四大名著： 《红楼梦》： 1、The Story of Stone《石头记》 2、A Dream of Red Mansions/Chamber（红色大楼/房间的梦） 3、The Cowherd and the Weaving Girl（牛郎和织女） 《三国演义》： 1、《Romantic of Three Kingdoms》—— 三个王国的罗曼史 《水浒传》 1、《一百零五个男人和三个女人的故事》 2、《All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard》——四海之内皆兄弟：豹子的血 3、美国女作家赛珍珠翻译《水浒》七十一回本，取名为《四海之内皆兄弟》 4、《OUTLAWS IN THE MARSH》——沼泽地里的逃犯 最早德文译名是《强盗与士兵》；法文译名是《中国的勇士们》；英文译本为《在河边发生的故事》 《西游记》： Journey to the West（去西方旅游） Monkey / The Monkey King（猴王N1 The Dream of Red Chamber Once upon a time the goddess Nv Gua level several thousands pieces of stone to repair the damage post of One extra stone that did not fit and as discard at the foot of a This ethereal stone discover a lovely but frail but celestial camp by the river of the spirits in the Everyday it watered the plants with sweet dew the plant nourished by the dew took essence of heaven and After centuries of polishing the stone took on human forms and descended to earth and becoming the hero and heroin of the dream of the red chamber a complex brilliant and profound Among the Chinese classics the dream of the red chamber has been most widely red and studied by the general public and scholars its conception in the later part of the 18th Besides its mythical beginning more then 400 human characters come to life in the Jia palace throughout the one hundredth and twenty chapters of this They vividly and realistically unveil a pure world and the spiritual world and the love and hatred and the good and evil desiccant and For over one hundredth years the dream of the red chamber has attracted millions of people from all walks of It especially appeals to young people because the entire antagonist in the story is young as The book is a masterpiece due to its vast repertoire and reservoir of artistic achievements the bound philosophy of life simultaneously coupled with a compelling love The hero of the dream of the red chamber is the human form of the discard ethereal He was born holding a precious stone in his mouth and so named Bao Yu precious He is the lifeblood of the Jia family protagonist of the love story and preacher of the philosophy of The main plot of the novel is the entangle love triangle among Bao Yu the imperial stone Xian Yu the transform celestial plant and Dai Yuthe destine earthly love possessing the gold medallion with an inscription matching the one on the precious stone from the The secondary plot evolves around the rise and decline of the Jia A series of events of characters unfold around these two plots the detailed and structured analysis of the entwined relationships among the novels innumerous Enable the readers to get a thrall understanding of the rise and decline of a prominent family and a taste of love and hatred joy and sorrow and reunion and The author Cao Xue-qin was born in the early part of the 18th century during the period of emperor Kong Xi and died in the 27th year of reign of emperor Chin in the Ching Historical research reveals that the personal experiences of the authors bare striking similarities to the events setting of this Bao Yu is protagonist was a pampered child who faced high expectations he took no interest in fame or wealth but rather indulged himself in the company of androgen of female playmate from both high and low He proclaimed that girls are creatures of water and that he could feel that freshness and Whereas men are the beams of slim he was overwhelmed by turbulence and filthiness merely by catching a sight of This is not a casual remark dropped by our Indeed his whole life from his thoughts and feelings to his expressions and demeanor evolved around his contempt for fame and wealth His devotion to love and soul and his conspicuous opposition to patriarchal
N1 The Dream of Red Chamber Once upon a time the goddess Nv Gua level several thousands pieces of stone to repair the damage post of One extra stone that did not fit and as discard at the foot of a This ethereal stone discover a lovely but frail but celestial camp by the river of the spirits in the Everyday it watered the plants with sweet dew the plant nourished by the dew took essence of heaven and After centuries of polishing the stone took on human forms and descended to earth and becoming the hero and heroin of the dream of the red chamber a complex brilliant and profound Among the Chinese classics the dream of the red chamber has been most widely red and studied by the general public and scholars its conception in the later part of the 18th Besides its mythical beginning more then 400 human characters come to life in the Jia palace throughout the one hundredth and twenty chapters of this They vividly and realistically unveil a pure world and the spiritual world and the love and hatred and the good and evil desiccant and For over one hundredth years the dream of the red chamber has attracted millions of people from all walks of It especially appeals to young people because the entire antagonist in the story is young as The book is a masterpiece due to its vast repertoire and reservoir of artistic achievements the bound philosophy of life simultaneously coupled with a compelling love The hero of the dream of the red chamber is the human form of the discard ethereal He was born holding a precious stone in his mouth and so named Bao Yu precious He is the lifeblood of the Jia family protagonist of the love story and preacher of the philosophy of The main plot of the novel is the entangle love triangle among Bao Yu the imperial stone Xian Yu the transform celestial plant and Dai Yuthe destine earthly love possessing the gold medallion with an inscription matching the one on the precious stone from the The secondary plot evolves around the rise and decline of the Jia A series of events of characters unfold around these two plots the detailed and structured analysis of the entwined relationships among the novels innumerous Enable the readers to get a thrall understanding of the rise and decline of a prominent family and a taste of love and hatred joy and sorrow and reunion and The author Cao Xue-qin was born in the early part of the 18th century during the period of emperor Kong Xi and died in the 27th year of reign of emperor