China boasts several thousand years of literary history, but the four narratives widely considered to be the greatest works of Chinese fiction were all composed during the Ming (1368-1644 CE) and early Qing (1644-1912 CE) dynasties: Dream of the Red Chamber, Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, and Journey to the West.  These four narratives focus on widely disparate subjects, with different styles and philosophical underpinnings, but all have been lauded for achieving intricate complexity in their structures and lyrical sophistication in their literary style. Come walk-through and explore the prose literature of China and its powerful influences on cultural forms across Asia, extending to the multi-media world of modern and contemporary times.