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China's four classical novels are Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, The Journey to the West and A Dream of Red Mansions.

The Journey to the West is one of the four classical novels of China.

Author: (Ming) Wu Cheng'en

Also known as The Journey to the West.

Times: * * One hundred times (actually, it is one hundred and one times)

Introduction: The Journey to the West is adapted from the story of Tang Priest's scriptures, related scripts and zaju (written by Yang Ne in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty). Seven times before the Journey to the West, the Monkey King was born, and there was a story about the Palace of Heaven. After that, he wrote the story of the Monkey King following the Tang Priest to learn Buddhist scriptures and exorcising demons and overcoming difficulties along the way. The images of Tang Priest, the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and Friar Sand in the book are vivid, grand and complete, and they are great romantic literary works in Chinese classical novels. The content is divided into three parts: the first part (one to seven times) introduces the Monkey King's magical power, causing havoc in Heaven; The second part (eight to twelve times) tells the reason why Sanzang learned the scriptures; The third part (chapters 13 to 100) is the main body of the whole story, and it is written that Wukong and others finally arrived in the Western Heaven to retrieve the scriptures. Wu Cheng'en (about 1504—— about 1582) is a native of Huai 'an, Jiangsu. Wu Cheng'en didn't get a one-year-old tribute student until he was about 40 years old. He went to Beijing to wait for an official position, but he was not selected. Because his mother was poor, he went to Changxing as a county magistrate. He was eventually falsely accused and "ran away from home" two years later. In his later years, he made a living by selling prose and lived for nearly 80 years.

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Tang Priest:

The Tang Priest in the novel is a fictional character, which is different from Master Xuanzang, the real figure in history. The Tang priest in the novel, played by Xu, was originally reincarnated as the second disciple of the Buddha, Jin. He is a posthumous child. Because of his parents' tragic and bizarre experiences, he grew up in a temple after becoming a monk, became a monk in Huasheng Temple, and finally moved to a famous temple in Beijing to practice. Tang Priest is studious and highly savvy, and stands out among the monks in the temple. Finally, he was selected by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and went to the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. On the way to learn Buddhist scriptures, the Tang Priest successively surrendered three disciples, the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand. Golden cicada reborn-Buddha is loyal and kind, dedicated to Buddha, timid and pedantic, and has poor identification ability.

The Monkey King:

Also known as the Monkey King, Wukong, Monkey King and Monkey King. Dongsheng Shenzhou Oleguo Huaguoshan Lingshi was bred, and Ling Ming boulder was made by hilarious the Monkey King have it both ways. In Huaguoshan, a group of monkeys pointed to the waterfall in Huaguoshan and said, Who dares to go in and find a place for us to settle down? If it doesn't harm our health, I will worship it as king. When the stone monkey discovered water curtain cave, he took this opportunity to hide the word "stone" and was called "Monkey King". After eight or nine years, I learned seventy-two changes by learning from Xu Bodhi in Fangcun Mountain, Niulingtai. The weapon was the "Dinghai Shenzhen" snatched from the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and it was named Golden Hoop. Since then, the Monkey King, who claimed to be the Great Sage of Monkey, made a scene in the Heavenly Palace and was suppressed by the Tathagata under the Five Elements Mountain (Wuzhishan), unable to move. Five hundred years later, the Tang Priest went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, passed by Wuxing Mountain, and broke the spell before he saved the Monkey King. The Monkey King was so grateful that, at the instigation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he worshipped the Tang Priest as a teacher and went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. On the way to learn from the scriptures, the Monkey King exorcised demons and made many remarkable achievements. However, he was twice misunderstood and expelled by Tang Priest and his disciples. Finally, the four of them arrived at the Buddhist Leiyin Temple and got the true scriptures. The Monkey King's cultivation was successful, and the seal fight defeated the Buddha. The Monkey King is smart and lively, brave and loyal, hates evil, dares to resist, loves freedom, eliminates all evils and is full of fighting spirit, which has become the embodiment of wit and courage in China culture. Therefore, the Monkey King could easily become the idol worshipped by little boys in China, and become a rebel and traitor in feudal society. He is active, naughty, skilled in martial arts, intelligent and brave, and fierce.

