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Why is the history of China the Three Kingdoms?
As the saying goes, heroes are born in troubled times. The reason why the Three Kingdoms period has such a sense of existence in history is mainly due to the spread of Chen Shou's The History of the Three Kingdoms and Luo Guanzhong's The Romance of the Three Kingdoms among the people.

Chen Shou was originally a courtier of Shu Han. After the three clans returned to Jin, they wrote The History of the Three Kingdoms, which described the ups and downs of the Three Kingdoms and the heroes of that period. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Mu wrote in Red Cliff? A broken iron halberd sank into the sand and disappeared, only to find that it was the remnant of Battle of Red Cliffs after grinding and washing. If the east wind is not convenient for Zhou Yu, I'm afraid the outcome will be Cao Cao's victory and Er Qiao's detention in Tongquetai. ?

The late Jin emperors of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are also famous in history? The emperor? Shi Jingtang ceded sixteen states to Qidan, which had a far-reaching influence on later generations. The direct result is that the northern land north and east of the Yellow River is almost undefended and exposed under the threat of foreign nationalities, which creates extremely favorable conditions for Qidan, Nuzhen and Mongolia to invade the Central Plains in the next 400 years.

In the early years of the northern song dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was established? Seal the pile library? At the end of the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Shi Jingtang gave Khitan "Tibetan money, silk and cloth to redeem sixteen states", which ran aground with the history of Song Taizu. Due to the weak military strength in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Sixteen States were never recovered. This has also become the most important factor in criticizing the Song Dynasty in history. Patriots in Song Dynasty never gave up their ambition of sixteen states.

Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote "Red Cliff Fu" twice, remembering Zhou Lang's heroic deeds and looking forward to recovering the motherland. Once wrote in "Red Cliff Nostalgia"? Back in Gong Jin, Xiao Qiao got married for the first time. Feather fan nylon scarf, talking and laughing, all gone. ? Describe Zhou Yu's charming heroic state vividly.

Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was a novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He lived in a time of war, and the whole society hoped that a hero could end the war and bring peace. The birth of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is in line with people's needs, and it can be better rooted in people's hearts.

During the Yuan Dynasty, zaju gradually flourished, and many historical stories that were loved and heard were adapted into zaju and presented to the broad masses of the people. This form is not only popular, but even illiterate people can understand the details of the story through vision and hearing, so that these historical figures can move from books to ordinary people's lives.