The Water Margin?
Author: Shi Naian (1296- 1370), who is the author of Water Margin has always been controversial. At present, the most widely accepted view is that the author is Shi Naian. There are several other viewpoints in history, including Luo Guanzhong's theory, Shi Hui's theory, Guo Xun's theory of using another name, and Song Dynasty's theory.
Full name: Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Author: Luo Guanzhong (about1330-about 1400), a famous book and a gifted scholar, is famous and well-known. Writers and dramatists in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Luo Guanzhong was born in the social unrest at the end of Yuan Dynasty. He had his own political ideals, did not agree with the secular, and took part in the anti-Yuan uprising. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he devoted himself to literary creation. He is the author of novels such as Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Romance of Tang and Five Dynasties, Biography of Three Demons in Suiping, Pink House, Romance of Three Kingdoms, etc. The Water Margin was co-written by Shi Naian. Other plays include Zhao Kuangyin's Dragon and Tiger Club, the serial exhortation of the filial son and the crying of Sanpingzhang.
Journey to the West: Wu Cheng'en (150 1 year-1582), whose real name is Ruzhong, is from Sheyang Mountain. China was an outstanding novelist in Ming Dynasty. He was born in poverty, from a scholar to a businessman. Wu Cheng'en was brilliant since childhood, and Huai 'an County Records recorded that he was "sensitive, wise and knowledgeable, which made him a writer." However, his scientific examination was unfavorable, and he didn't make up for the "year-old tribute student" until middle age, and then he lived in Nanjing for a long time and subsidized his family by selling literature. In his later years, due to his poor family, he became a county magistrate in Changxing. Because he didn't like the darkness of officialdom, he quickly resigned angrily and died of poverty. There are some controversies about the author of The Journey to the West, but it is generally believed that the author is Wu Cheng'en.
Dream of Red Mansions
Original names: A Dream of Red Mansions, Twelve Women in Jinling, Yue Feng Treasures, etc.
Author: Cao Xueqin (about 17 15- about 1763), whose real name is Zhan, whose real name is Qin Pu. Novelist, poet and painter in Qing Dynasty. Cao Xueqin experienced a luxurious and romantic life in Nanjing Jiangning Weaving Institute in his early years. In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), the Cao family was robbed of their property because of a deficit, and Cao Xueqin moved back to his former residence in Beijing with his family. Later, he moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and made a living by selling calligraphy and painting and helping his friends. Cao Xueqin has an open mind and a wide range of hobbies. He has studied epigraphy, poetry, painting, gardening, Chinese medicine, darning, craft and diet. With perseverance and years of hardships, he finally created a great work with great ideological and artistic quality-A Dream of Red Mansions.
Gao E (1758—— about 18 15), whose real name is marble, whose real name is Qiu Fu, alias is Lan Shu, Xing Yi, and the history of the red chamber. China's classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions, the first printed edition in the history of communication, is one of the two main editors, collators and publishers of Cheng Gaoben. Born in Santaizi, Shenyang, he worked in Gao E, Tieling and Fengtian Gao E. He lived in Beijing in the early Qing Dynasty.
Gao E was promoted in the fifty-third year of Qianlong (1788), and was a scholar in Qianlong for sixty years (1795). He has served as a cabinet official, a Chinese military attache, a cabinet chief, a The Cabinetshi Read, a Taoist supervisor in the south of the Yangtze River and a criminal officer. There are some works handed down from generation to generation, such as The Last Manuscript of Yueshanlou, Mo Xiang Ci and Storing Grass.