Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Part 1) (Written by Ye Zhongtian) (Includes one CD-ROM)

Author: Yi Zhongtian
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Baijia Talk Forum, every forum is fine wine; scholars' TV publications, a strong partnership! Shanghai Literature and Art Press proudly presents Yi Zhongtian's Tasting the Three Kingdoms.
★ This is an era of heroes;
★ This is a mysterious history;
★ Right and wrong are debated;
★ Success and failure are full of doubts;
★ A personal perspective on the Three Kingdoms.
When young, Cao Cao was once prophesied as "a capable minister in peace and a cunning hero in chaos," facing the choice of his life path. The label "cunning hero of chaos" almost became his posthumous verdict. In reality, Cao Cao originally wanted to be a "capable minister in peace." So, what caused him to fail as a minister in peace? And when he couldn’t be a minister, what did he do instead?
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We are accustomed to attributing the rise and fall of dynasties, the success and failure of undertakings, historical changes, and the right and wrong of matters to personal reasons, to the virtues or flaws of certain leaders and key figures. At the same time, historical figures are uniformly reduced to simple black-and-white archetypes, turning Chinese history into a grand stage. But we never know why there are so many white-faced and white-nosed characters on stage, nor when the red-faced and black-faced ones will appear, because we don’t know who the scriptwriter and director are. We can only hope for luck and wait, yet we refuse to acknowledge that every "good reward" often also means the coming of the next "bad fate."
From the great chaos to the division of the states; from the Three Kingdoms to the reunification;
This is an era of heroes;
This is a mysterious history;
This is a fascinating story;
This is a topic of endless discussion;
Official records, folk legends, dramatic adaptations, fictional narratives;
Different eras have different interpretations;
Different works have different descriptions;
Right and wrong are debated;
Success and failure are full of doubts.
Professor Yi Zhongtian of Xiamen University, from a commoner’s perspective, uses a modern lens and a three-dimensional structure;
To tell characters through stories, history through characters, culture through history, and life through culture;
A personal perspective on the Three Kingdoms.