Ep. 80: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 38 part 2

The Chapter 38 poetry review of Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber, Story of the Stone) continues!

Note: as indicated in the episode, some “creative” post-production editing was performed in order to improve upon and to correct elements of our original commentary.

Also note: The Greek painter whose name escapes Kevin in the episode is Parrhasius!

Final note: The Leonard Cohen song briefly in question is "Tower of Song."
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