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"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was originally called "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which describes the historical events of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty. The whole book reflects the political and military struggles of the Three Kingdoms era, reflects the infiltration and transformation of various social contradictions in the Three Kingdoms era, summarizes the great historical changes of this era, and creates a group of all-powerful heroes. The story of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" begins with the alliance between Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in Taoyuan, and ends with the Sima clan destroying Wu and opening up the Jin Dynasty. It describes the situation of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, as well as the history of the founding of the Jin Dynasty. The writing is simple, the characters are profound, the plot is tortuous, and the structure is grand. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" depicts nearly 200 characters, among which the characters of Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Liu Bei and others are particularly prominent. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is China's first chapter-length novel.

"Journey to the West" is an ancient Chinese romantic novel about gods and demons. It mainly describes the story of Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Sengsha Wujing, four masters and apprentices who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and finally obtained the true scripture after going through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. The content of "Journey to the West" is divided into three parts: the first part (chapters one to seven) introduces Sun Wukong's vast supernatural powers and causes trouble in the heaven; the second part (chapters eight to twelve) narrates the reasons why Tripitaka retrieves the scriptures; the third part (chapters thirteen to one hundred) is the main body of the story in the book, describing how Wukong and others subdued demons and finally arrived in the West to retrieve the scriptures. The image of Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" has established an immortal artistic monument in the history of Chinese literature with its distinctive personality.

"Journey to the West (Volume 1 and 2)" includes 2 volumes: "Journey to the West (Volume 1)" and "Journey to the West (Volume 2)". Brief introduction to "Journey to the West (Volume 1 and 2)": The Peking University Chinese Language Education Institute and Peking University Press specially invited Professor Wen Rumin to plan and host this "New Commentary Series on Classical Literature Masterpieces" specially designed for primary and secondary school students and readers with intermediate education levels. The commentary is arranged along with the text, grasping the essence of the content and art of the work, exploring the subtleties, and gaining unique insights. It is not only in line with the reading experience, but also often has a rational explanation, which perfectly combines the traditional comment method with modern criticism. As one of the four masterpieces of classical novels, "Journey to the West (Set Volume 1 and 2)" contains extremely rich and diverse thoughts and culture. Monks read about the boundless Dharma, Taoists read about the Golden elixir, philosophers read about Yangming's philosophy of mind, and historians read about social reality. For ordinary readers, they read more wonderful stories about conquering demons and fully appreciate the spiritual charm of freedom, wisdom, courage, perseverance, self-entertainment, and childlike innocence. Pan Jianguo, a professor at the Department of Chinese at Peking University, used the Shidetang engraving of the Ming Dynasty as a base, collated all the copies, and compiled a text of "Journey to the West (Set of Volumes 1 and 2)" that is closest to the original. He also made comments based on the specific plot from the aspects of contemporary thought, religious culture, literature, art, and academic research. It is wise, original, humorous, and vivid, and guides readers on a wonderful journey of "literary learning."

This book is a compilation of "Dream of Red Mansions" by Zhou Ruchang, a master of Red Mansions. Zhou Ruchang has learned both Chinese and Western knowledge, and is proficient in ancient and modern times. He has published more than a dozen monographs on red studies, covering all aspects of the field, attracting the attention of academic circles at home and abroad. He is a very influential master of red studies. Integrating the results of his research on Red Mansions during his lifetime, he conducted a comprehensive review of more than ten ancient manuscripts to present the original "Dream of Red Mansions". This edition is based on the 80-chapter version, correcting the fallacy of "Cao Gao co-authored" the 120-chapter version. He selected the words and sentences that he believed were in line with Cao Xueqin's original writing. It is an authentic and rare version that is close to the original appearance of Cao Xueqin's original writing. This book is a proof-reading version that the author spent nearly sixty years and finally completed at the age of ninety. After proof-reading, Cao Xueqin's original text has been almost restored. It is the most reliable authentic version of "Dream of Red Mansions" so far. This edition is equipped with a large number of high-definition illustrations, with both pictures and texts, making it a good read and collection.