Pig eight quit to say:

Also known as liè. Zhu and the Monkey King often call him a "nerd". Pig Bajie in the cartoon was originally Marshal Tian Peng in the Heavenly Palace, and was sent down to earth for molesting Chang 'e. But the wrong pig fetus has grown into a pig-faced person. Catch the civilians in Gaolaozhuang and be subdued by the Monkey King. The repair was successful, and the title was Beijing Detective. Pig's weapon is nine-tooth nail palladium. Pigs can only change 36. The image of Pig Bajie is a very successful image created by Wu Cheng'en. Although he is lazy, he is the Monkey King's right-hand man. Selfish as he is, he is very likable. Although I like making trouble, I quit when I encounter difficulties, but I am very loyal to my master. Marshal Tian Peng (playing the role of Chang 'e), the messenger of the net altar (36 changes), is simple and honest, sleepy, ridiculous, brave in fighting, not afraid of demons, and has the consciousness characteristics of small producers and ordinary citizens

The sand monk:

Sha Wujing, also known as the General in the Forbidden City, angered the Empress Dowager by breaking a glass lamp at a flat peach party, was turned into a monster (pond lice essence) by the quicksand river, and was exiled to the world. Later, he was surrendered by the Tang Priest and was responsible for carrying the burden. After it was completed, it was named "Golden Lohan". The weapon used is crescent shovel. The book also calls Friar Sand "Friar Sand". The sand monk is honest and honest, which can be seen from his heavy voice and sincere eyes when he calls "Big Brother" in TV series. He is not as rebellious as the Monkey King, nor as lazy and lustful as Pig Bajie. Since he gave up his status as a monster, he has been following the Tang Priest wholeheartedly, being honest and selfless, working hard and observing Buddhist precepts. Although his personality is not clear, there are not many scenes, but he is an indispensable figure in The Journey to the West.

White:

Work hard and complain. The three princes of the Dragon King (who set fire to the jade emperor beads in the temple and were demoted to the snake mountain)-eight dragon horses, are on their way to the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. After fourteen years of cold and heat, the four of them struggled with all kinds of monsters and finally arrived in the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. After Bai, he was recuperated in Hualong Pool and injured himself on the huge pillar of Yin Temple. Among them, the most classic stories are the Monkey King's disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, Gao Laozhuang's taking Bajie, Bajie's fighting with Liushahe (taking the opportunity to take Friar Sand), Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, Ginseng Fruit, Pansi Cave, Flame Mountain, and the true and false Monkey King. In the struggle against monsters, he portrayed the distinctive personalities of the four masters and apprentices, and the story was very vivid.

Guanyin bodhisattva:

He is dignified and kind, often holding a bottle of clean willow leaves, which has the magic of bringing back the dead. He is also one of Tathagata's proud disciples. He is merciful and saves people from danger. When people encounter disasters, as long as they pronounce their names, they can hear the voices of suffering in the world, so they are called Guanyin. On the way to the Western Heaven, Tang Priest and his disciples could not cure the ginseng fruit tree in Zhongyuan, the Monkey King, so they had to ask Guanyin Bodhisattva for help. I saw Guanyin Bodhisattva holding a clean bottle in her left hand and Yang Liuzhi in her right hand, slightly dipped in nectar, bringing the ginseng fruit tree back to life. On the way to learn from the Tang Priest, he helped the Monkey King to subdue Hong Haier, Marshal Tian Peng, the Three Princes of the West Sea Dragon King, and let Tang Priest and his disciples learn from the Buddhist scriptures in the West, which was the savior who made everyone in the world get love, peace and happiness.

