Plum Wine and Heroes: When the Stars of the Three Kingdoms Shine

A humorous history of the Three Kingdoms, a heartfelt history of the Three Kingdoms, a fresh and original history of the Three Kingdoms! With a fresh perspective, this book offers an entertaining and heartfelt interpretation of the history of the late Han and Three Kingdoms era. It tells the stories of heroes who upheld their principles, pursued their ideals, and possessed great vision. Whether Cao Cao or Liu Bei, their light shone like stars in the sky of history. Win or lose, they all fought to the death to change their fate! Though the late Han and Three Kingdoms era was in chaos, people had not lost their morals! There was Cao Cao, who refused to curry favor with eunuchs and become one of their lackeys; Liu Bei, who refused to accept a life of selling straw sandals and mats as his fate; Sun Quan, who would not surrender meekly like a pig or dog; Wang Xiu, who boldly stepped forward to mourn his former lord despite Cao Cao's order to kill without mercy; the eminent scholar Yuan Huan, who remained unmoved under the threat of Lu Bu's sharp blade; the warrior Wu Fu, who would sooner see everything destroyed than hesitate to draw his sword against the traitor Dong Zhuo; and Guo Huai, who dared to stand up to the all-powerful Sima Yi to the bitter end, vowing to protect his wife even at the cost of his life... They were the heroes! Amid the ebb and flow of a chaotic age, they lived lives worthy of song, never surrendering. They were the heroes! Through tumultuous times, they composed epic tales of sweeping grandeur. They were the heroes! Beyond the sinister, brutal struggles of the imperial court and the merciless battlefields running red with blood, they gathered an inexhaustible force that propelled human society forward.