Chin in the Ching Historical research reveals that the personal experiences of the authors bare striking similarities to the events setting of this Bao Yu is protagonist was a pampered child who faced high expectations he took no interest in fame or wealth but rather indulged himself in the company of androgen of female playmate from both high and low He proclaimed that girls are creatures of water and that he could feel that freshness and Whereas men are the beams of slim he was overwhelmed by turbulence and filthiness merely by catching a sight of This is not a casual remark dropped by our Indeed his whole life from his thoughts and feelings to his expressions and demeanor evolved around his contempt for fame and wealth His devotion to love and soul and his conspicuous opposition to patriarchal The author successfully portrays many distinct female characters beaming with talent pose innocents and Each drawing her own crowd the most important character other the leading male role of Bao Yu are twelve young ladies known as the twelve beauties of the imperial One of the distinct characteristics of this book is the great esteem given to In this book even those chambermaids with rather low social status are given distinctive and unforgettable Being upright passionate loyal capable and efficient， Worth mentioning are the poem that the characters every count The author's literary feats enable him to weave poetry in the pros and bleat personality and talent by presenting their inner In a reflection of cultural and spiritual life of his time these poems for shadow the future developments of the plot as well as the fate of the books The elder daughter of the Jia family was name Yuan Chun and she was exulted as an imperial consort and granted a visit to her This family was wealthy and aristocratic and built a splendid and magnificent park to welcome her so those he young girls determined Bao Yu moved into the And in their new living quarters they enjoyed freedom like never before so they transformed the park into a kingdom of youth till it was passing dreams laughter and The luxurious park then became a venue for gathering and as well as parties but however their heathenish lifestyle kept interrupting life styles of the family eventually drove was their The luxurious park became a venue for frequent gathering and feasts， the promulgate and corrupting lifestyle of the family manifested in every gathering and feast sowed the seed of its I buried the flower petals today they laugh at my foolishness when I die who will tend my A poem written by Dai Yu her proclivity for being over sensitive and sentimental and her forlorn childhood are embodied in this Orphaned and wretched; she was taken in by her maternal grandmother at a young She is a gifted beauty， proud a luck and eccentric but fragile and Thou her heart beats in harmony with Dai Yushe was thawed to her lifetime pursuit of perfect Owing largely to her external factors and partly to her own personality This poem represents a self-fulfilling prophecy of her tragic Another hero Bao Chai is total different from Dai Yu except for her literary gift of She stands out among her peer as a worldly calm sedate an elegant young Thou attractive and charming she lack the chased and romantic qualities of Dai Y Measured against traditional female virtues her disposition and demeanor make her the perfect candidate for the wife of a young In an arranged wedding， Bao Yu married At the same time seaming joyful and lively moments the exhausted and desperate Dai Yu approaches the end of their life in complete In addition to the tortured past by the leading characters every single person experienced there own ups and Conflicts suffering and struggles start a few roads of life in there wonderful And so the paradise no longer can stand up to the impact of the outside Finally the Jia family abandons the palace and the splendor of it was lost So this story depicts the rise and fall of the Jia family and its Along with the family the declining fame and wealth the dark and desolate shadow is cast over Eden where the young members of the family take Under the same clear sky with the same moonlight hearing the same music the same people same feast but not the same Nor the same feeling everyone know deep in their hearts that this mundane earthly beauty delight will soon Having lived through a separation and death and the decline of family our hero Bao Yu finally came to understand the emptiness of a material After he fulfilled his filial duties by marrying chi the women handpicked by his parents and passing his examinations for civil servant he returned to his spiritual origin and became a The story has now came full circle the precious stone eventually reverts to its ethereal address the tragic twist to the ending of the book brakes away from the shackles of traditional Confucian values and conventional happy In the dream of the red chamber the author communicates the deception of life and denounces the material He successfully depicts and portrays the characters and allows the reader to identify with family member's friends and relatives and give the book influences that are positive as well as an N2 Romance of the Three Kingdoms First of the five great works of traditional prose fiction， this master narrative transforms history into epic and has thereby educated and entertained readers of five centuries with unforgettable exemplars of martial and civic virtue， of personal fidelity and political "The empire， long divided， must unite; long united， must Thus it has ever " Echoing the rhythms of Chinese history itself， the monumental tale Three Kingdoms As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West， this fourteenth-century masterpiece continues to be loved and read throughout China Three Kingdoms portrays a fateful moment at the end of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) when the future of the Chinese empire lay in the Fearing attacks by three rebellious states， the emperor sent out an urgent appeal for In response， three young men - the aristocratic Liu Xuande， the fugitive Lord Guan， and the pig butcher Zhang Fei - met to swear eternal