Jade Emperor:

It is also called the Jade Emperor, the Great Tianzunxuan the king of world, or the Jade Emperor for short. He practiced since he was a child, and it took more than 3,000 years to become an immortal. After 1555 robbery, each robbery lasted for 129600 years, and he became the supreme master in charge of heaven, earth and man, and was also regarded as the noblest god by Buddhism and Taoism. The Jade Emperor lives in the Lingxiao Hall of the Golden Queyun Palace, which consists of thirty-three heavenly palaces and seventy-two halls. His ten generations of hades are in charge of life and death. The Four Seas Dragon King is in charge of weather changes; Nine obsidian stars, five generals, twenty-eight nights, four heavenly kings and other brave people cover the land; Taibai Venus, Jiro Zhenjun, Wufang Wuxaoxian all have boundless magic power; And there is a secret protection from the Buddha in the West. The Jade Emperor is merciful and merciful, and he is also the savior of all beings.

Virgin Mary:

She lives in Yaochi, so she is also called the Queen of Yaochi. She held a flat peach festival in Yaochi to entertain immortals from all walks of life, only to be disturbed by the Monkey King, the Great Sage of Qitian. The flat peach she planted is the most magical. Small peach trees have been cooked for 3 thousand years, and those who eat them are light in fitness and immortal. Ordinary peach trees are only cooked once in 6000 years. When people eat them, they soar in the daytime and live forever. The best food is cooked in 9000. People eat with the world, and shine with the sun and the moon. She is the most respected goddess in the Heavenly Palace. She is responsible for banquets for immortals in heaven and for marriage and childbirth on earth. It's the wife of the Jade Emperor.

A Dream in Red Mansions

Also known as: The Story of the Stone, Treasure the Bright Moon, Twelve Women in Jinling, Record of Love Monks, Record of Grand View, Jinyuyuan and Love Pavilion.

Author: (Qing Dynasty) Cao Xueqin has * * * 120 stories about A Dream of Red Mansions. The first 80 stories were written by Cao Xueqin, and the last 40 were generally thought to be written by Gao E. The Eighty Chapters of Cao Zuo was circulated in the form of manuscripts during the writing and revision. In the fifty years of Qianlong (179 1), Cheng Weiyuan printed the first eighty chapters and the last forty chapters with movable type, which became popular from then on. But the words in the first eighty chapters have been changed.

Introduction: A Dream of Red Mansions, written during the Qianlong period in the middle of18th century, takes the four families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue as the background and the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main line, describes the decline process of the four families of feudal bureaucrats, especially Jia Fu, exposes the evils of feudal rulers and illustrates the historical fate of the inevitable decline of feudal dynasties. The language of the works is beautiful and vivid, and he is good at portraying characters, and has created such distinctive characters as Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Wang Xifeng, Xue Baochai and You Sanjie. This book is large in scale, rigorous in structure and high in artistic achievement. A Dream of Red Mansions is also recognized as China's greatest classical novel. Cao Xueqin, a novelist of Qing Dynasty in China, was born in 17 15 and died in 1763. Its predecessor was the Han nationality, and later it was the white flag coating (domestic slave) of the Manchu Alvin Xueqin. Cao Xueqin's great-grandfather Cao Xi, his grandfather Cao Yin, and his parents Cao Qing and Cao Fu worked as Jiangning weavers for more than 60 years, which was highly prized by Emperor Kangxi. Cao Xueqin grew up in splendor. In the early years of Yongzheng, due to the internal struggle of the feudal ruling class, the Cao family suffered many blows, was dismissed from office and imprisoned, and their family property was confiscated and returned to Beijing. Since then, his family has been going downhill. This turning point made Cao Xueqin deeply feel the coldness of the world and more clearly understand the essence of the feudal social system. Since then, he has lived a poor life. He is good at writing and devotes himself to the writing and revision of A Dream of Red Mansions. He read 10 years, added and deleted five times, and wrote this literary masterpiece that pushed China's classical novel creation to the peak. A Dream of Red Mansions, with its rich content, tortuous plot, profound ideological understanding and exquisite artistic techniques, has become a great realistic work in China's classical novels. In the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1762), the youngest son died prematurely, and Cao Xueqin was plunged into excessive sadness and grief. On New Year's Eve (1764 February 1), he died of poverty due to illness (there are two versions about the year of Cao Xueqin's death), and the burial expenses were funded by friends.

