金瓶梅
In sinology, the Classic Chinese Novels are two sets of the four or six best-known classic Chinese novels. The Four Classic Novels are "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", "Water Margin" and "Dream of the Red Chamber". The Six Classic Novels add "Rulin waishi" and "Jin Ping Mei" to this list. These are among the world's longest and oldest novels, and they are the most read, studied and adapted works of pre-modern Chinese fiction.