Chapter Two　The Beginning of One’s Life

　　第一节　出生是人生的起点

　　Section One　Birth Is the Starting Point of One’s Life

　　任何人从母体来到人世的第一声啼哭就是向世人宣布他或她的人生已经开始了。但每个人的人生经历不同，并因此使每个人的人生变得独特而精彩。

　　The first cry of anyone who comes out of his or her mother’s body into the world is announcing to allpeople on earth that he or she has already begun his or her life. But everyone has different experiences inone’s life and thus one’s life becomes very unique and wonderful.

　　咱们读一读曹雪芹的《红楼梦》并研究一下作者和其中主要人物的出生、死亡和人生，就可欣赏到他们不同的经历和精彩人生，也能学到很多人生的经验教训。

　　Let’s read Cao Xueqin’s A Dream of Red Mansions and study the birth, death and life of the writer andthe main characters’ in the novel. We can enjoy their different experiences and wonderful lives and learnmuch from their experiences and lessons in life.

　　1.1　内容介绍1.1　Introduction小说《红楼梦》是曹雪芹于18世纪中叶清代（1644—1911）乾隆统治时期（1736—1795）根据自己的身世经历和对现实的深切感受，饱含着血泪写成的。清代的康熙、乾隆两朝号称盛世，但恰恰是在这样的盛世中却潜伏着危机，制造着悲剧，反映到文学创作上，就产生了《红楼梦》这样伟大的悲剧作品。

　　Based on the writer’s life experience and his deep sense of the realities......