Introduction of main characters

First, Jia Baoyu

Jia Baoyu, the hero, is a strange and vulgar figure. The main feature of his character is rebellion. His behavior is "distant and exaggerated" and he is a rebel in feudal society. He despises fame and fortune and is unwilling to take the official career of "learning to be excellent and becoming an official". He hates stereotyped writing, insults the "traitors" who study and are officials, and is too lazy to meet them. Jia Baoyu doesn't like so-called "serious books". He prefers "miscellaneous books" and loves The Peony Pavilion and The West Chamber. He also boldly questioned Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, thinking that "there are too many fabrications except the Four Books", which fully shows that he is the "rebellious son and two ministers" of the feudal monarchy. He believes that "the beauty of mountains, rivers, the sun and the moon is only for daughters, and men with beards are just scum." Under the guidance of this shocking thought, Baoyu "wandered around at home" all day long, cherishing girls, their beauty, purity, exuberance and intelligence, their unfortunate experiences, their marriage to smelly men and the loss of their holy beauty. Jia Baoyu said that women were pearls before marriage, but after marriage, they lost their light and became dead pearls. If she is old, she will walk with a dirty man and become a dead fish eye. He even felt irreparable regret for having a man. In his life, the most important thing is undoubtedly his love with Lin Daiyu. This love, on the one hand, began with rebellious character, on the other hand, it promoted the final formation of his rebellious character. This is the biggest and most important treason in his life history. In love, Bao and Dai both demanded the autonomy of marriage and deviated from the lifestyle of feudal society. They went further and further on the road of rebellion, which eventually led to their tragic ending.

Second, Lin Daiyu.

In A Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu may be a fairy, which is beyond my power. Lin Daiyu seems to be a kind of marriage, and she doesn't want to play tricks on fate so much. Its characteristics can be summarized as "sad beauty". "Sadness" is mainly manifested in Lin Daiyu's "bleak life experience, delicate and sickly", while "beauty" is manifested in "exterior, connotation and art". The combination of the two forms the tragic image of Lin Daiyu's "sad beauty".

Third, Jia Mu.

Jia Daishan's wife was a young lady in Jinling before her marriage. She began to be a great-grandson's daughter-in-law in Jia's family, and Jia had another great-grandson's daughter-in-law. With her shrewdness, she kept the position of the supreme ruler of the Jia family. She likes her granddaughter and dotes on her grandson Baoyu. We can see from the first 80 chapters that Jia supports Baochai's love, but the sequel says that Jia does not support Baoyu and Daiyu's love. Her thoughts are also influenced by Baoyu and Daiyu, and she has some avant-garde thoughts. In a word, Jia Mu can be respected by everyone, which shows that her position cannot be ignored and her ability is there. Can she maintain the long-term status of feudal society?

Fourth, Wang Xifeng

There is another unusual person in Fu Rong, and she is Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng's malice is well known. As the "general manager" of Fu Rong, she plays politics. She killed Jia Rui with a poisonous trick and plotted to force Second Sister You to death. She was mean by nature and finally killed the whole family. She has a fiery personality, and I never forget to point this out in my article. Just like on her birthday, it is enough to have a conflict with Bao's daughter-in-law and ask the old lady for help. But after all, she is very capable and smart. She has the final say in all the affairs of Rongfu, and she is good at catering to it, which won the favor of the old lady. Her fundamental purpose is to collect money. Aunt Zhao once said: "This half of the family property doesn't ask her to move to her parents' house. I'm not a human being."

