Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China. It was written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century. Nowadays, it is still hugely popular in East Asia.
An illustration from a Ming dynasty printed edition of the novel from 1591, collection of the Peking University. | |
| Author | Luo Guanzhong |
|---|---|
| Original title | 三國演義 |
| Country | China |
| Language | Chinese |
| Subject | Ancient China |
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| ISBN | 978-7-119-00590-4 |
Romance Of The Three Kingdoms Media
Liu Bei recruiting Zhuge Liang, from Visiting the Thatched Hut Three Times, a Ming dynasty painting by Dai Jin (1388–1462).
Shadow puppets in the Sichuan Provincial Museum depicting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
An artist's impression of Zhuge Liang.
A translated version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Javanese, from early 20th-century Indonesia
The cover of a 1928 Thai language appendix of the novel titled History of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with notes by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab, from the Royal Society of Thailand. Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been described as having "a tremendous impact on the Thai worldview".