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What are China's classical novels?
1, A Dream of Red Mansions: The plot is in the Ming Dynasty and written in the Qing Dynasty. It is China's first classical Four Great Classical Novels and a novel written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.

2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The plot was written in the Ming Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. It is one of the classical Four Great Classical Novels in China and the first chapter-by-chapter historical romance novel in China. Its full name is Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong, a famous novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

3. Journey to the West: The plot is in the Tang Dynasty and written in the Ming Dynasty. Wu Cheng'en, a novelist in the Ming Dynasty, is based on the Western Regions of Datang, folklore and Yuan Zaju.

4. "Water Margin": The plot was in the Song Dynasty and was written in the Yuan Dynasty. It is one of the most epic works in China literature and one of the earliest Zhang Hui novels written in the vernacular in China history, written by Shi Naian.