Which publishing house and which version of A Dream of Red Mansions should I buy now? Use fat batch. . .
People's Publishing House or People's Literature Publishing House is the best. I have three sets at home, one of which is Zhou Huiben of People's Publishing House. Very good, and close to Cao Xueqin's original intention. If the publishing house of the original Dream of Red Mansions is not good, typos will easily appear, because there are many rare words in Dream of Red Mansions, and some words have been copied, modified or simplified in the copying process. If the publishing house is not good, there will be printing errors. You should choose a good publishing house. And it is best to read through the first 80 chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions, and then read the last 40 chapters, which are continued by Gao E and Cheng Weiyuan, because there are many remarkable places in it. In addition, you can search the original Stone written by Zhi Yanzhai on the Internet.