Luo Guanzhong

Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400,[1] or c.1280–1360[2]), also called Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lwo kwanʈʂʊŋ]), was a Chinese novelist. He lived during the Ming dynasty. He is also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (Chinese: 湖海散人; pinyin: Húhǎi Sǎnrén; literally "Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas").[3] Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This book is one fo the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

Luo Guanzhong
Luo Guanzhong
Traditional Chinese 羅貫中
Simplified Chinese 罗贯中
Birth name
Traditional Chinese 羅本
Simplified Chinese 罗本
Also known as
Traditional Chinese 湖海散人
Simplified Chinese 湖海散人
Literal meaning Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas

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  • Can Tang Wudai Shi Yanzhuan (残唐五代史演義, "The End of Tang Dynasty and the Period of the Five Dynasties")
  • Fenzhuang Lou (粉妝樓, "Cosmetical Building")
  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms
  • Sui Tang Zhizhuan (隋唐志傳)
  • Sui Tang Liangchao Zhizhuan (隋唐兩朝志傳, "The Chronicle of the Sui and Tang Dynasties)
  • The Three Sui Quash the Demons' Revolt (attributed)
  • Water Margin (editing)

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  1. Luo Guanzhong. Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. Chen, Liao (2007). "Two Luo Guanzhong". Jiangsu Social Sciences, N.004,P179-182.
  3. Luo Guanzhong (2000). Sanguo yanyi: Three Kingdoms, 三國演義 [Romance of the Three Kingdoms]. Translated by Moss Roberts. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, P31.

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