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Cao Xueqin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Nanjing, China | 4 April 1710||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 June 1765 Beijing | (aged 55)||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Novelist, poet, painter, philosopher | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 曹雪芹 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Cáo Xuěqín | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Courtesy name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 夢阮 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 梦阮 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Mèngruǎn | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 曹霑 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Cáo Zhān | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cao Xueqin ([tsʰǎʊ ɕɥètɕʰǐn] tsow sh'weh-chin; 4 April 1710 – 10 June 1765[a][1][2][3]) was a Chinese novelist and poet during the Qing dynasty. He is best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Cao Zhan (曹霑) and his courtesy name was Mengruan.
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