The four classical novels of China, referred to as the four classical novels for short, refer to the Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West and A Dream of Red Mansions (in order of completion time).
China's four classical novels A Dream of Red Mansions Author: Cao Xueqin, novelist of Qing Dynasty. Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, a novelist of Ming Dynasty. Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Luo Guanzhong was a novelist and dramatist in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. The Water Margin by Shi Naian, a novelist at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty.
Four Great Classical Novels, one of China's masterpieces, is a precious cultural heritage with a long history and has a far-reaching influence in the whole Chinese world. This is also a great pioneering work in the cultural history of China. Studying China and the four classical novels is a sea of wisdom to browse China's classical literature and a knowledge base to experience China's traditional humanities, society, ethics, history, geography, folklore, psychology and handling strategies.
Brief introduction of four classic novels:
1, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four classical novels in China, and its full name is the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Written by Luo Guanzhong, a novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, it is China's first long historical romance novel.
2. The Journey to the West, one of China's classical Four Great Classical Novels, is the first romance novel written by China and Wu Cheng'en in ancient Ming Dynasty. This paper mainly tells the story of the Monkey King, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand and Bai protecting Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures during the reign of Emperor Taizong. They cut through the thorns all the way, together with the 81-year-old hardships, from Tang Priest becoming a monk to learning Buddhist scriptures, all the way to subdue demons, save the day, and finally reach the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures.
3. The Water Margin is one of China's four classical novels. This paper describes the story of 108 hero led by Song Jiang in Liangshan Uprising at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, who was called up after Juyi and went to war everywhere. The Water Margin is also one of the most epic works in China literature.
4. A Dream of Red Mansions is China's first classical Four Great Classical Novels, a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty. In the early days, only the first 80 manuscripts were circulated, formerly known as the Story of the Stone. Cheng Weiyuan collected the last 40 manuscripts and invited Gao E to coordinate the publication of all 120 manuscripts entitled A Dream of Red Mansions.