caption death_date death_place module birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
statue of cao xueqin in beijing 1763 or 1764 beijing child ` ao hsüeh-ch ` in tsaur sheuechyn c2 = 曹霑 = l2 = -lrb- given name -rrb- p2 = cáo zhān yes w2 = ts ` ao chan t3 = 夢阮 s3 c = 梦阮 l3 = -lrb- courtesy name -rrb- p3 = = mèngruǎn 曹雪芹 cáo xuěqín ts nanjing , china 1715 or 1724 statue_of_cao_xueqin . jpg cao xueqin
 cao xueqin novelist , poet , philosopher , painter
cao xueqin

cao xueqin -lrb- -rrb- ; -lrb- 1715 or 17241763 or 1764 -rrb- 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 .
