Chinese literature

Table of contents

1 Ancient texts 2 Military Text 3 Classic Novels 4 Classical Poetry 5 Modern 6 Overseas Chinese Literature

Ancient texts

• Chinese classic texts

• 《孙子兵法》 (The Art of War) by Sun Tzu

• List of Chinese language novelists

• 《红楼梦》 (A Dream of Red Mansions, a.k.a. Dream of the Red Chamber, The Story of the Stone (石頭記 Shitou Ji)) by Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹 cao2 xue3 qin2)
• 《水浒传》 (All Men Are Brothers, a.k.a. Water Margin, Outlaws of the Marsh) by Shi Naian (施耐庵 shi1 nai4 an1)
• 《三国演义》 (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms) by Luo Guanzhong (罗贯中 luo2 guan4 zhong1)
• 《西游记》 (The Journey to the West, a.k.a. Monkey King, Monkey) by Wu Cheng'en (吴承恩 wu2 cheng2 en1)
• 《聊齋志異》 (Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio) by Pu Songling (蒲松齡 pu2 song1 ling2)
• 《金瓶梅》 (Jin Ping Mei) by Lanlingxiaoxiaosheng (蘭陵笑笑生 lan2 ling2 xiao4 xiao4 sheng1)

• Classical Chinese poetry
• List of Chinese language poets

• 嚴 復 Yan Fu (1853-1924)
• 劉 鶚 Liu E (1857-1909)
• 王 國 維 Wang Guowei (1877-1927)
• 蘇 曼 殊 Su Manshu (1894-1918)
• 魯 迅 Lu Xun (1881-1936)
• 許 地 山 Xu Dishan (1893-1941)
• 茅 盾 Mao Dun (1896-1981)
• 徐 志 摩 Xu Zhimo (1896-1936)
• 郁 達 夫 Yu Dafu (1896-1945)
• 郭 沫 若 Guo Moruo (1892-1978)
• 老 舍 Lao She (1897-1966)
• 朱 自 清 Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948)
• 田 漢 Tian Han (1898-1968)
• 聞 一 多 Wen Yiduo (1899-1946)
• 巴 金 Ba Jin (1905- )
• 沈 從 文 Shen Congwen (1902-1988)
• 曹 禺 Cao Yu (1905- )
• Lin Yutang
• Gao Xingjian, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, 2000
• Bing Xin (冰心)
• Wang Zengqi (汪曾祺)
• Tie Ning (铁凝)

Overseas Chinese Literature

• Amy Tan
• Maxine Hong Kingston