Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the full name of which is Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is one of the four classical novels in China and the first chapter-by-chapter historical novel in China. The writer is Luo Guanzhong, a novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes the history of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, mainly describing the war, telling the story of the warlord melee in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the political and military struggle between Wei, Shu and Wu, and finally 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.

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Jin Shengtan, a well-known literary critic and a native of the Qing Dynasty, once made a concentrated comment on China's historical novels, and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was listed as the "First Talented Book".

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes the social unrest, rivalry, Wei Shuwu's tripartite confrontation and the unification of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The scene is grand and the plot is complicated. It is a treasure in the history of China literature and a pearl in the history of world literature. The author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms has extraordinary narrative ability, and the details, relaxation and vertical and horizontal opening and closing are very appropriate.

His panoramic descriptions of several world wars, such as the battle of Guandu and Battle of Red Cliffs, are ups and downs, which are thrilling to read, and his short historical romance is vivid and detailed, which is amazing.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms depicts nearly 200 characters, all of whom are artistic models. Zhuge Liang is the incarnation of a "saint". His noble qualities and ingenious skills of dying are close to the gods other than saints. Guan Yu is brave and resolute, and his righteousness is as heavy as a mountain. He was regarded as a god by later generations, that is, the so-called Master Wu Shengguan.

Two politicians in the book were masked. One is Liu Bei, who has been molded into a kind person, a virtuous corporal, and a typical benevolent gentleman who knows people well and does their duty well. Cao Cao, a great politician, strategist and writer, was portrayed as a traitor, careerist and schemer who "would rather teach me to be negative to the world than to teach the world to be negative to me".

Lu Xun once said that Kong Ming was too clever to write "close to the devil" and Liu Bei was too kind to write "close to falsehood". Later generations made a fair and objective evaluation of this.

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