In this frame of the classical Chinese novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" a heavenly encounter is described: Attendant Shen Ying waters every day with sweet dew a Vermilion Pearl Plant. The plant wants to repay this debt and both, the attendant and the plant are sent to earth for this. The attendant is reborn as Jia Baoyu and the plant as Lin Daiyu. During the following chapters of the novel, she will repay him with tears of an unfulfilled love.
Xueqin Cao
China Dreamworld Exposition Fairy Tale Fantasy Frame Karma Märchen Rahmenerzählung Traumwelt