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Xue Baochai

One of the twelve women in Jinling, the daughter of Aunt Xue. She is beautiful, her bones and muscles are smooth, and Xue Baochai's manners are refined. On the surface, she seems to be a model of an orthodox lady at that time, but in fact, she has a cynical personality factor and deep talent in her bones. She abides by women's morality, but she also has a strong critical spirit to the society at that time. For example, in the thirty-eighth chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, she wrote Ode to a Crab, which made a sharp satire on Jia Yucun and other lawless officialdom figures. And her own favorite lyrics, in fact, is also a richest man with loneliness, anger and rebellion. Parasitic grass. Because of being misled by Cheng Gaoben, the understanding of Xue Baochai's thought and character in the red chamber has long deviated from reality. For example, the traditional view is that Xue Baochai is "smart, can win the hearts of the people and is praised by the Jia family." On the 40th trip, Grandmother Jia took Granny Liu to the Grand View Garden. The interior furnishings of Baochai Garden were simple, and Grandmother Jia was very dissatisfied, saying that she had lost face in front of her relatives. "。 To Baochai, Grandmother Jia said "Stop it", "Stop it", "Don't be too detached" and "Our old lady is going to live in the stable more and more". -All negative comments. Later, at the "Rongguo Mansion Lantern Festival", the grandmother ordered her beloved Baoqin, Xiangyun, Daiyu and Baoyu to accompany her to sit at the main table, only pushing Baochai out of the main table and sitting with Li Qi. Undoubtedly, these are all important signs that Baochai changed from "favored" to "out of favor" in front of Grandmother Jia. Zhi Yanzhai also commented on Chai and Dai's poems: "Now, I never bother to do this, but in Daiqing, it is not enough." Really sympathize with the weak, but "despise" the strong, which is the keynote of Baochai's behavior. As she said in "crab fu", "wine doesn't make enemies, chrysanthemum is still used, and ginger is needed for cold. "Later, Baoyu read Baochai's" Xie Fu "and couldn't help applauding Baochai's cynicism and shouting" Happy Writing "! Even so, Baochai has her talent to some extent. For example, when Lady Wang's maid, Kim Jong, died, Baochai said, "Aunt, don't be too attached to this. Just give her a few taels of silver. Because she overheard what Zhui Er and Redjade were saying in the Didi Pavilion, she framed Daiyu. "。 Although she didn't make it clear, she knew Baochai was shrewd! For this kind of situation in the book, Cao Xueqin's former confidant and close friend, Zhi Yanzhai, is even more ignorant. He (she) has long pointed out that in the choice of these outlook on life and values, "Chai and Yu are closer than anyone else in appearance, and ... they are far away and close. As close as Baoyu, as far as Baoyu. " "Chai and Yu are far apart and close to COSCO. These are two important stocks, which cannot be taken lightly. "! Therefore, Baoyu and Daiyu seem to have the same interests, but in fact their ideological positions are diametrically opposite; Baoyu and Baochai seem to have different ideals and interests, but in fact their choices are the same! -all based on the extreme dislike of the society at that time!

Six, Tanchun

Jia Tanchun, the daughter of Jia Zheng and his aunt Zhao, is not as delicate and compassionate as Daiyu, clever and clever as Baochai, and lively and cheerful as Xiangyun, but she has some talents, extraordinary wisdom, profound knowledge and far-sighted vision, which is vividly displayed in the fifty-sixth chapter of "Exploring the spring to promote the benefits and eliminate the disadvantages, and Debaochai always benefits". Wang Xifeng was bedridden because of illness, so Tan Chun, Baochai, Li Wan and others presided over the housework. During this period, Tan Chun checked the family accounts and found that the money paid to each room overlapped with the money paid to the comprador, so she came up with a satisfactory solution. She consulted Baochai and others, and went to Lai everyone during the year to get inspiration from Lai everyone. Compared with her own situation, she finally put forward a good solution. Isn't it enough to see her ability and ability to handle affairs? Who blames Baochai for saying, "Well said! Although you are a daughter, you don't know these things. " Baochai said with a smile, "You've only been working for two days, and you're so greedy that you don't care about Zhu. Going out again to see such advantages and disadvantages, even Confucius is becoming more and more vain. " Hearing this, Tan Chun solemnly replied, "You are an ordinary person, but you haven't seen Ji Zishu. On that day, Ji Ziyun said:' People who make profits, people who are logistics, are not good at words, and recite the way of Confucius and Mencius ...' "Such brilliant words are said by an ordinary daughter, so you should have a political vision! Although he was born a concubine, he demanded his own master status everywhere. In order to gain equal status, she had to cut off the "natural umbilical cord" with her biological mother Aunt Zhao and connect an "artificial umbilical cord" with her first wife, Mrs. Wang. She denies her uncle, but she always calls Mrs. Wang's younger brother Wang Ziteng her uncle. In fact, Tanchun is very helpless. In this Jia house, I wish you ate me, and I ate you, and she had to do so.