"Water Margin" edited by Chen Bin is the first chapter-style novel written in vernacular Chinese in Chinese history, and also the first full-length novel praising the peasant uprising. The book describes the story of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang who gathered together in Liangshan. Through a series of stories of Liangshan heroes resisting oppression and fighting bravely, it reveals the sharply opposed social contradictions and the cruel reality of "officials forcing the people to rebel" in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The book creates many vivid and distinctive characters. They act chivalrously and fight violence, and have become heroes in the hearts of many readers.

"Water Margin" is my country's first chapter-length novel with the theme of peasant uprising. It is a towering monument in the history of Chinese literature and a dazzling pearl in the treasure house of world literature. For hundreds of years, it has been deeply loved by the people of our country and has been translated into many languages, becoming one of the most widely circulated ancient novels in our country.

"A Complete Collection of Poems of a Dream of Red Mansions" collects all the poems, couplets, etc. In the book according to the order of review of the original work of "A Dream of Red Mansions". It carefully interprets and appreciates the meanings of rare words and words and the meanings of the entire poems, couplets, etc. It strives to help readers understand the original text more accurately and deeply, and has a high reference value for the study of classical literature.

The novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Set of Volumes 1 and 2)" describes the conflicts and struggles between the three political and military groups of Wei, Shu and Wu headed by Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and throughout the Three Kingdoms era. In the broad social and historical background, it shows the sharp, complex and distinctive political and military conflicts of that era, which had a profound impact on later generations in terms of political and military strategies.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt. Externally, it was groveling and paying annual tribute; internally, it imposed excessive taxes and exploited the people. For a time, the people were in dire straits. Many bloody heroes were forced to take over the mountains as kings and the grass as bandits. They resisted oppression and acted for heaven, interpreting a heroic legend... "Water Margin" concretely and vividly describes the entire process of the occurrence, development and loss of money of the peasant uprising of one hundred and eight generals in Shuibo Liangshan headed by Song Jiang. , Exposed the darkness, decadence of feudal society and the evils of the ruling class, enthusiastically praised the resistance spirit and righteous actions of the uprising heroes, created a glorious image of a large number of Liangshan heroes, and vividly revealed the objective truth of "officials forcing the people to rebel" in feudal society and the internal reasons for the failure of the peasant uprising. The novel has a tortuous plot, vivid language, and distinctive characters. It is a model for describing heroic legends. "Water Margin" shows the whole process of a group of "heroes" who could not bear the oppression of tyranny, rising up and gathering in Liangshan, until they failed to accept the imperial court's invitation to peace.

"Journey to the West" is a novel describing travel, adventure and mythology. Together with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions", it is known as the "Four Great Classics of Ancient China". The author Wu Cheng'en (about 1500-about 1582) was born in the Ming Dynasty. His courtesy name was Ruzhong and his nickname was Sheyangshanren. He was a native of Shanyang (now Huai'an, Jiangsu). He created this world-famous mythological novel based on folklore, storybooks and dramas. "Journey to the West" is a representative work of ancient Chinese romantic novels. It is full of the author's fantastic fantasies. It is also a new category of novels about gods and demons. It has a milestone significance in the development history of Chinese novels. "Journey to the West" has a total of one hundred chapters. It narrates the whole process of Monk Tang's journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. On the way, he successively accepted three disciples, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sha. After going through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, he finally obtained the true scriptures and achieved enlightenment. The author creates a magical and gorgeous mythical world and vivid characters, gods and demons. The characters in the work have a wide range of activities, in the sky and on the earth, in the dragon palace and the underworld. They can fully display their superhuman abilities without restraint. There are four main characters in the book: Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sha. Sun Wukong is the main character portrayed by the author. He slays monsters and eliminates monsters on his way to protect Xuanzang's Buddhist scriptures. He is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and moves forward bravely. He has a positive and optimistic fighting spirit and superb fighting art. He fought against the supreme Jade Emperor and won the reputation of "Monkey King"; he fought against demons and ghosts, his fiery eyes never let go of a monster; he fought against all hardships without bowing his head and shrinking back. Tang Seng is a character with a strong feudal temperament. He abides by religious creeds and feudal ethics. He is very pedantic, soft-hearted, timid and cowardly. Zhu Bajie is honest and simple, but sometimes greedy and lazy. He is a flawed but endearing comic character. Monk Sha is always hard-working and looks like an old scalper.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four classic Chinese classics. It is a long chapter historical romance novel in China. Its full name is "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (also known as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"). It describes the events from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the early Western Jin Dynasty. The historical events of nearly a hundred years mainly describe wars, telling the story of the war between the various heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the political and military struggles among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. Finally, Sima Yan unified the three kingdoms and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions in the Three Kingdoms era, summarizes the great historical changes of this era, and creates a group of all-powerful heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel about gods and demons in ancient China. This novel is based on the historical event of "Tang Monk's Study for Buddhist Scriptures". Through the author's artistic processing, it profoundly depicts the social reality at that time. The book mainly describes the story of Sun Wukong after he was born and caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace. He met Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, traveled to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and conquered demons along the way. After going through eighty-one hardships, he finally reached the Western Heaven and met the Tathagata Buddha, and finally the Five Sages came true. "Journey to the West" has been widely circulated among the people since its publication. Various editions have emerged in endlessly. There are six editions published in the Ming Dynasty, seven editions and manuscripts published in the Qing Dynasty, and thirteen editions recorded in classics have been lost. After the Opium War, a large number of Chinese classical literary works were translated into Western languages. "Journey to the West" was gradually introduced to Europe and the United States, and was translated into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, sign language, Esperanto, Swahili, Russian, Czech, Romanian, Polish, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and other languages. Chinese and foreign scholars have published many research papers and monographs and have spoken highly of this novel. "Journey to the West" is a classic of Chinese novels about gods and demons, reaching the pinnacle of ancient romantic novels. It is also known as the four classic Chinese classics along with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions".

