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During the Ming and Qing dynasties, novels became the most prominent representatives of "the literature of a generation". There are distinctions between classical Chinese and vernacular novels, and they can be divided into categories such as history, stories about monsters, stories about people, public cases, gods and demons, world affairs, officialdom, chivalry, satire, condemnation, etc. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, four major themes of novels were formed: historical romances, heroic legends, gods and monsters, and worldly romances. The "Eight Works" ("The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "The Plum in the Golden Vase", "The Romance of the Gods", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "The Scholars" and "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"), "Four Condemnations" and "Three Words, Two Patterns and One Type" were born. "History of Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" shows readers the development context, overall style and unique charm of the novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This book is a collection of the author's literary works, which mainly includes communications, reports, reviews, essays, couplets, essays and other works. The articles included in the manuscript are diverse in genre and profound in meaning. It is an important work for understanding Li Jianwu as a person and his writings. Li Jianwu, deputy editor-in-chief and senior reporter of Lanzhou Evening News.