A Charming Lady Ended Up in Despair——Interpretation of Qin Keqing in A Dream of Red Mansions

Qin Keqing,on the formal list of "twelve Jinling ladies",is a character of unusual significance with few descriptions in A Dream of Red Mansions.Her charm,intelligence and her incest are all complex and contradictory.The interpretation of Qin Keqing and her tragic life means interpretation of the deep character connotations in the whole book,while it is of great significance for the understanding of the ideological and aesthetic values of A Dream of Red Mansions.