When were the Four Great Classics written?

Answer 1

The Four Great Masterpieces referred to the four novels, Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West, Water Margins, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The time they were written was:

1 Dream of the Red Chamber was written in the late 18th century, during the Qing Dynasty.

2 Journey to the West was written at the end of the 19th century by the Ming Dynasty novelist Wu Chengen.

The Water Margins was written by Shi Naian, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty, at the end of the 19th century.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written in the late 19th and early 20th century by Luo Guanzhong, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty.