Dreamer Wakes Vol. 5 : The Story of the Stone, Chapters 99-120

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780140443721
• ISBN10: 014044372X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-12-02
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Divided into five volumes, of which The Dreamer Wakes is the fifth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of Cao Xuequin's own family).

Author Biography

John Minford is dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on Chinese literature and translated numerous works, including the Penguin Classics edition of Sun-tzu’s The Art of War.
John Minford is dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on Chinese literature and translated numerous works, including the Penguin Classics edition of Sun-tzu’s The Art of War.

Table of Contents

Note on Spelling	11	(4)
Preface	15	(4)
Unscrupulous minions make use of their master's virtue to conceal a multitude of sins
and Jia Zheng is alarmed to read his nephew's name in the `Peking Gazette'	19	(15)
Caltrop distrubs an elaborate seduction and inspires bitter resentment
Bao-yu learns of a distressing betrothal and laments an imminent departure	34	(13)
In Prospect Garden a moonlit apparition repeats an ancient warning
and at Scattered Flowers Convent the fortune-sticks provide a strange omen	47	(18)
Illness descends upon the Jia family in Ning-guo House
and charms and holy water are used to exorcize Prospect Garden	65	(14)
Jin-gui dies by her own hand, caught in a web of her own weaving
Yu-cun encounters an old friend in vain, blind to the higher truths of Zen	79	(17)
Drunken Dime at large again - a small fish whips up a mighty storm
our Besotted Hero in agony once more - a chance thrust quickens a numbed heart	96	(16)
The Embroidered Jackets raid Ning-guo House
and Censor Li impeaches the Prefect of Ping-an	112	(14)
Wang Xi-feng feels remorse for the consequences of her past misdeeds
and Grandmother Jia prays for the family's deliverance from further calamity	126	(14)
Impelled by family devotion, Grandmother Jia distributes her personal possessions
favoured with an Imperial dispensation, Jia Zheng receives his brother's hereditary rank	140	(16)
A birthday party held for Sister Allspice necessitates a false display of jollity
and ghostly weeping heard at the Naiad's House provokes a fresh outburst of grief	156	(16)
Fivey shares a vigil, and receives affection meant for another
Ying-chun pays her debt to fate, and returns to the Realm of Primordial Truth	172	(20)
Lady Jia ends her days, and returns to the land of shades
Wang Xi-feng exhausts her strength, and forfeits the family's esteem	192	(15)
A devoted maid renders a final service, and accompanies her mistress to the Great Void
a villainous slave takes his revenge, and betrays his masters into the hands of thieves	207	(17)
Adamantina discharges a karmic debt and receives a blow from the Hand of Providence
Aunt Zhao concludes a deadly feud and sets out on the road to the Nether World	224	(17)
Xi-feng repents of her former misdeeds, and entrusts her child to a village dame
Nightingale softens a long-standing animosity, and warms to her besotted master	241	(15)
Wang Xi-feng ends her life's illusion and returns to Jinling
Zhen Ying-jia receives the Emperor's favour and is summoned to the Palace	256	(12)
A private obsession revived confirms Xi-chun in an ancient vow
a physical likeness verified deprives Bao-yu of an imagined friend	268	(16)
Human destinies are revealed in a fairy realm, and the Stone is restored to its rightful owner
mortal remains are transported to their terrestrial home, and duty is discharged by a filial son	284	(17)
Two fair damsels conspire to save the jade, and forestall a flight from earthly bondage
an infamous rogue takes charge of the mansion, and assembles a gang of cronies	301	(17)
Provoked by a rankling antipathy, Uncle and Cousin plot the ruin of an innocent maid
alarmed by riddling utterances, Wife and Concubine remonstrate with their idiot master	318	(67)
Bao-yu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties
the House of Jia receives Imperial favour and renews ancestral glory	385
Zhen Shi-yin expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion
and Jia Yu-cun concludes the Dream of Golden Days	357	(20)
Characters in Volume 5	377	(7)
Genealogical Tables	384