2017年1月22日,红学大家冯其庸在北京潞河医院安详离世,享年93岁。冯其庸以《红楼梦》研究名世,对于红学,他的一大贡献是抄本。1974年10月,诗人袁水拍任国务院文化组副组长。他找冯其庸商量有什么有意义的事情可以做。冯其庸建议校汀《红楼梦》,因为这么重要的传统经典, On January 22, 2017, Feng Qiong, a Hong Xue scholar, died peacefully at the Luohe Hospital in Beijing at the age of 93. Feng Qiyong was famous for his research on “A Dream of Red Mansions.” For Hong Xue, his greatest contribution was copying. In October 1974, the poet Yuan Shuipai served as deputy head of the State Council Culture Section. He asked Feng Qiyong to discuss what meaningful things he could do. Feng Qiyong proposes the schooling “A Dream of Red Mansions” because of such important traditional classics.