The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margins, and Journey to the West all went through three stages: 1. Historical novel stage: The Three Kingdoms and Water Margins are early historical novels that use historical events as a blueprint to show historical characters through fictional stories. Journey to the West was based on the story of the Tang Dynasty, which was used to tell Buddhist stories through fictional plots. 2. The traditional novel stage: The Three Kingdoms and Water Margins entered the traditional novel stage and began to pay attention to character shaping and plot design, adding a lot of description and imagination. Journey to the West became one of the Four Great Chinese Classics and one of the representative works of traditional novels. 3. Modern literature stage: Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West have been widely welcomed in modern literature and become classics of modern literature. The Three Kingdoms was represented by Romance of the Three Kingdoms, while Journey to the West was represented by Journey to the West.