This novel is a historical romance with a long chapter after artistic processing, and it is also called the classical Four Great Classical Novels of China with The Journey to the West and A Dream of Red Mansions. After the book was written, several versions of this work spread around the world, such as Jiajing Renwu Edition. By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Mao Zonggang had rearranged the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, revised the wording and changed the poems. This version has also become the most advanced and widely circulated version among many versions.
The main part of the romance of the three kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be roughly divided into five parts: the Yellow Scarf Uprising, Dong Zhuo's rebellion, competing with the pack, the struggle of the Three Kingdoms, and the return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin. It describes the historical situation of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, mainly describing wars.
It tells the story of feudalism and political and military struggle between Wei, Shu and Wu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In the end, Sima Yan unified the three countries and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions during the Three Kingdoms period, summarizes the historical changes of this era, and shapes a group of heroes of the Three Kingdoms.