abstract:Cao Xueqin (, (1715Briggs, Asa *(ed.) (1989) The Longman Encyclopedia, Longman, ISBN 0-582-91620-8 or 1724 — 1763 or 1764Zhang Yiquan: Hong lou meng volume 1.
The ballet draws inspiration from the Dream of the Red Chamber, considered one of China's four great classical novels, written in the 18th Century by CaoXueqin.