The Four Books (四书, Sì shū) are A Great Learning, (大学, Dà Xué). A Doctrine of the Golden Mean (中庸, Zhōng Yóng). A Analects of Confucius (论语, Lùn Yǔ), a book of sententious expression attributed to Confucius. Mencius (孟子, Mèng Zǐ). The Five Classics (五经, Wǔ jīng) are A Classic of Poetry (诗经, Shī Jīng), manufactured higher of 305 verse form. A Classic of History (书经, Shū Jīng) contains examples of early Chinese prose. A Book of Changes or I Ching (易经, Yì Jīnanogram), a manual of divination according to the eight trigrams. A Classic of Rites (礼记, Lǐ Jì) describes ancient rites and court ceremonies. A Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋, Chūn Qiū). A Classic of Music (乐经) is onetime known as a sixth classic, however is wasted. Other classics: A Classic of The Way & its Virtue or even Tao Te Ching (道德经, Dao De Jing), attributed to Lao Zi. A True Classic of Right Emptiness, attributed to Lie Zi. A Classic of Filial Piousness (孝经, Xiao Jing) A Three Character Classic Other ancient texts: Zhuang Zi A book of Xun Zi The Art of War (孙子兵法) by Sun Tzu

Classical Poetry
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Classical Prose
Eight Groovy Literary Masters of the Tang & Song (Tang Dynasty and Song dynasty) 唐宋八大家 Han Yu 韩愈 Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修 Su Xun 苏洵 Su Shi 苏轼 Su Zhe 苏辙 Wang Anshi 王安石 Zeng Gong 曾鞏 Ming dynasty Song Lian (1310-1381) Liu Ji (1311-1375) Gui Yiuguang (1506-1571) Yuan Hongdao ( 1568-1610) Xu Xiake (1586-1641) Gao Qi 高启 Zhang Dai 张岱 Tu Long 屠隆 Liu Ji Wen Zhenheng文震亨 Qing dynasty Fang Pao (1668-1749) Liu Daqui (1698-1779) Yiao Nai (1731-1815) Yuan Mu (1716-1798) Gong Zhizhen (1792-1841) Wei Yuan (1794-1857)

Classic Novels
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The Si Da Ming Zhu or even a Four Classics of Chinese Literature: The Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦, also referred to as The Dream of Red Mansions or even A Story of the Stone & A History of the Stone (石头记, Shítóu Jì), by 曹雪芹 Cáo Xuěqín Water Margin (水浒传, also referred to as Everthing Men Come Brothers & Crook of the Marsh), by 施耐庵 Shī Nài'ān A Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三国演义) by 罗贯中 Luó Guànzhōng A Journey to the West (西游记), also referred to as Monkey King & Monkey, by 吴承恩 Wú Chéng'ēn.

Other Classic Literature: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (聊斋志异), by 蒲松齡 Pú Sōnglíng. Jin Ping Mei (金瓶梅), by 蘭陵笑笑生 Lánlíng Xiàoxiàoshēng. Fengshen Yanyi or The Investiture of the Gods Xing Shi Yin Yuan Zhuan or The Story of the Married Fate to Wake up the World Modern
王韬 Wang Tao (1828-1897) 嚴 復 Yan Fu (1853 - 1924) 刘 鶚 Liu E (1857 - 1909) 梁啟超 Liang Qichao (1873-1929) 王国维 Wang Guowei (1877 - 1927) 胡适 Hu Shih (1891-1962) 苏 曼 殊 Su Manshu (1894 - 1918) 魯 迅 Lu Xun (1881 - 1936) 许 地 山 Xu Dishan (1893 - 1941) 叶圣陶 Ye Shengtao (1894-1988) 林语堂 Lin Yutang (1895 - 1976) 茅 盾 Mao Dun (1896 - 1981) 徐 志 摩 Xu Zhimo (1896 - 1936) 郁 達 夫 Yu Dafu (1896 - 1945) 王统照 Wang Tongzhao (1897-1957) 郭 沫 若 Guo Moruo (1892 - 1978) 老 舍 Lao She (1897 - 1966) 朱 自 清 Zhu Ziqing (1898 - 1948) 田 汉 Tian Han (1898 - 1968) Feng Zhikai (1898-1975) 聞 一 多 Wen Yiduo (1899 - 1946) Yu Pinbo (1900-1990) 冰心 Bing Xin (1900 - 1999) 巴 金 Ba Jin (1905 - ) 沈 从 文 Shen Congwen (1902 - 1988) 曹 禺 Cao Yu (1905- ) 钱钟书 Qian Zhongshu (1910 - 1988) 何其芳 He Qifang (1912-1977) 张爱玲 Eileen Chang (1920 - 1995) 汪曾祺 Wang Zengqi (1920 - 1997) 金庸 Jinyong (1924 - ) 高行健 Gao Xingjian, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2000 (1940 - ) 铁凝 Tie Ning (1957 - )

白先勇 Bai Xianyong (1937 - ) 林海音 Lin Haiyin (1918 - 2001)

Overseas Chinese Literature
Qiu Xuxu Singapore You Jin, Singapore

Others
Chinese writers writing within English:

Amy Tan Maxine Hong Kingston Ha Jin

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