“大英百科说一部红楼梦的价值相当于整个欧洲”估计又是中国人意淫

等考证。。。。

我因为这个话我特意查过了大英百科全书
结果是目前的百科全书没有这描述
但是还是不敢断定以前没有。。
给出链接
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/171232/Dream-of-the-Red-Chamber

novel written by Cao Zhan in the 18th century; it is generally considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels.
The work, published in English as Dream of the Red Chamber (1929), first appeared in manuscript form in Beijing during Cao Zhan’s lifetime. In 1791, almost 30 years after his death, the novel was published in a complete version of 120 chapters prepared by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. Uncertainty remains about the final 40 chapters of the book; they may have been forged by Gao, substantially written by Cao Zhan and simply discovered and put into final form by Cheng and Gao, or perhaps composed by an unknown author. The Story of the Stone (1973–86) is a complete five-volume English translation.
The novel is a blend of realism and romance, psychological motivation and fate, daily life and supernatural occurrences. A series of episodes rather than a strongly plotted work, it details the decline of the Jia family, composed of two main branches, with a proliferation of kinsmen and servants. There are 30 main characters and more than 400 minor ones. The major focus, however, is on young Baoyu, the gifted but obstinate heir of the clan. Spoiled by his mother and grandmother, he is continually reprimanded by his strict Confucian father, who especially abhors Baoyu’s intimacy with his numerous female cousins and maidservants. Most notable among these relations are the melancholy Daiyu (Black Jade), Baoyu’s ill-fated love, and the vivacious Baochai (Precious Clasp), his eventual wife. The work and the character of Baoyu in particular are generally thought to be semiautobiographical creations of Cao Zhan. His portrait of the extended family reflects a faithful image of upper-class life in the early Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12), while the variety of individual character portraits reveals a psychological depth not previously approached in Chinese literature.


这是英文原文：
Dream of the Red Chamber
Encyclopædia Britannica Article    
Pinyin romanization   Hongloumeng , Wade-Giles romanization   Hung-lou-meng
novel written by Cao Zhan in the 18th century; it is generally considered to be the greatest of all Chinese novels.
The work, published in English as Dream of the Red Chamber (1929), first appeared in manuscript form in Beijing during Cao Zhan's lifetime. In 1791, almost 30 years after his death, the novel was published in a complete version of 120 chapters prepared by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. Uncertainty remains about the final 40 chapters of the book; they may have been forged by Gao, substantially written by Cao Zhan and simply discovered and put into final form by Cheng and Gao, or perhaps composed by an unknown author. The Story of the Stone (1973–86) is a complete five-volume English translation.
The novel is a blend of realism and romance, psychological motivation and fate, daily life and supernatural occurrences. A series of episodes rather than a strongly plotted work, it details the decline of the Jia family, composed of two main branches, with a proliferation of kinsmen and servants. There are 30 main characters and more than 400 minor ones. The major focus, however, is on young Baoyu, the gifted but obstinate heir of the clan. Spoiled by his mother and grandmother, he is continually reprimanded by his strict Confucian father, who especially abhors Baoyu's intimacy with his numerous female cousins and maidservants. Most notable among these relations are the melancholy Daiyu (Black Jade), Baoyu's ill-fated love, and the vivacious Baochai (Precious Clasp), his eventual wife. The work and the character of Baoyu in particular are generally thought to be semiautobiographical creations of Cao Zhan. His portrait of the extended family reflects a faithful image of upper-class life in the early Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12), while the variety of individual character portraits reveals a psychological depth not previously approached in Chinese literature.
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最可能的是外国的的某一位红楼梦翻译家这样说。但以大英百科的写作风格，一般不会引入这种很私人的评价。大英采纳的是同行评价 peer review。

Daiyu (Black Jade)
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我吐血了。。。
反正5楼的文章里没提什么相当于整个欧洲。。。

我也觉得，太夸张了

这跟周总理联合国降半旗，那联合国的官员对那些不服的人说的话一样，假的。。
我对这个话持有90%的怀疑态度。。不敢百分百，是因为没找到确凿的证据。

只要我们不骄傲自大就行了……
真的假的无所谓……

回复：11楼
额，，假话我们中国人很会说。而且很会信。。
其实红楼梦不需要用欧洲添光的。。
还是举周总理的例子。。对他的尊敬不需要用假话。。可是不知道为什么那么多人相信人家联合国官员说过那什么“他没留一分钱、他没留下一儿半女，你们能做到么”这类似的。。这压根不符合官员的说话。。为何还有人深信呢。

回复：13楼
汉语在翻译很多英语上照样是苍白无力，不要太自大了
英语翻不了红楼梦，汉语同样也翻不了莎士比亚