What is the historical background of Cao Xueqin's "Dream of the Red Chamber"?
Cao Xueqin wrote 'Dream of the Red Chamber' in the following historical context: Yuan Zhen was demoted to Jiangling during his tenure as Yangzhou Zhizhou because he opposed Yuan Zhen's powerful courtier route. Cao Xueqin's father, the Cao family, owned property in Jiangling, so Cao Xueqin's living environment had changed. 2. Yuan Zhen had had dealings with Bai Juyi during his time in Jiangling. Bai Juyi once gave Yuan Zhen a copy of Dream of the Red Chamber. Yuan Zhen was influenced by this book and became interested in Dream of the Red Chamber. He began to write Dream of the Red Chamber. 3 Cao Xueqin's grandfather, Cao Yin, was an official of the Ming Dynasty. He had written the first 80 chapters of Dream of the Red Chamber, but for some reason, he had not finished them. Later, Cao Xueqin's father, Cao Fu, inherited the family's property and began to continue writing 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. The creative process of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' had gone through many twists and turns. Cao Xueqin had been suppressed during his time in Jiangling, and his creations had also been greatly restricted. Later, he returned to Beijing to continue writing 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. Cao Xueqin used the naming method of " Story of the Stone " to set the story background of the novel as the love story of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, etc. Dream of the Red Chamber is a classical Chinese novel of great literary value, known as a masterpiece in the history of Chinese novels. Its influence had influenced the development of modern Chinese literature.