Who are the authors of China's four classical masterpieces?

The author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Luo Guanzhong, the author of Water Margin is Shi Naiyan, the author of Journey to the West is Wu Cheng'en, and the author of Dream of the Red Chamber is Cao Xueqin.

I. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1. Introduction

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the Four Great Masterpieces of Classical China, and is China's first full-length chapter-and-chapter historical novel, known as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (also known as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms).

The book can be roughly divided into five major parts: the Yellow Turbans Uprising, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the Group of Heroes, the Three Kingdoms, and the Return of the Three Kingdoms to the Jin Dynasty. On the vast historical stage, a magnificent war scene is staged. Author Luo Guanzhong blends the Thirty-six Stratagems of War into his words, both the plot and the tactics of war.

2, the author of the introduction

Luo Guanzhong (about 1330 - about 1400), the name of this, the word Guanzhong, the name of the lake and sea scattered people, the end of the Yuan and the early Ming Dynasty novelist, the author of the Three Kingdoms Popular Romance. He was a native of Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi Province.

Between about 1385 and 1388 A.D., Luo Guanzhong lived to be seventy years old, and died in Luling (present-day Ji'an, Jiangxi Province), the hometown of Wen Tianxiang, a national hero of the Song Dynasty.

Second, "Water Margin"

1, Introduction

"Water Margin," one of the four great Chinese novels, is a chapter-length novel with the Song Jiang Uprising at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty as the main backdrop, and the type of heroic saga.

The book is a magnificent story of the resistance of the Liangshan heroes to oppression, the growth of the Liangshan Mountain and its surrender to the imperial court, and the suppression of Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La, and other political forces that rebelled against the Song government after their surrender to the court, and ultimately to a tragic defeat.

2. Introduction to the Author

Shi Nai-an (ca. 1296-ca. 1370) was originally named Yan-duan, Zhao-rui, Zi-an, alias Nai-an. A native of Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, with ancestry in Suzhou, the son of a boatman, he was born in Xinghua's Xinyi Town, entered private school at the age of 13, won the title of Xiu Cai at the age of 19, became a lifer at the age of 29, and won the title of Jinshe at the age of 36.

Between the age of 36 and 40 years old official Qiantang two years, and then with when the road is not, return to Suzhou. To Zheng 16 years (1356) 60 years old, Zhang Shicheng according to the Soviet Union, recruitment should not be; and Zhang Shicheng general Bian Yuanheng friendly, and then living in Jiangyin, in Zhu Tang town teaching.

At the age of 71 or 72, he moved to Xinghua, and his family moved to Baijuba and Shijiaqiao. Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly recruited should not; finally died in Huai'an, aged 74.

Three, "Journey to the West"

1, Introduction

"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel of ancient China.

The book mainly depicts the Sun Wukong's birth and after making a fuss in the Palace of Heaven, he meets the Tang Monk, Pigsy and Sha Monk, and travels westward to fetch the scriptures, subduing demons and subduing devils along the way, and undergoes nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, finally arrives at the Western Heaven to meet Buddha K?itigarbha, and finally the five saints become true story.

2. Introduction of the Author

Wu Cheng'en (1506 - about 1583), the word Ruzhong, the name of Shiyang Shanren. Han nationality, Huai'an Fu Shanyang County people (now Huai'an City, Huai'an District). Ancestral origin is from Anhui?

In the 45th year of Jiajing (1566), he was appointed as the county minister of Changxing, Zhejiang Province. Due to the difficulties of his career, Shutou in his later years did not want to make a career and wrote books behind closed doors.

Four, "Dream of Red Mansions"

1, Introduction

"Dream of Red Mansions", the ancient Chinese chapter-length novel, also known as the "Book of Stones," and so on, is listed as the first of the four great classical Chinese masterpieces, is generally believed to be the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin.

The novel takes the rise and fall of the four great families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as its background, and takes the rich son Jia Baoyu as its viewpoint, and depicts the life of a group of ladies of the court whose behavior and insights are higher than those of the bearded men, and shows the true beauty of human nature and tragedy, which can be regarded as an epic poem that shows the beauty of women from all angles.

2. Introduction of the author

Cao Xueqin (about May 28, 1715 - about February 12, 1763), the name of Zhan, the word Meng Ruan, the number of Xueqin, but also the number of the celery, celery garden, originating from Tieling in Liaoning Province, was born in Jiangning (present-day Nanjing), Cao Xueqin came from the family of the White Banner of the Interior Household of the Qing Dynasty, and he was the grandson of Cao Yin, the weaver of Jiangning.

With tenacity and perseverance, he endured many years of hardship and finally created a great work of thought and art, Dream of Red Mansions. In his later years, Cao Xueqin moved to the western suburbs of Beijing.

In the twenty-seventh year of the Qianlong reign (1762), his young son died young, and he was trapped in excessive sorrow and grief, bedridden. In 1763, on New Year's Eve (February 12), he died of poverty and illness.

Baidu Encyclopedia - The Four Great Masterpieces