晚清列强入侵使国家面临沦亡深渊，社会诸矛盾趋于白炽化，西方文化传入也引起激烈碰撞与交融，红学形态在晚清时出现了新变化。传统的红学著述不多，而考察近代新出现的报刊可以发现，其中蕴含了内容丰富、形式多样、传播甚广的红学形态，包括：围绕《红楼梦》的价值评估出现了激烈的争论，新形势下各小说流派则多以《红楼梦》为创作楷模，各种续红之作则显示了与现实紧密结合的新特点。

The invasion of foreign powers in the late Qing Dynasty made the country to face the abyss of decline, various social contradictions tended to become incandescent, and the introduction of Western culture also caused fierce collision and integration. In this context, new changes appeared in the studies of A Dream in Red Mansions. Although there were few traditional studies of A Dream in Red Mansions, the newly emerged newspapers and magazines in modern times contained rich content, diverse forms, and widely spread forms. There were fierce debates about the evaluation of A Dream in Red Mansions. Under the new situation, various novel genres took A Dream in Red Mansions as a creative model, and various continued works of A Dream in Red Mansions had a new feature of being closely integrated with reality.