The Orientation of the Confucian Culture in Description of Male Homosexuality in A Dream in Red Mansions

The description of male homosexuality in A Dream in Red Mansions can be classified into three categories for interpretation:the male homosexual entertainment, Feng Yuan’s indulgence in male homosexuality, and the homosexual interaction with Baoyu as the center.Such description has the striking color of Confucian culture.The male homosexuality is not negated openly by Confucianism and is only defined as the moral problem in the range of marriage and friendship.Generally, this kind of description in A Dream in Red Mansions has manifested the Confucian confidence in homosexuality.