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This book is a volume of "The Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty" in the "History of China" series published by Kodansha in Japan. "The History of China" is a gift for the 100th anniversary of Kodansha in Japan. It is a set of blockbuster historical works that are both readable and serious. This book firstly compares the history of the Three Kingdoms with the literary work "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and analyzes the similarities, differences, and authenticity between them; secondly, it interprets the history of the Three Kingdoms in the ancient and modern East Asian world, analyzing and comparing the mutual influence, integration, similarities and differences of the relevant historical cultures of China, Japan, and South Korea; Third, although this book is a popular history of the Three Kingdoms written as a literary researcher, the author writes it with a historical, academic, and rigorous attitude. It can be said to be a serious work that pursues the true history of the Three Kingdoms based on original historical records and archaeological data.