"Water Margin" is the first full-length novel describing a peasant uprising in the history of Chinese literature. It is one of the "Four Great Classical Classical Classics" and was praised as the "Fifth Gifted Book" by Jin Shengtan, a famous literary critic in the Qing Dynasty. It inherits and develops the traditional characteristics of ancient Chinese novels and historical scripts, and is my country's first heroic legend transformed from historical storytelling. "Water Margin" is like a long historical picture, in which we see not only the epic peasant uprising itself, but also political culture, market customs and social landscape. It is a complete record of that era. The plot of the book is tortuous and touching, the images are lifelike and vivid, the 108 generals each have their own charm, the language is simple and elegant, and you will never tire of reading it. "Water Margin" specifically and vividly describes the story of a group of civilians, middle- and lower-level gentry, bureaucrats, and military officers during the Northern Song Dynasty who rose up to resist and went to Liangshan to gather for righteousness because they could not bear the exploitation and oppression of the government and the court. It exposed the darkness and decadence of feudal society and the various crimes of the ruling class, enthusiastically praised the resistance spirit and righteous actions of the uprising heroes, created a glorious image of a large number of Liangshan heroes, and vividly revealed the objective truth of "officials forcing the people to rebel" in feudal society and the internal reasons for the failure of the peasant uprising.

"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 end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Mao Zonggang reorganized the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", revised the diction, and changed the poems. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes the historical events of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty. It mainly describes wars. It tells the story of the war between the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the political and military struggles among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. In the end, Sima Yan unified the three kingdoms and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions in the Three Kingdoms era, summarizes the great historical changes of this era, and creates a group of all-powerful heroes of the Three Kingdoms. The whole book can be roughly divided into five parts: the Yellow Turban Uprising, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the Heroes' Competition, the Three Kingdoms, and the Return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin. On the vast historical stage, majestic war scenes were staged. The author Luo Guanzhong integrates the Thirty-Six Strategies of War between the lines, with both plot and military strategies.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a classic work by the famous painter Jin Xiezhong. It is also the only complete Romance of the Three Kingdoms painted with meticulous brushwork and heavy colors so far. The book selects the most representative scenes, characters and stories for composition, and uses 2 pictures per chapter for a total of 240 meticulous and colorful pictures to comprehensively interpret the history of the Three Kingdoms. It can be called a masterpiece for both refined and popular tastes. "Water Margin" is one of my country's traditional classical masterpieces. It has been widely circulated and had a huge influence since its publication. We selected a total of 176 color drawings from the "Water Margin Characters" painted by Zhang Lin, a folk artist in the early Qing Dynasty, and the "Ukiyo-e Water Margin Characters" painted by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, known as the "Ukiyo-e genius" in the Edo period of Japan, collected in the Nanjing Library. We also wrote a short biography for each character, added comments and annotations, and compiled them into a book.

