Le Rêve dans le pavillon rouge
Several terms have been used to refer to the novels and various subgroupings of them. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", "Water Margin", and "Dream of the Red Chamber" are most commonly grouped as the Four Great Classic Novels (). Another term used is Classical Novels (). Prior to the composition of "Unofficial History of the Scholars" and the "Dream of the Red Chamber", the earlier four began to be referred to as the Four Great Masterworks ().