Cao Xueqin ([tsʰǎʊ ɕɥètɕʰǐn] tsow sh'weh-chin; 4 April 1710 – 10 June 1765 [a][1][2][3]) was a Chinese novelist and poet during the Qing dynasty. He is best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Cao Zhan (曹霑) and his courtesy name was Mengruan.

Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone is an 18th-century Chinese novel authored by Cao Xueqin, considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is known for its psychological scope and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, lifestyles, and social relations of High Qing China. [1]

3 days ago · Cao Xueqin was the posthumous grandson of Cao Yin, who was the Textile Commissioner in Nanking and was greatly favored by Emperor Kangxi. The Cao family's power and wealth were at its height under Cao Yin.

Cao Xueqin ( c. AD 1715 - 1763) was a writer in the Qing Dynasty and the author of the Dream of the Red Chamber. Cao Xueqin's courtesy name was Mengruan. His pseudonyms included Xueqin, Qinpu and Qinxi. His family originated in Liaoyang.

Cao belonged to a Han Chinese clan which reached the height of its prestige and power under the Emperor Kangxi (康熙皇帝, 1654 -1722), who appointed Cao Xueqin's great-grandfather, Cao Xi (曹玺), as the Commissioner of Imperial Textiles in Jiangning (江宁织造).

Cao Xueqin (Chinese: 曹雪芹, 1724 or 1715 — 1763 or 1764), was a Chinese writer during the Qing Dynasty. The most famous work by Cao Xueqin is the Dream of the Red Chamber, which is thought to be a great novel in Chinese literature.

Cáo (surname) Xueqín (literary name) is also known as Cáo Zhan or Ts’ao Chan. Generally regarded as the greatest Chinese novel, this novel shows the decline of the wealthy Jia (Chia) family. Cáo’s own family experienced a similar decline during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).

Cao Xueqin (Ts'ao Hsueh-ch'in) ca. 1715-1763 Author of Honglou Meng, Cao is considered to be China's greatest novelist, but little is known of his life. An unconventional, versatile man, he came from an eminent and wealthy family which suffered a reversal of fortune in 1728 after the death of the Kangxi Emperor and a power struggle between his ...

Oct 19, 2015 · In the 27th year of Emperor Qianlong’s reign (1762), Cao Xueqin, aged 48, fell into extremely deep sorrow because of the death of his young son, and became so ill that he couldn’t walk at all. About the time of this year’s New Year’s Eve, he passed away in Beijing.

Cao Xueqin, the 18th century (Qing dynasty) novelist, was the author of the first 80 chapters of The Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦, aka The Story of the Stone), possibly the most popular novel in the Chinese language.