Dream of the Red Chamber
Are all the wealth, glory, and sorrowful loves of life merely a fleeting, empty dream?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first watched the crossed fates of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, I was overwhelmed by the emptiness of a once-dazzling great family's decline. Cao Xueqin's insight lies in dissolving into a vast narrative the delicacy of human feeling and attachment, and how easily worldly splendor dissolves like froth. Even amid the inevitable sorrow of falling blossoms and fading youth, the image of those who fiercely loved the beauty of that very moment leaves a deep, lingering ache. A summit of literature.
"Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true; Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real."Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber
"가짜가 진짜가 될 때 진짜는 가짜가 되고, 무(無)가 유(有)가 될 때 유는 무가 된다."
🌱Apply It Today
Calmly accept that no wealth, glory, or achievement in this world can last forever. Instead, hold deep gratitude for the ordinary yet tender daily life you enjoy today and for the very presence of those beside you.
