[daniel-s]

The Chinese translates to, "classical novels," according to Google.

[ovi256]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Chinese_Novels

They're about court life and conflict, so of course they're full of court politics and intrigue

[seabass-labrax]

I'm really intrigued, but I can't read Chinese (yet!) - would you be able to tell me in which person these are written?

[VHRanger]

As an anglophone, I really enjoyed the Water Margin podcast [1] which is a tranlastion of one of the great classics in full length, and with appropriate explanations for contemporarty cultural context.

1. http://www.outlawsofthemarsh.com/

[thrdbndndn]

I'm a native Chinese speaker but I have no idea what OP means by "古典小說 tier".

[dogben]

武侠小说 may be more appropriate.

[birdyrooster]

Maybe it’s not Chinese but uses Chinese characters. Not all Latin character use is English.

[thrdbndndn]

It is. I know what 古典小說 is (others have already said, "classic novels").

I just don't know what "古典小說 tier" means since I don't remembered they're known for "high-intelligent politics".

[urthor]

Maybe for context, the fact that high-ranking public servants in the West are known as "Mandarins" should indicate the reputation of Chinese government officials for political intrigue.

The Big 4 novels contain a lot of public servants.