The History of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou is refined and carefully selected, which is of great historical and literary value. It is recognized by later generations as one of the four great histories. Later, Pei Songzhi annotated the History of the Three Kingdoms and quoted a large number of documents circulated at that time, which made the history of the History of the Three Kingdoms more vivid and full. So at that time and later in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the story of the Three Kingdoms has been widely circulated, and poems related to the content of the Three Kingdoms can be seen everywhere in Tang poetry.
In the Song Dynasty, with the prosperity of storytelling novels, a large number of ballads about the Three Kingdoms period were circulated among the people, which was equivalent to the popularity of ballads we heard today. At that time, people's entertainment content was not as rich as it is today, and the influence of storytelling was very great. Su Shi's Dongpo Zhi Lin wrote that children aged five or six paid for storytelling. When they heard that Liu Bei was defeated, they cried sadly. When they heard that Cao Cao was defeated, they applauded. It can be seen that the story of the Three Kingdoms has been widely circulated at that time. There are a lot of operas about the Three Kingdoms in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Many songs have been lost, and only the names can be seen in some documents. Some songs have been handed down to this day, such as Crossing the River with wits, Single Knife Meeting and Yellow Crane Tower. The spread of these folk arts has played an important role in the promotion and dissemination of The Story of Three Kingdoms.
Finally, according to the comments of Song and Yuan Dynasties and the stories of the Three Kingdoms circulated among the people, combined with the history book The Three Kingdoms, the most famous novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms was adapted and arranged, which became one of the four most popular classical novels. As soon as it came out, this novel was praised as elegant and popular, and it sold well for hundreds of years. Nowadays, the film and television drama adapted from Romance of the Three Kingdoms attracts the attention of the whole people every time it is broadcast. The story of the Three Kingdoms has become a well-known content for women and children, and the characters of the Three Kingdoms have also become familiar vivid artistic images. With the emergence of more and more literary situations, the stories of the Three Kingdoms will be handed down from generation to generation and will last forever.