中国四大名著英文简介ChineseLiterature-NovelsandfictionHongloumeng红楼梦"TheDreamoftheRedChamber"Alsocalled"ThestoryoftheStone(Shitouji石头记)",thisnovelwrittenbyCaoXueqin曹雪芹(d.1763)issaidtobethegreatestmasterpieceofChinesefiction.Awidebranchedscholarshipdoesnotconsentaboutthemainthemeofthisnovel,shoulditbeanovelofsentiment,ofDaoist-Buddhistenlightenment,ofsocialobservation,ofthedecayofanaristocraticfamiliy,orevenaveiledattackonManchurule.TheframeofthenovelisthecontestofaBuddhistandaDaoistpriestwhomakebebornayoungnobleboycalledJiaBaoyu贾宝玉andhisgirlcousinLinDaiyu林黛玉.Withalovingdetaildescribingthelifeofthetwocousinsinahugenoblemansion,betweengardensandpalaces,theredthreadisthetriangularlovebetweenBaoyu,DaiyuandasecondgirlcousincalledXueBaochai薛宝钗thatisofmoreplumpercharacterthantheeversickDaiyu.Switchingbetweentheirlife,thedivineworldanddreams,Baoyubecomesderangedafterthedisappearanceofastone(theoriginofthesecondtitle)hehadinhismouthwhenhewasborn.Notknowing,hisloveDaiyudied,heistrickedtomarryingBaochai.Becomingawareofbeingtricked,Baoyuleavestheworldofthe"reddust"andbecomesamonk.Withhundredsofpersonsandtheirstories,parallelingthelifeandfeelingsofservantstothelifeofthemainpersons,thestoryisverycomplexandfullofsymbolisms,butveryinterestingandconvincingforitsencyclopediccharacter,depictingthelifeofanoblefamiliyinthe18thcenturyQingChina清.三国演义RomanceofTheThreeKingdomsRomanceofTheThreeKingdomsisoneofthegreatchineseclassicsandiscompiledintoasemi-fictionalliterarymasterpieceduringtheMingDynastybyLuoGuanzhong.Thenovelcomprisesaround70+%factand20+%fiction.SomeissuessuchasGuanYu'sweaponweighingaround40+kilograms,thecapabiltiesofLuBu,LiuBei'shorsesaswellastheexistenceoftheHilloftheFallenPhoenixandsomeothersareprobablyfictional.Thatperiodinhistorycanbesaidasthegoldenageofchivalryandalthoughithappenedmorethan1700yearsago,characterssuchasLiuBei,CaoCao,GuanYu,ZhangFeiandZhugeLianghavebecomehouseholdnamesamongthechinese.Talesoftheirexploits,courage,adventuresandmanymorearetoldinthenovel"RomanceofTheThreeKingdoms".ItisoneofthemostturbulentperiodsinChina'shistorytakingplacetowardtheendoftheHanDynastywherecorruptionisrampantintheimperialcourtduetoeunuchesholdingpower.Coupledwithnaturaldisasterssuchasfloods,plagueandlocustswarmsdevouringthecropsgrownbythepeasants,hungeranddisatisfactionamongthepeasantssoonescalatedrapidlyuntilamajorrebellionknownasthe"YellowScarvesRebellion"ledbyZhangJiaobrokeout.(Itwasdubbed"YellowScarves"becausetherebelstiedayellowscarfontheirhead).Initiallyjustasmallbandofrebels,duetowidespreadhungerandill-sentimentamongthepopulace,swarmsofcommonfolksjoinedintherebellionacrossmanypartsofthecountry.三国演义人物介绍刘备LiuBei(161–223AD),styledXuándé(玄徳),wasageneral,warlord,andlaterthefoundingemperorofShuHanduringtheThreeKingdomseraofChina.Althoughhavingalaterstartthanhisrivals,alsolackingboththematerialresourcesandsocialstatustheycommanded,LiuBeiovercamehismanydefeatstocarveouthisownrealm,thatatitspeakspannedmoderndaySichuan,Guizhou,Hunan,partofHubei,andpartofGansu.Culturally,duetothetremendouslypopularnovelRomanceoftheThreeKingdomsbyLuoGuanzhong,LiuBeiiswidelyknownastheidealbenevolent,humanerulerwhocaredforhispeopleandpickedgoodadvisors.HischaracterwastoadvocatetheConfuciansetofmoralvalues,suchasloyaltyandcompassion.张飞ZhangFei(?-221AD)wasamilitarygenera...