Koleksi Mimpi di Mahligai Merah, Perpustakaan Universiti Malaya
Dream of the Red Chamber Research Collection, UM Library
Dream of the Red Chamber is a celebrated Chinese classical novel noted for its noble ideas and aesthetic values. This literary masterpiece has generated significant intellectual interest and research, with a new discipline created, namely, “Redology”, devoted solely to its study. In 2016, Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy donated his 40 years of a worldwide collection of the novel in order to establish a “Dream of the Red Chamber Research Collection” in the library of his alma mater University of Malaya.
This is a rich compilation of the Dream of the Red Chamber with many types of manus, representing more than 10 different languages and 20 various translations. Since the inception of “Redology” many works related to the Red Chamber have been published and produced, including research materials related to Cao Xueqin and academic dissertations from Malaysia and Singapore. The age of this collection spans over 200 years, from as early as the Jia Qing period (Qing Dynasty, 1796-1820) to the present times.
In addition to the out-of-print copies of the Red Chamber, Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy will also donate classical Chinese paintings and cultural relics related to “Redology”, to be displayed in the centre. With the establishment of this research collection at the University of Malaya, Malaysia will become one of the main centres for the study of the Dream of the Red Chamber, providing enthusiasts of this classical novel a platform to conduct intellectual exchange and research.
《红楼梦》作为一部著名的中国古典小说,其高度思想与艺术价值历来引起许多讨论及研究，因此构成一门学问——“红学” 。2016 年，校友丹斯里陈广才将自己40多年从世界各地搜集而来的红楼梦藏书捐赠予母校图书馆，倡设“红楼梦资料中心”，期望以珍贵的资料为基础将马大发展成区域红学研究中心，推动红楼梦研究在东南亚的发展。
2017年7月1日，马来亚大学《红楼梦》资料中心正式开幕，设立在马来亚大学图书馆总馆四楼。中心藏书种类丰富，囊括现存不同版本的手抄本、刻印本、现代排印本、汇评汇校本；十余种语文二十多版翻译本；自红学开展以来各国出版的红学论著，当中包括欧美、日韩等外国学者的研究、曹家研究资料、以红楼梦为主题的文艺作品及马新各大专的学位论文。
藏书的出版年份从嘉庆年间的刻本至现今的红学论著，跨度已超过200年。《嘉庆甲戌重镌绣像红楼梦》（1814）原版木刻本、藤花榭藏板《绣像红楼梦》（1820）、《增评补像全图金玉缘》（1888）、《国初钞本原本红楼梦》（1920）、台湾商务印书馆出版的《脂砚斋重评石头记甲戌本》（1961），人民文学出版社的《红楼梦》新校本的征求意见稿、初版、再版、第三版，冯其庸主编的《脂砚斋重评石头记汇校汇评》等版本。文革时期中国大陆流通的种种红学论著，精装8开《清.孙温绘百廿回红楼梦》大型工笔画册都是弥足珍贵的珍藏本。
除了绝版的红楼梦文献，丹斯里陈广才亦将程伟元绘《松柏双寿图》、张问陶的诗画、冯其庸的墨宝等与红学研究相关书画及文物一并捐献，陈列于中心，让红学研究更添艺术特色。红楼梦资料中心的成立，意味着马来西亚即将成为研究《红楼梦》的其中一个据点，为红学爱好者提供研究及交流的平台。
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