Three Kingdoms
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Three Kingdoms
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Luo Guanzhong, who has become almost a legend in China, is considered the author of 6 classic Chinese novels, the main of which is "The Three Kingdoms". The novel, written in the XIV century, is based on the annals and folk tales that tell about the events of the III century, when China broke up into three kingdoms: Wei, Wu and Shu, which led among themselves continuous wars.
"Three Kingdoms" was read by everyone from the emperor to representatives of the social grassroots. The novel of the Three Kingdoms is the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China, and its literary influence in the region has been compared to the works of Shakespeare in English literature. "The Three Kingdoms" is rightly ranked among the four great Chinese novels on a par with "The Dream in the Red Terem." In this edition, the text is accompanied by commentary and classical illustrations from a seventeenth-century Chinese woodblock print.
"Three Kingdoms" was read by everyone from the emperor to representatives of the social grassroots. The novel of the Three Kingdoms is the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China, and its literary influence in the region has been compared to the works of Shakespeare in English literature. "The Three Kingdoms" is rightly ranked among the four great Chinese novels on a par with "The Dream in the Red Terem." In this edition, the text is accompanied by commentary and classical illustrations from a seventeenth-century Chinese woodblock print.
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- All books by the author
- All books in the series Famous classics with illustrations