A Taste of the Three Kingdoms

"This is Cao Cao. He may be the most complex person with the most diverse images in history. He is extremely smart and stupid; he is cunning and frank; he is generous and suspicious; he is magnanimous and narrow-minded. Narrow. It can be said that he has the demeanor of a villain, the heroic demeanor, the love of children, the temper of the king of hell, and the heart of a bodhisattva. It seems that Cao Cao has several faces, but they are all in him, and there is no contradiction at all. This is really a miracle. In fact, Cao Cao is real and true to himself. Including his treachery, cunning, cruelty, and tyranny, they all appeared calm, generous, sincere and calm. This is really an "atmosphere". "History is very complicated, but this book takes us into the real Three Kingdoms in easy-to-understand language.

Recalling the history I listened to in the "Hundred Schools Forum" in the past, I admired Professor Yi's masterful demeanor; now I read the original work of "Yi Zhongtian's Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms" and explore the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms in the ink. Revisiting the classics not only deepens your impression, but also allows you to ponder and comprehend that magnificent history through careful reading. [Top post]

This book is Yi Zhongtian's analysis of the changing situations and heroes of the Three Kingdoms. Use stories to tell characters, characters to tell history, history to tell culture, and culture to tell human nature. Mr. Yi Zhongtian discussed the major events of the Three Kingdoms, scrutinized the merits and demerits of the heroes, and summarized the successes and failures. I really like Teacher Yi Zhongtian's way of interpreting the Three Kingdoms, especially the combination of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" to show us a Three Kingdoms that is different from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". What I admire most about Teacher Yi Zhongtian is that he expresses the history of the Three Kingdoms in popular and interesting language. As a teacher, or creator, the content you provide should be more interesting to readers. This is worthy of recognition.

It turns out that I had already read Yi Zhongtian's Three Kingdoms series when Baijia Forum was the most popular. This book is said to be compiled based on Mr. Yi Zhongtian's lecture notes. I guess it was very popular at the time, but I didn't read the book because I had already watched the TV show. It is also very interesting to take advantage of this opportunity to re-read the four classics and read them again on Tomato Novels. Reading this book now should be different from your previous views. There have been many studies on the Three Kingdoms before, and coupled with the interpretations of various popular literature, there are indeed too many to mention.

Well worth reading! A major feature of this book is authenticity. I believe that many readers' understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms period mainly comes from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". However, as a novel, the content of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is still quite different from the real history. This book uses real historical facts and quotes from classics to clarify the differences between novels and official history, allowing readers to truly understand the real and magnificent history of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu. The humorous language is another major feature of this book. The author does not impart historical knowledge to readers in a serious manner, but tells stories to readers in approachable and humorous language, thereby helping readers understand and recall.

Although this book is suspected of whitewashing Cao Wei, it is still a good book.

There is no Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms, but when talking about the Three Kingdoms, we can't help but talk about Cao Cao. It's really a strange history and a really weird Cao Cao. By reading Teacher Yi Zhongtian's "Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms", I seem to have understood a little of the mystery. In his later years, Cao Cao's power reached its peak, with one hand covering the sky and no one dared to touch it. Why didn't he ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor? For the study of the Three Kingdoms in the book "Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms", Mr. Yi Zhongtian drew on the research results of many different researchers. From the different angles of their analysis, combined with the positions of these researchers, he chose an angle that was more in line with the researchers' writing rules to select materials, resulting in historical facts that Mr. Yi Zhongtian himself identified. Moreover, Mr. Yi Zhongtian combined the words and historical facts shown in historical materials to analyze the characters' inner thoughts and personalities. Mr. Yi Zhongtian himself is not entirely sure of this analysis, but it is indeed more objective than these historical images in literary works. Therefore, there is an obvious tendency in this book to whitewash Cao Cao, elevate Sun Quan, and suppress Liu Bei. I think this way of writing is quite normal. After all, ordinary readers are more influenced by "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and various dramas, so "overcorrection must be overcorrected."

I think the book "Taste of the Three Kingdoms" is very good! Mr. Yi Zhongtian interpreted the history of the Three Kingdoms with a unique perspective and humorous language. He makes historical figures come alive. For example, he said "Cao Cao is a cute traitor", which is very interesting. This book uses stories to tell characters and characters to tell history, which gave me a deeper understanding of the history and culture of the Three Kingdoms. I recommend you to read it, you will definitely gain something different.

The narrative is very connotative, vivid and interesting. It unfolds a magnificent historical picture based on the background of that era, quotes classics, connects the past and the future, and depicts the turbulent poetry of the Three Kingdoms era in the late Eastern Han Dynasty in an easy-to-understand manner.

I like Cao Cao very much