![]() ![]() ![]() The Tsao family's home and properties were searched and its lands were confiscated because of wrongdoings by some of their relatives. At that time, his father was dismissed from his post, and Tsao Hsueh-chin accompanied him to Peking. Tsao Hsueh-chin was born in Nanking at the end of Kang Hsi's reign, and not much is known about his childhood until he was thirteen years old. Like his grandson, Tsao Hsueh-chin, Tsao Yin was fond of literature and won a name for himself as a scholar more than ten of his texts were printed, and he left behind some additional writings, including five volumes of poems and some plays, before his post at the Silk Bureau was passed to Tsao Hsueh-chin's father. Clearly, the Tsao family was quite influential at the time their relationship with Emperor Kang Hsi was very close. In addition, two of Tsao Yin's daughters were chosen as the emperor's concubines. The Emperor stayed five times in Tsao's residence during his inspection tours in the Yang-tze Valley, and Tsao Yin was present during the last four visits. His grandfather Tsao Yin (1658-1712) was one of the most eminent and wealthy men of his time and was in charge of the Nanking Silk Bureau during the reign of Kang Hsi. ![]() He was born in 1715 to a Han family, some of whom served in the Manchu army. In the entire history of Chinese literature, Tsao Hsueh-chin (also called Tsao Shan) is recognized as being the country's greatest realistic novelist. ![]()
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