Four Great Classics (all 4 volumes)

A brief introduction to Luo Guanzhong, the author of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Luo Guanzhong (about 1330 - about 1400) was a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, the author of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and a native of Taiyuan Prefecture, Bingzhou, Shanxi Province. Luo Guanzhong wrote the scripts: "The Meeting of Dragons and Tigers of Zhao Taizu" and "The Serial Remonstrances of a Loyal and Filial Son" , "San Ping Zhang died crying Fei Huzi". The novels written by Luo Guanzhong: "The Chronicles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The Romance of the End of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties", "The Story of Sansui Pingyao", "Fenzhuang Tower", "Water Margin" (co-authored with Shi Naian), "The Three Kingdoms" Romance".

 A brief introduction to Shi Naian, the author of "Water Margin": Shi Naian (1296-1371) was a writer from the late Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty. He was a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu today. He was a man of great knowledge and talent. According to legend, he was a descendant of Shi Zhichang, one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius.

A brief introduction to Wu Chengen, the author of "Journey to the West": Shi Naian (1500-1582) was an outstanding novelist in the Ming Dynasty and the author of "Journey to the West", one of the four classic Chinese classics. Wu Cheng'en, courtesy name Ruzhong, also known as Sheyangshanren, was born in Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture (today's Huai'an District, Jiangsu Province), his ancestral home is Gaodian, Tongcheng County, Anhui Province (now Gaodian, Yutan Township, Songyang County), because he moved with his grandfather to Huai'an Prefecture (now Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province).

 A brief introduction to Cao Xueqin and Gao E, the authors of "Dream of Red Mansions": Cao Xueqin (about 1715-about 1763) was a famous novelist in the Qing Dynasty. His first name was Zhan, his courtesy name was Mengruan, his nickname was Xueqin, and he was also known as Qinxi and Qinpu. Cao Xueqin's ancestral home is Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, and her birthplace is Jiangning (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). Her ancestors are Han Chinese in the Central Plains and were born in the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria. "A Dream of Red Mansions" is the painstaking work of Cao Xueqin who "read it for ten years, adding and deleting five times." "Every word looks like blood, and ten years of hard work is unusual." There are 120 chapters of "A Dream of Red Mansions" handed down today, of which the first 80 chapters are unique. Most of them were written by Cao Xueqin, and the last 40 chapters were continued by Gao E. Gao E (about 1738-about 1815) was a litterateur in the Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name was Lanshu, also known as Yunshi. Because of his passion for the novel "Dream of Red Mansions", he was nicknamed "The Outsider's History of Red Mansions". A native of the Imperial Household Office of the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, his ancestral home is Tieling (now part of Liaoning). His ancestors lived in Beijing in the early Qing Dynasty. In addition to the 40 sequels to "A Dream of Red Mansions", Gao E also wrote a variety of poems and articles. "Manuscripts of Qing History·Wenyuan II" records "Lanshu Poems", and Yang Zongxi's "Eight Banners Classics" records "Gao Lanshu Collection". 》, now lost. There are now "Ten Arts of Lanshu" (draft version), "Essays on the Administration of Officials", poetry collection "Yuexiaoshanfang Manuscript", poetry collection "Inkstone Ci·簏Cuncao", etc.