Some of you requested I put information from my slides here. So here it is...
Water Margin
•the novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the mid Song dynasty (AD 960-1279)
•Most famous of all is the story of Wu Song
•killed the tiger with his bare hands
Journey to the West
•published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming dynasty (AD 1368-1644)
•depicts the story of a Buddhist monk’s journey to India to obtain the sutras
•he is accompanied by three disciples: the Monkey god, the Pig man, a fallen general from heaven and the dragon prince in the form of a horse
Dream of the Red Chamber
•written between 1749-59 during the Qing dynasty (AD1644-1911) by Cao Xueqin
•two family clans in the capital of China, one of them fell out of favor with the emperor
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
•written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century
•based upon events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han dynasty and the three kingdoms era of China
•mainly historical, 120 chapters
The Three Kingdoms Period (AD 220-280)
•an era of disunity
•Wei, Shu, Wu
•romanticised in the cultures of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam
•celebrated and popularised in operas, folk stories, novels, films, TV serials and video games
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