Abstract

A Dream of Red Mansions, written in the mid-eighteenth century is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest Chinese classical novels, which is full of mysteries not only about the book, but also about the author. Among many characters in A Dream of Red Mansions, Qin Keqing is the most mysterious. Some researchers claimed she was the key to all the mysteries in A Dream of Red Mansions and the huge secret hidden behind the book is attached to her. This article tries to explore and analyze these mysteries about Qin Keqing from many aspects.

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