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★清华大学★英语系测试：为 中小学生英语 量身定做. 官方网站： 清华大学英语教授50年研究成果 :作者简介 CAO XUEQIN (1715-63) WaS born into a family WhiCh for three gen eratio ns held the OffiCe of COmmiSSi oner of ImPeriaI TeXtiIeS in Nanking, a family so WeaIthy that they Were able to en terta in the EmPerOr Kan gxi four times. BUt CaIamity overtook them and their PrOPerty WaS confiscated. Cao XUegin WaS living in POVerty near Peking When he wrote his famous novel The Story of the Stone (also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), of WhiCh this is the SeC ond volume. The four other volumes, The Golde n Days, The Warning Voice, The Debt of