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It is easy and fun to read the everlasting and traditional stories with cartoon books, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West". You will be able to explore the classic Chinese literature and can improve your reading comprehensive skills in a short time.
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Wang Mian, Lotus Painter, is one of the numerous short stories from Ru Lin Wai Shi 儒林外史" (translated as "The scholars" in English). An eighteenth-century satire, the Scholars is outstanding among Chinese classic novels. The author mercilessly exposes the decadence of the literati produced by the feudal examination system, the disastrous effects of that institution, the corruption of the feudal regime, and the darkness of the feudal society.
 

The story begins in 169 and ends in 280,telling the battles and complicated connections among the Three Kingdoms--Wei,Shu and Wu. In order to consolidate China,Ts'ao Ts'ao makes several battles.On the other hand,the other two men want to enlarge their force and power to be king of the unified China.Through many battles,such as the Battle of Red Cliff,lastly the Xi Jin Kindom defeats the Three Kingdoms and completes this period.

 

 

Dream of Red Mansions is the greatest classic Chinese novel written by Cao Xueqin in the mid-eighteenth century. It tells about the love between Pao Yu and Tai Yu, and also exposes the evils of the feudal system and the crimes of the feudal ruling class through the prosperity and decline of the four notable families of Chia, Shich, Wang, and Hsueh. The story gives praise to the revolts of the slaves in the Grand View Garden and reflects the social contradictions and early democratic thinking of their time.