The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four famous classical works in China. It is the first long chapter historical novel in China.
Its full name is The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (also known as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
The author is Luo Guanzhong, a famous novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty.
After the completion of the book, many editions such as Jiajing Renwu edition were handed down.
By the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Mao Zonggang rectified the review, revised the diction and changed the poems and prose of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes nearly a hundred years of history from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty.
It mainly describes the war. It tells the story of the struggle between the group of heroes in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the political and military struggle between the Wei, Shu and Wu Kingdoms.
Sima Yan eventually unified the three Kingdoms and established the Jin Dynasty.
It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions in the Three Kingdoms era, summarizes the great changes in the history of this era, and shapes a group of heroes of the Three Kingdoms.
The book can be roughly divided into five parts:
the Yellow Towel Uprising, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the struggle for deer, the tripartite confrontation of the Three Kingdoms and the return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin.
On the vast historical stage, there were momentous scenes of war.
The author, Lt. Luo Guanzhong, combines the thirty-six tactics of war into the lines, which includes plots and tactics.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the first chapter novel in the history of Chinese literature, the pioneering work of historical novel and the first literati novel.