This book is based on the revised edition 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 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 people, places and officials in the book were revised based on the collated version of "Three Kingdoms" compiled by Zhonghua Book Company and the "Historical Atlas of China" edited by Tan Qixiang.

"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel of gods and demons in ancient China. It is also an ancient romantic novel. It has been widely circulated since its publication. It is also known as the four classic Chinese classics along with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions". "Painted Journey to the West" is a typical embroidered portrait illustration technique for classical novels. There are 300 pieces in total. The painting style is meticulous and smooth. The character shapes well reflect the style of the original work and meet the traditional aesthetic requirements of the Chinese people. Young writer and scholar Lin Yao has made wonderful annotations and comments on this painting without losing the interest of the original work. The pictures and text complement each other, making it a good choice for reading and collecting "Journey to the West".

"Journey to the West" was written by Wu Cheng'en, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty. It is based on "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", folklore and Yuan dramas. The Song Dynasty's "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty's Collection of Buddhist Scriptures" (original name "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty's Collection of Buddhist Scriptures") is the earliest prototype of the Journey to the West story in spoken language. Among them, the Tang Monk is based on Master Xuanzang. As one of the four classic Chinese classics and the first romantic novel about gods and demons in ancient China, the book profoundly depicts the social reality at that time and is a pioneering work of magical realism. It first describes the birth of Sun Wukong, and then meets Zhu Bajie, Monk Sha, and Monk Tang. However, it mainly describes the three people Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sha protecting Monk Tang as he journeys to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Monk Tang endures eighty-one hardships from reincarnation to Buddhist scriptures, defeats demons along the way, and finally reaches the West to see Tathagata Buddha, and finally the Five Saints come true.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" reflects rich historical content. The names of characters, geographical names, and main events are basically the same as those in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The characters' personalities are also based on the fixed images left by "Three Kingdoms", and are re-developed, exaggerated, beautified, vilified, etc. This is also the routine of historical romance novels. On the one hand, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" reflects the true history of the Three Kingdoms and takes into account readers' needs to understand the true history; on the other hand, it exaggerates, beautifies, vilifies, etc. The characters of the Three Kingdoms based on the actual social conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

"Water Margin", also known as "Water Margin of Loyalty and Righteousness", is one of the four famous works in my country. It mainly writes about the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, when the emperor was fatuous, treacherous ministers were in power, corrupt officials framed loyal people, and the people were in dire straits. In order to celebrate the birthday of Grand Master Cai Jing, Liang Zhongshu collected hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in two years. Gao Qiu, who just played a good football, was promoted to the rank of Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Palace. In order to avenge himself, he persecuted the Forbidden Army coach Wang Jin and framed Lin Chong... As a result, many upright and kind-hearted people were forced to become bandits, and there were 108 stories of heroes gathering in Liangshanbo to "do justice for heaven". These heroes raised the flag of justice, punished evil and promoted good with the slogan of doing justice for heaven, robbing the rich and giving to the poor, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the ruling class and promoted the heroic fighting spirit of the people.

"Journey to the West" is "a mythological novel with rich content and brilliant ideas". It is the first romantic novel about gods and demons in ancient China written by Wu Cheng'en, a novelist in the Ming Dynasty, with a positive romantic approach. The full text tells the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk and White Dragon Horse protecting Monk Tang on his journey to the west to obtain scriptures. The five masters and apprentices experienced various hardships and dangers along the way, slaying demons and demons along the way, fighting wits and courage, turning dangers into dangers, and finally reaching the West and obtaining the scriptures. The work creates many lifelike images, cleverly combines the good and evil in the world of gods and demons with the real society, praises the master and apprentice's fearless and courageous spirit, fully expresses the author's realist feelings, and the ideological theme of promoting justice and punishing evil.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", formerly known as "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", is my country's first vernacular historical romance novel. It is an epic work describing political and military events. It embodies the wisdom and wisdom of the people and also incorporates the author Luo Guanzhong's observation and experience of the peasant uprising war in the late Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" not only runs through the Confucian positive world view, but also contains strategic and tactical thoughts in politics, military, diplomacy and other aspects, shining with the light of wisdom. People can learn political science, diplomacy, military science, decision-making, talent science and other aspects of knowledge from it. Since its publication at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it has been deeply loved by people and is respected as one of the "masterpieces" of Ming and Qing novels in my country.

