Two English versions, A Dream of Red Mansions translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang, and The Story of the Stone translated by David Hawkes and John Minford are chosen as a case study.

• 这两个英译本是杨宪益、戴乃迭夫妇的A Dream of Red Mansions和大卫·霍克斯与约翰·闵福德共同完成的The Story of the Stone。