曹雪芹(约1715~约1763),名霑,字芹圃,号芹溪,梦阮,清代著名小说家,祖籍辽阳。曹雪芹是内务府汉军旗人,出身“百年望族”的大官僚地主家庭。曹雪芹的曾祖母孙氏做过康熙的乳母,祖父曹寅做过康熙的侍读。从康熙二年至雍正五年,曾祖曹玺、祖父曹寅、父亲曹顒、叔父曹頫,相继担任江宁织造六十多年。织造专为宫廷采办丝织品和各种日用品,官阶虽不高,但却是肥缺,一般而言非 Cao Xueqin (about 1715 ~ about 1763), name dip, the word celery, No. Qin Creek, dream Nguyen, the famous Qing Dynasty novelist, native of Liaoyang. Cao Xueqin is the Imperial Household Flag Han people, born “a century-old family ” big bureaucratic landlord family. Cao Xueqin’s great-grandmother Sun did Kangxi’s nurse, grandfather Cao Yin done Kangxi’s read. From Kangxi two years to the Yongzheng five years, a great ancestor Cao Xi, grandfather Cao Yin, his father Cao Yong, uncle Cao Cao, have been serving Jiangning weaving more than 60 years. Weaving for the court to purchase silk fabrics and a variety of daily necessities, although the rank is not high, but it is fat, in general, non