Romance of the Three Kingdoms is China's first novel. The story of Romance of the Three Kingdoms begins with the Yellow Scarf Uprising and ends with Sima's destruction of Wu Jinkai. It mainly describes the war, reflects the political and military struggle between Wei, Wu, shows the historical situation of nearly a hundred years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, and successfully created a group of heroes.
The sequel materials of The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, with relatively mature novel language, created more than 400 characters, described the historical process of nearly a hundred years, and created a new novel genre, which not only made readers at that time "copy for viewing", but also inspired scribes and booksellers to continue writing and publishing similar novels.
Since Jiajing, various historical romances have mushroomed and come out constantly, from the beginning to the present. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 200 kinds of historical romances in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The artistic achievement of The Romance of The Three Kingdoms is more important in military and political description and characterization. Novels are best at describing wars and can write the characteristics of each war. Pay attention to describing the application of different strategies and tactics under specific conditions, and guide the subjective initiative of combat, instead of spending the main pen and ink on the simple strength and martial arts contest.
For example, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Battle of Red Cliffs and the Battle of Yiling. The writing of each war also changes with the characteristics of the war. While writing about the war, other activities are also written as the prelude, aftermath or auxiliary means of the war, which makes the exciting and thrilling war seem relaxed and slow.
Such as the cooperation between Battle of Red Cliffs's former grandson and Liu, the contradiction between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, the temptation of Cao Cao, and the in-depth preparation of Sun Liu's allied forces to lure the enemy. In the aspect of characterization, the novel pays special attention to putting the characters in the sharp contradiction of real struggle and expressing their ideological character through their words and deeds or the surrounding environment.
Such as Cao Cao's treachery, every move seems to hide intrigue; Zhang Fei has nothing but innocence and recklessness. Zhuge Liang has a well-thought-out plan, and he is always comfortable and leisurely in the face of things.
Famous articles such as Guan Yu's "Killing Hua Xiong with Warm Wine", "Killing Six Generals after Passing Five Customs", Zhang Fei's "The Great Bridge in Changban", Zhao Yun's "Riding Alone to Save the Young Master", Zhuge Liang's "Rescuing Meng Huo Seven times" and "Scaring Sima Yi with an Empty City Plan" are widely circulated.
About the author: Luo Guanzhong, a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. The name of this book, in the middle of the word, is Hu Hai III, Han nationality, from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. Luo Guanzhong participated in the anti-Yuan uprising in his early years. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he devoted himself to literary creation.