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Of the four novels, only ''Dream of the Red Chamber'' was written in Vernacular Chinese .

Some consider '' Jin Ping Mei '' (or ''Golden Lotus'') to be a fifth classic. In the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty , ''Jin Ping Mei'' was considered with the first three as "Four Major Novels of Wonder" (四大奇書). Its position has since been usurped by ''Dream of the Red Chamber''.