Dream of Red Mansions:

"Dream of Red Mansions" is one of the four famous classics in ancient my country ("Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "Dream of Red Mansions[2]") , is a full-length novel in Zhanghui style. It was written in the 49th year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1784). The preface of Mengjue Master is officially titled "A Dream of Red Mansions". Its original names are "The Story of Stones", "The Record of the Love Monk" and "The Romantic Treasure". "Jian", "Jinling Twelve Hairpins", etc. It is the greatest novel in ancient my country and one of the classics of world literature. Author Cao Xueqin. The original "Dream of Red Mansions" was circulated in the form of manuscripts, with only the first eighty chapters (scholars have studied it and it is actually 79 chapters. The 80th chapter that has been preserved today is originally the second half of the 79th chapter. Later generations divided it to make it a round number of eighty; other scholars believe The second edition of 79 and 80 is now a sequel mixed in). Since then, sequels to "A Dream of Red Mansions" have been released one after another. According to statistics, there are more than a hundred types of sequels to "A Dream of Red Mansions". The version that has attracted the most attention among red scholars is "Zhi Yanzhai's Re-evaluation of the Story of the Stone", and the currently popular sequel is the 120-chapter "A Dream of Red Mansions" completed by Gao E. The book takes the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, takes the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main line, and focuses on describing the process of the two houses of Jia and Ning from prosperity to decline. It comprehensively describes the state of human nature and various irreconcilable contradictions in the last days of feudal society.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms:

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (full name: Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, English name: The romance of Three Kingdoms, (translated as: The Legend of the Three Kingdoms), is One of the Four Great Classics (i.e. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, and Dream of Red Mansions), it is a classic of historical novels. The novel describes the events of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the entire Three Kingdoms era, with Cao Cao, Liu Bei, The contradictions and struggles between the three political and military groups of Wei, Shu, and Wu led by Sun Quan showed the sharp, complex and distinctive political and military conflicts of that era in terms of political and military strategies against a broad social and historical background. , had a profound impact on later generations.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is China's first chapter-length novel. The reason why Chinese novels developed from short stories to long novels is related to the prevalence of storytelling in the Song Dynasty. As a profession, storytellers like to use the stories of ancient figures as themes to perform. The numerous characters and numerous events in Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" are the best material for writing stories. Some fragments of the Three Kingdoms story originally existed among the people. It has also been circulated, and the storytellers have been collecting materials for a long time, and the content has become richer and richer, and the characters have become more and more full-fledged. Finally, many independent stories have been gradually combined into a large work. According to legend, it was finally processed and compiled into a book, becoming China's first chapter-length novel. This is a remarkable collective creation, which is different in form from novels written by a single author. I believe it has a certain guiding role.

The Scholars:

The Scholars is an outstanding realistic chapter-length satirical novel in the history of Chinese literature. Comments by Mr. Lu Xun. It is "like a collection of scraps of brocade, combined into a post, although it is not huge, but sometimes rare." The "Compendium of the History of Chinese Literature" co-authored by Feng Yuanjun and Lu Kanru believes that there is no "major or minor flaw" in the plot of the book. But there is a center running through it, which is to oppose the poison of the imperial examination system and feudal ethics, and to satirize the extreme hypocrisy and bad social customs caused by the passion for fame and wealth. Such ideological content was undoubtedly important at the time. It has practical and educational significance. Coupled with its accurate, vivid and concise vernacular language, lifelike character creation, beautiful and delicate description of scenery, and excellent satirical techniques, it has also achieved great success in art. Of course, due to the times. Although the author criticizes the dark reality in the book, he pins his ideals on scholar-bureaucrats who are "excellent in both character and learning", promotes ancient rituals and music, and cannot see the real way out to change the Confucian community and society. This is what should be done

Water Margin:

With its outstanding artistic description, "Water Margin" reveals some of the occurrence, development and failure of peasant uprisings in Chinese feudal society. In terms of essence, the social significance of "Water Margin" lies in its profound exposure of the darkness and decadence of feudal society and the crimes of the ruling class, explaining that the fundamental cause of peasant uprisings is "officials forcing the people to rebel." At the beginning of the work, Gao Qiu, a young man from a down-to-earth family who had always been despised by others, was spotted by King Duan for playing football. Later, King Duan became the emperor (Huizong), and Gao Qiu was promoted to the rank of Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Palace. The emperor is nothing more than a wandering playboy who only knows how to go around. His trusted ministers also include Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Yang Jian, etc., who form a supreme ruling group. Cai, Gao and others use their relatives and disciples as their confidants, such as Liang Shijie, Prefect Cai Jiu, Prefect Murong, Gao Lian, and Prefect He. Under them, there are some corrupt officials, local tyrants and bullies. From top to bottom, they work together in collusion, harm the loyal, oppress the good, and brutally exploit and oppress the people, forming a ruling network. When "Water Margin" reveals the crimes of corrupt officials and local tyrants who oppress the people, it first tells the story of Gao Qiu's persecution of Wang Jin because Wang Jin's father knocked down Gao Qiu with a stick during a martial arts competition in his early years. After he was appointed as the Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Mansion, on the first day he took office, he avenged himself and punished Wang Jin for no reason, causing Wang Jin to run away with his mother overnight.

The author also wrote that Gao Qiu tried every means to murder Lin Chong in order to let his son take over Lin Chong's wife. As one of the representatives of the ruling group, Gao Qiu embodies the characteristics of cruelty and insidious power and traitor, and also embodies the ugly and decadent nature of the feudal ruling class. In addition, "Water Margin" also describes various evil behaviors of landlord bullies, such as Zheng Tu occupying Jin Cuilian, Ximen Qing killing Wu Dalang, and Mao Taigong colluding with the government to frame Orion to unravel treasures and treasures.