The literary achievements of the four famous authors

The literary achievements of the four famous authors referred to the authors of the four famous works in ancient China: Cao Xueqin, Shi Naian, Luo Guanzhong, and Wu Chengen. Cao Xueqin was a novelist from the Qing Dynasty. He wrote the novel Dream of the Red Chamber, which was regarded as a masterpiece in the history of Chinese literature. Shi Naian was a novelist of the Ming Dynasty. He wrote two classic novels, Water Margins and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which had a profound influence on the development of ancient Chinese novels. Luo Guanzhong was a novelist of the Yuan Dynasty. He created two classic novels, Water Margins and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He ingeniously combined historical events and characters to create a literary tradition of "30% real history and 70% fictional". Wu Chengen was a novelist of the Ming Dynasty who wrote Journey to the West, which became a classic in ancient Chinese novels.