Seven, the Spring Festival

Jia Yingchun Jia Yingchun was born to Jia She and his ex-wife, ranking second among Jia Fu. She is honest, incompetent, timid and has a nickname "Ermu". She is not only inferior to her sisters in guessing poems, but also knows how to give in and be bullied. Her pearls and jewels were gambled by servants, but she didn't pursue them. Others wanted to get it back for her, but she said, "I'd rather not. Why get angry?" Her father, Jia She, owed the Sun family 5,200 pieces of silver, so marrying her to the Sun family was actually paying her debts. Shortly after marriage, she was abused to death by Sun Shaozu.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Author: (Late Yuan Dynasty and Early Ming Dynasty) Luo Guanzhong

Full name: Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Count: * * 120

Introduction: It is written according to Chen Shou's The History of the Three Kingdoms, Ye Fan's The History of the Later Han Dynasty, Yuan Zaju's Romance of the Three Kingdoms and some folklore. At present, the earliest edition is Ming Jiajing edition, which is divided into 24 volumes and 240 articles. In the early Qing Dynasty, Mao Zonggang and his son made some modifications and became the most common transcript of 120. This is China's first chapter-by-chapter novel. The story of Romance of the Three Kingdoms begins with Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in Taoyuan and ends with Wu. This paper describes the military and political struggle between Wei, Shu and Wu in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The characters are simple, profound, tortuous and grand in structure. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, China's novels entered a new period, especially Zhang Hui's novels entered a perfect stage. China's first classical novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was born and swept the world through the pen of Luo Guanzhong, an outstanding novelist who lived in this historical period. He has made great achievements in the history of China literature development. At the same time, it also adds brilliant brilliance to the treasure house of world literature. Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes the history of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty. The book reflects the political and military struggle, the infiltration and transformation of various social contradictions in the Three Kingdoms period, summarizes the historical changes of this era and shapes a group of heroes. In grasping the history of the Three Kingdoms, the author showed an obvious tendency to support Liu and oppose Cao, focusing on the description of Liu Bei Group, praising the main figures of Liu Bei Group and trying to expose and lash Cao Cao. Today, we should dialectically understand the author's tendency to support Liu and oppose Cao. Respecting Liu and opposing Cao is the main tendency of folklore in Luo Guanzhong era, which implies people's hope for the rejuvenation of the Han nationality. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has created nearly 2,000 characters, among which Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Liu Bei and others are the most successful. Zhuge Liang is the incarnation of the "saint" in the author's mind. He has the lofty spirit of "devoting all his efforts to death" and the ambition of helping people rebuild a peaceful and prosperous world in modern times. In addition, the author endowed him with the peculiar ability of giving orders and calculating skillfully. Cao Cao is a treacherous man, and his life creed is "Better teach the world to be negative than to teach the world to be negative" (historically, "Better teach the world to be negative than to teach the world to be negative." He is a political careerist and schemer, so don't confuse him with the real Cao Cao in history. Guan Yu is "brave and resolute" and "righteous as a mountain". But his loyalty is based on personal grudges, not the national justice. Liu Bei was portrayed by the author as a kind-hearted person, a corporal with noble character and a kind-hearted person. Luo Guanzhong (1330- 1400) was a popular novelist in Ming dynasty. His native place is Taiyuan (now Shanxi) and Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), so he is not sure. According to legend, Luo Guanzhong was a screen guest of Zhang Shicheng, a peasant uprising army at the end of Yuan Dynasty. In addition to the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he also wrote popular novels such as Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties and plays such as Meet the Dragon and Tiger of Zhao Taizu. In addition, quite a few people think that the last thirty chapters of Water Margin are also his works.

