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The Dreamer Wakes

by Cao Xueqin

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When grief for fiction’s idle words More real than human life appears, Reflect that life itself’s a dream And do not mock the reader’s tears.
Better by far the destiny of plant or stone, bereft of knowledge and consciousness, but blessed at least with purity and peace of mind!
Better by far the destiny of plant or stone, bereft of knowledge and consciousness, but blessed at least with purity and peace of mind!’ These
In the courtyard before them grew a clump of bright green bamboo, while by the main doorway stood a row of dark pine-trees.

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