"Chinese Classical Masterpiece: Journey to the West (Set of 3 Volumes) (Ukiyo-e Illustrated Edition)" is an excellent classical novel about gods and demons. It has been widely circulated since its publication and has been translated into many languages. It is familiar to people in Southeast Asia and around the world. Among them, characters such as Sun Wukong, Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng and stories such as "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", "Three Strikes of Bone Demons" and "Three Tunes of the Banana Fan" are even known to women and children. The emergence of "Journey to the West" opened up a new category of long chapter novels, ended the short mode of supernatural novels since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and pushed novels about gods, demons and monsters to the peak of full-length novels. "Journey to the West" is a representative work of Chinese classical romantic novels and occupies an important position in the history of world literature. The "American Encyclopedia" calls it "a mythical novel with rich content and brilliant ideas." "Chinese Classical Masterpiece: Journey to the West (Set of 3 Volumes) (Ukiyo-e Illustrated Edition)" is an excellent classical novel about gods and demons. It has been widely circulated since its publication and has been translated into many languages. It is familiar to people in Southeast Asia and around the world. Among them, characters such as Sun Wukong, Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng and stories such as "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", "Three White Bone Demons" and "Three-Tune Banana Fan" are even known to women and children. The emergence of "Journey to the West" opened up a new category of long chapter novels, ended the short mode of supernatural novels since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and pushed novels about gods, demons and monsters to the peak of full-length novels. "Journey to the West" is a representative work of Chinese classical romantic novels and occupies an important position in the history of world literature. The "American Encyclopedia" calls it "a mythical novel with rich content and brilliant ideas."

"Dream of Red Mansions" is a great work with high ideological and artistic qualities, which has a profound influence all over the world. With its grand and exquisite novel structure, profound cultural connotation, and excellent language art, it is recognized as the best work of Chinese classical novels, an encyclopedia of Chinese feudal society, and a master of traditional culture. It describes the tragedy of love and marriage in a large aristocratic family that has grown from prosperity to decline. With this as the center, it unfolds a broad and vivid picture of social and historical life, creating many dazzling and unforgettable characters such as Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. Through the tragedy of the family, the tragedy of the daughter and the tragedy of the protagonist's life, the crisis of the feudal apocalypse is revealed. From the 19th century to the present, "A Dream of Red Mansions" has been translated into many languages ​​and spread around the world.

"Chinese Classical Classics: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Set of 3 volumes) (Ukiyo-e Illustrated Edition)" was originally called "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and was written by Luo Guanzhong, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has a total of 120 chapters and more than 700,000 words. The novel describes the story of the struggle in the historical period from the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising in the first year of Zhongping Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to the destruction of Wu and the unification of the country in the first year of Taikang Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty. Through the description of the rise and fall of various ruling groups, especially the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, and the political, military, and diplomatic struggles between them, it shows the turbulent social reality at that time, reveals the ferocity and tyranny of the feudal rulers, and reflects the people's general psychology of opposition and desire for peaceful reunification.

Accessible reading, recommended reading by the Ministry of Education, and required reading in the new Chinese language curriculum standards. A classic version designated by famous writers, a classic masterpiece that affects a lifetime. This set includes: "Journey to the West", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

This book contains three generations of red scholars, including Feng Qiyong, Li Xifan, Wang Meng, Cai Yijiang, Mei Jie, and Liang Guizhi, who have interpreted and studied the profound ideological connotation, important figures, main artistic concepts, creative intentions, etc. Of "A Dream of Red Mansions" from different levels and perspectives. At the same time, it also reviews, reflects, and discusses some key points and several cases in the century-old red scholarship, as well as the current status of red scholar research.

