Perspective on Three Major Mysteries of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Author: Zhang Zhihe
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book examines the authorship, versions, and origins of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and concludes that the book's composition date is not during the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, but rather in the middle period of the Ming Dynasty. The Jianqing Renwu edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is not the earliest published version of the book; the Huang Zhengfu edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the true (ancestral text), and its composition date is approximately 20 years earlier than the Jianqing Renwu edition. .. Luo Guanzhong is not the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, nor is he a novelist. Romance of the Three Kingdoms was gradually formed through the long-term storytelling and performances of storytellers and theatrical artists from the Northern Song Dynasty to the middle period of the Ming Dynasty. The final compiler of the book was an unknown lower-class scholar...