林語堂會完成紅樓夢的英文節譯本，但迄未出版，本文據佐藤亮一之日文譯本予以簡介

　　Lin Yutang had an abridged Englished translation of The Red Chamber Dream, but was not published. Its contents, sixty-four chapters with introduction and epilogue were described according to the Japanese translation by Sato.