This edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms features both English and Chinese side-by-side for easy reference and bilingual support. The paragraphs are linked and organized for easy reading.
Volume 1 includes chapters 1 thru 26.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical novel set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 169 AD and ending with the reunification of the land in 280.
The story – part historical, part legend, and part mythical – romanticizes and dramatizes the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, who tried to replace the dwindling Han dynasty or restore it. While the novel follows hundreds of characters, the focus is mainly on the three power blocs that emerged from the remnants of the Han dynasty, and would eventually form the three states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The novel deals with the plots, personal and military battles, intrigues, and struggles of these states to achieve dominance for almost 100 years.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature; it has a total of 800,000 words and nearly a thousand dramatic characters in 120 chapters. The novel is among the most beloved works of literature in East Asia, and its literary influence in the region has been compared to that of the works of Shakespeare on English literature. It is arguably the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China.
This edition also includes a Romance and the Three Kingdoms & Classical Chinese Quick Study Guide, with an added study reference for the 100 most frequent classical Chinese characters.
《三国演义》，全名为《三國志通俗演义》，中国第一部长篇歷史章回小说。作者一般被認為是元末明初的罗贯中虚实结合，曲尽其妙。明末清初文學家、戲曲家李渔有言曰：“演义一书之奇，足以使学士读之而快，委巷不学之人读之而亦快；英雄豪杰读之而快，凡夫俗子读之而亦快。”
Volume 1 includes chapters 1 thru 26.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical novel set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 169 AD and ending with the reunification of the land in 280.
The story – part historical, part legend, and part mythical – romanticizes and dramatizes the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, who tried to replace the dwindling Han dynasty or restore it. While the novel follows hundreds of characters, the focus is mainly on the three power blocs that emerged from the remnants of the Han dynasty, and would eventually form the three states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The novel deals with the plots, personal and military battles, intrigues, and struggles of these states to achieve dominance for almost 100 years.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature; it has a total of 800,000 words and nearly a thousand dramatic characters in 120 chapters. The novel is among the most beloved works of literature in East Asia, and its literary influence in the region has been compared to that of the works of Shakespeare on English literature. It is arguably the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China.
This edition also includes a Romance and the Three Kingdoms & Classical Chinese Quick Study Guide, with an added study reference for the 100 most frequent classical Chinese characters.
《三国演义》，全名为《三國志通俗演义》，中国第一部长篇歷史章回小说。作者一般被認為是元末明初的罗贯中虚实结合，曲尽其妙。明末清初文學家、戲曲家李渔有言曰：“演义一书之奇，足以使学士读之而快，委巷不学之人读之而亦快；英雄豪杰读之而快，凡夫俗子读之而亦快。”
