Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "In the study of the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber, the Cheng-Gao versions or Cheng-Gao editions (程高本) refer to two illustrated, woodblock print editions of the book published in 1791 and 1792. The 1791 version, produced at the year's end, is the novel's earliest print edition. It was entitled The Illustrated Dream of the Red Chamber (绣像红楼梦). In early 1792 a revised edition was published less than eighty days after. It differed in minor details from the 1791 edition. Both versions were edited by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E and published by Suzhou's Cuiwen Book House (萃文书屋).The Cheng-Gao versions mark a departure from early, scribal copies of Dream of the Red Chamber. Cheng and Gao removed commentaries made by Rouge Inkstone, added illustrations, and changed the title (previously known as The Story of the Stone 石头记). They made extensive edits as well as added a 40-chapter continuation to the novel, now known as the Cheng-Gao continuation, which they claimed to be authorial. This 40-chapter ending is now the continuation read by most readers.Hu Shih in the 1920s referred to the 1791 version as the Chengjia edition (程甲本, "Cheng-A book") and the 1792 version as the Chengyi edition (程乙本, "Cheng-B book"). These are the names by which they are known in the field of Redology. In the mid-20th century until the 1980s the Chengyi edition is the most read, studied and reprinted Dream version in Taiwan owing to Hu Shih's influence. In 1982, the People's Republic of China's People's Literature Publishing House (人民出版社) printed an annotated edition based on the Rouge versions, effectively ending the era where the Cheng-Gao versions were used extensively in China. The edition was edited by a team of scholars including Redologist Feng Qiyong, under the auspices of the "Red Chamber Dream Academy" (红楼梦研究所).Extant editions of the original Cheng-Gao editions are now very rare and are highly prized collector's items. It is estimated that less than twenty copies are presently in existence."@en }
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- Cheng-Gao_versions abstract "In the study of the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber, the Cheng-Gao versions or Cheng-Gao editions (程高本) refer to two illustrated, woodblock print editions of the book published in 1791 and 1792. The 1791 version, produced at the year's end, is the novel's earliest print edition. It was entitled The Illustrated Dream of the Red Chamber (绣像红楼梦). In early 1792 a revised edition was published less than eighty days after. It differed in minor details from the 1791 edition. Both versions were edited by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E and published by Suzhou's Cuiwen Book House (萃文书屋).The Cheng-Gao versions mark a departure from early, scribal copies of Dream of the Red Chamber. Cheng and Gao removed commentaries made by Rouge Inkstone, added illustrations, and changed the title (previously known as The Story of the Stone 石头记). They made extensive edits as well as added a 40-chapter continuation to the novel, now known as the Cheng-Gao continuation, which they claimed to be authorial. This 40-chapter ending is now the continuation read by most readers.Hu Shih in the 1920s referred to the 1791 version as the Chengjia edition (程甲本, "Cheng-A book") and the 1792 version as the Chengyi edition (程乙本, "Cheng-B book"). These are the names by which they are known in the field of Redology. In the mid-20th century until the 1980s the Chengyi edition is the most read, studied and reprinted Dream version in Taiwan owing to Hu Shih's influence. In 1982, the People's Republic of China's People's Literature Publishing House (人民出版社) printed an annotated edition based on the Rouge versions, effectively ending the era where the Cheng-Gao versions were used extensively in China. The edition was edited by a team of scholars including Redologist Feng Qiyong, under the auspices of the "Red Chamber Dream Academy" (红楼梦研究所).Extant editions of the original Cheng-Gao editions are now very rare and are highly prized collector's items. It is estimated that less than twenty copies are presently in existence.".