Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Author: Luo Guanzhong
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The book Romance of the Three Kingdoms condenses nearly a century of history into one volume, depicting a grand and tumultuous historical panorama that encompasses all aspects of social life at the time. It portrays a host of characters as vivid as historical engravings, interweaving numerous intricate and unpredictable historical events, much like a Millennium in the Time of the Three Kingdoms, and has firmly established its supremacy in the genre of historical romance novels. It draws from historical facts but is not bound by them, appropriately incorporating folk legends into its fictional creations, setting a precedent for later historical romance novels. However, few works since have surpassed it. For over six hundred years since its publication, Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been widely circulated and household names among the Chinese people, profoundly influencing the spiritual and cultural life of the Chinese nation, and justly earning its place among the world's great literary works.