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EstoniatheStoryoftheStonewrittenbyCaoXue-qinThetragedyamongJiaBaoyu,LinDaiyuandXueBaochaiisthemainlineoftheStoryoftheStone.AmongtheChineseclassicalnovelstheStoryoftheStonehasbeenmostwidelreadandstudiedbythegeneralpublicandscholars.theStoryoftheStoneItalsoshowstheriseandfallofalargefamilyinfeudal[ˈfju:dl](封建)society.TheancientChinesefeudalismcultureislikeakaleidoscope[kəˈlaɪdəskəʊp](万花筒).Jiabaoyuwanderedbetweentwowomen-LinDaiYuandXueBaoChai,theyhappenedcountlessentanglements[ɪnˈtæŋglmənts](纠葛).theStoryoftheStoneThenovelreflectsthedecadentperformanceofthefeudalmarriage,moralityandeducation.asaresult,aseriesofnobility（贵族）civiliansandatragicimagewascreated.Theideaoffreedomanddemocracyisfirstputforwardinthisnovel,anditrevealsthelovetragedybetweenJia,Lin,Xuewasderivedfromthefeudalsocialsystem.HeroesoftheMarsheswrritenbyShiNai-an•Thestoryhappenedinthenorthernsongdynasty,whentheemperorwasfatuous(昏庸),thepoliticalwascorruption(腐败),andthecourtwasoutofpower,thepeoplewhowasloyaltytothecourtwasinfightwiththecorruptionofthecourtatthattime.HeroesoftheMarshesThepursuitofpeaceandjusticehadbeentheneverendingaspirationsofhumanbeings.ThenovelHeroesoftheMarsheshassuccessfullyusedthepoweredofliteraturetoemphasizethepursuit.Whatthenovelwanttocommunicateisapursuitoffreedom,equality,thespiritofliberation,andournation’sancientchivalrous(侠义)spirit,whichwascreatedaseriesofuniqueandvividcharacters.HeroesoftheMarshesTheRomanceoftheThreeKingdomswrritenbyLuoGuanzhongTheempiremustuniteafterlongdivide,alsoiftheempirewaslongunite,itmustdivide.TheChinesehistorywasechoingtherhythms,andthemonumentallystoryaboutthethreekingdomsbegins.ThisfourteenthcenturymasterpieceisstilllovedandreadwidelyinChinese.TheRomanceoftheThreeKingdomsForfearofattacksfromthreerebelliousstates,Theemperorsentoutanurgentappealforsupport.Inresponse,threeyoungman-thearistocraticLiuxuande,thefugitivelordGuanandthepigbutcherZhangfeimetandswearinTaoyuan.Someyearslater，Threegenerals-LiuBei,CaoCao,andSunJianestablishtheirownstates.Moreovertheyfightwitheachother.Allhopetotakeholdoftheworld.Inthisdifficulttime,manylegendaryfiguresappeared,andtheyleftmanywonderfulstories.Thentheypasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration.Finally,JindynastyunifiedChinaagain.TheRomanceoftheThreeKingdomsended.TheRomanceoftheThreeKingdomsJourneytotheWestwrittenbyWuCheng-enThenovelconsistingof100chapterswasbasedonalargenumberoftraditionalfolktales．AnditisafantasyrelatestheadventuresofthemonkSanzang’straveltothewesttogetthetrueBuddhistSutra(佛经)withhisthreeapprentices-Sunwukong,ZhubajieandthesandmonkinTangDynasty.ThefirstsevenchaptersrecountthebirthoftheMonkeyKingandhisrebellion(叛乱)againstHeaven.Theninchapterseighttotwelvewecanlearnsanzang’searlystory.Andtherestofthestorydescribeshowtheydefeatdemons(魔鬼)andmonsters，trampovertheFieryMountain，crosstheMilkyWay.Intheend,afterovercoming81difficults,theyfinallytakebackthetrueSutra.JourneytotheWestThenovelpraisedthesanzangmonkandhisthreeapprenticeswhoworkedhard,experiencedmanydisastersandsubduedalargenumberofevilmonsters,andfinallyretrievedthetrueSutra.Ithinkwhatthestorywant’stotellusallistoinsistonbutnottofearthedifficulty.Thankyou