The Japanese know the Three Kingdoms because the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is famous all over the world. In the third year of Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty (1569), it spread to North Korea, and in the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635), Amin published The Biography of the Three Kingdoms, which was collected in Oxford University, England.
Since the Japanese version of Popular Three Kingdoms was compiled and published by Japanese monk Wenshan in the 28th year of Kangxi (1689), Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Britain, France, Russia and many other countries have their own versions.
China's Romance of the Three Kingdoms was often regarded as a guide to military policy during the Japanese Warring States Period. In the War of the Three Kingdoms, Tokugawa Ieyasu followed Zhuge Liang's empty plan and let Takeda Shingen be fooled.
The description of the characters is also fascinating. Tsugaru Tamenobu, a famous Lu country in the Warring States Period, worshiped Guan Yu and learned from Guan Yu's long beard in The Romance, and was known as a handsome man with a light beard.
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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the stories and legends of the Three Kingdoms period had a far-reaching impact on East Asian culture. By the end of the Tang Dynasty at the latest, the story of the Three Kingdoms had been circulated among the people. According to "Dream of China in Tokyo", an expert named Hoss who said "three points" appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. The folk stories of the Three Kingdoms in the Northern Song Dynasty showed a tendency of "respecting Liu and belittling Cao".
There are countless poems and songs about the Three Kingdoms in ancient China, and oral literary works such as storytelling and drama with the stories of the Three Kingdoms as the content emerge in an endless stream. Moreover, these works and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms learn from each other and inherit from each other, forming a unique quasi-cultural group. Until today, various dramas, cartoons and books about the Three Kingdoms are still enduring.
The influence of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Tales of the Three Kingdoms on China culture can still be seen everywhere. In the competitive environment or struggle stage, people may consider the scene of the Three Kingdoms and the relationship between people. The debate on praise and criticism has never stopped, but no matter what the conclusion of praise and criticism is, people's recognition of the humanistic spirit of the Three Kingdoms has been deeply rooted, and it is hard to say that it will be greatly improved.
Individually, in some areas or nationalities related to the romance of the Three Kingdoms, the brand of the culture of the Three Kingdoms is more obvious, such as Zhuge surname, Sichuan and Shaanxi areas.
In the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs carved books in the Forbidden City in Beijing in order to improve their self-cultivation and entertain themselves. It can be seen from the catalogue of books published in the palace listed by eunuch Liu Ruoyu in Zhu Zhongzhi that the only novel published at that time was the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which was the favorite of eunuchs.
China has a saying since ancient times: "Young people don't read the outlaws of the Marsh, while old people don't read the Three Kingdoms", which means that young people don't read the outlaws of the Marsh, otherwise they will easily want to fight all day, and their spirits will be bad.
Old people should not study the Three Kingdoms, because the characters are good at intrigue and intrigue. As an old man who should know his destiny, he should spend his old age peacefully, instead of thinking about calculating others all day, which is not good for his body and mind.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms also left many idioms, such as Taoyuan pledging, cooking wine as a hero in childhood, caring about the thatched cottage, borrowing an arrow from a straw boat, being happy without thinking about Shu, and being separated by his wife and children, Shu has no generals and three points of the world.
Some slang words are also related to The Romance of Three Kingdoms, such as "Two heads are better than one", "Speak of the devil" and so on.
In addition, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has a profound influence on later cultural works, such as The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties.
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