However, after the founding of New China, some opinions in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and The Scholars were somewhat extreme and were hindered in the publicity process, so they were not printed in large quantities.
In order to respond to the call of the country and promote the Renaissance in China, four of the six novels were selected at that time, which were also the most in line with the needs of the society at that time and were called the four classic novels. This is why only four great classical novels remain among the six famous books.
After being published in four classic novels, it didn't take long for it to become a very popular book in China. At the hottest time, you can't even buy it in the market, so you have to snap it up. Affected by this craze, many bookstores began to sell Four Great Classical Novels at that time.
This makes the four classic novels more deeply rooted in people's hearts, respected by more and more people, and more and more classic. In fact, the publishing house at that time also wanted to print two other books, but in comparison, there is definitely no way to surpass the four classic novels in sales.
Businessmen always consider profits. In this case, of course, it is more profitable to choose to print four great classical novels, so they naturally gave up the other two books.
But in fact, the two books, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and Scholars, are also very familiar to us in China. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a novel with the color of ghosts and myths. It has been made into movies many times, especially ghost stories, and many young people have seen it.
The Scholars is a novel describing officialdom, which reveals the story that officials are swallowed up by money and eventually degenerate into a dark society.