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Journey to the West (Classic Vernacular Version)
The first romantic novel about gods and demons in ancient China, based on Xuanzang's Buddhist scriptures, it tells the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sand Monk escorting Tang Monk to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. After ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, he conquered demons and eliminated demons, and finally the Five Sages came true. The imagination is magnificent and the plot is twists and turns.
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Broken Pen from Disease Gap (Commemorative Edition)
Shi Tiesheng, a master of contemporary literature, wrote a long philosophical prose "Broken Pens in the Sickness", one of his most classic works, and a life note full of profound life experiences. This work was written in four years when he suffered from uremia and underwent dialysis. It is known as "the most important harvest of Chinese literature in 2002" and is "an arduous, yet brilliant and magnificent inquiry and vision of divinity and the ultimate meaning of life in a profound dilemma." In
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Classic Translation)
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four classic Chinese classics. It is China's first chapter-length historical romance novel. Its full name is "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (also known as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"). The author is Luo Guanzhong, a famous novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. After the "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written, several versions including the Jiajing Renwu Edition were handed down to the world. At the
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A Dream of Red Mansions (Classic Translation)
"A Dream of Red Mansions" is an ancient Chinese chapter novel, also known as "The Story of the Stone", etc. It is listed as the first of the four classic Chinese classics and is generally believed to be written by the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin. The novel takes the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, and takes the wealthy young master Jia Baoyu as the perspective. It depicts the various life styles of a group of boudoir beauties who behave a
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Dream of Red Mansions
"A Dream of Red Mansions", also known as "The Story of the Stone", etc., Is an ancient Chinese chapter-length novel and one of the four classic Chinese classics. The current version has 120 chapters. It is generally believed that the first 80 chapters were written by Cao Xueqin, a writer in the Qing Dynasty, and the last 40 chapters were written by Anonymous, compiled by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. The novel takes the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the backgro
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Lakes and Mountains (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works: Collector's Edition)
"Lake Lights and Mountains" is a novel by Zhou Daxin that won the Mao Dun Literature Award. The book takes as the protagonist an ordinary Henan woman who returned to the countryside from the city, tells the story of the struggle of rural entrepreneurial youth, and reflects the various social and ecological issues that rural areas need to face in the process of China's reform and opening up, such as conceptual changes, cultural transformation, and the adjustment of interpersonal relationships. Th
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A Dream of Red Mansions (Hardcover)
This book takes the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, describes the love tragedy of the hero and heroine Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, and reveals the inevitability of the demise of the feudal family.
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The Dust Has Settled (Winning Work of Mao Dun Literary Award)
The winning work of the 5th Mao Dun Literature Award. Sales have continued for twenty years. This book is a novel by Tibetan writer Alai and the winner of the 5th Mao Dun Literary Award. The novel describes a prominent Kham Tibetan chieftain who gave birth to a foolish son to his Han wife after drinking. This fool, whom everyone considers to be incompatible with real life, has a premonition and behavior that transcends the times, and becomes a witness to the rise and fall of the chieftain system
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Water Margin (Original Complete Works)
"Water Margin" is my country's first chapter-length novel on the theme of peasant uprising. It is a monument in the history of Chinese literature and a pearl in the treasure house of world literature. It has been deeply loved by Chinese people for hundreds of years, has been translated into many languages, and has been widely circulated. It vividly describes the entire process from the occurrence to the failure of the peasant uprising led by Song Jiang, exposes the dark decadence of feudal socie
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Luotuo Xiangzi (Classic Translation)
Xiangzi comes from the countryside, is kind, diligent, and perseverant. He goes to Peking to pull a cart to make a living. His biggest dream is to pull his own cart one day. However, his hopes were repeatedly shattered due to various reasons. After three ups and downs, Xiangzi gradually lost confidence in life, and finally became a self-defeating and jobless vagrant.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Hardcover)
This book is based on the revised version by Mao Lun and Mao Zonggang of the Qing Dynasty, and is mainly based on the "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" published in Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, I have read many of the various reprints of the Mao version that have been popular since the Qing Dynasty, and have absorbed many of the compilation results of the original version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" published by the People's Literature Publishing House. The names of
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Li Zicheng: 10 Volumes (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
The novel takes the peasant uprising army led by Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty from weak to strong, turning defeat into victory, overthrowing the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and resisting the southward march of the Qing army as the main clue. It reproduces the changing historical landscape of the late Ming and early Qing dynasty and the tragic ending of the peasant uprising army from victory to defeat from multiple angles, multi-facets, and multi-levels. It reveals the laws of the developmen
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Urban Romance (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
The novel "Urban Romance" centers on the municipal construction of a large city in the north. It depicts the ecology and mentality of everyone from the mayor to the street women, and reflects the complex face of current urban reform. Municipal Party Secretary Gao Bonian has been having trouble with his government affairs and family affairs recently. His unmarried daughter Gao Jie had a miscarriage and was lying at home. His wife Shen Ping thought it was Gao's secretary Zhang Yimin who had done i
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Picking up Flowers in the Morning and Evening
"Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" is Mr. Lu Xun's well-known collection of retrospective essays. It relatively completely records his life experience and ideological context from childhood to youth. While shaping some distinctive characters, it also integrates these memories into rational thinking. It is a warm and beneficial read.
