The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was adapted from the literary masterpiece Romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong in China in the Ming Dynasty, and premiered on1October 23rd on CCTV-1994 10. Wang Fulin is the general director, Cai Xiaoqing, Zhang Shaolin, Sun Guangming, Zhang Zhongyi and Shen Haofang are the sub-directors, and Sun Yanjun leads the starring role.
The drama * * * is divided into the first deer fight (episode 1-23), the second Battle of Red Cliffs (episode 24-47), the third Tripod (episode 48-64) and the fourth Northern War (episode 65-77).
Evaluation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms
On the basis of respecting the original work, Romance of the Three Kingdoms successfully shows the essence of the original work and the historical features of the Three Kingdoms era. The well-known paragraphs and well-known storylines in the original work all make the audience admire, sigh, regret and cry with the development of the storyline, or with majestic momentum, or with magnificent scenes, or with lyrical artistic conception and vivid details. Understand the philosophy of life by the evolution of characters' fate and tragic ending.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms has made great achievements in characterization. Not only do all kinds of characters have clear positions and clear love and hate, but also the main characters are vivid and colorful. The TV series successfully created a series of vivid characters: Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhou Yu, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and Jiang Wei. The original author deified, exaggerated and even put on the cloak of feudal superstition, while the TV series reduced them to human beings, making them both superior heroes and ordinary people.