Abstract: After the First Opium War(First Anglo-Chinese War,1839-1842),wars between China and foreign countries were all depicted in Chinese novels written in modern times(1840-1949).These narrations,realistic or fictional,in a complete novel or in segments,reflect the process of war from multiple perspectives.The literary form is the integrating outcome of literature innovation and political crisis in the late Qing Dynasty.Following the clue of these wars,we can see the artistic presentation in novels.The First Opium War is presented in a combination of facts,fiction and myth,the illustration of the Sino-France war focuses on characters with an integration of facts and fiction,the narration on the first Sino-Japanese war in 1894 reveals the shame of Chinese from different perspectives,and the literature on the Boxer Movement in 1898 reflects the facts of the historic event,displaying the complexity behind it,and warning against the danger of populism.These reflected the political pattern,the will of the people as well as the cultural conflicts between China and foreign countries.

Key words: Chinese novels in modern times, the Opium Wars, the Sino-French War, the first Sino-Japanese war, the Boxer Movement, narration on wars