noun
Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature
Refers to a specific set of four classic Chinese novels: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and The Plum in the Golden Vase. This grouping is a traditional Chinese literary canon, not a modern or Japanese invention.
中国文学の四大奇書には、『三国志演義』や『西遊記』が含まれる。
The Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature include Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West.
From Chinese 四大奇書 (sì dà qí shū), literally 'four great extraordinary books'. The term was adopted into Japanese with the same meaning.