Bonus Content! By popular request, check out our summary episode for chapters 1 through 12 of  Hong lou meng 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber! This is mostly a plot summary for clarification and review, but we also talk a little here and there, giving general reflections on and reactions to the progress of the novel so far. Be sure to comment and tell us if this is helpful and whether you’d like to see more of these kinds of episodes in the future.