The writer is Wu Cheng'en.
social context
Xuanzang went to India to study Buddhism during the reign of Emperor Taizong, which lasted 17 years, and retrieved more than 600 Buddhist scriptures, reaching the realm of "faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance".
"Westbound" is a superficial symbol, and more importantly, it is "self-cultivation" and "cultivation". When you think evil, you become a demon. Disaster is illusory, which makes the evil thoughts in your heart vivid. Min Hui, a clever author since childhood, became famous for her literary works when she was a teenager. "He was sensitive and wise, and wrote many books, which made his Miscellaneous Notes famous for a while." He likes reading unofficial history and listening to the legend of monsters, which is quite helpful for writing The Journey to the West in the future. Because I don't like the eight-part essay imperial examination, I try again. However, he was so proud of his personality that he spent his whole life drinking.
The Water Margin?
The writer is Shi Naian.
social context
Song Jiang was a historical figure in the late Northern Song Dynasty. He led the peasant uprising. According to the biography of Hou Meng, the history of Song Dynasty, Song Jiang "ran past Qi, Wei and tens of thousands of loyal ministers with 36 people". Their stories are circulated among the people. In the Southern Song Dynasty, a book club created and performed a commentary. The general outlines of these stories were recorded in The Legacy of the Great Song Dynasty in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. After decades of circulation and evolution, in the Yuan Dynasty, it was said that a man named Shi Naian copied one hundred copies of Water Margin on the basis of previous comments. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Yang's Water Margin appeared again for 120 times. In addition to the version of 100 stories, the story of Song Jiang's defeat of tian hu and Wang Qing was expanded and rewritten according to the simplified version. At this point, the process of writing water margin is completed.
A Dream in Red Mansions
The writer is Cao Xueqin.
social context
The Rise of Novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties
With the development of commodity economy, the citizen class is growing day by day.
A series of sequelae caused by Kangxi's struggle for power and profit in his later years
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
The writer is Luo Guanzhong.
social context
The Three Kingdoms is the title of the times after the Eastern Han Dynasty, named after Wei, Shu and Wu. The Three Kingdoms began in 220 AD when Wei replaced the Han Dynasty, and ended in 265 AD when Wei was in the Jin Dynasty. However, historians often take Dong Zhuo's departure from Luoyang with Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty in 190 as the upper limit of the Three Kingdoms, and the destruction of Wu in 280 as the lower limit of the Three Kingdoms.
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