"红学泰斗周汝昌为我们讲述生动鲜活的曹雪芹的故事——曹雪芹何以成为我们今天所熟知的曹雪芹?他的身世背景究竟如何?是在怎样的环境中成长的?有什么不为人知的经历?他与神秘的脂砚斋究竟是何种关系?又是在何种情形下写出了千古奇书《红楼梦》? " Zhou Ruchang, the leading authority of studies of The Dream of Red Mansions, tells us vivid stories of Cao Xueqin. How did Cao become the Cao Xueqin we are familiar with today? What was his family background? What environment did he grow up in? What rarely-known experienced did he have? What was the relation between him and the mysterious Zhi Yanzhai? And in what circumstances did he write the masterpiece The Dream of Red Mansions?