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Qin Opera
"Qinqiang" writes about hometown. Jia Pingwa is a gift to his hometown, writing about the people and things he is most familiar with, and the contradictions and confusion faced by rural China under the changes of the great era. Jia Pingwa said: "I want to use it to build a monument for my hometown." Jia Pingwa's classic masterpiece has been revised and revised in 2021, and the reading experience has been greatly upgraded. Won the 7th Mao Dun Literature Award and was selected into the "Collection
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Bell and Drum Tower (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
The author Liu Xinwu's first novel, for which he won the second Mao Dun Literature Award. The novel tells a story that took place in the Bell and Drum Tower area of Beijing in the early 1980s, showing extremely colorful scenes, telling the joys and sorrows of the city, and the fate of several generations. Traveling through the smoke and dust of the years, and looking at the moving world scenes in Liu Xinwu's works, it is like a vivid ukiyo-e that has opened up the memory of the city... It can
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Picking up Flowers in the Morning and Evening
"Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" is a collection of essays by the modern writer Lu Xun. It contains a total of 10 memoir essays written by Lu Xun in 1926. Among them, the first five were written in Beijing and the last five were written in Xiamen. Initially, "Revisiting Old Things" was published successively in the bimonthly magazine "Wangyuan". In July 1927, Lu Xun added "Xiaoyin" and "Postscript", compiled and published them, and renamed them "Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk". "Morning Blos
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Journey to the West (Original Version Without Deletions)
"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel about gods and demons in ancient China. It was written by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty. It is also one of the four famous Chinese novels. It can be said to be well-known to women and children in China. The novel is based on the historical event of "Tang Monk's Journey to the West". It tells the story of Tang Monk and his disciples who traveled west to obtain Buddhist scriptures, experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships,
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms is a historical period that has attracted much attention. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, performances with themes of the Three Kingdoms were already popular. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, "Three Kingdoms Opera" became even more popular among the public. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is the oldest and most widely read among the four famous classics. The history, politics, military, philosophy, strategy, etc. It contains deeply attract readers. The Romance of the
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The Complete Works of Lu Xun (Set of 21 Volumes in Total)
The complete works of Lu Xun include: Scream, Wandering, Sadness, New Stories, Picking Up Flowers in the Morning and Dusk, Wild Grasses, Hot Wind, Sanxian Collection, Nanqianbei Diao Collection, Pseudo Free Letters, Quan Feng Yue Tan, Qie Jie Ting Essays, Qie Jie Ting Essays Two Collections, Qie Jie Ting Essays Final Collection, Collection Outside Collection, Tomb, Huagai Collection, Huagai Collection Sequel, Erxin Collection, and 21 volumes of lace literature.
