They include:

• Romance of the Three Kingdoms

• Water Margin

• Journey to the West

• The Plum in the Golden Vase (of the Ming dynasty)

• Dream of the Red Chamber (The Story of the Stone)

• The Scholars (of the Qing dynasty).

The Chinese historian and literary theorist C. T. Hsia wrote that these six “remain the most beloved novels among the Chinese.”[2]