It is said that Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions" was written soon, and there were manuscripts for sale in the market. One copy sold dozens of taels of silver, and all parts of the country went to

It is said that Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions" was written soon, and there were manuscripts for sale in the market. One copy sold dozens of taels of silver, and all parts of the country went to Beijing to raise children regardless of the price. This situation exists. There is a record in the works of Qing literati who are almost contemporary with Cao Xueqin: "Every copy of a good man is worth tens of gold."

In fact, it can be understood that A Dream of Red Mansions is the pinnacle of China's classical novels, that is to say, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "unprecedented".

When this novel was first written, social entertainment and cultural life were not as rich as we are today. The only thing left is either opposing each other or going to the theater to listen to music. A dream of red mansions brings a brand-new story, which can provide people with the theme of chatting in daily life and chatting after dinner.

Moreover, there was a record at that time: after seeing A Dream of Red Mansions, people who liked Daiyu and Baochai "turned against each other" in order to argue who was better, and what's more, they "waved old fists" for whether Baochai framed Daiyu in the Didi Cuiting incident. Its intensity is no less than the debate and war of words between fans of popular stars with equal status today.

A Dream of Red Mansions involves a wide range of knowledge, including popular literature, drama, poetry and songs, medicine, Buddhism, Taoism, diet, clothing, divination, astronomy and geography, etc. Especially the description of characters' language, behavior and psychology, so that people at that time regarded the people who told a dream of red mansions as the most knowledgeable people.

So from "it's useless to talk about a dream of red mansions, and it's useless to read all the poems", we can realize how much people valued and loved the book A Dream of Red Mansions at that time.

Therefore, there will be a phenomenon that "each good person is placed in the temple city and is worth tens of gold".