Why did Cao Xueqin write 'Dream of the Red Chamber'? Why did he only write the first 80 chapters?
Cao Xueqin was a famous novelist in the Qing Dynasty. The purpose of his novel, Dream of the Red Chamber, was to describe the rise and fall of a feudal family and the complex changes in human nature. Cao Xueqin faced many difficulties when she wrote 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. First of all, the background of his era was a feudal society. This social environment had a lot of restrictions on the description of human nature. Secondly, Cao Xueqin's family had experienced a great change, which made his life very poor and he did not have enough time and energy to create. Even so, Cao Xueqin still insisted on writing 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. He described the rise and fall of a feudal family and the complex changes of human nature through in-depth character descriptions and delicate strokes. He believed that the description of this family could reveal the nature of feudal society and the deep-seated problems of human nature. In the end, Cao Xueqin only wrote the first 80 chapters because he realized that his ability was limited and could not complete the entire novel. He could only complete the first 80 chapters of the novel with detailed character descriptions and in-depth plot design in a limited time. He left the rest of the content to the others to continue writing. Therefore, Cao Xueqin wrote Dream of the Red Chamber to reveal the nature of feudal society and the deep-seated problems of human nature, and to express this idea in the form of a novel. Through his limited creation, he realized the deep thinking of this problem and left a precious legacy for the later development of literature.
