In many cultures, the friendships between men was considered more powerful and important than romance or marriage, because marriage was determined by parents and romance just lust, but friendships were based upon understanding, trust, and valor. It wasn't until people decided marriage should be based upon love that men's relationships with women supplanted the previous mens' relationships. Basically, the sort of relationships in "Dream of Red Mansion" replaced the relationships in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
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