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Rereading the Stone
by Kevin Wilson, William Jones
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Ep. 100: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 47 part 1
October 10, 2026 · 46 minIn Chapter 47 of Hongloumeng (Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, Story of the Stone 石頭記) Grandmother Jia dresses down Lady Xing for her egregious meddling, and Xianglian plans to avenge Xue Pan for his presumptuous advances. This is our 100th…
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Ep. 99: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 46 pt. 2
August 26, 2026 · 55 minThe exciting conclusion to Yuanyang’s heroic proto-feminist refusal! Big scissors are wielded. The truth is revealed, and the stakes are nothing short of life, death, and hair most lustrous. Grandmother Jia reemerges to assert her…
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Ep. 98: Rereading Hongloumeng 紅樓夢 chapter 46 part 1
July 16, 2026 · 56 minYuanyang 鴛鴦 (Faithful in the Hawkes translation) emerges as an iconic proto-feminist heroine! One of the most important and memorable subplots of Hongloumeng 紅樓夢 (Dream of the Red Chamber), Yuanyang’s refusal of Jia She’s marriage…
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Ep. 97: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 45 part 2
June 4, 2026 · 59 minIt’s a poetry-pilled installment of Rereading the Stone! We compare Zhang Ruoxu’s 張若虛 (660 – ca. 720) “Spring River in the Flower Moon Night《春江花月夜》,” featuring a new draft translation, with Lin Daiyu’s 《秋窗風雨夕》, “Autumn Window: A Night of…
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Ep. 96: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 45 part 1
April 25, 2026 · 49 minXifeng (and her purse) is invited into the Crabflower Club. Meanwhile we review the family relations of lesser characters like Lai Da’s wife and discuss her “don’t spare the rod” 不打不成才 philosophy. Support the show
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Ep. 95: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 44 part 2
March 11, 2026 · 59 minXifeng is shaking with anger. Is there meaning in the madness? What are the real and imagined consequences of Jia Lian’s transgressions? We try to conceive a contemporary framework for interpreting a tumultuous series of events in Dream of…
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Ep. 94: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 44 part 1
January 16, 2026 · 50 minIt’s Xifeng birthday, so everyone is having a good time, even if labor relations in the Jia household leave room for improvement. Support the show
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Ep. 93: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 43 part 2
November 14, 2025 · 41 minIt’s time for part 2 (earth 土) of Chapter 43 of Dream of the Red Chamber (Story of the Stone, Hongloumeng 紅樓夢), where Baoyu performs a non-performative ritual observance of the death of Golden. We discuss Baoyuean theories of language as…
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Ep. 92: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 43 part 1
October 3, 2025 · 40 minThis chapter (of Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢) admits of dualities? So here in part 1 we cover the first half (gold 金), which involves some extensive bickering over money (including an eyebrow-raising subscription scheme to collect funds…
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Ep. 91: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 2
August 11, 2025 · 37 minDaiyu and Baochai exchange literary intimacies, and meta-literary musings! Is reading bad, actually? Or, is it Baochai who is kind of a fascist? Would Baochai reframe from reading her own book? Or is it Daiyu who should be “called out” for…
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Ep. 90: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 42 part 1
July 9, 2025 · 50 minSuppose your child were born on the seventh day of the seventh month, what would you do? If you saw an immortal soul falling into the well of mortal existence, would you intervene and save them? Suppose you were facing a lifetime of…
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Ep. 89: Rereading Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Chapter 41 part 2
May 20, 2025 · 47 minOne of our favorite sections of the text — Grannie Liu takes Baoyu’s bed for a spin, dreaming her own dream of red chambers! A full sensory experience, we compare it to Bayou’s dream from Qin Keqing’s bed. Support the show
About the show
Rereading the Stone is a weekly discussion of historical Chinese literature, philosophy, and poetry, currently focusing on the Qing dynastic Classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong lou meng 紅樓夢) also known as Story of the Stone (Shitou ji 石頭記).