Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Classic Translation)

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four classic Chinese classics. It is China's first chapter-length historical romance novel. Its full name is "The Popular 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 and early Ming Dynasties. After the "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written, several versions including the Jiajing Renwu Edition were handed down to the world. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Mao Zonggang reorganized the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", revised the diction, and changed the poems. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes the historical events of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty. It mainly describes wars. It tells the story of the war between the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the political and military struggles among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. Finally, Sima Yan 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 historical changes of this era, and creates a group of all-powerful heroes of the Three Kingdoms. The whole book can be roughly divided into five parts: the Yellow Turban Uprising, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the Heroes' Competition, the Three Kingdoms, and the Return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin. On the vast historical stage, majestic war scenes were staged. The author Luo Guanzhong integrates the Thirty-Six Strategies of War between the lines, with both plot and military strategies. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is the first chapter novel in the history of Chinese literature, the pioneer of historical romance novels, and the first literati novel.