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Heavy Wings (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
"Heavy Wings" is the first novel to reflect life in the early stages of reform. It positively describes the struggle between reform and counter-reform in industrial construction, and enthusiastically praises the correct line of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Party. The novel describes a complex struggle between the Ministry of Heavy Industry of the State Council and its affiliated Shuguang Automobile Manufacturing Plant over the reform of the industrial economic s
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Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Wang Anyi's Novel)
In the 1940s, Wang Qiyao, who was still a middle school student, was selected as "Miss Shanghai" and began her ill-fated life. Being Director Li's "canary" transformed her from a girl into a real woman. Shanghai was liberated and Wang Qiyao became an ordinary citizen. On the surface, the days are dull, but the emotional tide inside never subsides. In a difficult life and spiritual entanglement, she gave birth to her daughter Weiwei and raised her to adulthood. In the 1980s, Wang Qiyao, who was a
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A Dream of Red Mansions (Youth Edition)
"A Dream of Red Mansions" is a human love novel with world influence, a representative work of Chinese classical novels, an encyclopedia of Chinese feudal society, and a master of traditional culture. It has achieved extremely high achievements in both ideological and artistic terms. The whole book is based on the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue. The main stage is set in the Jia Mansion Grand View Garden. It takes the family trivia and boudoir leisurely affairs
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Book of Life (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works: Collector's Edition)
"The Book of Life" is a novel that the famous writer Li Peifu devoted five years to writing. It is the pinnacle of his "Plain Trilogy" after "The Sheep's Gate" and "The Lamp of the City". This is a book of self-reflection and a fifty-year spiritual history of a person. It traces the changes in urban and rural areas and writes about the dilapidated lives and remaining beliefs in contemporary China. In the changes of time and land, the spirits of the characters fissioned, and they all turned to th
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The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
"Song of Everlasting Regret", a woman's forty years of love and love, is written with a delicate and gorgeous pen in a sad and touching way, intertwined with the changes of Shanghai, a metropolis, from the 1940s to the 1990s. The women living in the lanes of Shanghai have built up countless ideals, disillusionments, restlessness and resentment. Their pursuit of love and love, their successes and failures, are unfolding in front of our eyes. Wang Anyi's seemingly plain but humorous and cold writi
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The Yellow River Flows East (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
In 1938, the Japanese invading army entered the Central Plains. The Kuomintang army that retreated and fled south broke open the Huayuankou embankment of the Yellow River and flooded 44 counties in Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. More than 10 million people were affected by the disaster. As the background of this historical event, it describes the profound disasters and evocative struggles experienced by the people of the Yellow River area from 1938 to 1948.
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Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is Lu Xun's first short vernacular diary novel, and also China's first modern vernacular novel. It was written in April 1918. This article first appeared in the monthly magazine New Youth, Volume 4, Issue 5, May 15, 1918. It was later included in the collection "Scream" and compiled into the first volume of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun". Through the image of the persecuted "madman" and the self-narrative description of the "madman", the novel reveals the "cannibalistic" natu
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The Bell and Drum Tower (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works: Collector's Edition)
"The Bell and Drum Tower" is Liu Xinwu's first novel and won the second Mao Dun Literature Award. This novel tells a story that happened in the Bell and Drum Tower area of Beijing in the early 1980s. It captures the daily lives of nine households in a courtyard under the Bell and Drum Tower in Beijing from 5 a. M. To 5 p. M. On December 12, 1982. However, it runs through the changes experienced by thirty or forty characters over the past few decades. It describes the historical accumulation of a
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Water Margin (Original Version)
In the turbulent times, the reckless heroes are forced to go to the Liangshan Mountains. One hundred and eighty people will disperse from the rivers and lakes, gather in Yishuobo, and perform a thrilling rivers and lakes epic. "Water Margin" (original version) is set against the background of the turmoil in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and depicts the corruption of officialdom and the suffering of the people. The characters in the book have distinct personalities: Song Jiang is both benevolent
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Choice (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works: Collector's Edition)
