Query: Novels set in Kaifeng, Chongqing or Shaanxi
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Water Margin
Red Crag
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Ordinary World (novel)
Evidence from documents: Water Margin: The Qing dynasty writer Qian Cai intertwined the life stories of Yue Fei and the outlaws Lin Chong and Lu Junyi in ''The Story of Yue Fei'' (1684). He stated that the latter were former students of the general's martial arts tutor, Zhou Tong. However, literary critic C. T. Hsia commented that the connection was a fictional one created by the author. The Republican era folktale ''Swordplay Under the Moon'', by Wang Shaotang, further intertwines Yue Fei's history with the outlaws by adding Wu Song to the list of Zhou's former students. The tale is set in the background of Wu Song's mission to Kaifeng, prior to the murder of his brother. Zhou tutors Wu in the "rolling dragon" style of swordplay during his one-month stay in the capital city. It also said that Zhou is a sworn brother of Lu Zhishen and shares the same nickname with the executioner-turned-outlaw Cai Fu.
Red Crag: It was set in Chongqing during the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and featured underground communist agents under the command of Zhou Enlai fighting an espionage battle against the Kuomintang.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: In the summer of 200, after months of preparations, the armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao clashed at the Battle of Guandu (near present-day Kaifeng). Cao Cao's army was heavily outnumbered by Yuan Shao. Due to a raid in Yuan's supply train, Yuan's army fell into disorder as they fled back north.
The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants: a tourist attraction in Kaifeng, Henan, China.
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze: The story revolves around Fu Yuin-fah, the son of a widow from the countryside of western China, who wishes to become a coppersmith in the big city on the Yangtze River, Chungking (now spelled Chongqing).
Ordinary World (novel): The story begins in the autumn of 1975, a year before the end of the Cultural Revolution, in Shaanxi province in China