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Season 1

36 episodes January 29, 1987

The series begins with the mother-less child, Lin Daiyu - whose beauty and intelligence surpasses all, moving into the family compound of her maternal grandmother in the capital. There, the child meets numerous relatives, one of whom is Jia Baoyu, her mother's nephew and male protagonist. Baoyu was born with a piece of jade in his mouth and, so, is treated like a fragile egg and spoiled by his grandmother. He often spends his time with his female cousins and maids instead of tending to his studies.

Episodes

1 Daiyu Parted With Her Father and Went to the Capital Jan 29, 1987 No ratings 2 Baoyu, Daiyu, and Baochai's First Meeting at the Hall of Glorious Pageant Jan 30, 1987 No ratings 3 Granny Liu Pays Her First Visit to the Jung Mansion Jan 31, 1987 No ratings 4 Daiyu Feels Slight Jealous While Meeting Baoyu at Baochai's Home Feb 1, 1987 No ratings 5 Xifeng Sets a Vicious Trap for a Lover Feb 2, 1987 No ratings 6 Xifeng Helps to Manage Affairs at the Ning Mansion Feb 3, 1987 No ratings 7 Literary Talent Tested by Composing Inscriptions for Grandview Garden May 5, 1987 No ratings 8 Jung Mansion Had the Imperial Consort's Visitation on the Lantern Festival May 5, 1987 No ratings 9 A Sweet Girl Shows Deep Feeling One Quiet Day May 6, 1987 No ratings 10 A Song Awakes Baoyu to Esoteric Truths May 6, 1987 No ratings 11 Meeting a Nightmare in Seeking After Favor May 7, 1987 No ratings 12 Daiyu Weeps at Falling Petals May 7, 1987 No ratings 13 The Fortune Enjoys Deep Fortune and Long Life May 8, 1987 No ratings 14 Chin-chuan Dies a Heroic Death in Shame May 8, 1987 No ratings 15 Baoyu was Beaten For Flirting May 9, 1987 No ratings 16 Granny Liu Pays a Visit to Grandview Garden May 9, 1987 No ratings 17 Xifeng Taken by Surprise Gives Ways to Jealousy May 10, 1987 No ratings 18 Yuanyang Vows Never to Marry May 10, 1987 No ratings 19 White Snow and Red Plum-Blossom in the Glassy World May 11, 1987 No ratings 20 Plucky Qingwen Mends a Peacock-Feather Cape in Bed May 11, 1987 No ratings 21 An Evening Banquet on the Lantern Festival in the Jung Mansion May 12, 1987 No ratings 22 Ping'er Wields Authority to Right a Wrong May 12, 1987 No ratings 23 Artful Zijuan Tests Baoyu's Feelings May 13, 1987 No ratings 24 Girls Feast at Night in Happy Red Court May 13, 1987 No ratings 25 The Profligate Secretly Takes Second Sister Yu as a Concubine May 14, 1987 No ratings 26 Xifeng in Jealousy Makes a Scene in the Ning Mansion May 14, 1987 No ratings 27 Lady Xing Feels Wronged and Puts Xifeng in Wrong May 15, 1987 No ratings 28 Strange Omen Occurs at Night Banquet May 15, 1987 No ratings 29 Spoony Childe Writes a Dirge on Cottonrose Hibiscus May 16, 1987 No ratings 30 Drifting Away of Fair Maidens from Grandview Garden May 16, 1987 No ratings 31 Spiritual Jade was Stolen During a Bustling Feast May 17, 1987 No ratings 32 Grieving Over Tanchun's Departure to Marry Far from Home May 17, 1987 No ratings 33 Daiyu is Shocked by Bade News and Dies May 18, 1987 No ratings 34 Forced Xifeng Resigned Herself to a Fate Spread East of Bed-Curtain May 18, 1987 No ratings 35 Collapsed Mansion Comes to an End May 19, 1987 No ratings 36 A Vast and White Expanse of Immerse Universe May 19, 1987 No ratings