"The Choice" is a novel written by Zhang Ping. A large state-owned textile factory with tens of thousands of workers was on the verge of bankruptcy. Thousands of workers who were about to lose their jobs gathered at the factory gate to petition the provincial party committee. Traffic in such a big city was about to come to a standstill. At the critical moment, the upright and honest mayor Li Gaocheng went to the factory alone to understand the situation. After private interviews, we found out th
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Bailuyuan (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
This is a majestic epic of fifty years of changes in the Weihe Plain, a colorful and thrilling long picture of China's rural villages. Two generations of descendants of a family have been fighting for the dominance of Bailuyuan from generation to generation: they have taken advantage of feng shui, used beauty tricks, filial sons have become bandits, relatives have killed their daughters-in-law, brothers have tortured each other, and lovers have turned against each other... The Great Revolution,
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Dream of Red Mansions
This book is China's most literary masterpiece of classical literature, the pinnacle of Chinese classical literature creation, and a cultural treasure for all mankind. The book takes the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, and takes the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main line. It focuses on describing the process of Jia Jiarong and Ning's two houses from prosperity to decline, and comprehensively describes the human nature of the last days of feudal
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Li Zicheng: All Ten Volumes (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literary Award-Winning Works: Collector's Edition)
The author uses the principle of "going deep into history and jumping out of history" to describe the intricate historical process and the magnificent peasant uprising of more than 300 years ago. The novel takes the peasant uprising army led by Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty from weak to strong, turning defeat into victory to overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and resist the Qing army's march south as the main clue. It reproduces the changing historical landscape of the late Ming and e
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Choice (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
The protagonist Li Gaocheng is an anti-corruption hero. Relying on the party and the masses, he finally defeated the collective corrupt leadership team of China Textile and even the backstage of provincial leading cadres who were more covert corrupt elements. In the novel, the stories are interlocking, with complex characters, twists and turns, and many wonderful and delicate uses of contrasting techniques.
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The Complete Works of Lu Xun (18 Volumes in Total)
The new edition of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun" has been expanded from the original 16 volumes to 18 volumes, and one volume each of letters and diaries has been added, for a total of 10 volumes, including 4 volumes of letters, 3 volumes of diaries, and 1 volume of index. Compared with the 1981 edition, this revision of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun" focuses on three aspects: the addition of lost articles and letters; the textual correction of the original work; and the addition and modificati
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List of Gods
"Feng Shen Bang" is a famous ancient Chinese novel about gods and demons. It mainly tells the story of King Wu of Zhou overthrowing King Zhou of Shang in the late Shang Dynasty. Because King Zhou favored and trusted the demon concubine Daji, he implemented tyranny, which led to the people's deprivation and the world's chaos. Jiang Ziya was ordered by Yuanshi Tianzun to go down the mountain to assist King Wu of Zhou in his crusade against King Zhou. During this process, gods and demons from all w
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Massage
Bi Feiyu started with a very small incision in "Massage", centered on the lives of a group of blind people in a massage parlor, touched every detail in the dark world, and had a thorough and comprehensive grasp of the unique lives of blind people. In writing, the author abandoned the traditional habit of "top-down compassion and sympathy" for special groups. Based on great respect and understanding for the blind, he felt and understood the world from the perspective of the blind, and then descri
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Vernacular
This book rewrites "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in modern vernacular language, focusing on clearly explaining the relationship between characters and the context of events. At the same time, it retains the splendor and expressiveness of the original text in key language and dialogue. At the same time, in terms of narration and description, it has relatively harmonious text features of modern languages. It has the author's special sense of language, which is different from simple and borin
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The Complete Works of Lao She: 19 Volumes in Total
"The Complete Works of Lao She" has been revised for seven years. Based on the first edition in 1999, all of Lao She's works have been reorganized, and the latest results of Lao She's research have been incorporated into the comprehensive revision. The complete set contains 19 volumes in total. It includes novels, dramas, poems, essays, translations and other literary works created by Lao She throughout his life, as well as letters, diaries, work reports, Chinese textbooks and other text content
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Outlaws of the Marsh
"Water Margin" is a novel written by Liu Shengya. It is a representative sequel to "Water Margin" written for national affairs during the Republic of China.
