Get to know 4 Classic Chinese Literatures

Does anyone know about the 4 Classic Chinese Novels? Some people may have heard about it. Those who still have no idea what 4 Classic Chinese Novels are, do not worry. Today, ACU PAY will take everyone to know the 4 classic Chinese literatures and what morals each novel gives to the readers and how we apply those morals to our daily lives. Let’s get to know them together!

Firstly, 4 Classic Chinese Novels (四大名著) are the long-lasting masterpiece Chinese literatures. The content and stories have a strong influence on Chinese Ideology, ideas, and value orientation. Although the four best pieces of literature have different contents, they are hidden with ideas and teachings according to socialism of the time.

Currently, there are many novels inspired by these four literatures. They have been made into movies and dramas countless times. The script has been translated into different languages around the world and the stories are told to this day.

Let’s start with the first literature

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

The masterpiece of historical Chinese literature that receives the most popularity continues to be popular. It is the greatest Chinese literature of all time, or it can be called one of the best literature in the world.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written during the Ming Dynasty. It tells about the division of China into three parts by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan. The three fought for the mainland, using many different plans. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a novel with various flavors, including intrigue, resentment, hatred, frenemy, loyalty, and forgiveness. It is a novel that gives ideas to readers and can be applied in real life, till there is the saying “You can’t be friends with a person who reads Romance of the Three Kingdoms more than 3 times”

Water Margin

It is another great piece of literature known to Thais as “All Men Are Brothers”, which was written during the Ming Dynasty as well, but continued the story during the Song Dynasty in the Depression.

It tells the story of fighting against the injustice of 108 people who love justice but have to be defeated by slander, and persecuted, making them struggle to survive to get to Liangshan Mountain.

Journey to the West

It is a famous literature that has been broadcast in series in many versions. Journey to the West was written during the Ming Dynasty as well. It is about traveling to the Indian subcontinent (India) to summon the Tripitaka of Tang Samzhang and must overcome obstacles throughout the trip. There are three animals as traveling companions: Monkey King or Sun Wukong (monkey), Zhu Wuneng (Pig), and Sua Cheng (fish demon).

The Dream of the Red Chamber

It is a love story of a high-ranking royal family with beautiful stories, immoral relationships, and tragedies. It reflects the lives of nobles during the Qing Dynasty and also reflects social life at that time, the system of weddings, funerals, and even clothes, food, and medicine. It also contains teachings of Buddhist, Taoism, and Confucianism.

That’s all about the 4 superb Chinese literatures which ACU PAY brings to you. Do you feel familiar with any novels after you finish reading this article? You should try reading them and you will like them for sure. Remember, do not read the Romance of Three Kingdom too much because “You can’t be friends with a person who reads Romance of the Three Kingdoms more than 3 times”