪事中很多都不如法。
後來有幸得遇牟尼精舍,父親一開始還不願意請示,伯父就更不必說了。我已經出嫁,小時候跟奶奶也不算很親,總覺得祂比較偏愛堂哥,但是知道夢到先人,大概是回來求超度。我夢中奶奶的面容雖然年輕瑩白,卻充滿哀傷,總是在我腦中盤旋,我實在過意不去。後來沒告訴任何家人,就自己請示,結果開示奶奶尚在冥府第一殿受苦,超度到平民區待緣轉世,須《金剛經》、《藥師經》、《地藏經》三經各750部。
因為害怕家人反對唸經,我不打算告訴任何家人,只有自己承擔。填單迴向的那一天,我第二次夢見奶奶,她來請我和父親吃飯,山珍海味做了一大桌。席散夢醒,我猛然想到奶奶還不知道我已經吃素,做了那麼多鮑魚給我吃,我在夢中還笑瞇瞇都吃了,結果當週迴向不成功,要補《金剛經》、《藥師經》、《地藏經》三經各15部,於是我計劃在清明節前兩、三周開始,每天一部,剛好可以在掃墓時完成迴向。
沒想到爸媽竟然突然通知我提前回娘家掃墓,只剩下三、四天時間,我還要上班,每天還有一部《六祖壇經》定課,《金剛經》、《藥師經》、《地藏經》三經各15部肯定完成不了。但是我很想在掃墓前完成迴向,否則有何顏面去奶奶墳前!沒辦法,我只好求助於我爸,沒想到他很爽快地答應,承擔三經各10部,真是令我意外,因為他平常比較沒在唸經。
一天後,我爸傳訊找我,說他實在沒辦法完成這麼多,因為他讀《金剛經》、《藥師經》、《地藏經》各一遍就用了4個小時!我勸他把任務分給姑姑、伯伯他們。沒想到兩個姑姑和大���,都願意承擔三經各2部的任務,這樣我爸的心理壓力就大大減輕了。不過我還是勸他多完成一些,因為害怕大家第一次唸,心性不夠,功德力不足,最後又迴向不成功。還好這次我爸也出奇地聽勸,最後,我們一共唸了《金剛經》、《藥師經》、《地藏經》各18部,趕在截止前的最後一刻送件。下午,在給太爺爺掃墓時,我收到郵件,迴向成功,當下喜極而泣,在太爺爺墓前多磕了幾個頭。
我們家祖上是太醫,太爺爺開藥店,還會送藥給窮苦人,他一生享受政府的退休津貼,因此爸爸小時候的家庭條件算是上等。奶奶82歲去世,也算長壽,但肝癌真的很痛苦,也難怪超度到平民區,需要這麼多經文,或許是因為奶奶曾飼養蠍子,當作中藥來賣,又或許是她一生為全家人做飯,殺業很重的緣故。奶奶真的為家庭付出太多了!
我之前也請示了紙錢問題,開示奶奶需要兩箱,這個數量超乎我的意料,看來人在陰間真的很需要冥福。我請我爸在接下來幾次祭拜,陸續燒給奶奶。爸爸在老家門口一次燒了很多,請示奶奶是否收到。結果開示奶奶有收到一部分,目前暫時沒有缺錢,其餘被比較強橫不善的靈搶走。
不過這次除了成功超度奶奶,最大的收穫就是讓我爸、大伯和兩個姑姑,都能有機會接觸佛法。我爸說:「為了自己母親,又只是這麼短的時間,怎麼會不願意呢?」所以還好只是15部,如果是750部,他們可能就會各種勸阻了吧!
不過經過這次的事情,他們都很歡喜地把精舍的善書、經書請回家去。小姑還詳細問了我燒金紙的事,她想燒給夫家那邊。我也勸她多多唸經。我爸更為可貴,開始每天唸一部《金剛經》、一部《藥師經》,到現在已經堅持一個多月了。這在以前,真是不敢想像。唸經以後,我爸的思維真的清晰很多,情緒也穩定很多。他說:「如果我能堅持到80歲,應該會很厲害!」我真的很高興他能這麼想!
奶奶去世後,我爸曾兩次夢見奶奶,神色都非常悲慘,他醒來都要大哭一場。後來第三次夢見奶奶神色很平靜,他醒來也覺得,奶奶是來告訴他別哭了。其實第三次,正是在我填單請示牟尼精舍之後。而我一個出嫁女兒之所以會夢見奶奶,也是我自己回娘家主動給奶奶燒了一次紙錢之後,才有的感��。
最近我爸又夢見奶奶,穿著很漂亮的衣服,躺在床上。填單請示,開示奶奶已經回到平民區!我趁機告訴爸爸,平民區不是投胎,投胎還需要福德資糧,請他再去請示奶奶想去哪裡,然後唸經的時候,要呼喚奶奶來一起聽經。不知道爸爸後續會如何決定。但那是他自己的母親,他應該要自己想辦法,我完全幫忙,反而會阻礙他的修行進步。
佛菩薩真的有大智慧,幫我解決了自己一直想渡家人的難題!感恩佛菩薩讓我第一次迴向不過,才能讓我的家人共沐佛恩、同種善根!南無藥師琉璃光如來!