Books recommended by the Ministry of Education, simultaneous reading of the new curriculum standards, and reading recommended by Wang Meng and Zhang Xiaofeng. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was weak and incompetent, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Heroes joined forces and warlords fought in a melee. In this context, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan gradually rose up to form a tripartite force. This was the Three Kingdoms period in history, which succeeded the Eastern Han Dynasty and succeeded the Western Jin Dynasty. The book is based on the historical facts of the Three Kingdoms and a large number of folklore, interspersed with each other, describing the major historical events that occurred in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in the past century, as well as many all-powerful heroes, unfolding a sweeping and magnificent historical picture to readers.

"Dream of Red Mansions" is a world-influential human romance novel, universally recognized as the pinnacle of Chinese classical novels, an encyclopedia of Chinese feudal society, and a master of traditional culture. The novel takes the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, takes the family trivial matters of the Jia family and the leisure time in the boudoir as the context, and takes the love and marriage stories of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai as the main line. It depicts the human beauty and tragic beauty of the good and evil lovers centered on Jia Baoyu and the Twelve Hairpins of Jinling. Through the tragedy of the family, the tragedy of the daughter and the tragedy of the protagonist's life, the crisis of the feudal apocalypse is revealed.

"Water Margin" is my country's first novel describing a peasant uprising. The whole book uses the theme of "officials forcing the people to rebel" as a clue, describing the story of a group of "heroes" who could not bear the oppression of tyranny and rose up. The novel tells the whole process of Juyi Shuibo Liangshan, acceptance of recruitment and final failure. The ideological highlight of "Water Margin" is that it fully affirms the rebellious peasants who were regarded as "thieves and bandits" by feudal rulers, and praises the spirit of all strata who dare to resist corrupt bureaucrats, safeguard their own interests, and not bow to the powerful. The novel also profoundly reveals the social roots of the peasant uprising. It tells readers that the reason why the peasants revolted was because the people, ranging from the emperor and fatuous ministers like Gao Qiu to the overbearing officials, large and small, had made their lives miserable.

This book is a great work with high ideological and artistic qualities. Judging from the ideological tendencies reflected in this book, the author has preliminary democratic thoughts. He has a deep understanding of the real society, including the darkness of the palace and officialdom, the decadence of the feudal aristocracy and their families, and the feudal science and technology. The marriage system, the servitude system, the hierarchical system, as well as the corresponding social governance ideas, namely the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, social moral concepts, etc., Have all been deeply criticized and put forward vague ideals and propositions with a preliminary democratic nature. These ideals and propositions were a tortuous reflection of the budding factors of the capitalist economy that was growing at that time.

"Journey to the West" is "a mythological novel with rich content and brilliant ideas". It is the first romantic novel about gods and demons in ancient China written by Wu Cheng'en, a novelist in the Ming Dynasty, with a positive romantic approach. The full text tells the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk and White Dragon Horse protecting Monk Tang on his journey to the west to obtain scriptures. The five masters and apprentices experienced various hardships and dangers along the way, slaying demons and demons along the way, fighting wits and courage, turning dangers into dangers, and finally reaching the West and obtaining the scriptures. The work creates many lifelike images, cleverly combines the good and evil in the world of gods and demons with the real society, praises the master and apprentice's fearless and courageous spirit, fully expresses the author's realist feelings, and the ideological theme of promoting justice and punishing evil. This book is a youth edition, which has been shortened and revised based on the original text to make it more suitable for young readers.

There is a naughty monkey in the Huaguo Mountain in the Aolai Kingdom of Dongsheng Shenzhou. He worships Subhuti as his teacher and learns the seventy-two transformations. After that, he takes over the mountain and becomes the king, calling himself the Monkey King. The Jade Emperor sent Taishang Laojun to subdue the Great Sage. Unexpectedly, the monkey refused to be restrained and made a big fuss in the sky. He was imprisoned in the alchemy furnace for forty-nine days to develop his piercing eyes. He kicked over the alchemy furnace and got out of hand. He was suppressed by Tathagata at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain. Five hundred years later, a monk came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty. He was originally the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. Guanshiyin chose him to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures to save all living beings. He rescued monkeys on the way to Wuzhi Mountain, and picked up Bajie and Sha Seng along the way. The four masters and disciples subdued demons and embarked on a long journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

