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Episode 40 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 19 part 1/2
Baoyu, idle and seeking artifice, stumbles upon real acts of desire. If Chapter 5 represents the dream as a form of desire, how does Chapter 19 represent artistic forms? In this first part of our Chapter 19 discussion, we discuss Baoyu’s am
Episode 39 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 4/4
The final part of our deep-dive into the poetry showcased in Chapter 18 celebrating Yuanchun’s visit home. In this part we consider all of the contributions in Baoyu’s name. Issues of nature versus the natural reemerge, and Daiyu continues
Episode 38 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 3/4
The first part of our deep-dive into the poetry showcased in Chapter 18 celebrating Yuanchun’s visit home. In this part we consider all of the contributions except those in Baoyu’s name. Specific interpretations are offered and critiqued, w
Episode 37 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 2/4
We continue exploring Yuanchun’s new social standing in this episode. What does it mean to live in a gilded cage, a shimmering space of ritual and power? How does her new position affect her relationship with her family? Meanwhile poet-rock
Episode 35 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 18 part 1/4
Imperial Concubine Yuanchun returns home to visit family, to see the garden constructed in her honor, to review and edit the names and couplets assigned to all of the most famous spots, and to hear the celebratory, yet serious, poems everyo
Episode 35 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 4/4
The final part of our first garden tour, can you handle this assault on the senses? Can you process this profusion of effusive allusions? Will it prompt your weary soul to dream fragrant dreams? Where’s the line between free play and plagia
Episode 34 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 3/4
The garden gives and gives, and the tension between Baoyu and Jia Zheng is heightening! As one penetrates art and artifice ever more deeply, fiction becomes reality, and reality becomes hyperreality. The mock village here tucked away would
Episode 33 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 2/4
Deeper — into the garden! This leisurely stroll through Prospect Garden 大觀園, a location of central significance for Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber), doubles as a feat of poetic strength. We discuss further all the deep-cut historic
Episode 32 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 17 part 1/4
An episode not to be missed — enter the garden! This leisurely stroll through Prospect Garden 大觀園, a location of central significance for Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber), doubles as a feat of poetic strength. Can Baoyu’s “wayward t
Episode 31 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 16 part 2/2
In this episode, Rereading the Stone explores the subtext of a rather oblique discussion between Xifeng and Jia Lian, and Qin Zhong’s descent into the Yellow Springs is excavated. What lies beneath words and symbolic accoutrement, and what
Episode 30 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 16 part 1/2
While Yuan Chun ascends to palace halls of Heavenly Grace, Qin Zhong is dragged away to the Yellow Springs. Why don’t we learn directly what Yuan Chuan thinks of her new position? Is this a commentary on the author’s part? And why can’t Bao
Ep. 29: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 15 part 2/2
Still outside the Jia compound and the city walls, Baoyu and Qin Zhong further explore the vicissitudes of youth, love, commitment, and debts both spiritual and material. Xifeng tries to profit from the business of betrothal, while Qin Zhon
Ep. 28: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 15 part 1/2
Whereas the last chapter was heavy, even somewhat brutal, this chapter of Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) gets our protagonist and his buddy Qin Zhong out of the Jia compound, outside the city walls, and into the open air. On-going
Ep 27: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 14 part 2/2
Xifeng lets power get to her in Ch. 14 of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, while shedding real tears for the dearly departed Keqing, and the young Prince of Bei-jing meets our legendary jade-in-mouth protagonist. We discuss historical matters
Episode 26: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 14 part 1/2
Qin Keqing’s funeral is upon us, and Rereading the Stone is learning all about Daoist and Buddhist funerary rites and mourning rituals, and pondering the dialectics of mourning and excess, as Jia Zhen buys an official title for Jia Rong to
Episode 25 Summary and Review Episode for Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapters 1 through 12
Bonus Content! By popular request, check out our summary episode for chapters 1 through 12 of Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber! This is mostly a plot summary for clarification and review, but we also talk a little here and there,
Episode 24 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 13 part 2/2
A turning point in Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber, Rereading the Stone is there for when Xifeng takes on new managerial responsibilities and as cracks appear in the Ning household façade, Jia Zhen and You Shi each acting peculia
Episode 23 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 13 part 1/2
Rereading the Stone takes a darker turn, as Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber begins its second 12-part chapter cycle (Chapter 13). Will Xifeng heed the dream advice of Qin Keqing’s departing soul? As if to lighten the mood, this e
Episode 22 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 12 part 2/2
Jia Rui and Rereading the Stone plunge head first into the alluring yet vacuous realm of fantasy in this chapter of Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber. We trace the series of events that lead to Jia Rui’s receiving the magical preci
Episode 21 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 12 part 1/2
Jia Rui learns a lot — all too much — about fantasy and the reality of fantasy in this chapter of Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber. We trace the series of events that lead to Jia Rui’s receiving the magical precious mirror of the
Episode 20 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 11 part 2/2
When you pass through a garden, something is going to happen. Snake-in-the-grass Jia Rui shows interest in his cousin Xifeng, who has plans of her own. In a special second part of this episode, Kevin previews a talk he gave, trying to under
Ep 19: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 11 part 1/2
It’s Jia Jing’s birthday, and we are going to celebrate whether he's immortal or not! As the festivities proceed, an ailing Qin Keqing opens her heart to Xifeng. Baoyu drifts off in thought, the matching couplets on her bedroom wall again h
Ep 18 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 10 part 2/2
Part 2 of 2 of Chapter 10 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢) takes us to the Ning Branch of the Jia clan, as Qin Keqing suffers from a mysterious and distressing illness. We learn all about the “niche ingredients” in the sundry
Ep 17 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 10 part 1/2
Chapter 10 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢) takes us once again to the Ning Branch of the Jia clan, as Qin Keqing suffers from a mysterious and distressing illness. Is it merely physical, or are unspeakable forms of guilt and
Ep 16: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 9 part 2/2
The anarchic and unforgettable second half of chapter 9 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! We delve even more deeply into the question of the Rong private school, an institution entangled in sex, money, coercion, and homophobi
Ep 15 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 9 part 1/2
Chapter 9 is truly an eye-opening chapter of Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! We discuss Jia Zheng’s questionable ideas on education as Baoyu and Qin Zhong prepare entrance into the Rong private school, an institution entangled
Ep 14: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 8 part 2/2
The second half of our discussion of a truly iconic chapter of the Qing classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! What is the secret behind the matching couplets inscribed on Baoyu’s jade and Baochai’s locket? Is Daiyu rig
Ep 13: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 8 part 1/2
Another iconic chapter of the Qing classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢)! In this dream within a dream, Baoyu navigates a series of physical and social obstructions on his way to visit the ailing Xue Baochai. Baoyu and
Ep 12: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 7 part 2/2
Whereas last week we pondered the representation of flowers, this week we dig into their social and symbolic roots. On what foundation does the Ning household rest? Why does Qin Zhong arouse such envy and desire in Baoyu? What sacrifices di
Ep 11: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 7 part 1/2
Chapter 7 is a beautiful chapter, a perfect microcosmic portrait of this novel, a self-enclosed small dream 小夢 from which to glimpse the greater whole. We follow Zhou Rui’s wife on a tour of the Rong compound delivering fake flowers to Jia-
