英文摘要
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Red Chamber Dream has a far-reaching influence on Bai Xian-yong, not only in the technique of writing, but also in the outlook on life. This paper will make a survey of the characteristics and development of different stages of Bai's novels, and try to explain the role Red Chamber Dream plays in them. Bai's novels maintain flesh-and-blood ties with his life experience, his outlook on life and his identification. Bai's novels can be divided into 4 stages: 1. a lonely teenager, 2. a solitary stranger, 3. twofold imagination and sound, 4 identification and return. The most influential parts of Red Chamber Dream are the Song of Hao and Liao, and the dramatic means and skills of the last 40 chapters.
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