The Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms

Name: The Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms
Author: Piglet with Three Hairs

后三国演义

by Piglet with Three Hairs (三根头发的小猪)

Status: Completed
Length: 407k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 2y ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

Three hundred years after the tripartite division of the realm between Wei, Shu, and Wu at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, China once again saw a three-way division lasting several decades, this time between the Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, and Southern Chen. This book tells the legendary history of this later Three Kingdoms period.

Familiar idioms such as “the three religions and nine schools,” “to kill two birds with one stone,” “a jade-like body lying in state,” and “to win the hand of a beauty by excelling at the screen” all date back to this era. Famous historical figures include Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Yong; the last ruler of Northern Qi, Gao Wei; Prince of Lanling, Gao Changgong; and Yang Jian, founding emperor of the Sui dynasty.

A poem says: Wildflowers bloom on the slopes of Beiman,

Beyond the city of Yubi, cliffs plunge a hundred feet.

Swallows return to nest beneath the eaves of the Wang and Xie,

The great river surges on, its waves sifting sand.

Other names

Three Thousand Miles East from Chang'an东出长安三千里Alternate title on Fanqie

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