甲戌本《石头记》第一回《甄士隐梦幻识通灵贾雨村风尘怀闺秀》一开头说:“列位看官,你道此书从何而来?说起根由虽近荒唐,细谙(庚辰本等作‘按’)则深有趣味。待在下将此来历注明,方使阅者了然不惑。”接着便叙女娲补天时遗弃的一块石头,如何被茫茫大士、渺渺真人携入红尘,历尽离合悲欢炎凉世态,又如何被空空道人将石上所记故事抄录传世,改《石头记》为《情僧录》,“至吴玉峰题曰《红楼梦》,东鲁孔梅溪则题 A copy of the first book of the ”Stone Note“ of ”Xu Zhenshi hidden dreams of psychic Jia Yu Village,“ said at the beginning: ”Tell me what you come from this book? (Geng Chen Ben such as ’press’) is of deep interest.To behold the origin of the next, so that the reader was not confused.And then the Nuwa Gubergine abandoned a stone, how is the vast Miao, Miao Miao live in red, Miao Huan Vicissitudes gone through the world, but also how empty people will be recorded on the stone transcribed from the story, change “Stone” as “love Monk recorded”, “to Wu Yufeng title” Dream of Red Mansions " East Lu Kou Mei Creek is the question