Dream of Red Mansions, Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Water Margin What is

Dream of Red Mansions, writing about family and society.

Journey to the West, write interesting travelogues and experiences.

The Water Margin depicts the warmth and coldness of human feelings, the hearts of the people, the people and the government through fictional stories.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, writing about the princes' struggle for hegemony, fighting wits and courage, and intrigue, and at the same time telling us: Life in the world, ambition should be high!!

We are familiar with it"Four classics**", in fact, is based on one"Four ways to write it", the People's Literature Publishing House in the 50s of the last century when sorting out the ancient Chinese classics ** selected "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin" four **, the Dream of Red Mansions was constantly revised and collected, played"Four classics**", but I didn't expect it to be a big success; By the seventies, it was a household name, who didn't have it at home"Four classics**", are embarrassed to say that they are cultural people Since then, no one knows"Four Wonder Books"What is it, only"Four famous books"To this day, they are bestsellers and must-read for learning about Chinese culture.

<>Although everyone knows it and is famous, but"Four classics", but contains many unknown mysteries, worthy of us today**First of all, we know their names well, but why did the author choose such a name, what is the meaning, what are the historical reasons? As we all know, Tang poetry, Song Ci, Yuan song, Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as the middle and late Ming Dynasty produced a large number of excellent **, and some scholars summarized four excellent ** from these excellent **, which were originally called"Four Wonder Books"。

Absolutely"Four Wonder Books"The content has also changed, and it is only in modern times that it has become familiar to us"Four famous books"。Especially"Four famous books"The content is too rich, not only involving politics, economy, military, and culture, but also food, clothing, opera, architecture, medicine, and so on. There are also many poems, and I personally feel that there are many poems in it that have not lost to Tang poems, and we are used to some friends saying it"Four classics**"It's too hard to read, and when you read it, there are too many characters in it, and everyone remembers that we read so many tasks back then, so you can imagine how difficult it was for the author back then!

What's more, there are so many literary brushstrokes, which herald echoes. We know,"Four famous books"One or even a paragraph of a page can become a classic story in its own right.

It can be seen how great the author's skill is!

Because these 4 books have a very high historical status in classical China, they reflect the society at that time, and they also reflect the wisdom of the ancients.

Mainly because these four books have had a huge impact on later generations, they are called the four great masterpieces.

Because these 4 books are all very well written and only have historical significance. It is the representative of our traditional Chinese literature.

The reason why these four books are called the Four Great Masterpieces is mainly because they have a particularly high level of literature and art.

First, Dream of Red Mansions is the pinnacle of ancient times

Dream of Red Mansions was written during the Qing Dynasty by Cao Xueqin. This ** is recognized by everyone as the pinnacle of ancient artistic creation.

There are not only a lot of poems and phrases in this book, but also the characters portrayed are very vivid.

When Cao Xueqin created this book, she based it on her own personal experience. Some people even say that Jia Baoyu's prototype is Cao Xueqin.

The content of this book is probably based on the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia Wang Shi Xue, and the main story line interspersed in the middle is the love story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

However, it is regrettableThe last 40 episodes of Dream of Red Mansions were gradually lost after Cao Xueqin's death.

Although Gao E wrote the last forty chapters for Dream of Red Mansions, there are still some differences between the version written by Gao E and the original. This has also become a very big regret in the history of Chinese literature.

Second, the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Luo Guanzhong, this ** tells the story of the Three Kingdoms period, and the protagonists of the story are Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

Because Luo Guanzhong needs to create art when he writes **,So he made some adaptations on the basis of the original historical materials.

Later generations once commented on the content of this **, 70% of which is in line with historical facts, and 30% is made up by the author.

Third, everyone likes the stories in Water Margin and Journey to the West very much.

Although the Water Margin depicts the story of the heroes of Liangshan, it also reflects the difficult situation of the poor people in the Song Dynasty.

This book is completely speaking for the general public, so everyone likes this ** very much.

In addition to the above three**, the most popular is Journey to the West.

The protagonist of Journey to the West is Monkey King,This ** tells the story of Sun Wukong helping Tang Seng to go to the West to learn scriptures.

Summary: The reason why these four ** have become the four great masterpieces of ancient China is mainly because of their relatively high literary achievements.

And the four great masterpieces of modern times.

Mao Dun's "Midnight" was selected for its reasons and Haoge's comments: magnificent structure, outstanding artistic model, profound social breadth, and groundbreaking influence.

The reason for the selection of Ba Jin's "Torrent Trilogy" and the comments of Haoge: excellent artistic description and profound reflection on life have been passed down since its release.

The reason for the selection of Lao She's "Four Worlds in the Same Hall" and Haoge's comments: The Chinese language is used to the extreme, and the customs and character descriptions are realistically present, and the major theme of national reflection is put forward from the perspective of national psychology.

Qian Zhongshu's "Siege of the City" was selected for reasons and Haoge's comments: It is the most talented work with knowledge and cultural connotation, and it is a new height in the expansion of life and human nature.

According to the literary value, the four famous novels of the modern version can be "Ordinary World", "Alive", "Waste Capital" and "White Deer Plain".

Known as the four great modern masterpieces, there are works such as "Full-time Master", "Notes on Tomb Robbery", "Dragon Family", "Dumb House" and so on.

The four great masterpieces of modern Chinese literature are Mao Dun's Midnight, Ba Jin's Torrent Trilogy, Lao She's Four Generations in the Same Hall, and Qian Zhongshu's The Siege of the City.