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Which four novels are considered the great classic novels of Chinese literature?
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Zhang Fei on the Long Sloped Bridge Turning Away One Million Wei Troops with a Powerful Stare, woodblock colour print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1884. It depicts a scene from the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The four works traditionally recognized as the great classic novels of Chinese literature are:
These novels are celebrated for their significant influence on Chinese culture, history, and literary development. While Dream of the Red Chamber is often regarded as the greatest of all Chinese novels, each of these works represents a pinnacle of the vernacular novel tradition.1234