Dream of Red Mansions is the greatest classic Chinese novel written by Cao Xueqin in the mid-eighteenth century. It tells about the love between Pao Yu and Tai Yu, and also exposes the evils of the feudal system and the crimes of the feudal ruling class through the prosperity and decline of the four notable families of Chia, Shich, Wang, and Hsueh. The story gives praise to the revolts of the slaves in the Grand View Garden and reflects the social contradictions and early democratic thinking of their time.