1. "Water Margin"
"Water Margin" is the first chapter-length novel in Chinese history written in ancient vernacular to praise the peasant uprising. The main theme is the rebel army. Through a series of vivid stories of Liangshan heroes resisting oppression and fighting bravely, it exposes the decadence and brutality of the ruling class in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and reveals the sharply opposed social contradictions at that time and the cruel reality of "officials forcing the people to rebel."
2. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
The story of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" begins with the uprising of the Yellow Turbans and ends with the Sima family's destruction of Wu and the opening of the Jin Dynasty. It mainly describes wars and reflects the story of Wei, Shu Han, Wu The political and military struggles between the three political groups demonstrated the historical events of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, and successfully created a group of all-powerful heroes.
3. "Journey to the West"
The first seven chapters of "Journey to the West" describe the birth of Sun Wukong, including the story of causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace. After that, he wrote the story of Sun Wukong following Monk Tang to learn Buddhist scriptures from the West, eliminating demons and demons and overcoming difficulties along the way. In the book, the images of Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng are vividly depicted, with large scale and complete structure.
Furthermore, "Journey to the West" is rich in Buddhist color, and its hidden meaning is very far-reaching. There are different opinions and opinions. It can be appreciated from multiple perspectives including Buddhism, Taoism, and secularism. It is a great romantic literary work among Chinese classical novels.
4. "A Dream of Red Mansions"
"A Dream of Red Mansions" tells the story of people and things that happened in a large feudal family in a fictional dynasty. Among them, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai By describing some daily events, the main line of emotional entanglements reflects the love, hate and sorrow of the women in the Grand View Garden of Jia Mansion, with the twelve beauties of Jinling as the main body.
At the same time, the sub-line from Jia's mansion to decline and decline reflects the decline of a large family and the ugly inner nature of this seemingly gorgeous family.
5. "Zhouyi"
"Zhouyi" is the "Book of Changes", one of the "Three Changes" (another view: the Yi Jing is the Three Changes, not the Zhouyi) , is one of the traditional classics. According to legend, it was written by Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. Its content includes two parts: "Jing" and "Biography".
The "Jing" mainly consists of sixty-four hexagrams and three hundred and eighty-four lines. Each hexagram and line has its own explanation (hexagram words and line words), which are used for divination. "The Book of Changes" does not put forward the concepts of Yin and Yang and Tai Chi. The book that talks about Yin and Yang and Tai Chi is the "Book of Changes" influenced by Taoism and Yin and Yang schools. "Zhuan" contains seven kinds of texts explaining hexagrams and line speeches and ten articles, collectively called "Ten Wings", which are said to have been written by Confucius.