Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a classic 14th-century Chinese historical novel that dramatizes the power struggles, warfare, and political intrigue among rival states at the end of the Han dynasty.

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms canonical 20

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instanceOf Chinese historical novel
classic literature
military fiction
wuxia-adjacent work
author Luo Guanzhong
basedOn Records of the Three Kingdoms
folk tales
oral traditions
centralConflict power struggle among Wei, Shu, and Wu
countryOfOrigin China
culturalStatus one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature
dateOfComposition 14th century
depictsEvent Battle of Guandu
Battle of Red Cliffs
Yellow Turban Rebellion
surface form: Fall of the Han dynasty

Yellow Turban Rebellion
featuresHistoricalFigure Cao Cao
Dong Zhuo
Guan Yu
Liu Bei
Lu Bu
Sima Yi
Sun Quan
Zhang Fei
Zhuge Liang
genre historical fiction
political drama
war novel
influenced Chinese opera
East Asian popular culture
comic adaptations
television dramas
video games
languageInfluence Chinese idioms
literaryPeriod Ming dynasty literature
literarySignificance foundational work of Chinese narrative fiction
narrativePerspective omniscient third-person
narrativeStyle mix of history and legend
notableAdaptation Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
manhua and manga adaptations
television series adaptations
notableTheme loyalty
political intrigue
rise and fall of states
strategy
warfare
numberOfChapters 120
originalLanguage Classical Chinese
settingPeriod Three Kingdoms period
late Eastern Han dynasty
structure chaptered novel
timeSpanCovered 184–280 CE

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Three Kingdoms period romanticizedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Jingzhou associatedWork Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Ma Su appearsIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Liu Bei portrayedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms sourceFor Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms influenced Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Zhuge Liang portrayedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Sima Yi portrayedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Guan Yu associatedWith Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Guan Yu characterIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Zhou Yu portrayedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Liu Shan portrayedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Jiang Wei historicalSource Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Chibi (Red Cliff) historical area associatedWithWork Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Battle of Red Cliffs relatedTo Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Battle of Red Cliffs depictedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Guan Yu Temple (Jingzhou) associatedWith Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Cao Cao portrayedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Zhang Fei portrayedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Guandi linkedToText Romance of the Three Kingdoms