Cao Xueqin

Cao Xueqin ( ; ; Pinyin: ); (4 April 1710 — 10 June 1765) was a Chinese novelist and poet during the Qing dynasty. He is best known as the author of ''Dream of the Red Chamber'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Cáo Zhān () and his courtesy name was Mengruan (). Provided by Wikipedia