The Four Great Condemnation Fictions of the late Qing Dynasty referred to the late Qing Dynasty, which included The Madman's Diary, The True Story of Ah Q, Medicine, and Kong Yiji. These four works revealed the various ills of Chinese society and the distortion of human nature at that time with distinctive characters, sharp writing style and profound thoughts. They became the classics of modern Chinese literature. A Madman's Diary was regarded as the first novel to criticize the feudal ideology and superstition of the society at that time.