The Story of the Stone, Volume 5: The Dreamer Wakes
| Editor | Gao E |
| Translated by | John Minford |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | England |
| Copyright | 1986 |
| Pages / Font | 384 pages / Monophono Garamond |
| ISBN | 9780140443721 |
| Barcode | 9780140443721 |
| Chapters | Note on Spelling Preface Chapter 99: 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’ Chapter 100: Caltrop disturbs an elaborate seduction and inspires bitter resentment; Bao-yu learns of a distressing betrothal and laments an imminent departure Chapter 101: In Prospect Garden a moonlit apparition repeats an ancient warning; and a Scattered Flowers Convent the fortune-sticks provide a strange omen Chapter 102: Illness descends upon the Jia family in Ning-guo House; and charms and holy water are used to exorcize Prospect Garden Chapter 103: 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 Chapter 104: 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 Chapter 105: The Embroidered Jackets raid Ning-guo House; and Censor Li impeaches the Prefect of Ping-an Chapter 106: Wang Xi-feng feels remorse for the consequences of her past misdeeds; and Grandmother Jia prays for the family’s deliverence from further calamity Chapter 107: Impelled by family devotion, Grandmother Jia distributes her personal posessions; favoured with an Imperial dispensation, Jia Zheng recieves his bother’s hereditary rank Chapter 108: A birthday party held for Sister Allspice necessitiates a false display of jollity; and ghostly weeping heard at the Naiad’s House provokes a frech outburst of grief Chapter 109: 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 Chapter 110: Lady Jia ends her days, and returns to the land of shades; Wang Xi-feng exhausts her strength, and forfeits the family’s esteem Chapter 111: 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 theives Chapter 112: Admantina discharges a karmic debt and recieves a blow from the Hand of Providence; Aunt Zhao concludes a deadly feud and sets out on the road to the Nether World Chapter 113: Xi-feng repents of her former misdeeds, and entrusts her child to a village dame; Nightengale softens a long-standing animosity, and warns to ter besotted master Chapter 114: Wang Xi-feng ends her life’s illusion and returns to Jinling; Zhen Ying-jia recieves the Emperor’s favour and is summoned to the Palace Chapter 115: A private obsessoin revived confirms Xi-chun in an ancient vow; a physical likeness verified deprives Bao-yu of an imagines friend Chapter 116: 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 Chapter 117: Two fair damsels conspire to save the jade, and forestall a flight from earthy bondage; an infamous rogue takes charge of the mansion, and assembles a gang of cronies Chapter 118: Provoked by a ranking antipathy, Uncle and Cousin plot the ruin of an innocent maid; alarmed by riddling utterances, Wife and Concubine remonstrate with their idiot master Chapter 119: Bao-yu becomes a Provincial Graduate and severs worldly ties: the House of Jia receives Imperial favour and renews ancestral glory Chapter 120: Zhen Shi-yin expounds the Nature of Passion and Illusion; and Jia Yu-cun concludes the Dream of Golden Days Characters in Volume 5 Genealogical Tables |
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