Abstract:

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.

Key words: studies of A Dream in Red Mansions in the late Qing Dynasty, A Dream in Red Mansions, continued works of A Dream in Red Mansions, newspapers and magazines in modern times, novel dissemination