A Dream of Red Mansions, the first of China's classical Four Great Classical Novels, is a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty, also known as The Story of the Stone and Jinyuyuan. This book is divided into two editions: 120 Cheng Ben and 80 Fat Ben. ?
The novel takes the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, the family affairs of Jia's family and the leisure of boudoir as the main line, and the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, depicting the beauty of humanity and tragedy of lovers centered on Jia Baoyu and Jinling Twelve Chai. Through family tragedy, daughter tragedy and protagonist's life tragedy, the end-time crisis of feudalism is revealed.
2. Wu is a scholar.
The Scholars is a novel written by Wu in Qing Dynasty. It was written in the 14th year of Qianlong (1749) or a little earlier. It was handed down from generation to generation with manuscripts, and was first engraved in the 8th year of Jiaqing (1803).
The fifty-six chapters of the book depict different expressions of "fame and fortune" by various people in a realistic way. On the one hand, it truly reveals the process and reasons of human nature erosion, thus profoundly criticizing and mocking the corruption of bureaucracy and the hypocrisy of imperial examinations at that time; On the one hand, it enthusiastically praised the protection of human nature by a few characters in a self-centered way, thus embodying the author's ideal.
The use of vernacular Chinese in the novel is becoming more and more skillful, and the characterization of characters is also quite in-depth and delicate, especially the superb satirical techniques, which makes this book a masterpiece of China's classical satirical literature.
3. Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio
Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese by Pu Songling, a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty in China. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio means recording strange stories in his study. Strange stories are strange stories, and strange stories are strange stories.
There are 49/kloc-0 short stories in the book. They either exposed the darkness of feudal rule, attacked the decay of imperial examination system, or resisted the shackles of feudal ethics, and had rich and profound ideological content. The works describing the theme of love are the largest in the book, showing a strong anti-feudal ethical code spirit. Some of these works show the author's ideal love through the love between foxes and people.
4. Shi Yukun's Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses
The author of Three Heroes and Five Righteousness is Shi Yukun, a noble disciple of Qing Dynasty, and it is a classic of classical chivalrous case-solving novels.
There are many versions of "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", which are widely circulated. The well-known stories in the book have had a far-reaching impact on China's modern storytelling, martial arts novels and even the contents of literature and art. It is the first truly meaningful martial arts work of China and the originator of China's martial arts novels. The Three Heroes and Five Righteousness is not only full of suspense, but also humorous in style.
5. Shen Fu's Six Chapters of a Floating Life
Six Chapters of a Floating Life is an autobiographical essay by Shen Fu, a native of Changzhou in Qing Dynasty, written by Yu Jiaqing XIII. Yang Yinchuan, the brother-in-law of Wang Tao in the Qing Dynasty, found the remnant draft of Six Chapters of a Floating Life in a cold stall in Suzhou, with only four volumes, and gave it to Wang Tao, who was in charge of reporting Wenzunge in Shanghai at that time, and published it as movable type 1877.
This is an autobiographical essay with high level and great influence, which occupies a very important position in the note literature of the Qing Dynasty. This book is characterized by its simplicity, frankness, expressiveness, informality and creativity. This creativity is first reflected in its subject matter and description object. In the book, the author narrates the joy of husband and wife's boudoir with a deep and direct style, and writes the sincere love between husband and wife.