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I disagree, Don Quixote premise is so simple you can basically translate it to any human society, basically someone in middle class consumes so much slop he thinks he is living in it. The historic setting itself can be gleamed from 2 minute read on Wikipedia, but I'm pretty sure you could probably understand it by context.Red chamber is a snapshot of Chinese feudal life and is structured like a slice of life Greek tragedy. It’s a lot easier to understand than Don Quixote for a Hangook, which is fucking impenetrable for anyone who doesn’t work in corporate or under the heel of the spanish aristocracy. Ironically, "Vampire going against his own nature" is probably the best modern portrayal of Don Quixote I'm aware of.
Also not to red chamber sperg but the book was always Buddhism rocks, you just chose the version with fanfiction, which is like if you put a scene at the end of Jacob’s ladder where the end is revealed to be another dream and he’s totally fine and the whole movie was pointless. I personally believe the author intended to not to wrap everything up in a bow because the story leaves off exactly where it said it would at the start. You know what's going to happen, and you know HL is totally fucked. Then the fanfiction comes in and ruins it.
People miss that red chamber is a bit like catcher in the rye. There's 3-4 different layers going on,
I have high expectations but only for crazy drama because it’s such a beloved piece of Chinese lit
On the other hand there is no fucking way that Red Chamber isn't the usual Chinese shit with hundreds of similar named characters that need to live by code of conduct only people versed in the time period will understand
