新石头记 吴趼人 完整译本New Story of the StoneElizabeth Weber

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Book Details

ISBN-13: 9780231203470

ISBN-10: 0231203470

Author: Elizabeth Weber, Jianren Wu

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Imprint: Columbia University Press

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 600

Release Date: 8 August 2025

Weight: 740g

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm

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书籍简介

《新红楼梦》是中国早的科幻作品之一，也是十八世纪经典名著《红楼梦》（又名《石头记》）的二十世纪续篇。故事的主人公贾宝玉（沿用了原著中的人物形象）被戏剧性地抛入一百多年后的未来世界：先是作者所处的时代，颓废的半殖民地式晚清中国；后是令人惊叹的高科技儒家乌托邦——文明世界。

宝玉在这两个地方都感到迷茫：在中国，他为外来势力的扩张和传统道德的衰落而忧心忡忡，资本主义消费主义和自私自利的风气盛行；在文明世界，他又对所见所闻感到惊叹——从飞行汽车、先进的医疗技术到无瑕的民众。在宝玉的眼中，“天界”展现了晚清中国未能企及的一切，并描绘出一幅充满希望的未来图景。

这部节奏明快、妙趣横生的作品巧妙地展现了中国王朝动荡的十年中人们关注的一些主要问题，同时也提出了关于中国未来的重要生存问题。作者吴建仁以其丰富的想象力和辛辣的幽默感，为这部轻松诙谐、充满讽刺意味的冒险故事注入了活力，使其成为科幻小说和中国文学翻译爱好者之作。

One of China’s first works of science fiction, New Story of the Stone is a belated twentieth-century sequel to the beloved eighteenth-century masterpiece Story of the Stone (more famously known as Dream of the Red Chamber). The story follows protagonist Jia Baoyu, borrowed from the original Story, as he is dramatically hurled forward over a hundred years from his own time into a bewildering future: first the decadent semicolonized late Qing China of the author’s own time and later an astonishing high-tech Confucian utopia called the Realm of Civilization.

Baoyu is equally disoriented in both places: in China proper, he is distressed by the growth of foreign influence and weakening of the traditional moral code in favor of capitalist consumerism and selfish gain; in the Realm of Civilization, he is amazed by everything he encounters-from flying cars and ingenious medical technologies to the perfectly moral populace. Seen through Baoyu’s eyes, the Realm is everything that late Qing China has failed to be and offers a hopeful vision of what it might yet become.

This quick-paced romp deftly highlights some of the major preoccupations of the tumultuous final decade of China’s last dynasty while raising important existential questions about China’s future. Enlivened by author Wu Jianren’s vivid imagination and wry sense of humor, this playful, satirical adventure is essential reading for lovers of science fiction and Chinese literature in translation.

作者简介

吴建人（1866年—1910年）是晚清文坛的领军人物，以讽刺小说和影响深远的爱情小说而闻名。他的其他著名作品包括《二十年奇事》和《悔恨之海》。

Wu Jianren (1866–1910) was a leading figure of the late Qing literary scene, best known as a writer of satirical exposé fiction and influential romances. His other notable works include Strange Events Eye-Witnessed Over Twenty Years and Sea of Regret.