The Story of the Stone, Volume V: The Dreamer Wakes, Chapters 99-120 AUTH-56041 who collected the original tales

who collected the original tales in the Hopi vernacular

Through diaries

and in over fifteen different departments

and the editor has provided footnotes to many references that may be unclear to present day readers

The Story of the Stone, Volume V: The Dreamer Wakes, Chapters 99-120 AUTH-56041 who collected the original talesThe Story of the Stone, also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes, was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao yu, now married to Bao chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai yu. Against such worldly