This book is a teaching aid to guide students in reading and understanding "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The book is divided into five chapters. The first chapter mainly introduces the creative background, relevant literary knowledge and the outline of the original story. Chapter two introduces the main characters in the original work. Chapter 3 excerpts important chapters from the original work to guide students in interpreting and analyzing the text. Chapter 4 collects and sorts out relevant real questions from across the country. Chapter 5 collects some famous quotes and aphorisms from the original work, and summarizes some writing experiences and techniques for students. This book includes a total of five major sections: introduction to the work, main characters, key points for the test, practice questions, and composition materials. Among them, the key points for the test are mainly the key points for the test, which include chapter introductions, paragraphs for the test, and extraction of test points. The test points are extracted by simulating questions based on the content of the original work, and providing answers and corresponding analysis to help readers understand the original work more deeply and have a clearer grasp of the direction of the exam questions.

The author of "Chinese Classical Literature Series: Romance of the Three Kingdoms" focuses on the political, military, and diplomatic struggles between the feudal ruling groups in the Three Kingdoms era, revealing the social turmoil and darkness in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, condemning the tyranny of the feudal rulers, and reflecting the suffering of the people and their strong desire to call for a wise king and stability.

"Water Margin" compiled by Shi Naian, also known as "Water Margin of Loyalty", generally referred to as "Water Margin", was written in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It is the first chapter novel written in vernacular in Chinese history and one of the four classic Chinese classics. The whole book describes the story of 108 people headed by Song Jiang who gathered in Liangshan in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and how they accepted recruitment and fought in various places after gathering. "Water Margin" is also one of the most epic works in Chinese literature. It has many versions, is widely circulated, and is very popular. "Water Margin (Abridged Edition)" is edited by Song Yunbin. It abridges a million-word masterpiece from the Ming Dynasty into 450,000 words. Under the premise of ensuring the integrity of the basic plot, it ensures that young people can absorb the essence of ancient culture to the greatest extent in the least time.

"Chinese Classical Literature Masterpiece Series: A Dream of Red Mansions" takes the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main line, and charts the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue. With vivid characters and poignant love, it is an eternal wonder book that can't be read to the end or described endlessly. "Chinese Classical Literature Series: Dream of Red Mansions", which is well-known to both women and children, can be said to have condensed Cao Xueqin's lifelong efforts.

This book is one of the youth libraries of Chinese classical masterpieces. It compiles a million-word masterpieces from the Qing Dynasty into a scale of 550,000 words. Under the premise of ensuring that the plot is basically complete, it ensures that teenagers can absorb the essence of classical masterpieces to the maximum extent within a limited time.

From the perspective of the writing process, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a "generational accumulation" work. As early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties, before and after the publication of Chen Shou's official history "Three Kingdoms", a number of unofficial legends about the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty had appeared.

I say "Dream of Red Mansions" is a book that we must read in our lifetime, or if we have not read "Dream of Red Mansions" in this life, if we do not know the characters in "Dream of Red Mansions" such as Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Wang Xifeng, etc., If we do not enter the artistic world of "Dream of Red Mansions", it will be a great regret in life!

"Water Margin" is based on the heroic story of 108 heroes headed by Song Jiang in the late Northern Song Dynasty. They gathered in Liangshanpo, were recruited by the court, and then conquered the four bandits and destroyed the rebel party. In the end, they were murdered by traitors. The content of "Water Margin" can be divided into two parts. The first seventy chapters are a large part, mainly criticizing the decadent cruelty of the ruling class and praising the resistance spirit of the uprising heroes; after the seventy chapters, the other part is about the conquest of Zhao'an, the conquest of Liao, the conquest of Tianhu, the conquest of Wangqing, and the conquest of Fangla. The first part is about the people's rebellion against the government, which reflects class contradictions; the latter part is about loyal ministers rebelling against treacherous ministers, which reflects the internal contradictions of the ruling class. After Song Jiang and others were recruited, they were squeezed out and framed by traitorous officials everywhere, and were even killed in the end.

The work describes nearly a century of history from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the establishment of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, and the founding of the Jin Dynasty. It stages ups and downs of war scenes and portrays nearly 500 all-powerful heroes. Among them, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other characters are familiar.

