Where can I buy an ancient version of A Dream of Red Mansions? About how much money is left?
In recent years, no new ancient version of A Dream of Red Mansions has been found. The ancient books of A Dream of Red Mansions were originally collected in large libraries at home and abroad. Many publishing houses have photocopies, and Xinhua Bookstore sells them. If you want to buy all the ancient books, I'm afraid it will cost thousands of RMB or even tens of thousands. So buy some high-value books, such as JOE (100 yuan or so), Xu Qi (350 yuan or so), Chen Geng (300 yuan or so), Mengfu (500-600) and Jimao (200 or so). If you want to see the ancient version of A Dream of Red Mansions, you can buy a book about Chi Yanzhai's re-evaluation of The Story of the Stone, such as Chi Yanzhai's Complete Review of The Story of the Stone (pricing 1 10 yuan), which is comprehensive and cheap. You can also buy A Dream of Red Mansions (50-60) from Zhou Picture Book of People's Publishing House, which is different from the current version. But under no circumstances can you go to the antique market! Generally, only printed copies such as Cheng Gaoben can be bought in the antique market, and they are probably fake, and the price in the antique market is too expensive. If the photocopying price is much higher than my quotation, there is no need to buy it. The content is absolutely the same (because it is a copy, in layman's terms, it is to take pictures). Books like that are packaged.