(分享完畢)
有緣人已出嫁,回家幫忙家人燒金紙給往生的奶奶,奶奶便向她託夢。因奶奶的愁容在腦海盤旋不去,最後決定去請示夢境,和奶奶在陰間是否缺錢花用。開示結果在預料之中,奶奶在冥府第一殿受苦,急需超度到平民區。此外,要燒給奶奶的紙錢,竟然要兩箱。起初有緣人自己唸經,但因為第一次迴向沒過,父母又要提前掃墓,迫使有緣人要將經文分出去唸誦,結果反而因禍得福,幫忙唸經的父親、大伯和姑姑因此開啟誦經之路。以下簡單總結本文中的重點觀念:
一、親人託夢,地獄受苦
《阿伯的話─現場開示精華節錄》:「若夢到亡者(祖先),除非是要投胎前來示現,否則大多是回來求超度。」通常夢到往生的親人,有百分之九十九的機率是對方在地府受刑,因此跟陽世的親人求救,有緣人的奶奶也不例外。有緣人的娘家有孝順的家風,所以有緣人默默唸經超度奶奶,承擔了大部分超度的經文。若不是因為臨時提前掃墓,她就會一人唸完所有超度經文。
《阿伯的話─現場開示精華節錄》:「超度祖先,也是修行的一環,緬懷先祖,慎終追遠,祖先需要超度時,子孫要盡力超度祂們,好報答祖先的恩情。」子孫從小就是受到祖輩的庇佑和祖傳的各種財物、外貌、家族地位等等,那都是祖輩胼手胝足打拼而來,使子孫能一路平安成長,衣食無缺,因此如果祖先需要,子孫要盡力超度衪們。只是有緣人已經出嫁了,要以孝順夫家祖先為主,未來超度奶奶投胎轉世的擔子,就回到有緣人的爸爸身上,相信以他的孝順和智慧是做得到的。
二、功德迴向,超度有效
有緣人的爸爸過去夢到母親,神色都很差,但是在有緣人請示超度和超度成功後,母親的神色、情緒和穿著皆不同,就代表誦經超度真的有效。也因為奶奶的託夢,讓有緣人的爸爸認同唸經超度真的有效果,而願意主動拾起經文開始唸經,並且一直持續,��自我期許能夠唸經到八十歲。
有緣人的爸爸也是通過超度母親,確信世間真的有地獄,如果不好好唸經消業修行,那以後有可能自己也要去地獄,到時不知要依靠誰來超度自己。所以奉勸大家還是好好當個好人,努力唸經消業,並且停止造業,以免到時去地獄受苦,苦不得脫。那時,又能期待誰來超度自己呢?靠人人倒,靠山山倒,靠自己唸經修行、提前超度自己最好。
三、人需賺錢,靈需燒錢
從本分享文可知,有緣人的奶奶在陰間所需要的花用非常多啊!竟然高達了兩箱。如果您很久沒幫過世親人燒金紙,建議您可以請示需要燒多少數量給親人。人死後兩手一攤,什麼都帶不走,只有業隨身,所以不要讓親人死後兩手空空,在陰間沒錢花用。
我們都希望燒給親人的紙錢可以讓親人全部拿到,但是有些往生者無人祭拜,成了無主家神,不是靠沖犯,就是靠搶劫。燒給祖先的金紙若是被搶走,就當作布施給這些亡靈吧!但如果靈界搶奪金紙的情況太嚴重,嚴重到親人拿不到錢可花用,那建議您還是找附近的福德正神、土地公,多燒些金紙請衪們幫忙,看看能否幫您轉交金紙,以防萬一。
四、塞翁失馬,焉知非福
有緣人因為孝順而唸經超度奶奶,未來奶奶就是她生命中的貴人。也因為
超度了奶奶,第一次迴向沒過,她請父親幫忙誦經。父親很孝順,所以願意幫忙,最後在成功超度奶奶後,還能持續唸經,連帶完成她多年來度家人唸經學佛的心願。有時候人生中所謂的失去、遺憾,可能反而變成一種福份,在別的地方發生作用。所以我們要盡力地當個好人、善人,凡事不要跟他人太過計較得失,能夠捨得與放下,受益的都是自己。
本篇文章,透過說明奶奶對有緣人和爸爸的託夢經歷,和夢中的轉變,讓大家知道到精舍請示、唸經、迴向超度親人是有效的。如果您的家中也有親人往生,或是您也夢到了往生已久的親人,在能力所及範圍,建議還是去精舍請示看看,超度這些祖先、親人需要唸誦的經文數量,讓衪們也能早日脫離苦海,重新投胎轉世成人。南無大慈大悲觀世音菩薩摩訶薩!
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Cdrama: Blossom in Darkness (2025)
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#Blossom in Darkness#Shi Wan Kuang Hua Ru Meng Lai#十万狂花入梦来#Ten Thousand Flowers in a Dream#十萬狂花入夢來#2025#Youku#youtube#cdrama#chinese drama#shorts#short video#Li Hong Yi#Qi Feng Yin#Sun Zhen Ni#Ya Mao#behind the scenes
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