Dream of the Red Chamber
By: Translated and adapted from the Chinese by Chi-chen Wang
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: chi
Translation of: 紅樓夢
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780385093798
Copyright date: 1958
Other titles: Hung lou meng, Dreams of Red Mansions, The Dream of the Red Chamber, A Dream of Red Mansions, Hong lou meng, The Story of the Stone, The Romance of the Stone, Shitou ji, Shi tou ji, 紅樓夢, 石頭記
Notes: This is the second translation by Professor Wang.  The first was published in 1929.
Table of contents: label: Preface by Mark Van Doren
title: v; label: Introduction
title: xv; label: Part I
title: By Tsao Hsueh-chin; label: 1.
title: In which Chen Shih-yin meets the Stone of Spiritual Understanding / And Chia Yu-tsun encounters a maid of unusual discernment
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: In which Chia Yu-tsun takes a position as tutor to Lin Tai-yu / And Leng Tzu-hsing gives an account of the Yungkuofu
pagenum: 16; label: 3.
title: In which Black Jade is lovingly welcomed by her grandmother / And Pao-yu is unwittingly upset by his cousin
pagenum: 27; label: 4.
title: In which the Divine Stone Page does not recognize his former haunt / And the Goddess of Disillusionment fails to awaken her erstwhile attendant
pagenum: 38; label: 5.
title: In which Liu Lao-lao for the first time visits the Yungkuofu / And Madame Wang once again helps one of her poor relations
pagenum: 48; label: 6.
title: In which Precious Virtue describes a complicated prescription / And Pao-yu hears some unmentionable secrets
pagenum: 58; label: 7.
title: In which Pao-yu, by a strange destiny, meets the golden locket / And Precious Virtue, by a happy coincidence, sees the "Spiritual Understanding"
pagenum: 64; label: 8.
title: In which Chin Chung receives consideration through Pao-yu's friendship / And Kin Zung suffers humiliation because of his lack of influence
pagenum: 72; label: 9.
title: In which Phoenix proves herself an able strategist / And Chia Jui proves himself a ready dupe
pagenum: 82; label: 10.
title: In which Black Jade returns to Yangchow to attend her father's illness / And Phoenix goes to the Ningkuofu to take charge of Chin-shih's funeral
pagenum: 91; label: 11.
title: In which Phoenix satisfies her greed at the Iron Sill Temple / And Chin Chung fulfills his hunger at the Water Moon Convent
pagenum: 99; label: 12.
title: In which Cardinal Spring is advanced in the Imperial Palace / And Chin Chung is taken to the Other World
pagenum: 105; label: 13.
title: In which Pao-yu is made to suffer because of the perversity of Black Jade / And Cardinal Spring is allowed to visit her family by the magnanimity of the Son of Heaven
pagenum: 110; label: 14.
title: In which a cup of custard sets aflame a smoldering jealousy / And a handful of pennies brings to surface a characteristic meanness
pagenum: 116; label: 15.
title: In which Pao-yu betrays a peculiar habit of his own / And Chia Lien exhibits the common failing of his kind
pagenum: 126; label: 16.
title: In which Pao-yu is aggrieved by two instances of misunderstanding / And Chia Cheng is saddened by four conundrums of ill omen
pagenum: 134; label: 17.
title: In which Pao-yu, with the maidens, moves into the Takuanyuan / And Black Jade, with her usual supersensitivity, takes offense at Pao-yu
pagenum: 142; label: 18.
title: In which, because of evil spells cast over them, Pao-yu and Phoenix are brought near death / But, by the efficacy of of the precious jade, find their way back to life
pagenum: 149; label: 19.
title: In which Golden Bracelet is disgraced because of Pao-yu's attentions to her / And Black Jade is deeply moved because of Pao-yu's declaration of love
pagenum: 156; label: 20.
title: In which Chia Cheng discovers the escapades of his erring son / And Pao-yu suffers the chastisement of his severe father
pagenum: 164; label: 21.
title: In which Pervading Fragrance gives a candid appraisal to Madame Wang / And Pao-yu sends a subtle hint to Black Jade
pagenum: 172; label: 22.
title: In which Precious Virtue confesses her suspicion of Hsueh Pan / And Pao-yu declares his preference for Black Hade
pagenum: 179; label: 23.
title: In which the Matriarch twice feasts in the Takuanyuan / And Liu Lao-lao again visits the Yungkuofu
pagenum: 186; label: 24.
title: In which it is proved that human events are as uncertain as the weather / And that a man would sooner apologize to his concubine than his wife
pagenum: 196; label: 25.
title: In which one would expect such unbecoming behavior from a person like Chia Sheh / Nor is one surprised at such admirable resolution from a girl like Faith
pagenum: 204; label: 26.
title: In which the glory of the master is reflected in the prosperity of the servant / And the honor of the profession is vindicated by the actor Liu Hsiang-lien
pagenum: 215; label: 27.
title: In which capable Quest Spring takes charge of affairs because of Phoenix's illness / And blundering Chao Yi-niang causes humiliation to her daughter
pagenum: 222; label: 28.
title: In which Purple Cuckoo shows how concerned she is over the future of her mistress / And Pao-yu gives new evidence that he cannot live without Black Jade
pagenum: 230; label: 29.
title: In which Chia Lien secretly marries Yu Er-chieh as his concubine / And San-chieh openly demands Liu Hsiang-lien for her husband
pagenum: 238; label: 30.
title: In which San-chieh gives her life to prove her true love / And Hsiang-lien abjures the Red Dust because of his remorse
pagenum: 246; label: 31.
title: In which Phoenix overwhelms her rival with apparent kindness / And Er-chieh undoubtedly perishes by some diabolical scheme
pagenum: 252; label: 32.
title: In which Sha Ta-chieh's ignorance proves to be a source of her blessings / And Bright Design's beauty becomes the cause of her downfall
pagenum: 261; label: 33.
title: In which Hsueh Pan is married to a Lioness of Ho-tung / And Welcome Spring is mated to a Wolf of Chung-shan
pagenum: 272; label: Part II
title: Continuation by Kao Ou; label: 34.
title: In which Black Jade despairs when there is yet hope / And takes heart again when all is lost
pagenum: 281; label: 35.
title: In which the unseasonable blossoming of the begonia proves to be an evil omen / And the sudden disappearance of Pao-yu's jade is followed by the loss of his reason
pagenum: 289; label: 36.
title: In which Pao-yu appears happy at his approaching wedding / And Black Jade is brokenhearted because of her tragic fate
pagenum: 296; label: 37.
title: In which Precious Virtue is married according to predestination / And Black Jade dies in fulfillment of an ancient debt
pagenum: 303; label: 38.
title: In which the Takuanyuan becomes a prowling ground for malign spirits / And the Ningkuo and Yungkuo mansions come to their inevitable downfall
pagenum: 309; label: 39.
title: In which the Matriarch returns to Heaven after a long life / And Phoenix attains eternal rest from her self-imposed labors
pagenum: 315; label: 40.
title: In which Pao-yu abjures the Red Dust when the Red Dust seems rosiest / And Pervading Fragrance is married when she has the least intention to marry
pagenum: 321