What does the opening verse of "Four Classic Novels" say?

The opening poems of the "four classic novels" have the significance of revealing the theme and directly pointing out the things to be described. The book Romance of the Three Kingdoms tells a story of benevolence and righteousness, and advocates loyalty, filial piety, justice, and ruling the country. It also includes strategy and wisdom, which highlights the view of fate in traditional culture. It has been mentioned many times in the book that "God's will" dominates personnel, and "Man proposes, God disposes". People believe in omens of good or bad luck, bright stars, changes in astronomical phenomena and so on. It is the embodiment of "God's will". God's will is inviolable, and one can only follow the crowd.

The Water Margin describes the hero's ending. Both "Lin Shu's Hiding Place" and "The Scholars" have explained that the story to be told is a heroic story in the Jianghu. And the fate of these heroes has also been explained, "like a fragile willow tree, life experience is like an empty boat." Although Song Jiang has always wanted to achieve orthodoxy, most of the heroes of 108 have tragic endings. The author also suggested to the world through this poem: instead of being a rebellious hero, it is better to hold a cup and listen to a new song with peace of mind.

The opening poem of Journey to the West has the most advertising significance, as if to let readers study the book carefully. Poetry is written in chaos, from an infinite state, both mysterious and mysterious. This is the road to heaven. Benevolence and kindness are both Confucian views on human nature and basic principles of personnel. In this book, Tang Yan and his disciples' firm belief in Buddhism inspires future generations. Although they experienced eighty-one difficulties, they finally got the true scriptures, cultivated the true fruits, and achieved enlightenment, making people realize that only kindness is the right way in life. The Journey to the West shows the transcendental process and final result of life, and is the only one of the four classic novels with a happy ending.

The author of A Dream of Red Mansions tells the story of the rise and fall of the family as a basic social group. The author went through hardships and said, "Life is like a dream". The central clue of this book is the experience of a stone, which was brought into the world of mortals by most scholars and small people. It is unrealistic to be a person and then be taken to the other side. The book "Birds in the Woods" tells people that everything in the world has a reason, debts must be paid, and happiness must end. In this book, the lame Taoist priest lists some phenomena of human emotional changes in the cold and hot world of "good songs". However, Zhen's annotation reveals that everything is fleeting and sees through the absurdity of the world, because it "subverts the belief that another country is its hometown".

Buddhists believe that everything in our material world is illusory and unreal. Yu said that the world has an unusual position. It comes from the sky and ancient times. Don't lose your true colors and give up your obsession with the Red Chamber. When you wake up from a dream, you will see nature and return to its original appearance.