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Unit 8 Chinese Literature Warm-up Activity Questions for discussion: Look at the following pictures. They are all illustrations of the famous stories of the four great novels of Chinese literature. Do you know or can you tell any of these stories? a. Story 1: 颐和园长廊上的彩绘：桃园三结义 2008-04拍摄，绘画年代大约于19世纪末 Oath of the Peach Garden The Oath of the Peach Garden (桃园三结义) was an oath in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by which the three warriors Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei became sworn brothers in a ceremony amid peach blossom trees. The original goal of the Peach Garden Oath wa