Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Author: Yang Weiyi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The full title is Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a long novel. In the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, Luo Guanzhong created it based on Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms and Pei Songzhi's annotations, as well as The Post-Han History, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (a Yuan Dynasty version), and certain related legends. The story begins with Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei's sworn brotherhood in the Peach Garden and ends with the unification of the Three Kingdoms under the Jin Dynasty. It depicts the grand and tumultuous historical landscape of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the entire Three Kingdoms period. The language is simple classical Chinese, with a grand structure, numerous characters, and intricate plots, making it a renowned work in Chinese historical fiction.