The Collection of Critical Biographies of Chinese Thinkers, under the general editorship of the late honorary president of Nan jing University, Professor Kuang Yarning, is the largest-scale project of research materials on Chinese thinkers undertaken since the beginning of the twentieth century. Standing on the shoulders of this great man and other 200 well-known Chinese professors, this collection of concise Chinese-English version is not only based on a profound academic foundation, but also exhibits a brand new feature which is the virtue of explaining the profound in a simpleway, hence leading readers to mastery of the contents; it also in corporates a refined principle of selection, a simple mode of evaluation and commentary, and a moving narration of the stories and their wisdom.〈br〉Cao Xueqin is China's greatest novelist, with unconventional ideas and extraordinary telents. His masterpiece, Honglou Meng, not only represents the highest achievement of Chinese classical novels but also is a gem of world literature.