问古来将相可还存，也只是虚名儿与后人钦敬。 - Cao Xueqin

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问古来将相可还存，也只是虚名儿与后人钦敬。

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About Cao Xueqin

Cáo Xuěqín (Chinese: 曹雪芹; 4 June 1715 or 1724 – 12 February 1763 or 1 February 1764) was a Chinese writer 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.

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Pen Names: 曹雪芹
Alternative Names: Xueqin Cao • Xueting • Nailengdaoren • Mengruan Cao • Chan Tsʻao • Chʻin-hsi-chü-shih • Hsüeh-chʻin Tsʻao • Xueqin • Qinxi Cao • Tshaʼo Źoʼi-zin • Cao Zhan • Meng-juan Tsʻao • Feiyizhai • Mengruan • Daohongxuan • Sjuè Tsjʻin Tsʻau • Kongkongdaoren • Cao Xuegin • Seuĕ-kin Tsaou • Sŏl-gŭn Cho • Sekkin Sō • Źoʼi-zin Tshaʼo • Chʻin-pu Tsʻao • Zhan Cao • Qinpu • Qinxi • Hongloumengzhu • Yanshijiutu • Qinxijushi • Tʻien-yu Tsʻao • Tianyou Cao • Chʻin-hsi Tsʻao • Qinbu Cao
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今风尘碌碌，一事无成。忽念及当日所有之女子，一一细考较去，觉其行止见识，皆出于我之上。何我堂堂之须眉，诚不若彼裙钗哉？实愧则有余，悔又无益之大无可如何之日也！当此，则自欲将已往所赖天恩祖德，锦衣纨绔之时，饫甘餍肥之日，背父兄教育之恩，负师友规谈之德，以至今日一技无成，半生潦倒之罪，编述一集，以告天下人：我之罪固不免，然闺阁中本自历历有人，万不可因我之不肖，自护己短，一并使其泯灭也。
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