四大名著的英文介绍

中国四大名著英文简介

Chin ese Literature - Novels and ficti on Hongloumeng 红楼梦"The Dream of the Red Chamber" Also called "The story of the Stone （Shitouji 石头记）",this novel written by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹（d. 1763） is said to be the greatest master pi ece of Chin ese ficti on. A wide bran ched scholarship does not consent about the main theme of this no vel, should it be a no vel of sen time nt, of Daoist-Buddhist en lighte nment, of social observati on, of the decay of an aristocratic familiy, or eve n a veiled attack on Man chu rule. The frame of the no vel is the con test of a Buddhist and a Daoist priest who make be born a young n oble boy called Jia Baoyu 贾宝玉and his girl cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉・With a loving detail describ ing the life of the two cous ins in a huge n oble mansion, betwee n garde ns and palaces, the red thread is the trian gular love betwee n Baoyu, Daiyu and a sec ond girl cous in

called Xue Baochai 薛宝钗that is of more plumper character tha n the ever sick Daiyu. Switchi ng betwee n their life, the divi ne world and dreams, Baoyu becomes dera nged after the disa pp eara nee of a stone (the origi n of the sec ond title) he had in his mouth whe n he was born. Not knowing, his love Daiyu died, he is tricked to marryi ng Baochai. Becom ing aware of being tricked, Baoyu leaves the world of the "red dust" and becomes a monk. With hun dreds of persons and their stories, p aralleli ng the life and feeli ngs of serva nts to the life of the mai n pers ons, the story is very complex and full of symbolisms, but very in teresti ng and convincing for its en cycl op edic character, dep ict ing the life

of a no ble familiy in the 18th cen tury Qing China 清.

三国演义Roma nee of The Three

Kin gdoms

Roma nee of The Three Kin gdoms is one of the great chin ese classics and is com piled into a semi-

ficti on al literary masterpiece duri ng the Ming Dyn asty by Luo Gua nzhong. The no vel comprises aro und 70+% fact and 20+% ficti on. Some issues such as Guan Y u's weap on weigh ing around 40+ kilograms, the capabilties of Lu Bu, Liu Bei's horses as well as the existe nee of the Hill of the Falle n P hoe nix and some others are probably

ficti on al. That period in history can be said as the golde n age of chivalry and although it happened more tha n 1700 years ago, characters such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao,

Guan Yu, Zha ng Fei and Zhuge Lia ng have become household n ames among the chin ese. Tales of their exploits, courage, adve ntures and many more are told in the no vel "Roma nee of The Three Kin gdoms".

It is one of the most turbule nt periods in Chi

na's history tak ing place toward the end of the Han Dyn asty where corrupti on is rampant in the