Comparison of the four famous novels

I like to cook, and I like to use dishes for comparison, I think "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", and "Dream of Red Mansions" are the four major cuisines. In terms of taste, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is bitter, "Water Margin" is spicy, "Journey to the West" is sour, and "Dream of Red Mansions" is sweet.

The more you read the "Three Kingdoms", the more you read the back, the more you have a bitter feeling, the heroes leave you one by one, and when you get to "there is no general in Shu, Liao Hua is the vanguard", it is really a bit bitter.

Among the four famous novels, "Water Margin" is undoubtedly the spicy, needless to say, Li Kui and Wu Song, who are murderous, are enough for ordinary men to drink a pot of dominatrix like Sun Erniang. "Spicy mouth, spicy heart, radish spicy tongue. The most evil ones are chili peppers, and the front door is spicy and the back door is spicy. "The spicy taste of "Water Margin" is more complete than this.

With Tang Seng's "seasoning", it made "Journey to the West" sour. His actions, words, and thoughts are all sour. The same demons and monsters are fried and fried, and if you eat too much, you will get tired of it, and it will naturally be sour after a long time. Fortunately, there are two in "Journey to the West", Wukong and Bajie, one spicy and one salty, which reduces a lot of sourness.

The sweetness of "Red Mansion" is a common taste, except for Wang Xifeng, the twelve hairpins of Jinling are a little spicy, and the rest are chocolate-flavored, plus a group of gorgeous maids, making Daguanyuan a plate of authentic beets. There are many women, and in addition to fragrance, it should be sweet.

In terms of literary achievement, "Dream of Red Mansions" is the highest. It is an original work of Cao Gong, and from this alone, the other three novels cannot be compared. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West" were written before they were written, and many stories had been circulated. The three authors, in a sense, belong to the "compilation", not exactly creation.

In terms of literary accomplishment, Luo, Shi, and Wu are also a cut behind Cao. Ideologically, "Dream of Red Mansions" is more about the weak and women. And the other three masterpieces are more about killing, killing, killing......

In terms of structure, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is like a chronicle, and "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" are like a collection of stories, which are more rigid. "Dream of Red Mansions" is a "net-like" structure, "grass snake gray line, thousands of miles of veins". But "Dream of Red Mansions" is not easy to read, and once you read it, you will gain a lot.

The author has read the four famous books many times. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West" have been read more than three times; I have read "Dream of the Red Chamber" more than ten times, and comparatively speaking, I have used it more for research and lectures.

The greatest contribution of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is to popularize the history of the "Three Kingdoms"; "Water Margin" makes the characters incomplete and face-painted; "Journey to the West" gave the goblins human spirituality and mercilessly mocked Sen Ran's "law"; The language, description, and ideas of "Dream of Red Mansions" are all first-class. It turns everyday biochemistry into art, which is the most commendable!

As far as the ending is concerned, "Journey to the West" is the best and makes people think deeply. "Dream of Red Mansions" is not finished, and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" are getting worse and worse the further they go.