Why read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: A Colloquial Version? There is Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and so many vernacular editions of Records of the Three Kingdoms and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms... Isn’t that enough?
It isn’t. You still need The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: A Colloquial Version.
First of all, all those vernacular editions... To put it plainly, they aren’t really all that plain. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: A Colloquial Version is the real deal. How plain is it? As plain as Zhang Shun, the White Stripe in the Waves.
Besides, Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms is for scholars and experts, Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms is for idle townsfolk of ancient times, but The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: A Colloquial Version is truly suited to a busy modern reader like you. Listen as you read: you’ll understand it at once, and once you start reading, you won’t be able to put it down... It’s so captivating that you’ll even forget who the White Stripe in the Waves is.
Why not mention the timeless, all-conquering Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
Because The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: A Colloquial Version rejects the versions edited and abridged by Mao Lun and his son Mao Zonggang, who usurped Luo’s original work. Based on Luo’s text, annotated by Shen Bojun, an expert on the Three Kingdoms, it restores the authentic stories of Wei, Shu, and Wu as Luo Guanzhong wrote them: “Today you and I drink together and beat him; tomorrow you and he drink together and beat me; the day after, I and he drink together and beat you.” Anything can happen, and fighting alongside others is a joy without end.
Believe in yourself. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms: A Colloquial Version is the “beautiful, rich, and fair” book you’ve been looking for: plain language, rich substance, and beauty from beginning to end.
The content is excellent and highly recommended.