1, A Dream of Red Mansions (four classical novels of China)
We are all familiar with A Dream of Red Mansions, which is one of China's four classical novels. It was written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in Qing Dynasty, and was rated as the pinnacle of China's classical novels, as well as Zhang Hui's novels with the highest literary achievements. It always shines brilliantly in the literary history of China and even the world, and the Douban score is as high as 9.6.
A Dream of Red Mansions, with Bao Dai's love tragedy as the main line and the rise and fall of four big families as the background, depicts all aspects of China's feudal society in the18th century and the germination of emerging capitalist democratic thoughts under feudal autocracy. It can be said that A Dream of Red Mansions is a social encyclopedia of18th century.
What impressed me most about A Dream of Red Mansions was the interest in life between the lines. It is not only Dong Qing's most tasteful literary work, but also one of the books highly recommended by Dong Qing.
2. The Sea of Life
In Dong Qing's recommendation list, I have to mention the book Sea of Life. The Sea of Life is the work of Mai Jia, a famous contemporary novelist and screenwriter, and one of Mai Jia's famous rural trilogy. After eight years of careful writing and five years of careful polishing, he appeared in front of readers.
Speaking of Mai Jia, you may not be familiar with it, but speaking of his works, I think everyone is familiar with it, such as the novels Decryption, Assassination, Wind, Wind Talk and Knife Point. See if these are particularly familiar. With the book Sea of Life, Mai Jia also won the "Outstanding Writer of the Year" of the Southern Literature Festival in 2020 and the 4th Shi Naian Literature Prize.
Life is the sea, the mountains and rivers, and you!