1 Water Margin is a novel compiled in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty (most of the existing publications are signed by Shi Naian or Luo Guanzhong or both), and it is the first vernacular novel in China history.
2. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is an artistic re-creation by Luo Guanzhong on the basis of scripts, operas and anecdotes about the story of the Three Kingdoms in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, according to the Records of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou in the Jin Dynasty and the Notes on the Records of the Three Kingdoms written by Pei Songzhi in the Southern Song Dynasty.
3. The Journey to the West is a classic of China's ghost novels, reaching the peak of ancient romance novels.
4. A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel written by Zhang Hui in ancient China, which is the first of the four classical novels in China. Its total edition is *** 120, the first 80 chapters are written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in Qing Dynasty, and the last 40 chapters are written by Anonymous, edited by Gao E and Cheng Weiyuan.