brotherhood and fealty to their beleaguered Their vow set in motion the series of events that ultimately resulted in the collapse of the H Writing centuries later， Luo Guanzhong drew on， often-told tales of this turbulent period to fashion a sophisticated narrative of loyalty and treachery， triumph and defeat， that came to epitomize all that was best and worst in the life of his "Three Kingdoms is the tale (part historical， part legend and myth) of the fall of the Later Han Dynasty of C It chronicles the lives of those feudal lords and their retainers who tried to either replace the empire or restore While the novel actually follows literally hundreds of characters， the focus is mainly on the 3 families who would eventually carve out the 3 kingdoms from the remnants of the H The Liu family in the Shu kingdom led by Liu Bei， The Cao family in Wei led by Cao Cao， and the Sun family in Wu eventually led by Sun Q The book deals with the plots， personal and army battles， intrigues， and struggles of these families to achieve dominance for almost 100 This book also gives you a sense of the way the Chinese view their history: cyclical rather than linear (as in the West) The first and last lines of the book sum this view up best: 'The empire long united must ' and 'The empire long divided must ' If you are at least a little interested in Chinese history (ancient or modern) and culture this book is a must " N3 Tale of Water Margin In the final years of the song dynasty china was in a state of political and social Besides frequent foreign invasion and a large number of man made and natural disasters there were also constant pheasant In order to transform society and make it more equitable and human 108 heroes joined together in Shan-dong province Liang Shan to oppose the local officials and Thus began the corsages and moving drama on which the novel water margin is Water margin is title Shui-Hu-Zhuan in Chinese and in English it is called all men are brothers or outlaws of the The story originated and was widely told during the northern Tang In the early years of the Yuan dynasty from 1271-1368 AD， Legend has it that Shi Nai-an compiled and edited this long People say that the story of heroes of the greenwoods who are leading characters of water margins is Chinas greatest novel of Water margin is based on popular folk tales and fully reflects the thoughts and feelings prevalent at the Most importantly the novel depicts comrades among these men and the spirit of justice and accordance to the traditional ideals of the Therefore a water margin has gained wide acceptances among the city dwellers as Readers can easily imagine that they are fond of the hidden world of the underworld and feel the vigorous life force of the common people the story begins in the Northern Song capital Bian Jing， which is now K Arriving at the river on tomb sweeping day he picked the landscape of the Northern Song capitol Bian J Rows of shops the hustle and bustle of large crowed that painting fully displayed Bian Jing flourishing economy and vibrant Yet behinds this prosperous background many lurking dangers lay buried beneath the Because of the power of the Northern Song dynasty much of the empire northern territory was occupied by several barbarian At the same time the song court was being bankrupt by corrupt ministers who greatly abused their In this society corrupt officials and so-called gentlemen of aristocracy constantly bully the weak and cost untold hardship among the peasant In water margin there is a song that movingly portrays that this affection and misery faced by Scorching sun burning like inferno rice stocks have weathered and in unending The famous heart fill like flowing water while young aristocracies wait for Since the local authorities in Liang Shan-po see them as bandits the common people call them good And consider them heroes moreover the peasant perceive that these man have become outlaws not to rob or plunder but to fulfill a much higher In the absent of a just society they are forced to join together as brothers for a common purpose and As the heroes travel the rebel's roads their actions are easily identified with and moving to the common (Liang Shan-po) The leader of the Liang Shan is nick named kindly reign does this name express his ability to give aid in an emergency? Or head off danger or to head of at the right time to lend a helping hand? Originally Song Jiang was a district magistrate with absolutely no intentions of becoming a However seeing the corruption of the government that caused the peasants a great deal of suffering and Song deeply regretted his inability to effect change so Song picked up a pen and paper and wrote a poem to voice his aspirations and to criticize the After publishing the poem song was tried and sentenced to death but on the eve of his scheduled Song Jiang was saved by Lee Kui a member of the Liang Shan brotherhood and led off to the safety of the After his escape song became boss of the cruse warring on behalf of I will protect the land and the safety of the Encountering great calamities it is a common fate forcing most of the leading characters in water margin with extreme A prime example is the all-inspiring Ling Chong nick named panther¡¯s Ling Chong was a general and chief instructor with eighty thousand men and imperial Ling misfortunes started on the day that his beautiful wife went to the temple to worship and burn There a field martial stepson and saw ling spouse and immediately became infatuated with In order to take Ling Chong wife by force the field martial used his power to set a deadly trap by falsely accusing ling of attempting to assassinate As a result Ling Chong was banished to a frontier garrison in Cang C Not happy with the punishment the field marshal set out by hook or foot to kill Ling Chong on the road to his new Fortunately， Ling was rescued by his sworn brothers allowing Ling to escape certain However， Thinking that her husband dead ling spouse took her own life in order to keep a widow The resistant felt over the destruction of this family was beyond his endurance and as a result Ling Chong went to Liang Shan-po to join rebel 好多
