Books are the best mentors and friends of mankind, and their impact on humanity is all-encompassing, they are not only a source of knowledge, but also an important tool for personal growth, mental health and quality of life.
There have been many classic works in the history of the world, among which the following books are representative.
1. Four Chinese classics: "Book of Songs", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites" and "Book of Changes".
2. Four classic works of traditional Chinese medicine: "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", "The Difficult Classic", "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", "Shennong's Materia Medica".
3. Four famous Chinese novels: "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Dream of Red Mansions".
4. Four Chinese scientific masterpieces: "Mengxi Writings", "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Agricultural Administration Book" and "Heavenly Creations".
5. Guide to China's four major agricultural industries: "Qi Min's Technique", "Agricultural Mulberry Collection", "Agricultural Book" and "Agricultural Administration Book".
6. The Four Great Chinese Myths: "Nuwa Mends the Sky", "Chang'e Runs to the Moon", "Gonggong Touches the Mountain", "Houyi Shoots the Sun".
7. Four major mythological novels: "Romance of the Gods", "Mirror Flowers", "The Biography of Jigong" and "The Legend of the Eight Immortals".
8, four strange novels: "Sou Shen Ji", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Romance of the Gods" and "Strange Tales of Liaozhai".
9. Four major travelogues: "Xu Xiake's Travels", "Tang Western Regions", "Zhou King's Parade" and "Marco Polo's Travels".
10. China's four major tragedies: "Dou E's Injustice", "Han Palace Autumn", "Wutong Rain" and "Zhao's Orphan".
11. China's four major satirical novels: "The Appearance of Officialdom", "The Travels of the Old Disabled", "The Strange Status Quo Witnessed in Twenty Years", and "The Flower of the Sea of Evil".
12. Four famous novels in the world: "War and Peace", "Notre Dame de Paris", "Wuthering Heights" and "Dream of Red Mansions".
13. The world's four famous works: "Epic", "Divine Comedy", "Faust" and "Hamlet".
14. Shakespeare's four major tragedies: "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth".
15, Shakespeare's four major comedies: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "Twelfth Night", "All Happy".
16. The world's four major fairy tales: "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales", "Grimm's Fairy Tales", "One Thousand and One Nights" and "Aesop's Fables".