Romance of the Three Kingdoms, also known as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and The First Book of Genius, is a historical novel written in chapters by Luo Guanzhong, a novelist of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. Based on Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms, Pei Songzhi’s annotations, and folk tales about the Three Kingdoms, it was created through artistic adaptation. It is counted among the Four Great Classical Novels of China, alongside Journey to the West, Water Margin, and Dream of the Red Chamber.
