Coloring Book The Four Masterworks

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WILLIAM DATA INC.

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INTRODUCTIONIt may be surprising for those of us in the West to learn that in China, with its long and rich cultural heritage, there are only four works of narrative fiction considered to be masterworks. Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West, All Men Are Brothers, and The Dream of the Red Chamber. In China, the great love was given to works of history, philosophy and the wonderful lyric poetry so well suited to the Chinese language. The word for “novel” in fact could best be translated as “small talk.” So the inclusion of these four works as masterpieces is high praise indeed, and deservedly so.Three KingdomsThree Kingdoms is to Chinese civilization what the tales of King Arthur are to the English. These are the tales of brave and sometimes villainous warriors who tried to carve a civilization out of chaos, traveling the countryside to fight for their lords.The Journey to the WestThe Journey to the West undoubtedly is the most beloved work of Chinese prose fiction. A long and involved story, it is more a series of legends and folk tales than a fully fledged novel.All Men Are BrothersIf Three Kingdoms is the King Arthur stories of China, All Men Are Brothers represents the Chinese Robin Hood. The novel, which is really more a collection of heroic folk tales, takes place in China’s great Northern Song Dynasty (960 1127 CE). The basic story is of a group of social misfits who gather at the edge of a swamp, where they set up camp and venture out to try to make their fortunes through banditry and adventure.The Dream of the Red ChamberThe&nb

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