Literature
China's Well-known Classical Novels:
Most of China's classical novels were produced in the Ming and Qing Dynasties dated from the 14th to 18th centuries. The best -known are listed in the following. Click each novel, you can get detailed information.
" The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo, Guanzhong. (14th century)
" Water Margin" by Shi, Naian. (14th century)
"Pilgrimage to the West" by Wu, Chengen. (16th century)
" Jing Pin Mei" by Xiao Xiao Sheng of Jinling. (16th century)
"The Scholars" by Wu, Jingzhi. (18th century)
For more information about classical novels, please visit: http://www.chinapage.com/classic1.html
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"The
Dream of the Red Chamber" written by Cao, Xueqin, a great realistic
writer of the 18th century, marks the height of China's classical fiction.
It occupies an outstanding place in the history of both China's and
the world's literature.
Chinese program at Purdue offers a course for studying this Chinese masterpiece, for more information, please the website on the left.
Lu Xun and Guo Moruo were both great modern Chinese writers.
Lu Xun was a great man of letters, thinker and revolutionary, as well as the founder of modern Chinese Literature. His real name was Chou Shren, and Lu Xun was his pen-name. He was born on Sept. 25, 1881 in Shaoxing County, Zhejiang province and died on October 19, 1936 in Shanghai. His famous novels " A Madman's Diary" and "The True Story of Ah-O" Laid the foundation of modern Chinese literature and revolutionary realism. His works have been collected in the "Complete Works of Lu Xun", totally 20 volumes.
Reference: Guo Moruo, please visit:
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~asian/proj/mmchiwri/moruo.html
Guo Moruo was a great proletarian cultural fighter and an outstanding man of letters, revolutionary, scientist, thinker and social activist. He was born on November 16, 1892 in the town of Shawan, Luoshan County, Sichuan province and died on June 12, 1978 in Beijing at the age of 86. "Goddess", a famous poem of his, filled with revolutionary romanticism, blazed a trail for modern Chinese poetry. After Lu Xun, Guo Moruo was another brilliant banner on China's cultural front. The "Collected Works of Mo Ruo" total 17 volumes.
Created by Ling Wang
Dec, 2001