Episode 41 Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢, Chapter 19 part 2/2
Rereading the Stone
English - May 12, 2021 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBFiction Society & Culture Philosophy chinese literature chinese philosophy 紅樓夢 historical fiction fiction philosophy psychology psychoanalysis history poetry Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Baoyu, the idle subject, subjects Aroma to surprise visitation. Aroma engages Baoyu with artful artifice, as characters and readers alike question the fantasy and reality of these social roles and relations. Later on Baoyu visits Daiyu and has aromatic memories of the Land of Illusion. Plus, we break down the “Sweet Potato” story Baoyu improvises.