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What are the four classical novels in ancient China?
China's four classical novels, referred to as the four classical novels for short, refer to Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West and A Dream of Red Mansions (arranged in writing order).

1, Water Margin

The author is Shi Naian of the Northern Song Dynasty. The book describes the grand story of Liangshan heroes' resistance to oppression, the growth of Liangshan in Shui Bo and their surrender to the imperial court, as well as the repression of political forces such as Fox, Wang Qing and Fang La who opposed the Song government the day after tomorrow, which finally led to tragic failure, and artistically reflects the whole process of Sung River Uprising from occurrence, development to failure in China history.

2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms

The author is Luo Guanzhong in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. This paper describes the historical situation of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, mainly describing the war, and tells the story of the warlord melee, the political and military struggle among Wei, Shu and Wu countries in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and finally Sima Yan unified the three countries and established the Jin Dynasty. Created a group of heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

3.[ Literary Works] Journey to the West

The author is Wu Cheng'en in Ming Dynasty. This novel is based on the historical event of "Tang priest learning from the scriptures", which profoundly depicts the social reality at that time. The book mainly describes the story of the Monkey King's encounter with Tang Priest, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand after his birth, and his disturbance to the Heaven Palace. He went west to learn from the scriptures, demonized all the way, and after eighty-one difficulties, he finally arrived in the Western Heaven to meet the Tathagata Buddha, and finally the Five Saints died.

4. A Dream of Red Mansions

The author is Cao Xueqin, a writer in Qing Dynasty. Based on the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue, the novel depicts the life of a group of beautiful women in the boudoir from the perspective of Jia Baoyu, a rich son, and shows the true beauty and tragedy of human nature. It can be said that it is an epic that shows the beauty of women from all angles.

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One of China's four classical literary masterpieces is A World Full of Men, the other is A World Full of Women, the other is a ghost novel, and the other is about the struggle between the three countries.

They have given readers of different times a brand-new aesthetic perspective and thinking space from different angles, opened up new inheritance, research and artistic re-expression of them by scholars in their respective fields, and influenced generations of Chinese children. These works will last forever.

Four Great Classical Novels is not a person who has the final say, but an evaluation made by readers after research, interpretation and measurement in the process of communication. The four classic novels bear many cultural essences, which have imperceptibly influenced many people's thinking wisdom and the way of treating people, and have a far-reaching influence on the changes of social ideological trend, social atmosphere and political ecology in the future.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Classic Novels