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Four Generations Under One Roof (Three Volumes)
Against the background of the outbreak of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and the fall of Peking, the life of the four generations of the Qi family under one roof is used as the main line to vividly and truly depict the ups and downs, life and death of people from all walks of life and all kinds of people represented by the residents of Xiaoyangquan Hutong. The work describes the tragic experience of the vast number of civilians under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders in the abnormal world a
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The Complete Works of Ba Jin (20 Volumes in Total)
Ba Jin (formerly known as Li Yaotang) is a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, and his ancestral home is Jiaxing, Zhejiang. He holds an honorary doctorate in literature from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a Chinese writer, social activist, and nonpartisan patriotic democrat. He is known as the "conscience of Chinese literature in the twentieth century." The core of his literary thoughts is truth and goodness, and his novels are highly subjective and lyrical. In his early years, he gradually
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Wild History of Hundred Flowers
"History of Hundred Flowers" is also called "Oiran of Hundred Flowers". The owner of Yixiao has no test in his life. This book now has an isolated copy in the collection of the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Japan. Since most of them are taken from "Happy Enemies", they can be used as proofreading materials. This part of the text was copied from "Happy Enemies", and even the names of the people were not changed. Compared with other novels adapted from "Happy Enemies", this b
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A Dream of Red Mansions: up and Down (Four Great Classics: Audio Edition)
"A Dream of Red Mansions" is one of the four ancient Chinese masterpieces and the pinnacle of ancient Chinese novels. The whole book centers on the daily life of Rongguo Mansion, takes the love and marriage tragedies of Baoyu, Daiyu, and Baochai as well as trivial matters in the Grand View Garden as the main line, and takes the history of the four famous aristocratic families of Jinling, Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue from their peak to decline as the undercurrent, showing the decline of families and s
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Diary of a Madman: Lu Xun's Local Novels
"A Century of Nostalgia: China's Hometown" "Classic Series of Novels" Volume 1: Diary of a Madman - Lu Xun's Local Novels Lu Xun is undoubtedly the brightest star in the sky of modern and contemporary Chinese literature. He has achieved great achievements in many fields such as literature and art. He is a writer, thinker, revolutionary, educator, and democratic fighter. He is also an important participant in the New Culture Movement and one of the founders of modern Chinese literature. "Scream"
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Half-Hour Comic "Water Margin" (2 Volumes in Total)
The half-hour comic team led by Chen Lei (pen name: Brother Huan) clarified the intricate character relationships and story lines of "Water Margin" through humorous language and hand-drawn comics - the seven heroes are the core, and the character stories are all clarified! Lu Zhishen, the "top" hero of the Water Margin, a true hero with an outspoken nature and quick-tongued tongue, was praised by everyone for hoeing the strong and supporting the weak! Lin Chong, the story of his evolution from "
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Skywalker (Complete Collection of Mao Dun Literature Award-Winning Works) (2019 Edition)
Zhang Yingcai, a young man who failed the college entrance examination, came to the remote Jieling Mountain area to be a substitute teacher. He was shocked by the difficult teaching conditions in the mountainous area. In the embarrassment of life, Zhang Yingcai felt the strength, persistence, seriousness and responsibility of rural teachers, and also experienced the loss, pain, shamelessness and sadness that fate gave them. The story revolves around the main line of "conversion" of ADPL teachers
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The Complete Embroidered Portrait of a Dream of Red Mansions (Complete Collection)
Cao Xueqin "read it for ten years, adding and deleting five times", creating "A Dream of Red Mansions", an insurmountable pinnacle in the history of Chinese novels. Its brilliance is enough to shine through the past and present. From ancient times to the present, no literary work has aroused such a great response in society as "A Dream of Red Mansions". Both scholars and ordinary people talk about it.
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A Dream of Red Mansions (Super Value Gold Edition)
"Dream of Red Mansions" is one of the four great classics in ancient China. It is a chapter-length novel and was written in 1784. The preface by the master of Mengjue is officially titled "Dream of Red Mansions". Its original names include "The Story of the Stone", "The Record of the Love Monk", "Feng Yue Bao Jian", "The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling", etc. The first 80 chapters are written by Cao Xueqin, and the last 40 chapters are continued by Anonymous, compiled by Cheng Weiyuan and Gao E. "Dre
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Divorce
Lao Li, a small clerk in an old government office, is capable, conscientious, and has a faint critical spirit towards society, but has a cowardly personality. He was dissatisfied with his marriage, but he didn't have the courage to get out of it; the "poetry" in his heart was disturbing him, giving him a little desire and a little fantasy. Brother Zhang, a "sage", is smooth, sophisticated and shrewd, and is everyone's eldest brother. He meddles in everyone's business, but he can't meddle in his
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