Hung Lou Meng or The the Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone (Shitou Ji) is a classic Chinese novel composed by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. It is a masterpiece of Chinese literature, known for its psychological scope, and its observation of the world view, aesthetics, life-styles, and social relations of 18th-century China.

For more than a century and a half, The Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations.