Romance of the Three Kingdoms was further processed on the basis of the history of Wei Shuwu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the creation of folklore and folk artists. 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, and reflects the political and military struggles and the infiltration and transformation of various social contradictions in the Three Kingdoms period.

By focusing on the political, military and diplomatic struggles between the feudal ruling groups in the Three Kingdoms period, this paper reveals the turmoil and darkness of social reality in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, condemns the tyranny of feudal rulers, reflects the sufferings of the people, and expresses the people's desire for a wise monarch and stability.

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms covers more than a thousand people, and has successfully portrayed hundreds of vivid and well-known characters, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, and has become an immortal image in the history of literature.

The most striking feature of the description of the characters in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that it seldom goes into details, but mostly relies on the outline of thick and thin lines, the characters' own speech actions or the rendering of the surrounding atmosphere to achieve vivid artistic effects, such as Cao Cao's treachery and cunning and Zhuge Liang's clever calculation.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the only novel adapted from historical facts among the four classical novels, and it is China's first historical chapter novel. Many people mistakenly believe that the contents of the book are the official history of China's Three Kingdoms period.