Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin and The Journey to the West are known as the three fantastic books of the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Yingming's Caigen Tan in the Ming Dynasty, Chen Jiru's Small Window Notes in the Ming Dynasty and Wang Yongbin's Night Talk Around the Furnace in the Qing Dynasty are called "three wonders of life".

Shanhaijing, Yijing and Huangdi Neijing are also called "the three wonders of ancient times".