Illustrated Story of the Three Kingdoms: Liu's Shu

Author: Chengdu Map Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: The entire book follows the timeline of Three Kingdoms historical events, with text as the framework and traditional Chinese painting as the visual carrier. It integrates text, images, and illustrations to systematically present the history of the Three Kingdoms. In this sense, it represents a new attempt to fill a gap in the cultural dissemination history of the Three Kingdoms. The history of the Three Kingdoms is both a whole and the individual development, mutual struggles, and intertwined processes of three parallel regimes. To accommodate this fundamental characteristic, we have divided the book into three volumes: "Illustrated Three Kingdoms: Cao Wei," "Illustrated Three Kingdoms: Liu Shu," and "Illustrated Three Kingdoms: Sun Wu," each focusing on events involving two or three of the regimes. In cases where the same event involves two or three regimes, it is presented in varying levels of detail and emphasis across different volumes, depending on the specific circumstances. Additionally, to help readers grasp the overall historical context, each volume includes a "Timeline of Major Events in the Late Han and Three Kingdoms Period." When reading any volume, readers can refer to the "Timeline" at any time to organize scattered and complex events into a clear chronological order, while also considering the perspectives of Wei, Shu, and Wu, thus gaining a comprehensive understanding of the political situation at the time.
To showcase the vibrant diversity of Three Kingdoms culture, the book employs a vivid and intuitive visual-aid approach, supplemented by freehand narrative illustrations, portraits of key figures, photographs and descriptions of event locations, and the inclusion of some character masks. Each map also marks important tourist attractions, presenting the natural and cultural landscapes visited by figures from the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, this book is not only a richly illustrated cultural of the Three Kingdoms but also holds certain reference value for tourism. This set of "Illustrated Three Kingdoms" is the fruit of close collaboration among interdisciplinary experts.