redologi
Redology is the scholarly study of Cao Xueqin's 18th-century Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber, also known as The Story of the Stone. It is an interdisciplinary field combining textual criticism, literary analysis, and cultural history to explore the novel's language, structure, characters, and motifs, as well as its social and historical context in Qing dynasty China. The term is widely used in China and Taiwan to describe this tradition of research and commentary.
Origins and development: Modern interest in the novel arose in the early 20th century with Chinese scholars
Methods and topics: Redology employs philological study of variants, manuscript tradition, and glosses, alongside literary analysis
Impact and status: Redology is a major component of Chinese literary studies and has influenced translations,