Records of the Three Kingdoms

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Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.

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Records of the Three Kingdoms canonical 12
Book of Wei 1
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese historical text
historiographical work
primary source
author Chen Shou
bookTitle Book of Shu
Records of the Three Kingdoms self-linksurface differs
surface form: Book of Wei

Book of Wu
ChineseName Records of the Three Kingdoms self-linksurface differs
surface form: 三國志
compiledBy Chen Shou
compilerBirthplace Ba commandery
compilerDynasty Western Jin dynasty
surface form: Western Jin
completedIn late 3rd century
contains annalistic information in biographies
countryOfOrigin China
coversState Cao Wei
Eastern Wu
Shu Han
dateWritten 3rd century
describesEvent fall of the Eastern Han dynasty
rise of Cao Wei
rise of Eastern Wu
rise of Shu Han
unification of China under the Jin dynasty
field Chinese historiography
genre biographical history
official history
historicalMethod biographical format
historicalPeriodDescribed Three Kingdoms period
imperial court of Eastern Han
surface form: late Eastern Han dynasty
historicalScopeEnd 280
historicalScopeStart late 2nd century
importance foundational source for the history of the Three Kingdoms period
includedIn Twenty-Four Histories
influenced Romance of the Three Kingdoms
laterAnnotatedBy Pei Songzhi
notableFigureCovered Cao Cao
Liu Bei
Sima Yi
Sun Quan
Zhuge Liang
numberOfBiographies around 360
numberOfVolumes 65
originalLanguage Classical Chinese
PeiSongzhiAnnotationsDate 5th century
PeiSongzhiAnnotationsDynasty Liu Song
pinyinTitle Records of the Three Kingdoms self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sānguózhì
sourceFor Romance of the Three Kingdoms
structure divided into three books
traditionalClassification one of the standard histories
usedAsSourceBy Luo Guanzhong

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Three Kingdoms period documentedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Ma Su appearsIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Shu Han historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Yellow Turban Rebellion describedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms ChineseName Records of the Three Kingdoms self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 三國志
Records of the Three Kingdoms pinyinTitle Records of the Three Kingdoms self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sānguózhì
Records of the Three Kingdoms bookTitle Records of the Three Kingdoms self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Book of Wei
Romance of the Three Kingdoms basedOn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Sima Yi historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
this entity surface form: Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi)
Cao Rui associatedWithWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Zhou Yu historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Liu Shan associatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms
Deng Ai historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Jiang Wei historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Sun Liang historicalSource Records of the Three Kingdoms
Xianbei sourceMention Records of the Three Kingdoms