What are the top ten famous works in China?

1. A Dream of Red Mansions (a long love novel of the Qing Dynasty)

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is an ancient Chinese chapter novel, also known as "The Story of the Stone", etc., and is listed as one of the four classic Chinese classics. The first one is generally believed to be written by the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin. The novel takes the rise and fall of the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, and takes the wealthy young master Jia Baoyu as the perspective. It depicts the various life styles of a group of boudoir beauties who behave and know better than men, and shows the true beauty and harmony of human nature. Tragic beauty can be said to be an epic that shows female beauty from all angles.

2. Water Margin (one of the four classic Chinese classics)

"Water Margin", one of the four great Chinese classics, is a story based on the Songjiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty. It is a chapter-length novel with a heroic legend in terms of background and type. The author or editor is generally considered to be Shi Naian, and most of the existing publications are signed by either Shi Naian or Luo Guanzhong, or both. "Water Margin" is one of the earliest chapter novels written in vernacular Chinese in Chinese history. After the publication of "Water Margin", it had a huge impact on society and became a model for Chinese novel creation in later generations.

3. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (a novel written by Luo Guanzhong)

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four classic Chinese classics and the first full-length historical romance novel in China. It is "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (also known as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"), written by Luo Guanzhong, a famous novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is the first chapter novel in the history of Chinese literature, the pioneer of historical romance novels, and the first literati novel.

4. "Flowers in the Mirror" (a novel written by Li Ruzhen)

"Flowers in the Mirror" is a novel written by Li Ruzhen, a literati in the Qing Dynasty. The first half of the novel describes the story of Tang Ao, Duo Jiugong and others traveling overseas by boat, including their experiences in the Daughter Country, the Junzi Country, the Wuchang Country and other countries. The second half tells the story of Wu Zetian's imperial examination to select talented girls, Tang Xiaoshan, who was entrusted by Baihua Fairy, and one hundred talented girls entrusted by other flower fairies who passed the exam and made a difference in the court. His magical and humorous creative techniques are based on classics, and he cleverly outlines a gorgeous color picture of the heavenly wheel. "Through the Looking Glass" is also a novel that discusses women's issues.

5. Journey to the West (one of the four classic Chinese classics)

"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel about gods and demons in ancient China. None of the 100-chapter editions of "Journey to the West" published in the Ming Dynasty are signed by the author. Qing Dynasty scholar Wu Yuqi and others first proposed that the author of "Journey to the West" was Wu Cheng'en of the Ming Dynasty. "Journey to the West" is a classic of Chinese novels about gods and demons, reaching the pinnacle of ancient romantic novels. It is also known as the four classic Chinese classics along with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions".

6. The Scholars (a novel written by Wu Jingzi in the Qing Dynasty)

"The Scholars" is a novel written by Wu Jingzi in the Qing Dynasty. It was written in the 14th year of Qianlong's reign (1749) ) or a little earlier, it was handed down as a manuscript and was first engraved in the eighth year of Jiaqing (1803). "The Scholars" represents the peak of ancient Chinese satirical novels. It created an example of using novels to directly evaluate real life.

7. Fengshen Yanyi (Chinese Ming Dynasty classical novel of gods and demons)

"Fengshen Yanyi" is commonly known as "Fengshen Bang", also known as "The Complete Biography of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties", "The King of Wu" "The Outer History of Conquering Zhou" and "The Legend of Fengshen" are novels written by Xu Zhonglin (sometimes known as Lu Xixing) in the Ming Dynasty. They were written around the Longqing and Wanli years. The novel uses historical concepts and political concepts as the ideological framework that supports the whole book. It is mixed with a lot of grand imagination and expresses the author's support and praise for the benevolent king and his dissatisfaction and resistance to the unjust and ignorant king.

8. Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Collection of Classical Chinese Short Stories by Pu Songling)

"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" (referred to as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", commonly known as "The Legend of the Ghost Fox") is a Chinese novel from the Qing Dynasty A collection of classical Chinese short stories written by Pu Songling. They either expose the darkness of feudal rule, criticize the corruption of the imperial examination system, or resist the shackles of feudal ethics. They have rich and profound ideological content. There are the largest number of works describing the theme of love in the whole book, and they express a strong anti-feudal etiquette spirit. Some of these works express the author's ideal love through the love between flower demons and foxes.

9. "The Appearance of Officialdom" (a novel written by Li Boyuan in the late Qing Dynasty)

"The Appearance of Officialdom" is a novel written by Li Boyuan, a writer in the late Qing Dynasty.

Lu Xun called "The Appearance of Officialdom" and the other three novels "condemnation novels", which are one of the representative works of literature in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1998, Hong Kong's "Asia Weekly" selected the 100 outstanding literary works of the 20th century, and "The Revelation of Officialdom" ranked in the top 10. In 1999, the People's Literature Publishing House selected the 100 outstanding novels of the 20th century, and "The Revelation of Officialdom" was ranked first on the list.

10. Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (a long historical novel written by Feng Menglong)

"The Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" is a historical romance novel in ancient China, written by Feng Menglong, a novelist in the late Ming Dynasty. This novel is a long vernacular historical romance novel of the Ming Dynasty. When King Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty was easily killed, when Bao Si met by chance and survived, "The Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" opened the prelude to its hundreds of years of history. This is a novel with the longest time span and the most characters in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. It describes the stories of "nations" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.