The story of the stone by Xue Qin Cao is the one of four great literatures. Even though, I had known this story for many years ago, I did not have the chance to read all. This story is seemed to be the love between the three people, but I think it also showed the people during that time is very traditional thinking. On the chapter 97, it told about when Jia’s family wants Baoyu to have the married, because Daiyu was ill and Baoyu was also ill, so they want Baoyu to married Baochai who have more health and Jia’s family also feel like the marriage can help Baoyu to get the better. Even though, they knew Baoyu was like to marry Daiyu, they still did not respect the truth love in that time. When Daiyu knew that Baoyu will be marrying with Baochai, she burned her poems in order to show the resentful, even she could change anything.

In this story, I could see during that time of period, people always think about themselves and young women had no right to change anything. And also the marriage will never do by two people; they always work on two families.  The family always ignores the truth love between their children; the only thing that they care about is the benefit that they gain during this marriage. I do not like this story very much, because during that time, people had more chance who they want to marry, the only thing that they can do is to obey their family.