《Hónglóumèng》lǐ de Jīnlíng Shí'èr Chāi shì shí'èr wèi nǚzǐ.
The Twelve Beauties of Jinling in Dream of the Red Chamber are twelve women.
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In 333 BCE the Chu state set up 金陵邑 at present-day Nanjing, making 金陵 one of the city's oldest names. It remained in literary use through every dynasty, which is why Tang and Song poets almost always call the place 金陵 rather than Nanjing.
The twelve female protagonists of Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦), including Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai — one of the most iconic ensembles in Chinese literature.
