What are the ancient literary works?

1, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio:

Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese by Pu Songling, a novelist in China in the Qing Dynasty. The earliest manuscripts were circulated in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. There are 49 1 short stories in the book * * *, which either exposes the darkness of feudal rule, or criticizes the decay of imperial examination system, or resists the shackles of feudal ethics, and has rich and profound ideological content.

2. A Dream of Red Mansions:

A Dream of Red Mansions is a novel of China's ancient Zhang Hui style. With the rise and fall of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue as the background, Jia Baoyu, a rich son, as the perspective, and the love and marriage tragedies of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai as the main line, the novel depicts the lives of some boudoir beauties whose manners and knowledge are beyond the needs of men.

3. Water Margin:

The Water Margin is a novel written by Shi Naian at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. The whole book artistically reflects the whole process of Sung River Uprising in the history of China from its occurrence, development to failure by describing the grand story of Liangshan heroes resisting oppression, Liangshan in Shui Bo growing up and being supported by the Song Dynasty, fighting for the Song Dynasty after being supported by the Song Dynasty and finally dying.

4. Journey to the West:

The Journey to the West is the first romantic novel with chapters and sections in ancient China. The book mainly describes the story of the Monkey King's encounter with Tang Priest, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand, and Bai Nao Tiangong after his birth. He went west to learn the scriptures, and went through difficulties and obstacles along the way, exorcising demons, and after eighty-one difficulties, he finally arrived in the Western Heaven to see the Buddha, and finally the Five Saints passed away.

5. Romance of the Three Kingdoms:

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a long historical novel written by Luo Guanzhong, a novelist at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, based on Chen Shou's The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Pei Songzhi's notes and the Folk Tales of the Three Kingdoms.

It can be roughly divided into five parts: the yellow turban insurrectionary uprising, Dong Zhuo's rebellion, competing with each other, the three kingdoms' separatist regime and the three kingdoms' return to Jin. It describes the history of nearly a hundred years from the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, mainly describing the war, telling the story of the scuffle between the heroes in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the political and military struggle in Wei Shuwu, and finally Sima Yan unified the three countries and established the Jin Dynasty.