"Journey to the West" is an outstanding artistic achievement with its rich and unique artistic imagination, vivid and tortuous storyline, vivid artistic images, and humorous language. Among them, artistic image and language are the most prominent. It has successfully created artistic images such as Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Monk Sha, and Bull Demon King that combine human, divine and animal characteristics, making these artistic images deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is set in the complicated upper-class aristocratic society of the Qing Dynasty as the background, with the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main line. Through the description of the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue, "A Dream of Red Mansions" shows all aspects of the late feudal society in China in the first half of the 18th century, including colorful worldly human affairs. It can be described as an encyclopedic novel.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is the first of the four classic Chinese classics and a universally recognized Chinese classical novel. The book takes the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main line, and uses the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background. It focuses on describing the process of the Jia Jiarong and Ning mansions from prosperity to decline. It truly and vividly describes the human condition of the late Chinese feudal society in the first half of the 18th century. It comprehensively describes the various intricate contradictions of feudal aristocratic families. It has attracted generations of readers with its rich connotations and profound descriptions. The main originals of this version of "Dream of Red Mansions" are Gengchen's version and Cheng Jia's version, and the plot is highly complete. The first eighty chapters were edited by Gengchen, and the last forty chapters were edited by Gao E, which highly restores the author's original creation. The comments of Zhiyanzhai and Huhuazhu are retained. Zhiyanzhai is a commentator recognized by Cao Xueqin, and Huhuazhu is a popular commentator in the Qing Dynasty. The two commentaries are combined, the interpretation is complete, the writing is exquisite, and the music is full of mystery.

"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel about gods and demons in ancient China. The book mainly describes the story of the birth of Sun Wukong and the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and later the story of how he, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng, defeated demons and protected Monk Tang on his journey to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. The book combines the thoughts and content of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. It is loved by readers of all cultural levels. It has been widely circulated among the people since its publication and is listed as one of the "Four Great Masterpieces" of Chinese classical novels. This version of "Journey to the West" is mainly based on Shi Detang's version of "Journey to the West" with newly engraved official-style large characters, which has been popular for more than 400 years. There are 100 chapters in the main text, plus a chapter on "Tang Monk's Origin". The plot is complete, unabridged and original. This book is jointly reviewed by Li Zhuowu and Huang Zhouxing. Their reviews are of great help in understanding the novel's ideas, revealing the characters' personalities, analyzing the text structure, and appreciating the novel's beauty.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a Chinese chapter-length historical romance novel. It describes nearly a hundred years of history from the Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty. It tells the story of the war between the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the military and political struggles among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, until Sima Yan finally unified the three kingdoms and established the Jin Dynasty. Due to its extremely high literary achievements and distinctive artistic features, the book became popular all over the world after its publication and was listed as one of the "Four Great Masterpieces" of Chinese classical novels. This version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is mainly based on Zuigengtang's version of "The First of the Four Wonderful Books", which has been popular for more than 300 years. There are 120 chapters in the text, the plot is complete and unabridged, and the story is original. This book is jointly reviewed by Mao Lun and Mao Zonggang, father and son. Their reviews are of great help in understanding the novel's ideas, revealing the characters' personalities, analyzing the text structure, and appreciating the novel's beauty. The version of their comments is called the "Mao Commentary Version", which is a popular, popular and popular version among readers.

"Water Margin" is the first full-length novel written in vernacular Chinese in Chinese history, setting a precedent for vernacular chapter-style novels. The work tells the story of a group of green forest heroes headed by Song Jiang in Liangshanbo, Shandong Province in the Northern Song Dynasty. They were forced to kill the rich and help the poor, and gradually grew and grew until they accepted the imperial court's invitation to conquer the country. The novel has a tortuous plot, vivid language, and distinctive characters. It has a high degree of artistic achievement and is listed as one of the "Four Great Masterpieces" of Chinese classical novels.

This book is abbreviated from "Dream of Red Mansions", one of my country's four great classics. It tells 40 classic story fragments in "Dream of Red Mansions" in vernacular. It retains the poems with great classical connotations in the book, and is accompanied by brief annotations, illustrations, and introductions to the relationships between the characters. It simplifies the complicated character spectrum of the original work, making it easy for young readers to understand the classic masterpiece.