What are the four classical novels in ancient China?

China's four classic novels in ancient times refer to the Chinese classical literary masterpieces Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong), The Water Margin (Shi Naian), The Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en) and A Dream of Red Mansions (Cao Xueqin and Gao E). The four classical novels, born in Ming and Qing Dynasties, are masterpieces of China's classical literature, bearing the essence of China culture, and are required books for studying China culture.

Author's brief introduction and summary of China classical literature Four Great Classical Novels: the author's brief introduction and summary of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the author's brief introduction and summary of Water Margin, the author's brief introduction and summary of The Journey to the West and the author's brief introduction and summary of A Dream of Red Mansions are as follows:

1. Author and content introduction of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Brief introduction of Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Luo Guanzhong (about 1330—— about 1400), a novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and a native of Taiyuan, Bingzhou, Shaanxi Province, wrote the following plays: Dragon and Tiger Club of Zhao Taizu, A Series of admonitions by the sons of loyalty and filial piety, Zhang Sanping crying to death, etc. Novels written by Luo Guanzhong: Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Romance of Tang and Five Dynasties, Biography of Three Demons of Sui Dynasty, Powder House, Water Margin (co-authored with Shi Naian) and Romance of Three Kingdoms.

Introduction to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (also known as the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms) describes the historical situation of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty. The book reflects the political and military struggle, the infiltration and transformation of various social contradictions in the Three Kingdoms period, summarizes the historical changes of this era and shapes a group of heroes. The story of Romance of the Three Kingdoms begins with Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in Taoyuan and ends with Sima Jia destroying Wu Jinkai. It describes the situation of Wei, Shu and Wu in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the founding history of the Jin Dynasty. The characters are simple, profound, tortuous and grand in structure. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms depicts nearly 200 characters, among which Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Guan Yu and Liu Bei are particularly prominent. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is China's first novel.

The opening words of Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away heroes. Whether it is right and wrong or failure, it is empty now and has disappeared with the passage of time. Castle Peak still exists, the sun still rises and the sunset still sets. The white-haired hermit by the river has long been used to the changes of time. I met an old friend and had a drink. How many things in the past and how many times have been put into the conversation.

2. Introduction to the author and content of Water Margin.

Brief introduction of Shi Naian, the author of Water Margin: Shi Naian (1296—137 1) was a writer in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and was now a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu Province. He is knowledgeable and talented. According to legend, he is a descendant of Shi Shichang, one of the 72 disciples of Confucius.

Introduction to Water Margin: The Water Margin describes the story of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang in Liangshan Uprising at the end of Northern Song Dynasty. After gathering righteousness, they accepted the call-up and fought everywhere, shaping Liangshan heroes such as Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Lin Chong and Lu, vividly describing the whole process of peasant uprising from occurrence, development to failure, and profoundly revealing the social roots and enthusiasm of the uprising. The Water Margin is one of the earliest Zhang Hui vernacular novels in the history of China.

The opening words of the water margin: try to see the hidden place of the book forest and see how many elegant people are. Small profits in name only do not worry, cutting ice and snow, laughing and watching Wu Gou. Comment on the former king, and after the emperor, divided into true and false, accounting for Zhongzhou, seven males around the Spring and Autumn Period. Ups and downs are like crisp willows, and life experiences are like virtual boats. I have seen countless fame, countless pictures and countless escapes. Under the new moon, Changchuan and Jianghu mulberry fields become ancient roads. If you are dumbfounded and want to learn from wood, you will choose wood for the poor ape. If you are afraid of getting hurt, you might as well cover the cup in your hand and listen to the new tone.

3. Introduction of The Journey to the West's author and content.

Wu Cheng'en, the author of Journey to the West: Shi Naian (1500-1582), is an outstanding novelist in the Ming Dynasty and the author of The Journey to the West, one of the classical Four Great Classical Novels in China. Wu Cheng'en Ruzhong was born in Shanyang County, Huai 'an Prefecture (now Huai 'an District, Jiangsu Province). Originally from Gaodian, Tongcheng County, Anhui Province (now Gaodian, Yutan Township, Zongyang County), he moved to Huai 'an House with his grandfather (now Huai 'an District, Huai 'an City, Jiangsu Province).

The Journey to the West: The Journey to the West is a romantic novel in ancient China, which mainly describes the story that Tang Priest, the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, Zhu and Friar Sand Sha Wujing went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and finally got the true scriptures after 81 difficulties. The content of Journey to the West is divided into three parts: the first part (one to seven times) introduces the Monkey King's magical power, causing havoc in Heaven; The second part (eight to twelve times) tells the reason why Sanzang learned the scriptures; The third part (chapters 13 to 100) is the main body of the whole story, and it is written that Wukong and others finally arrived in the Western Heaven to retrieve the scriptures. The image of the Monkey King in The Journey to the West, with its distinctive personality characteristics, has established an immortal artistic monument in the history of China literature.

Journey to the West begins: Chaos divides heaven and earth, and no one sees it. Since Pangu broke the HarmonyOS system, it has opened up a clear distinction from here. Covering the crowd and respecting benevolence, I found that everything was getting better. If you want to know the power of nature, you must read the Journey to the West.

4. Introduction to the author and content of A Dream of Red Mansions.

Cao Xueqin, author of A Dream of Red Mansions, Introduction: Cao Xueqin (about1715-about 1763) is a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty, whose real name is Zhan, real name, real name and real name is Qin Pu. Cao Xueqin's ancestral home is Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, and his birthplace is Jiangning (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). His ancestors were Han Chinese in the Central Plains, and Zhengbaiqi in Manchu was born in paint. A Dream of Red Mansions is Cao Xueqin's painstaking work of "ten years of reading, five additions and deletions" and "every word is like blood, and ten years of hard work is extraordinary". A Dream of Red Mansions has been handed down from generation to generation 120, most of which were written by Cao Xueqin, and the last 40 were written by Gao E. (about 1738- about 18 15) Qing dynasty writer, named marble. Because of his love for the novel A Dream of Red Mansions, he was nicknamed "The History of the Red Mansion". Huang Qi, a native of the interior office of the Han army, was originally from Tieling (now Liaoning) and lived in Beijing in the early Qing Dynasty. In addition to Gao E's 40-story sequel A Dream of Red Mansions, there are many other poems and essays. Wen Yuan II, the manuscript of the Qing Dynasty, recorded a copy of blue poems, while Eight Banners Classic, written by Yang Zongxi, recorded a collection of Gaolan poems, which are all lost today. There are collections of words such as Ten Arts of Lan Shu (First Draft), Summary of Official Management, Poems, The Last Manuscript of Yuexiaoshanfang, Xiang Yan Ci, etc.

A brief introduction to A Dream of Red Mansions;

A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel with chapters and chapters, which is the first of the four classical novels in ancient China. Formerly known as Red Yanzhai Re-evaluating Strange Stone, it is also known as Love Monk Record, Yue Feng Treasure Mirror, Twelve Women in Jinling, Returning Tears and Jinyuyuan. A Dream of Red Mansions is a smiling tragedy. It describes the life of three generations of a feudal aristocratic family from glory to decline, but it also boldly accuses the shameless and depraved feudal aristocratic class and points out their hypocrisy, fraud, greed, decay and sin. The main characters portrayed in A Dream of Red Mansions: More than 100 characters in A Dream of Red Mansions have different postures, and most of them have distinct personality characteristics, especially Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Jia Mu, Wang Xifeng, Shi Xiangyun and Jia Tanchun, which left a deep impression on us.

The opening words of a dream of red mansions: full of absurd words, a bitter tear. Dou Yun's author is crazy, who can understand the taste?