How did the four classic novels get their present status?

Four Great Classical Novels's statement originated in the Ming Dynasty? Four wonderful books? Four Great Classical Novels is an outstanding masterpiece in the history of China traditional literature, with high literary and ideological value. So, as time goes on, they gradually settle down? Four classic novels? The throne.

A Dream of Red Mansions, The Three Kingdoms and The Water Margin, The Journey to the West and Four Great Classical Novels, can be said to be familiar to all China people? Treasure of traditional literature? . In terms of influence and popularity, these four novels are unparalleled. Now when it comes to China literature, it must be mentioned? Four classic novels? How did such a lofty position achieve the four classic novels?

So-called? Rank literary works? This practice mainly originated from Jin Shengtan, a gifted scholar in Ming Dynasty. Jin Shengtan claimed to have read all the wonderful books at home and abroad. He once sorted out the traditional literature through the ages and discharged one. Six gifted books? In the list, the most praised by him is Shi Naian's Water Margin.

Jin Shengtan's love for the Water Margin must be clear to everyone. He used to be? Waist the water margin? Because I don't want to see the horror of Zhao An in Liangshan after one hundred years. Therefore, Mr. Lu Xun once wrote a special article criticizing him, called "Talking about Jin Shengtan".

Later, the famous annotator of The Romance of Three Kingdoms, Mao Zonggang and his son in Qing Dynasty, put the Romance of Three Kingdoms under the name of Jin Shengtan? Genius book? List. What did the booksellers do at that time for? Speculation? , also try, right? Four wonderful books? This statement was widely publicized.

This? Four wonderful books? It's not that they talk nonsense. This statement originated from the notes of Feng Menglong, a famous novelist in Ming Dynasty, namely The Journey to the West, Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Jin Ping Mei.

Later, a Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty was born, which impressed all the literati at that time with its profound brushwork and outstanding ideological content. At that time, Jin Pingmei was already a member of the Qing literary world with strict ideological control? Banned books? So, A Dream of Red Mansions squeezed Jin Ping Mei out and sat on it? Four classic novels? The throne.