Lu Xun called the late-Qing novels that exposed corruption in officialdom "novels of exposure".
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鲁迅 coined the label in his 《中国小说史略》 for the fiction that poured out after the failed reforms of 1898. The four classics are 《官场现形记》, 《二十年目睹之怪现状》, 《老残游记》 and 《孽海花》.
