There is a poem, each sentence describes four great classical novels respectively.

It seems that there are more than four masterpieces:

"East and west sanshui peach blossoms are red,

Officialdom literati love golden urn.

Three words and two beats praise the ancient and modern times,

The mirror of the series of history books of the West Chamber. "

"East" refers to the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (Yu); "West" refers to Journey to the West (Wu Ming Cheng En); "Three" refers to Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty); "Water" refers to Water Margin (Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty); "Peach Blossom" refers to the peach blossom fan (Kong Renshang in Qing Dynasty); "Red" refers to A Dream of Red Mansions (Cao Qingxue Qin and Gao E).

"Officialdom" refers to "officialdom in the sky" (Li); "Scholar" refers to scholar (Wu); "Golden Bottle" refers to Jin Ping Mei (Lan).

"Sanyan" is the word of Yu Shiming, a beautiful and harmonious face (Feng Ming Menglong); "Erpai" refers to the surprise one moment ago and the surprise the next (Ming Meng Lingchu); "Modern and ancient" means "modern and ancient wonders" (old Bao Manweng).

Liaozhai refers to Strange Tales of Liaozhai (Pu Songling); "History book" refers to historical records (Sima Qian), and "The West Chamber" refers to the West Chamber (Wang Fuzhi); Jing Hua Yuan is Jing Hua Yuan (Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty).