Through analyzing the main body of all kinds of codices and reviews cited by Zhiyanzhai in "The Story of the Stone", we can affirm that the "A Dream of Red Mansions" was completed in period Kangxi but not in Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. The author of this book lived in the end of Ming Dynasty and the early time of Qing Dynasty. Cao Xueqin is only a pen name and not the real name of the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions".%本文综合各种《石头记》古抄本正文和脂砚斋评语进行分析,认为《红楼梦》的成书时间是在清朝康熙年间而非乾隆年间。该书的作者生活在明末清初。曹雪芹只是一个笔名,并非《红楼梦》一书作者的真实姓名。
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