For a writer like Zhang Ailing, it seems like a "nightmare" to spend ten years writing A Dream of Red Mansions. Why did Zhang Ailing enter the "nightmare" of A Dream of Red Mansions? The first is the familiarity with the red chamber. Zhang Ailing's novels are deeply influenced by the narrative of A Dream of Red Mansions. When I read Zhang Ailing's The Golden Lock, I accidentally thought I was reading the Republic version of A Dream of Red Mansions. Zhang Ailing's language and details are very similar to A Dream of Red Mansions. The artistic conception and tragic charm in her novels are deeply rooted in the true biography of A Dream of Red Mansions.

From 65438 to 0955, Zhang Ailing left Hong Kong for the United States. A Dream of Red Mansions 1969 was published in Taiwan Province Province. /kloc-settled in los Angeles in 0/973 and published a dream of red mansions in Taiwan Province magazine. 1975 The English version of Biography of Flowers on the Sea was completed, and two pieces of Reflections on a Dream of Red Mansions were published in Taiwan Province Province. 1976 Sanwei Dream of Red Mansions was published in Taiwan Province Province. 1977 A Dream of Red Mansions was published by Taiwan Province Crown Publishing House. During the ten years of brewing, writing and publishing, the second man in her life, Rhea, died in 1967, leaving her no other man. Two months after they got married, Yarra had a stroke and the shadow of death came. In order to make a living and cure diseases, Zhang Ailing wrote many "bad" plays. When the old man lying in the hospital bed was also lost, Zhang Ailing's loneliness went deep into the bone marrow. In this case, it is conceivable to read A Dream of Red Mansions.

Perhaps because she was born in troubled times, Zhang Ailing's sadness at the end of the century was particularly touching. In her literary world, we experienced the joys and sorrows of China's characters, the desolation of time, and the pleasure of reading Chinese characters. Zhang Ailing was born in a wealthy family. Her grandfather was Zhang Peilun, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, and her grandmother was Li Hongzhang's daughter. Her father taught her to read A Dream of Red Mansions when she was very young, which became her lifelong obsession. Zhang Ailing opened the door to her novel creation.

In the spiritual novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties, many writers attach importance to A Dream of Red Mansions and Jin Ping Mei, and their research results are also very rich. We are familiar with Lu Xun, Hu Shi, Yu Pingbo, Lin Yutang and so on. Zhang Ailing surprised the world in the second half of the 20th century. After writing a book for ten years, she finally finished the text research of A Dream of Red Mansions and published the monograph Nightmare in the Red Chamber.