Episode 26: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 14 part 1/2

Rereading the Stone

English - January 26, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB
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Qin Keqing’s funeral is upon us, and Rereading the Stone is learning all about Daoist and Buddhist funerary rites and mourning rituals, and pondering the dialectics of mourning and excess, as Jia Zhen buys an official title for Jia Rong to elevate Qin Keqing in death, and as Wang Xifeng takes on more responsibilities than may be advisable.

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