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This book is intended for general readers and introduces the cultural connotation, artistic features and development of famous Ming and Qing novels such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, Plum in the Golden Ping, "Three Words and Two Pai", Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, The Scholars, Dream of Red Mansions, Notes from the Yuewei Thatched Cottage. The narrative is both approachable and easy to understand, concise and complex, and the content is exciting and full of new ideas. It combines in-depth art appreciation and profound academic insights into one volume. It can be used as a general textbook and an academic reading for both refined and popular people.

This book is a cultural essay written by Chen Wenxin, a professor at Wuhan University, after studying the famous Qing Dynasty writer Wu Jingzi and his works. The book is divided into ten chapters, which conduct a comprehensive and in-depth study of Wu Jingzi's life, novels, literary theory, friendships, Confucian sentiments and influence on later generations. It shows Wu Jingzi's tortuous life experience and Confucian sentiments throughout his life. It also illustrates the profound impact of the unique style of his novels on later generations of literati and society. It can provide useful reference for future generations to understand and study Wu Jingzi.