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Author: Chen Erdong
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is a collection of essays with a slightly academic nature, exploring the plot of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and historical facts of the Three Kingdoms period. The book consists of 39 essays, along with two prefaces by Gu Xuejie and Du Mu Hongliang, totaling approximately 80,000 words. The author, Chen Erdong (1913–1990), was a renowned scholar and critic of classical Chinese literature in China. In 1954, he joined the People's Literature Publishing House and published works such as Selected Poems of Su Shi (People's Literature Publishing House), Selected Ci Poems of Su Shi (People's Literature Publishing House), and the popular Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (People's Literature Publishing House), among others. He also authored works like Gossip on the Three Kingdoms. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a classic Chinese literary masterpiece, and the stories of the Three Kingdoms have deeply ingrained in the hearts of the Chinese people. Many people equate the novel's plot with historical facts. However, what is the relationship between the novel and history? Zhang Xuecheng once commented that Romance of the Three Kingdoms is "seven parts fact and three parts fiction." Is this ratio correct? Why did the author choose to "fabricate" certain elements when writing the novel? Where exactly was it "fabricated"? Where was it "fabricated" well, and why? Where was it "fabricated" poorly, and why? Beyond the "fabrication," what parts were "real," drawing from Chen Zhi and Pei Zhi? How were these materials misapplied? All these questions will be answered in this book.