Eight masterpieces are the collective names of eight outstanding literary works with epoch-making significance in the history of China literature, namely Dream of Red Mansions, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh, The Journey to the West, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, Scholars and Biography of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. They are valuable cultural heritages shared by China and even all mankind, and have far-reaching influence in the whole Chinese world.
Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions. Shi Naian's Water Margin. Journey to the West, by Wu Cheng'en. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong. Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. The Scholars, by Wu. Love of the Gods, Xu. History of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, by Feng Menglong.