Author Description

The writing style of this book is different from the general research monographs. It strives to integrate narration, textual research, note, comment and appreciation together. Firstly, it narrates the plots and important details regarding clothing in sequence. Secondly, it conducts a necessary textual research on the important names and techniques which reveals that A Dream In Red Mansions is a comprehensive expression of clothing in the past dynasties. Thirdly, it analyzes and comments on the clothing images of some important figures and the ideological contents and artistic forms of some important accessories. Finally, it appreciates a number of important clothing works and important details. The structural method of the book is: in both vertical and horizontal lines. The so-called vertical line is the comprehensive narration, textual research, note, comment and appreciation of the important figures clothing. The so-called horizontal line is the comprehensive narration, textual research, note, comment and appreciation of some aspects of the accessories.