Written on 31 Dec 2010, reproduced below.
LWH, Sunday 10 pm, 10 August 2025
Re: San Guo (part 7)
Sent: Dec 31, 2010 11:33 AM
The Five Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature in chronological order are:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese: 三國演義; pinyin: sān guó yǎn yì) (14th century), more recently translated as, simply, Three Kingdoms
Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳; pinyin: shuǐ hǔ zhuàn), also known as Outlaws of the Marsh (14th century)
Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: xī yóu jì) (16th century)
Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase or Golden Lotus) (16th century)
Dream of the Red Chamber (Chinese: 紅樓夢; pinyin: hóng lóu mèng), also known as The Story of the Stone, (Chinese: 石頭記; pinyin: shí tóu jì) (18th century)