Dream Of Red Mansions

Artwork inspired by the 18th century novel A Dream of Red Mansions, also translated as Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone, by Cao Xueqin. 1 way faces, art repeats across the suits. The English version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is the first classical novel translated and published by Foreign Languages Press. The translation and editing work began in the early 1960s and lasted for nearly 14 years until the first volume of its English version was published in 1978. As the book's editor, I get emotional whenever I recall that journey. However, this difficult period also taught me what I needed to learn about foreign publishing, and turned a young college graduate into a competent editor.