subject: Chinese Four Great Classical Novels [print this page] Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, Romance of Three Kingdoms and Water Margin are the four classical and famous novels in China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese literary creation flourished and the Four Great Classical Novels were come out by different people. They are well-known for Chinese and have already showed on TV.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese:), also called Three Kingdoms recently, was created in 14th century by Luo Guanzhong (between 1330-1400). It is a historical novel in China which based upon the events in the turbulent years that near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era (Wei, Shu, Wu) of China. Many famous roles are also popular until now, such as Caocao, LiuBei, Zhu Geliang are all very intelligent people who are respected by the modern people with the development of films and television plays.
Water Margin( Chinese: ), also known as Outlaws of the Marsh, was written by Shi Nai'an(1296-1370). This famous novel records 108 heroes who have different characters and famous until now during the mid Song Dynasty.
Journey to the West (Chinese: ) also know as Monkey, attributed to Wu Cheng'en (about 1504-1582). Originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty, and its authorship was ascribed to the scholar Wu Cheng'en since the 20th century that is still accepted until now. This classical novel mainly tells about five strange characters , Monk Tang (master), Sun Wukong (the monkey), Zhu Bajie (a lovely pig), Monkr Sha) and white dragon horse who want to Western Regions during Tang Dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious text and experienced 81 difficulties.
Dream of the Red Chamber (Chinese: ), also known as The Story of the Stone, was written by Cao XueQin of the former eighty chapters between 1749-1759 during the Qing Dynasty and Gao E wrote the latter forty chapters. There is a special team in China - Redology () which is the exclusive field of study this widespread classical novels. This novel mainly shows a big family's life which also reflects the society during that time.
