Who is the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the first chapter novel, the first historical novel and the first literati novel in the history of China literature.

The author introduces:

Luo Guanzhong (about 1330—— about 1400), a famous book with words in the middle, was a novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty and the author of the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He is a native of Taiyuan Prefecture in Bingzhou, Shanxi Province. His other major works are novels: Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Romance of Tang and Five Dynasties, Biography of Three Demons in Suiping and Water Margin. Romance of the Three Kingdoms (hereinafter referred to as Romance of the Three Kingdoms) is Luo Guanzhong's representative work, which has a far-reaching influence on later literary creation. In addition to novel creation, there is also a drama "Song Taizu Dragon and Tiger Club".

Author's evaluation:

Luo Guanzhong is not only the author of The Romance of Three Kingdoms, the earliest Zhang Hui novel in China, but also the pioneer of historical romance. He is also considered to have created the genre of Zhang Hui's novels, namely, heroic legends and ghost stories. The authors of Water Margin and Suiping Three Magical Tales all contain Luo Guanzhong's view, while another kind of "love story" comes from the adaptation of Water Margin. Therefore, it can be considered that Luo Guanzhong is the originator (or at least one of the originators) of the four categories of classical novels in China, which is of epoch-making significance to the development of China's novels. Some even called Luo Guanzhong "the king of China's ancient novels".

Introduction to the work:

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be roughly divided into five parts: the Yellow Scarf Uprising, Dong Zhuo's rebellion, competing among the heroes, the Three Kingdoms' separation, and the Three Kingdoms' return to Jin. This paper describes the historical situation of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, mainly describing the war, telling the story of the scuffle between the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the political and military struggle between Wei, Shu and Wu, and finally Sima Yan unified the three countries and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions during the Three Kingdoms period, summarizes the historical changes of this era, and shapes a group of heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

Content introduction:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the first historical romance novel in the history of China. The Yellow Scarf Uprising, which began in the first year of Emperor Zhong Ping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, ended in the national unification in the first year of Emperor Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty. Around 1997, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang were the central figures, and the ideological tendency of the masses to "support Liu against Cao" was pervasive. Shu and Han Dynasties were regarded as the dominant aspect of the contradiction between Wei Shuwu, and concentrated on describing the military, political and diplomatic struggles between the feudal ruling groups in the Three Kingdoms period. Through these descriptions, the author reveals the decay and darkness of the society at that time, condemns the cruelty and ugliness of the rulers, and objectively reflects the people's love and hate for political groups and their desire to oppose the war regime and demand peaceful reunification. Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes the historical situation from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty 105, mainly describing the war, and tells the story of the warlord scuffle at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the political and military struggle among the three countries of Han, Wei and Wu, and finally Sima Yan unified the three countries and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions during the Three Kingdoms period, summarizes the historical changes of this era, and shapes a group of heroes of the Three Kingdoms. The book can be roughly divided into five parts: the Yellow turban insurrectionary, the Dong Zhuo insurrectionary, competing among the heroes, the tripartite confrontation among the three countries, and the return of the three countries to Jin. On a broad background, a magnificent war scene was staged. Luo Guanzhong, the editor, integrated the thirty-six strategies of Sun Tzu's Art of War between the lines, including both the plot and the strategy of Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Structure:

1, describing the war

The first point is the diversification of war. The book describes hundreds of wars, which can be divided into land wars, water wars, or mixed land and water wars, such as flooding the Seventh Army; It can also be divided into offensive and defensive warfare; Or ambush or sneak attack; Or divided into positional warfare and guerrilla warfare; Or the Lord will compete, or the two armies will scuffle in various forms.

The second point is the combination of military action and political strategy. For example, Cao Cao's southern expedition was not without purpose, but to complete the great cause of reunification. Liu Bei joined forces with Wu to resist Cao Cao, in order to gain a foothold and revitalize Liu's Han family.

Third, the outcome of the war depends on ingenuity. The key lies in the cleverness of the planner, whether he can adopt the good strategies of his subordinates, whether he can correctly judge the enemy's situation, whether he can objectively distinguish loyalty from treachery, and whether he can handle things calmly. The victory or defeat of wars, big or small, is related to the use of wit.

Fourth, pay attention to people, not the war process. Absorbing the experience of Zuo Zhuan in describing the war, he wrote the strategy in detail and the battle process very briefly; Write in detail those who have the upper hand, and write slightly those who are at a disadvantage; Write winners in detail and losers briefly. Through several confrontations, the characters are gradually shaped.

2. Structural art

The story of the Three Kingdoms takes the rise and fall of Wei, Shu and Wu as the vertical line, and the development of war and the activities of characters as the material. The rise and fall history of more than 90 years can be divided into three main stages: the first stage is from the Yellow Scarf Uprising to Battle of Red Cliffs; The third stage is from the Three Kingdoms to Zhuge Liang's death. From then on, Jin unified the world as the third stage. In the meantime, with the complicated disputes between Wei Shuwu, various wars, large and small, and ingenious schemes of civil servants and military commanders, they were brought out one by one, and finally formed a complete big story. Because the structural wheels of traditional Zhang Hui's novels echo each other and develop along the main line, they are concentrated in dispersion and consistency from beginning to end, forming a unified novel system.

3. Language features

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is written in simple classical Chinese, which is vivid and fluent, appealing to both refined and popular tastes. Brush strokes are full of changes, contrasts, redundancies, twists and turns, and swaying.