The four literature masterpiece of China.

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《四大名著》

The Four Literature Masterpiece of China

中国古典长篇小说四大名著，简称四大名著。四大名著是中国文学史中的经典作品，是世界宝贵的文化遗产。今天我们就来具体了解一下吧

The four great classical full-length novels of China called for short The four literature masterpieces of China. As classical works in Chinese literature history, they are also the precious cultural heritage of the world. Let’s take a close look at them.

外国人对中国的名著知道多少？

How much do foreigners know about Chinese masterpieces?

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《红楼梦》

Dream of the Red Chamber

《红楼梦》又被称为《石头记》，作者是清代的曹雪芹。《红楼梦》主要讲述了贾宝玉、林黛玉和薛宝钗三个人之间的爱情悲剧，并且描写了“贾、史、王、薛”四个大家族的兴盛和衰败，被后来的人们称为封建末世的百科全书。

Dream of the Red Chamber, also named The Story of the Stone, was written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty. It mainly describes the love tragedies among Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, as well as the rise and decline of the four families, Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue. It is called by the lager generations the encyclopedia of the last feudalistic age.

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《三国演义》

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

《三国演义》是根据历史书《三国志》创作的，作者是明代的罗贯中。《三国演义》描写了从东汉到西晋105年的历史，主要讲述了东汉末年的战争和汉、魏、吴三国之间的政治和军事斗争，以及最后司马炎统一三个国家并且建立晋朝的故事。《三国演义》通过对战争的描写，创造了许多英雄形象。

Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty based on the historical book Records of the Three Kingdoms. It depicts the history of 105 years between the East Han Dynasty and the West Jin Dynasty, and basically involves the political and military battles among the three kingdoms, Han, Wei and Wu as well as eventual reunification of the three kingdoms and establishment of Jin Dynasty by Si Mayan. It has created numerous heroes by depicting the battles.

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《水浒传》

The Story by the Water Margin

《水浒传》的作者是明代的施耐庵。《水浒传》讲述了以宋江为首的108个英雄，在梁山相遇之后开始革命，但最后被统治者杀死的故事。

Outlaws of the Marsh was written by Shi Naiyan in the Ming Dynasty. It describes the story of 108 heroes headed by Songjiang, who met and started the revolution in Liang Mountain but were finally killed by the ruler.

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《西游记》

Journey to the West

《西游记》的作者是明朝的吴承恩。《西游记》讲述了一只从石头里蹦出来的猴子——孙悟空、猪八戒和沙和尚一同保护唐僧去西天取经的故事，路上他们打败许多妖怪，克服了九九八十一个困难后，终于到达西天见到如来佛祖，最后成佛。

Journey to the West was written by Wu Cheng’en in the Ming Dynasty. It’s is an extended account of the legendary pilgrimage of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang who traveled to the “Western Regions” (Central Asia and India) with the Monkey King-Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, to obtain Buddhist sacred texts. After defeating many monsters and overcome 81 troubles, they finally reached the Western Region, met the Tathagata Buddha and became a Buddha themselves finally.

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