The Water Margin?

Also known as Legend of Loyalty and Righteousness and Legend of Hawks in Jianghu.

Author: (Late Yuan Dynasty and Early Ming Dynasty) Shi Naian In addition, quite a few people think that the last thirty chapters of Water Margin were written by Luo Guanzhong. Gao Ru recorded what he saw in "Hundred Rivers Record" in Ming Dynasty. The former was "Qiantang Shi Naian Book, edited by Luo Guanzhong". Hu Yinglin's "Shao Shi Shan Fang Bi Ji" was written by Shi Naian, and Wang Qi's "Continued Book General Examination" was written by Luo Guanzhong.

Introduction to Water Margin: The author created it on the basis of the legacy of Xuanhe and related scripts and stories. The main theme of the book is to describe the peasant war, and it created Liangshan heroes such as Lin and others, revealing the social contradictions at that time. The story is tortuous, the language is vivid, and the characters are vivid, which has high artistic achievements. Version: There are many different books in the spread of Water Margin. At present, there are mainly 100 copies, 120 copies and 70 copies. After Zhao An 100, there were plots such as "collecting Liao" and suppressing Fang La uprising. 120 Huiben added the plot of suppressing tian hu and Wang Qing. Later, Jin Shengtan deleted the book, excluding courtship and later events, and called it 70 chapters (actually 7 1 chapter). Shi Naian (1296 ~ 137 1) is also known as Zhao Rui, Yan Duan and Naian. Native place: Baima Farm in Xinghua (now Jiangsu). Originally from Hailing County, Taizhou, he lived in Shijia Lane outside Nagato, Suzhou, and then moved to Baijuchang, Xinghua County (now Baiju Town, Dafeng City, Jiangsu Province). Outside the gate of Suzhou, there is a family named Shi in Shijiaxiang, North of Huaixu Bridge, which is a descendant of Shi Zhichang, one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius. The father who spread this branch to Shi Naian was the14th generation. In the second year of Yuan Chengzong Yuan Zhen (AD 1296), another man was added to the family. An old scholar named the baby Yan Duan, which means that the child must be a clever genius when he grows up. The strict passage in this infant is Shi Naian, who later wrote the historical masterpiece Water Margin. When Shi Naian was seven years old, his family was poor and he couldn't go to school. But he is smart and eager to learn, often borrows books, asks his neighbors to teach him, and sometimes goes to the university to audit. In this way, he read many books such as The University, The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Songs and The Book of Rites. /kloc-at the age of 0/3, he can answer questions in public and write beautifully. Once, an old neighbor died of illness. Please ask Ji Xiucai, who teaches in a private school in Xushuguan, to write a eulogy. Ji Xiucai failed to arrive in time, so others suggested Yan Duan try. Naian was in high spirits and wanted to show his talents. Without giving in, he came with a wave of his hand. Later, Ji Xiucai read this naive and brilliant eulogy and praised it greatly. Offered to take Shi Naian to Hushuguan for free study. Later, he betrothed his daughter to Shi Naian. Shi Naian studies hard at the Hushu Pavilion. He is not only familiar with the contention of a hundred schools of thought, but also browses various books. At that time, The Legacy of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty told stories such as "Classical outsmarted Yan Poxi", "Sung River was killed" and "Yang Zhi sold knives", which aroused Shi Naian's interest. He often read after school. I also dance knives and sticks with friends and practice martial arts. At that time, Suzhou City used to rap some scripts and plays, such as Stalagmite Lee, Green Beast, Flower Monk, Warrior, Fighting Fish in Tongleyuan by Yan Qing, and Negative Jing by jy. Shi Naian sometimes amuses himself and admires these "heroic heroes" and "lofty heroes".